Experiential Metaphor in Mental Space Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) Presentation description In this presentation, we will examine experiential (autonomic) metaphor and its relationship to language and mental space. You will see how metaphor has its own unique and systemic language and how an understanding of this can transform therapeutic change work. Bio Andrew […]
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We Live in Many Spaces Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description All living things need to move in order to survive. Even plants rooted in the ground move toward the sun, away from the wind. When movement stops, life stops. The most fundamental movement is toward or away, toward things that attract, away […]
Meditations on Space and Time Check the time schedule for timeslot(s) presentation description Across centuries, cultures have explored notions of Space and Time. Within the Australian Aborigines, the word for Space and Time is same and answers the question “where”. In the Pandemic Era, the notion of Time has stood out even more with a […]
Light on Depression Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) Presentation description The method Depression in Awareness Space (MSP-D) is a psychotherapeutic intervention technique based on the principles of spatial cognition and imagination therapy with spatial components. The basic assumptions are: mental space is the primary organizing principle in the mind and all psychological issues can […]
The Wholeness Work: A new psychology of “awakening” Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description Discover a simple method for transforming our life problems, that leads to what could be called “awakening.” Eastern spirituality includes ideas like “The small self is an illusion. Realize that you are a vast Self,” and “Enlightenment comes through loss […]
The Holographic Mind Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) Presentation description The lecture is in Spanish with life translation Where is the mind? This question has been answered in many different ways through time. For centuries, human beings searched for the mind inside the head because they knew the brain was there. This idea seemed […]
Mental Space Psychology-Food and Overweight Panorama (MSP-F.O.P.) Check the time schedule for timeslot(s) presentation description The method MSP-F.O.P. is developed by Jacqueline Heemskerk-Scholten in 2017 under the supervision of Dr. Lucas A.C. Derks and is based on Mental Space Psychology combined with NLP. By letting people experience their foods in the mental space, we can […]
Alleviating the Emotional Impact during Pandemic Check the time schedule for timeslot(s) presentation description The pandemic declared in the quarter of 2020 put many people in difficult situations. But even those who were apparently not so badly affected could feel very clear the emotional impact of "corona".Despite this, it was also a new opportunity to […]
Where do metaphors live? The use of mental space in Symbolic Modelling Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description Utilising mental space was a feature of David Grove’s psychotherapy from the 1980’s until his death in 2008. Grove realised that clients’ metaphors were located in mental space, inside and outside their body. He called […]
Musical Applications of MSP - The Conscious Music Code Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description Music and sound based interventions applying the core principles of Mental Space Psychology and integrated within ‘The Conscious Music Code’ – an existing transformative modality using musical elements ‘consciously’ to transform the unconscious images of feelings, thought, belief […]
Mental spatial psychological diagnosis Check the time schedule for timeslot(s). presentation description When all psychological processes manifest themselves in mental space, this must imply that this also holds for all mental issues. This idea opens the road for research into the 3-D patterns that coincide with psychological disorders: mental spatial diagnosis. Where the current state […]
Mental Space Mindfulness Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description All humans have an unconscious 3-D Mental Map of the world; thus everything we know like people, places, objects and concepts are represented somewhere spatially, in their unique spot in our Mental Space. That is the place where we have memorized them. The spatial […]
Bullying Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description Bullying is a hidden phenomenon, which is why teachers and supervisors do not always recognize it. Nevertheless, it is a phenomenon that can be identified and addressed with Social Panorama and Mental Space Psychology. When someone is being bullied, it is important to understand that this […]
Aspect Panorama, a Space for Change in mental illness Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) Presentation description The Institute for Prosopiatry offers a demonstration of one of our keymethods of treatment: the Aspect Panorama™.Using this method, we have been able to successfully treat clientsdiagnosed with severe mental illnesses. The basic principles andunderlying theory of the […]
Resilience in mental space Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description Dealing with problems, stress and crisis, resilience helps us to regain or maintain our mental health. This process depends on protective factors, either individual or context. The presentation will explore resilience in mental space – both from a practical and a theoretical angle. […]
Applying Social Panorama and Mental Space Psychology to Project Management Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description About 20 years ago and long before I first heard about the Social Panorama I was working as a project consultant and was asked to support a project manager who's project was about to fail completely. One […]
Philosophical background and social applications of the Social Panorama Model Check the [time schedule] for timeslot(s) presentation description Lucas Derks' realization that many social phenomena are represented in a landscape has a theoretical depth (1 and 2) and many applications to politics and society (3). For Lucas derks the concept of image is central. Images […]