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Pre-requisites
Series One workshops introduce the method of growth taught in the PRH School for Adult Development. The “Who Am I?” workshop is a prerequisite for the workshops in Series Two and Three.
Workshops in Series Two focus on important themes for progressive self-discovery, growth of the being, and development of skill in PRH Analysis, Discernment and Helping Relationship. Discuss with a PRH Educator a workshop, or sequence of workshops, that would best meet your current needs.
Series Three workshops present additional themes for deepening self-discovery and mastering PRH Analysis, Discernment and Helping Relationship. The workshops in this series assume participants are developing a mature use of these tools and are integrating the PRH Explanatory system into their lives. Confer with a PRH Educator about which workshop would be most relevant for you.
» Series 1:Who Am I?
Discover how to nurture the potential for growth in the person.
In this workshop, the focus is on one’s being, the positive center of the person. The being, self-image, intellect, feelings, body and deep conscience are explored to increase self awareness. Participants observe their environments and relationships to confirm what is life-giving for them.
Concrete steps are offered to support on-going personal development and authentic self-expression.
» Series 1:Discovering the Core of My Identity
What is essential in the personality
This workshop aims at helping you: become aware of your self-image, discover the core of your identity, and gain a better grasp of how to progress, in order to give importance to what is most essential in you.
» Series 1:Growing in Personal Solidity
The important realities of the person
This workshop aims at helping you: briefly explore your human and material environment as it relates to your growth, discover the important realities that make up the person, and how these realities are situated within you, in order to better grasp how to progress and become who you are.
» Series 1:Finding Fulfillment in My Work
Explore experiences at work and factors influencing personal satisfaction
By examining their role in the workplace, participants discover how they can most effectively use their abilities and talents. Issues explored include commitment, learning how to handle conflict and tension, and humanizing the work environment.
Former title: My Life in the Work Place
» Series 1:Finding My Place in Groups
Explore the influence of group phenomena on personal growth
Participants explore aspirations, needs, values, power, tension and conflict in group experience. They learn how to live effectively in their groups while considering the value of groups for the enrichment of society.
Former title: My Life in Groups
» Series 1:Freeing Life in Me
Explore inner life and its obstacles using creative expression
Participants explore their positive qualities through line, color and form. Art experience is not necessary. Using creative expression as a method of self-discovery, participants recognize what enhances or inhibits their growth and especially their expression of being.
Former title: Life Within Me and Its Obstacles
» Series 1: Growing as a Couple
Build a foundation for a loving and lasting relationship
Couples learn to listen to each other from their hearts and to share more of themselves. They reflect on what they experience in their relationship in order to clarify the bond that draws them together. They also grow in awareness of the behaviors that block their growth as a couple.
Former title: Becoming A Couple
» Series 1:Helping My Children Become Themselves
Discover what is needed for the development of a child’s unique personality
Parents explore ideas and patterns that influence their relationships with their children of all ages. Needs and aspirations of the child are examined, including the need to be loved and guided, and to be a child in a secure environment. Parents identify their next steps in supporting their child’s development.
» Series 1:Listening to the Messages from My Body
Learning to identify sensations and explore their meaning
Through simple relaxation and movement exercises, participants grow in awareness of their body and its messages. They learn to describe feelings and follow them in writing to uncover the truth in their experience. This workshop is also a step by step introduction to the PRH Analysis method.
Former title: Approach to Self Through the Body
» Series 1:Seeking God
Explore inner experiences of God
By exploring the history of their search for God, participants discover means to create an optimum environment for spiritual growth. They define their relationship with God and cultivate attitudes for deepening it.
» Series 1:What is the Meaning of My Life?
Orient one’s life according to one’s true potential
By reflecting on their life history, those taking this workshop come to recognize patterns in the events of their lives. They examine their essential qualities of being and how they have been expressed over time. Participants come to a deep comprehension of the meaning and direction of their lives.
» Series 2:Accelerating My Growth
Explore effective means and attitudes for personal development
Workshop Description
Participants cultivate practical skills and attitudes helpful in making the most of their potential. They learn how to plan and manage their lives for optimum growth and healing. (This workshop is an introduction to an annual personal growth inventory.)
Former title: Managing My Growth
» Series 2:Being Fully Authentic
Progress in living the truth of one’s being
In the “Who Am I?” workshop participants discovered the heart of self, their being, and developed skill in self–analysis. In this workshop they continue to discover how they are authentic in self-expression, activities, choices and relationships. They also explore difficulties in living the truth of their being and how to supportt themselves in facing these challenges.
» Series 2:Clarifying My Relationships
Observe various types of relationships and how to live them well
Participants focus on their relationships with those they love. They review and clarify their relationships in order to grow in their capacity to give and receive love.
Former title: My Interpersonal Relationships
» Series 2:Deepening Our Bond as a Couple
Commitment to a growth journey as a couple
The focus in this workshop is on individual growth, common commitments, growth in unity, and sexuality. Couples explore their intimate life together and strengthen their bond.
Former title: Being A Couple
» Series 2:Exploring My Inner World
Develop skills in PRH self-analysis
Participants learn how to identify and explore their sensations (feelings with a body resonance) using the written method of PRH Analysis. The workshop provides step-by step practice in this skill for on-going self-discovery and development of the being.
Former title: Training in PRH Analysis
» Series 2:Exploring the Transcendent Dimensions of My Life
Discover how transcendent experiences influence growth in the person
Exploring their unique experience of Transcendency, participants become aware of how this reality impacts the growth of their being. Participants learn to identify and describe their personal experience of “More Than Me” and become aware of their journey and relationship to Transcendency.
Former title: A Person’s Growth and the Experience of Transcendency
» Series 2:Leading My Life
Observe and adjust patterns of daily living
Participants explore their functioning at each of the pivotal centers (Being, “I”, Sensibility, Body and Deep Conscience) introduced in the “Who Am I?” workshop. They increase self-awareness and identify means to support the development of their being. They identify their life goals and create steps to attain them.
» Series 2:Learning How to Receive and Give Help
Introduction to the PRH Helping Relationship Method
Participants taking this workshop learn the components of the specialized PRH Helping Relationship. They practice helping and being helped with real problems. The knowledge, tools and experience gained lead to confidence in the use of this method.
Former title: Introduction to the PRH Helping Relationship
» Series 2:Listening to Life Sitrring in my Being
Foster the emergence of the being
Using their PRH Analysis skills, participants illuminate what is stirring in their being each day. Growth of the being is accelerated by focused attention on personal identity, essential activities, and deep bonds. The emergence of the being is nutured as participants share their in-depth life in a group environment of receptive listening.
Former title: PRH Growth Group
» Series 2:Making Good Decisions
Learn the PRH method for decision-making
Participants are guided to discover their in-depth conscience, an essential component of good decision-making. By learning to analyze their current challenges, participants are better able to make and verify decisions that will contribute to the development of their being.
Former title: Making Decisions According to My Deep Conscience
» Series 2:Management and Human Relationship
Foster the best possilbe work environment for employees
This workshop is for persons in management and personnel positions. The participants foster success in their business by learning how to support employees as indivudals with potentials for growth. The growth and development of employees contributes to the participants’ success in their areas of responsibility.
Former title: My Human Responsibilites in Management
» Series 2:Mutual Help as a Couple
Use PRH Helping Relationship as a couple
Couples learn to help each other grow and face difficult issues using the tools of written analysis, in-depth sharing, and listening. They practice a step-by-step method for exploringand sharing personal issues.
Former title: The PRH Helping Relationship in the Couple
» Series 2:My Quality of Life and My Body
Make decisions that promote unity between body and being
Participants consider the harmony of body and being while also uncovering areas of disharmony. They explore their daily patterns of nutrition, sleep, rest, exercise, activities, illness and sexuality, and consider the influence of environment, aging and death.
Former title: Myself and My Body (Part 1 and Part 2)
» Series 2:The Way to The Being.. Way to God
Advance your quest for God using creative expression
Using line, form and color, participants explore deep aspirations for relationship to God that are experienced at the being level. Participants discover how and where God is revealed to them in daily life. Art experience is not necessary
» Series 3:Exploring My Childhood Past
Integrate one’s history using creative expression
By using art materials, participants reconnect with their childhood. Happy, as well as painful childhood memories are explored. This is a healing and growth-producing exploration. Art experience is not necessary.
» Series 3:Exploring My Present Relationships
Understand personal experiences in current relationships using creative expression
Participants use creative expression to explore their relational life and discover important aspects of their growth. They express sensations stirred by current relationships in line, form and color. Art experience is not necessary.
Former title: My Relational Life Today
» Series 3:Living in Unity as a Couple
Deepen unity and identify obstacles in the relationship
Couples discover the unique quality and purpose of their bond, while exploring ways to build their unity. They look at their everyday life and how they experience their relationship intellectually, emotionally, physically and spiritually.
Former title: Living as a Couple
» Series 3:Loving and Being Loved
Discover how to grow in giving and receiving love
Identifying unmet needs of the past, participants begin to heal from experiences of not feeling loved. They discover the basic need to love, be loved, and grow in their capacity to love themselves and others.
Former title: My Affective Life
» Series 3:Committing Myself to Inner Healing
Use effective PRH tools for healing
Workshop Description
Participants release more of their dynamic life force. They learn how to progess and manage their personal healing journey by using effective step by step tools for healing.
Former title: Taking Charge of My Healing
» Series 3:Overcoming Obstacles to My Growth
Progress in growth and healing to foster inner harmony
Persons who have been consistently working on their growth and development of being will reflect on their progress. They will identify obstacles they face and means to overcome them.
» Series 3:Understanding Myself InDepth
Refine skills of PRH self-analysis
Workshop Description
This workshop is for persons who use PRH Analysis regularly. They are familiar with their interior world and want to master this tool for growth and developmemt of the being.
Former title: Further Training in PRH Analysis
» Series 3:What is Most Essential in My Life?
Establish priorities and make commitments in essential activies and work
Participants sort out what is and is not life-giving in their activities, and decide where they want to focus their time, energy and creativity. They review their past and present activities to clarify their life’s direction.
Former title: My Essential Course of Action