Having worked as a theater director, actor, writer, teacher, presentation skills and creativity coach, I’ve integrated thirty years of experience into my workshops for adults and children.

My workshops are tailored to cover a variety of topics, such as public speaking, personal and professional development, embodied awareness, the use of myths, dreams and drama as tools for personal development, acting, and creativity.

Accessing unconscious imagery is an important part of achieving lasting transformation and personal growth. Therefore, I use creative approaches in my workshops such as authentic movement and voice, art, masks, myth, ritual, dreams, and drama. We will also “dialogue” with your creative images as a way to explore issues such as taming big emotions, resolving difficult relationships, healing trauma, and making decisions about significant life changes.

I am an approved Continuing Education Unit Provider for MFTs, LPCCs, LSCWs, and/or LEPs. (A Place Within-Southern California, CAMFT Approved Provider #141393).  CE credits are available for many of my workshops.

Below please find a list of selected workshops and a brief description. (Workshops are designated as to whether they are for the general public, for professional development, or for both.)

 

Upcoming Workshop Sept 17th 2023

WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS

Embodied Labyrinth Workshops

Professional Development, open to the interested public; Beginner’s Level

Walking the labyrinth’s circular path is an age-old meditative practice for releasing ineffectual habits and attitudes, receiving wisdom from within, and opening to growth. Join us for a unique opportunity to engage and connect the profound inner knowing of your body with your intention to effect lasting change in your daily life. Explore how connecting with the body’s inner wisdom enriches your walking of the Labyrinth in a powerful ritual for personal discovery.

Continuing Education credits available for MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. (A Place Within-Southern California, CAMFT Approved Provider #141393)

Integrating the Body Into Your Therapy Practice

Professional Development, open to the interested public; Beginner’s Level

This three-morning online experiential workshop brings together cutting-edge body-mind medicine with depth psychology theory and evidence-based neuro-physical interventions for addressing pain and deep-seeded psychological issues and/or dysfunctional patterns of behavior.

Designed for therapists and others working in an office setting we will learn to explore psychological issues using techniques from The Body Centered Medicine® and other somatic healing modalities. Participants will experience and learn to implement a bold and effective method for opening individuals to powerful healing of old psychological wounds and enhancing awareness both for yourself and with clients in the office setting.

Therapists: This workshop is highly recommended if you are interested learning and experiencing somatic embodiment processes.

Workshop Objectives:

• Experience somatic & mindful practices to support healing trauma
• Understand how physical and sensory manifestations in the body are related to psychological issues
• Learn how to create a supportive exploratory environment for working with deep psychological issues and ineffective behavioral patterns using body awareness techniques
• Acquire basic tools for working with the mind-body dialogue to explore, release, and process psychological and relational issues in the office setting

9 Continuing Education credits available for MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. (A Place Within-Southern California, CAMFT Approved Provider #141393)

Diving into the Depths: The Art of Creativity as a Therapeutic Tool using Myth, Dreams, and Drama

Professional Development, open to the interested public; Beginner’s Level)

In this seminar style workshop open to both therapists and the general public, we dive into the use of Myth, Dream work, and Drama to explore creative ways to achieve healthier interpersonal relationships and self-esteem by making choices firmly rooted in the needs of the inner self. A brief overview is offered, discussing the theory upon which these creative modalities are based.  Each method is presented in turn utilizing case examples showing its effectiveness as a therapeutic treatment modality for real life clients. In the second half of the seminar, you are invited to participate in a creative therapeutic activity allowing you to discover the benefits of one of these exciting methods first hand.

Continuing Education credits available for MFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs (A Place Within-Southern California, CAMFT Approved Provider #141393)

LIST OF WORKSHOP TITLES

Integrating the Body Into Your Therapy and Life Practice

Embracing the Still Point: Emerging to Life A Spring Equinox Embodied Labyrinth Workshop

Embodied Labyrinth & Summer Solstice

Embodied Labyrinth & the Autumn Equinox

Diving into the Depths: The Art of Creativity as a Therapeutic Tool using Myth, Dreams, and Drama

Fairy Tales as Metaphor for Psychological Development: The Frog Prince

Embodied Awareness: Enhance Your Creative Voice

Embodied Storytelling: with Center for Digital Storytelling

Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking

Develop Your Professional Persona

Authentic Voice and Speaking Shakespeare

WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS

High School Interview Workshop – Designed for eighth graders, this workshop helps students explore how they want to present themselves in preparation for the interview process for entry into private high school.

Middle School Transition Workshop: Navigating New Relationships in High School

My Personal Space: Personal Empowerment Workshop for Teen Girls

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Diving into the Depths: The Art of Creativity as a Therapeutic Tool using Myth, Dreams, and Drama

Instruction by Kathryn Bikle, MA, MFT

Objectives of the course: In this seminar, we will explore three creative therapeutic modalities, Myth, Dream work, and Drama Therapy to show how these can be effective tools towards helping clients achieve healthier interpersonal relationships and self-esteem by making choices firmly rooted in a growing awareness of the needs of the inner self. We will start with a brief overview of the psychodynamic theory on which these creative modalities are based; introduce each method in turn and present case examples showing its effectiveness as a therapeutic treatment modality for real life clients. Finally, in the second half of the seminar, we invite you to participate in a creative therapeutic activity allowing you to discover the benefits of this exciting method first hand.

In this seminar you will learn:

• Overview of the psychodynamic theoretical basis for creative therapeutic treatment modalities
• Intro to three creative approaches: Dream work, Myth, and Drama Therapy;  Examples of how they can successfully be used in therapy practice
• Exercises and activities to use for working with images from the unconscious to help your client increase his awareness of the needs of his inner self

CE Units available (PCE 5382)

Embodied Labyrinth & Summer Solstice Workshop

Instruction by Kathryn Bikle, MA, MFT and Peggy Burt, Labyrinth Facilitator 

Objectives of course: Walking the labyrinth’s circular path can be used as a symbolic tool for releasing ineffectual habits and attitudes, receiving wisdom from within, and opening to growth. The Summer Solstice provides a powerful time to bring positive, action–oriented energy to personal goals. Tapping into the body’s wisdom provides an additional means towards deepening one’s commitment to personal change. Participants will learn a brief history of the Labyrinth as a twelfth century spiritual tool, the relationship between its sacred, symbolic structure and psychological healing, as well as its application for use today as a ritual tool to support change in one’s daily life. Psychodynamic therapeutic modalities such as somatic movement, art, journaling, and group processing will be modeled to demonstrate and support working with images from the unconscious to enhance and deepen the needs of the inner self.

You will learn:

• A brief history of the Labyrinth as a 12th century symbolic tool for psychological growth as well as an introduction to the Summer Solstice as a powerful time to focus on goals for personal change
• To tap into and connect to the inner knowing of your body through movement and voice
• To experience walking the Labyrinth with its the three-fold journey of release, receive, return as a means for exploring personal commitment to growth and self-discovery

CE Units available (PCE 5382)

From the Wells of Enchantment:  Images of Psychological Transformation in Fairy Tales :A brief study of “The Frog Prince”

Instruction by Kathryn Bikle, MA, MFT

Objectives of the Course: The transition from childhood to puberty is a challenging time for children and all those who are involved in their care: parents, coaches, caregivers, teachers, and health-care professionals. Some of the issues that arise include: Resistance to authority, fear of growing up, coming into one’s own identity, exploring moral maturity, and developing a positive relationship to opposite sex. Depth psychology examines these archetypal developmental processes through the symbolic imagery of fairy tales. Through this introductory discussion of The Frog Prince we explore how fairy tales mirror the basic patterns of the psyche and offer guidance during this challenging life-stage process. Join us as we embark upon an exciting journey into the sublime mysteries of life–and reflect upon the essential questions of human existence: How do we grow? Why do we change? What does it mean?

Open to the interested public as well as mental health professionals.

Learning Objectives:                                                Level: Beginning

• Identify psychological processes reflected in The Frog Prince
• Apply narrative to adolescent life-stage transition difficulties
• Explain archetypal patterns in symbolic imagery

CE Units available (PCE 5382)