Sample Level 1 Curriculum
NOTE: Each training team may present curriculum topics in a unique order. We recommend students complete Hakomi Training with one training team whenever possible.
1
The Healing Relationship and Evoked Experiences in Mindfulness (Part 1)
Themes:
- Overview of the Hakomi Method
- The Emotional Attitude of the Therapist
- Creating a Safe Container for the Work
- The Hakomi Principles
Skills:
- Working with Mindfulness 1: Supporting Present Experience
- Mindfulness and Loving Presence
- Establishing and Using Mindfulness in the Client
- Contact and Tracking
2
The Healing Relationship and Evoked Experiences in Mindfulness (Part 2)
Themes:
- Accessing Unconscious Dynamics
- Introduction to Core Material: The Experiencer and the Organizer
Skills:
- Basic Developmental Needs
- Accessing Directives and Questions
- Managing Consciousness: Accessing 4-step
3
The Route to Core Material
Themes:
- The Experimental Attitude
- Recognizing Core Material
Skills:
- Identifying and Following Themes
- Creating and Delivering Prompts/Probes
4
The Method of "Taking Over"
Themes:
- Non-Violence and Working with Defenses
- Clarifying and Working at the Barriers
- Hakomi and The Body
Skills:
- Taking Over
- Creating Experiments
- Recognizing Traumatic Activation
5
State Specific Processing
Themes:
- The “Child” State of Consciousness
- Working at the Nourishment Barrier
Skills:
- Working with the “Child” Trance State
- Deepening the Process
- Processing at the Core
- Distinguishing Traumatic Activation from Developmental Wounding
6
Working at the Nourishment Barrier and Deep Emotional Expression
Themes:
- Supporting the Management of Experience
- Working with Nourishment and the Missing Experience
- Exploring the Experience/Meaning Interface
Skills:
- Riding the Rapids
- Recognizing and Working with the Nourishment Barrier and What Wants to Happen/Missing Experience
- More Processing at the Core
- Mini-Contracts as the Process Deepens
7
Integration and Ethics
Themes:
- Integration
- Ethics
Skills:
- Beginning Integration, e.g. stabilize experience, develop and share understanding, provide a base for new exploration)
- Ethics: including the power differential, kinds of power, making repair, 150% principle, and more
8
Systems: The Big Picture, Integration
Themes:
- Systemic Thinking
- Working with Systems
- More Integration
Skills:
- Recognizing Systems and Jumping out of the System (JOOTS)
- More integration/completion techniques, e.g. savoring, somatizing, bridging to the external world, checking for loose ends, housekeeping, homework
9
Supervised Practice/Putting It All Together
Sample Level 2 Curriculum
Level 2 is open to those who have completed Level 1 and to Hakomi Graduates who wish to repeat Level 2 to refresh and refine their practice of Hakomi.
The focus of Level 2 is on the maps of Character Theory and The Sensitivity Cycle and extensive supervised practice with classmates.
Character refers to early learning and adaptation processes. As children, we imprint experiences that shape our neural development in ways that result in an enduring set of beliefs and perceptions. These beliefs, or implicit models, unconsciously organize our behavior resulting in automatic and habitual strategies for living that are both resourceful and limiting. Understanding character enables therapists to recognize core developmental themes and deficits and tailor their interventions accordingly.
1
Introduction to Character and the Sensitive/ Withdrawn Strategy
Themes:
Working at the Nourishment Barrier: Safety
2
Dependent/Endearing and Self-Reliant Strategies
Themes:
Working at the Nourishment Barrier: Needs and Support
3
Tough/Generous and Charming/Seductive Strategies
Themes:
4
Burdened/Enduring Strategy
Themes:
Working at the Nourishment Barrier: Freedom
5
Industrious/Overfocused and Expressive/Clinging Strategies
Themes:
6
The Sensitivity Cycle
Themes:
- Awareness of the Phases of the Sensitivity Cycles
- Barriers To Moving Through Each Phase
- Understanding The Barriers Through The Lens of Character Strategies
7
Supervised Practice
Themes:
Intensive individual supervision to help the therapist embody Hakomi in a personal way