Professional Course
Foundations of Formative Psychology®
PRESENTATION
Formative Psychology® is a contemporary body approach, created by Stanley Keleman in California, in the 70s, in the context of the emergence of the humanist movement. The formative theory is based on principles of Biology, Psychology and Phenomenology and its methodology works with the reorganization of somatic-emotional forms, deepening the relationship between body and brain, through a specific practice of exercises. The formative exercises, structured from gestures and body postures, aim to modulate and change emotional attitudes, behaviors, thoughts and narratives.
As of 2020, the Professional Course began to be taught in Continuous Flow, admitting people in any module throughout the year. All modules are theoretical-experiential, presenting in depth the fundamental principles of Formative Psychology® and offering the experiential experience of formative work. For more details, see the items below.
In order to register, it is necessary to send a brief letter of intent, containing your professional interests and a mini-resume so that a face-to-face, telephone or Internet interview can be scheduled, in case you reside in another state.
Train professionals to think formatively and work with the theoretical-methodological model of Formative Psychology®, applicable to the fields of psychology, education, physiotherapy, body therapies, people management in organizations, coaching and performing arts.
The course is aimed at professionals in the areas of Health, Education, Art, Humanities and Social Sciences, admitting students in the last year of the respective courses.
It consists of three continuous modules, 18 Formative Practice classes, 10 case supervision meetings and 2 Emotional Anatomy Groups: Theory and Practice. The entire program aims to expand theoretical and methodological knowledge of Formative Psychology® and deepen knowledge about the Formed Body through the study of Somatic Structures described in the book and DVD “Emotional Anatomy” by Stanley Keleman. For those in the 3rd year of the course, the process of preparing the monograph also begins.
MODULE I: GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORM
May 11th to 13th
Thursday, 11/05 10:30-13:00
05/12Friday10am-1pm
5/13, Saturday 10am-1pm
Emotional Anatomy Group 03/24 and 04/14
PROGRAM CONTENT:
Form Organization Process
The Startle and Stress Continuum
Formative Practice Workshop: forming a personal anatomy
MODULE II – SOMATIC STRUCTURES I September 21st to 23rd
09/21 Thursday 10:30-13:00
09/22Friday 10am-1pm
9/23, Saturday 10am-1pm
PROGRAM CONTENT:
Development of the Motile Structure
Development of the Porous Structure
Family Workshop: structures and stories formed in the family
Formative practice and somagrams.
MODULE III – SOMATIC STRUCTURES II November 23rd to 25th
Thursday 11/23 10:30-13:00
11/24 Friday 10am-1pm
25/11 Saturday 10am-1pm
PROGRAM CONTENT:
Rigid Structure Development
Dense Structure Development
Workshop Forming a Personal Future: modulating motility, porosity, rigidity and density.
DatesSupervision of cases 2023: Fridays11:20 – 13:15h
March 3rd and 31st
April 28th
May 26th
June 16th and 23rd
August 11th
October 20th
December 8th
December 15 extended hours 10:30-13:00
TRAINING PRACTICE CLASSES | 18 CLASSES INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM
Fri from 10am to 11am or Thurs from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
See full calendar at:
https://psicologiaformativa.com.br/mec-category/aulas-de-pratica-formativa/
Dates
March 03/03, 03/09, 03/17, 03/23, 03/30, 03/31
April 13/04, 17/04, 28/04
May 25/05
June 6/15, 6/16, 6/23, 6/29
July 7/20
August 8/10, 8/11, 8/24, 8/25, 8/31
September 9/14, 9/15, 9/29
October 10/19, 10/20, 10/26, 10/27
November 11/09, 11/17, 11/30
December 12/01, 12/08, 12/14
SPECIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
COHN, Leila. Formative Psychology – An Evolutionary Path. IN: Formative Psychology Notebook. Center for Formative Psychology of Brazil, 1 ed. Rio de Janeiro, 2007. V. 1 http://www.psicologiaformativa.com.br/artigos/PF_caminho_evolutivo.pdf
______ Biological Organizing Process and Formative Process, MIMEO 1993
______ Emotional Anatomy: The Body as a Subjective Process, Annals of the Latin American Congress of Psychotherapy, Curitiba, 2014
______ Embodying the Impalpable: Somatic Work with Dreams https://psicologiaformativa.com.br/corporificando-o-impalpavel-o-trabalho-somatico-com-sonhos/
Annals of the Latin American Congress of Psychotherapy, Curitiba, 2014
_______ Family and Body: Training Adults https://psicologiaformativa.com.br/familia-e-corpo-formando-adultos/
________ Somatic Sanity and Insanity https://psicologiaformativa.com.br/sanidade-e-insanidade-somaticas/
_______ Talking to You in Times of Crisis https://psicologiaformativa.com.br/conversando-consigo-em-tempos-de-crise/
________ Service in Formative Psychology https://psicologiaformativa.com.br/o-trabalho-da-psicologia-formativa/
KELEMAN, Stanley. Somatic Reality. St. Paul. Summus, 1994.
______ . The body tells your mind. St. Paul. Summus, 1996.
_______ Embodying Experience , Introduction and Chapter IS Paulo. Summus, 1996.
_____ _ Emotional Anatomy. St. Paul. Summus, 1995.
______ The Methodology and Practice of Formative Psychology. IN: Formative Psychology Notebook. Center for Formative Psychology of Brazil, 1 ed. Rio de Janeiro, 2007. V. 1.http://www.psicologiaformativa.com.br/artigos/Metodologia_pratica_psicologia_formativa.pdf
_______ Biography of Stanley Keleman,
http://www.psicologiaformativa.com.br/psicologiaformativa/Stanley_Keleman.php
VideosYouTube: psiformativabr channel
Selected Texts
COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
BAUMAN, Zygmunt. Liquid Modernity. Rio de Janeiro. Jorge Zahar Editor, 2001.
CAPRA, Fritjof. The Web of Life. S. Paulo, Cultrix, 1996.
DAMASIO, Antonio. Descartes’ Error. S. Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1996.
DARWIN, Charles, On the Origin of Species London: 1859
_________ The Descent of Man Pacific Publishing Studio, 2011
DE WAAL, Franz, The Age of Empathy, 2013
EDELMAN, Gerald. The Remembered Present: A Biological Theory of Consciousness. New York: Basic Books, 1989.
______ Second Nature: brain science and human knowledge. USA, 2006
_______ and G. Tononi. A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination. New York: Basic Books, 2000
JAMES, William The Principles of Psychology, New York: Dover Publications 1950 (1890)
Lent, Robert. One Hundred Billion Neurons. Rio de Janeiro: Atheneu, 2001.
MATURANA, H., VARELA, Francisco. The tree of knowledge. São Paulo: Palas Athena, 1984.
MODULE I: GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM
May 11th to 13th
5/11 Thursday 10:30am-11am
12/05 friday10-13h
5/13 Saturday 10am-1pm
Emotional Anatomy Group 03/24 and 04/14
PROGRAM CONTENT:
Form Organization Process
The Startle and Stress Continuum
Formative Practice Workshop: forming a personal anatomy
New students: after module I and before module II the student must start the process of group or individual sessions.
MODULE II – SOMATIC STRUCTURES I
September 21st to 23rd
9/21 Thursday 10:30am-1pm
9/22 Friday 10am-1pm
9/23 Saturday 10am-1pm
PROGRAM CONTENT:
Development of the Motile Structure
Development of the Porous Structure
Family Workshop: structures and stories formed in the family
Formative practice and somagrams.
MODULE III – SOMATIC STRUCTURES II
November 23rd to 25th
11/23 thursday 10:30-13:00
11/24 Friday 10am-1pm
11/25 Saturday 10am-1pm
PROGRAM CONTENT:
Rigid Structure Development
Dense Structure Development
Workshop Forming a Personal Future: modulating motility, porosity, rigidity and density.
Dates Supervision of cases 2023: Fridays 11:20 am – 1:15 pm
March 3rd and 31st
April 28th
May 26th
June 16th and 23rd
August 11th
October 20th
December 8th
December 15 extended hours 10:30-13:00
TRAINING PRACTICE CLASSES | 18 CLASSES INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM
Fri from 10am to 11am or Thurs from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Dates
March 03/03, 03/09, 03/17, 03/23, 03/30, 03/31
April 13/04, 27/04, 28/04
May 05/19, 05/25, 05/26
June 6/15, 6/16, 6/23, 6/29
July 7/20
August 8/10, 8/11, 8/24, 8/25, 8/31
September 9/14, 9/15, 9/29
October 10/19, 10/20, 10/26, 10/27
November 11/09, 11/17, 11/30
December 12/01, 12/08, 12/14
See full calendar at:
https://psicologiaformativa.com.br/mec-category/aulas-de-pratica-formativa/
2023 Continuous Flow Value: BRL 5,508.00 in up to 12 installments of BRL 459.00
Members of professional courses have a 30% discount on the value of all meetings of the Emotional Anatomy: Theory and Practice group
Those interested in the course must send a letter of intent by e-mail, containing their professional interests and a summarized curriculum with personal data so that an interview can be scheduled in person, by telephone or via the Internet, in case of residence in another state.
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES CYCLE – Theoretical-Methodological Foundation of Formative Psychology®
CYCLE INHERITED STRUCTURES – Constitutional Structures and Somatic Plasticity
FORMED STRUCTURES CYCLE – Somatic Structures and Identity Organization
The development of these CYCLES includes a schedule consisting of: theoretical and practical content (130 hours), supervised professional practice (190 hours), case supervision (54 hours), individual sessions (40 hours), and monograph guidance (15 hours).
4.1 SUPERVISED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
From the second year onwards, all students must carry out supervised professional practice. This may occur through a bank of hours or through carrying out a specific project in an institutional context. Each person must bring at least two cases per year for supervision, according to a previously organized schedule.
4.2 INDIVIDUAL SESSION PROCESS
From the 2nd module of the first year, all students must have started individual sessions with one of the members of the Center’s professional team. Conducting individual sessions allows the participant to personally experience how the training work works and is of fundamental importance for learning the method and theoretical understanding. The cost of individual sessions is not included in the cost of the course. Participants will benefit from the flexibility of the usual values that must be agreed directly with the chosen professional.
4.3 ONLINE TRAINING PRACTICE AND SUPERVISION CLASSES
All participants must attend all Friday Formative Practice classes and online supervision sessions.
4.4 MONOGRAPH
Upon completion of the course, the student must present a monograph that demonstrates the understanding of the theoretical and methodological concepts of Formative Psychology®. This work must be guided by a professional teacher of the Professional Course, throughout the 3rd year of the course. Group monograph meetings are included in the program. The value of individual mentorships is not included in the course fee, but there is a standard fee followed by all advisors.
The program involves theoretical and experiential meetings, covering lectures, seminars, workshops, online group conversations, supervised professional practice, preparation, presentation and discussion of cases, personal psychotherapeutic process and preparation and presentation of a monograph. The course has a basic and a complementary bibliography.
The evaluation will be carried out by monitoring the participants during the learning process, by quantifying the frequency (85%) — as long as the absences are not consecutive — cumulatively with the qualitative results of the other activities that make up the structure of the course , namely: participation in classes, presentation of cases, presentation of monograph and individual sessions.
The course certificate will have the following qualification: Certificate of Completion of the Professional Course in Formative Psychology®.
LEILA COHN – Psicóloga – CRP 05/8164, MA Psicologia Leste-Oeste, CIIS, SF-CA. Trabalha com Stanley Keleman no Center for Energetic Studies em Berkeley, Califórnia, desde 1988. Membro do Center for Energetic Studies Professional Group desde 1992 e do Keleman´s Advanced Studies International Group desde a sua fundação em 2009. Diretora fundadora do Centro de Psicologia Formativa ® do Brasil, desde 1995, Coordenadora do Programa de Educação Profissional em Psicologia Formativa no Centro, desde 1998, Coordenadora do Projeto ”Interviews with Stanley Keleman” iniciada em parceria com Stanley Keleman em 2012. Reconhecida por Stanley Keleman para o ensino da Psicologia Formativa® internacionalmente, mantém uma prática clínica como Psicoterapeuta Formativa e como Supervisora Formativa. Publica artigos nacionais e internacionais.
Ártemis Marinho – Assistente Social – Docente da Escola de Serviço Social da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Terapeuta somática. Doutoranda em Serviço Social (UERJ) e Mestre em Serviço Social (PUC/RJ). Membro Profissional Associado ao Centro de Psicologia Formativa do Brasil. Formação profissional com Leila Cohn no Centro de Psicologia Formativa do Brasil. Participação em workshops controlados por Stanley Keleman, no Brasil e no Center for Energetic Studies, Berkeley, California. Membro da Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia. Coordena grupos educativo-terapêuticos com ênfase nas temáticas de gênero e envelhecimento. Desenvolva também estudos e pesquisas sobre estes temas
Iracema Teixeira – Psicóloga – CRP 05/8968. Doutora em Psicologia, na temática de relacionamentos – UFRJ. Mestre em Sexologia Clínica – UGF, Especialista em Educação Sexual – UGF/SBRASH. Certificada em Psicologia Formativa® pelo Centro de Psicologia Formativa® do Brasil em 2002. Docente em cursos de pós-graduação. Participou de workshops com Stanley Keleman, realizados no Brasil e no Center for Energetic Studies, em Berkeley/Califórnia. Certificação Internacional em Positive Psychology Coaching pela Positive Acorn – EUA. Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos em Sexualidade Humana, biênio 2014-2015.
Leila Cohn – Psicóloga – CRP 05/8164, MA (currículo acima).
Sônia Andrade – Psicóloga – CRP 05/30010, artista da dança, economista, MBA, mestranda em Filosofia, certificada em Psicologia Formativa® pelo Centro de Psicologia Formativa® do Brasil em 2002, sendo docente do mesmo Centro. Participou de workshops de Stanley Keleman no Center for Energetics Studies em Berkeley, California-USA. Certificado pela Fundación Río Abierto, Bs As-Arg. Estudos e treinamento em Psicologia dos Eneatipos, à luz da Gestalt-Terapia, Escola SAT. Diretora da Escola Gestalt Viva Claudio Naranjo.