Being Self

Through open discussions, experiential exercises and group process, we will explore how we may balance family and cultural expectations with being our truest selves.

WHEN: Tues, 7-9pm, 4/8 - 5/27

COST:  $120 for 8 weeks 

WHERE:  M.E.T.A. Training Center
215 SE 9th Ave, #203, Portland, OR

MORE INFO: Contact Ava or Ryan: (503) 450-9911 or EMAIL

CO-FACILITATORS: Ava Frank and Ryan Hofrichter 

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The Dance of Attachment

An eight-week experiential therapy group using movement, lecture, and facilitated discussion to explore the brain systems of relationship and develop simple skills for increasing connection.

WHEN: Wed, 6-8:30pm, 4/16 - 6/4

COST: $200 for 8 weeks

WHERE:  M.E.T.A. Training Center

215 SE 9th Ave, #203, Portland, OR 

CO-FACILITATORS: Joshua Talbert and Selin Strait

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Through games, yoga and exploratory activities and experiments, we will learn about brains and discover how knowing the ways our brains work can help us regulate our emotions, enhance self-awareness, decrease reactivity and how we may engage with our community in mindful ways. 

This four and a half-day trauma intensive will offer the clinician practical tools for working mindfully and somatically with Trauma, PTSD and early traumatic relational and bonding issues, followed with an experiential practice weekend.

Participants will:

Understand the neurobiology and implications of the attachment drive in childhood; Assess attachment states in adult clients and recognize the need for intervention; Learn to create the necessary conditions for secure attachment in individuals and couples; Maximize the healing potential of the therapeutic relationship effectively and ethically; Identify how practitioners' own attachment states impact the clinical relationship; and Develop simple skills to compliment their own clinical style.

Taught by our very own Donna Roy and Jessica Montgomery. Both Donna and Jessica developed this training to integrate Attachment Theory and carefully chosen attachment modalities to fit into the M.E.T.A. Model. Don't miss this opportunity!

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I am reaching out to you, just to let you know that after three seasons of coordinating the Alumni Tutorials for M.E.T.A., I have decided to step down from my duties.  I will not be going very far as I will be continuing on in my role as adjunct supervisor in the M.E.T.A. Counseling Clinic.  It turns out that the Clinic has gained some popularity among our neighboring graduate programs and this season has shown quite the upsurge in candidates seeking to intern with us.  In recognizing that the Clinic will require some added support, I have decided to bring my focus there.  Although it is a wish of mine to continue my involvement in both areas, I value balance in my life far too much.  

Coordinating tutorials has been a blessing to me in so many ways, but mostly it was being able to stay in close contact with M.E.T.A. graduates and their dedication toward mastery.  I feel honored to have had the opportunity to support this endeavor. I am wishing everyone continued interest and commitment in unfolding their potential as M.E.T.A. practitioners.  

Anne-Marie