Preview of Lessons in AEPP02

Online Certificate Course, Asynchronous 

Optional 10.0 CPA-Approved CE Credits 

Date: Starting on April 15, 2024

Time: Asynchronous

Prerequisites: The student must have taken AEPP01 (Adventures with Viktor Frankl & Advances in Logotherapy) or some other certified Logotherapy course.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Life is complex and full of contradictions and paradoxes. It takes a more flexible and broader mindset to hold two opposing facts or beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously rather than the binary mindset of black-or-white thinking, which only leads to maximizing the positive and minimising the negative. 

In contrast, the ancient wisdom of yin-yang interactions represents a dialectical mindset, which can process different shades of gray. That is more adaptive mindset is essential in empowering clients to discover the optimal balance between two extremes or the right response in complex situations. In short, Integrative Meaning Therapy (IMT) teaches a new paradigm of healing and flourishing with paradoxical and innovative interventions. 

IMT originates from Logotherapy and incorporates various therapeutic modalities, such as CBT, narrative therapy, and cross-cultural therapy, with meaning as the central organizing construct. IMT is based on positive psychology research and existential insights. It is tailored to individual client’s special needs, but also makes optimal use of clients’ innate capabilities for meaning-seeking and meaning-making.

Rather than focusing on symptom reduction, IMT emphasizes both healing and flourishing by meeting the basic human need for meaning, relationships, and faith: the golden triangle for positive mental health. This course will teach paradoxical intervention strategies such as giving thanks for bad things, becoming your best through embracing your worst, and new birth through dying to the old self.  Dr. Wong will use real life stories and case studies to illustrate the practice of IMT. Learn more about meaning therapy and existential positive psychology at www.drpaulwong.com

In sum, this course teaches students how to make use of the potential power of suffering to turn weakness into strength and trauma into achievement. It is a less travelled path of healing and flourishing. This course will also equip students to identify the challenges and opportunities of addressing clients’ deepest fears and highest aspirations.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this module, all students will gain a deeper understanding of:

1. The defining characteristics of IMT.
2. The safe and effective use of self as a therapist.
3. The major IMT intervention strategies.
4. Paradoxical IMT intervention skills.
5. How to apply IMT to various conditions.

PRESENTER

Dr. Paul T. P. Wong is the President of both INPM and MCCI. He is uniquely qualified to integrate more than 50 years of research and practice in existential psychology and positive psychology into an innovative way of simultaneously reducing human suffering and advancing global flourishing. 

TARGET AUDIENCE

This is an intermediate level course for psychologists, counsellors, social workers, coaches, health care professionals, first responders, and educators.

METHOD OF DELIVERY

This course will be delivered online asynchronously on drpaulwong.com. I will primarily use Google Documents and YouTube for course material and Google forms for quizzes. For technical support, please send your questions to tim.inpm@gmail.com.

PRICING

*Early Bird Registration ends on March 15, 2024, at 11:59pm (Eastern Standard Time).

CANCELLATIONS

Refunds: A $100.00 handling fee will be deducted upon registration cancellation. Refund requests to tim.inpm@gmail.com must be received before March 31, 2024, at 11:59pm (Eastern Standard Time).

Cancellations of Course: INPM reserves the right to cancel any course. If a course is cancelled, INPM is responsible for refunding the full course registration fee.

CE CREDITS

The International Network on Personal Meaning is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The International Network on Personal Meaning maintains responsibility for the program.