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Course Summary
Foundations for Working with People encompasses: attachment styles, trauma, systemic principles, reading faces, bodies in space, language and sentences including words are worlds whilst understanding the application of healing sentences and movements from a systemic perspective to clients issues.
The components of this course can be utilised for any alternative/counselling therapist. The modules comprise a webinar and then subsequent articles, videos, quizzes and Learning Activities.
Please see Course Overview for more details.
Course Content
Foundations for Working with People Modules include:
- Belonging: relating to all Systemic Principles, Conscience etc
- Attachment and Bonding
- Trauma and Human Development
- Reading Faces
- Language and Sentences etc
Staff
B.Soc Sc (Psych) TAE, IICT, AHHCA Brenda B.Soc.Sc.(Psych) is a Holistic Counsellor, Trainer and Consultant with her practice grounded in over 30 years experience. She is the founder and Director of The Awakening Group accredited training programs and workshops conducted throughout Australia. Over the past 20 years Brenda has taught at universities, lectured at conferences, appeared on TV and radio, written for magazines and conducted seminars throughout Australia and NZ. She has facilitated many workshops for private, corporate and governmental organizations on personal growth and professional development. Brenda is a dynamic counsellor and educator who employs her intuition and professional knowledge to gently guide every individual in living their truth. Throughout her career Brenda has combined her personal commitment to her own self growth and extensive, yet unique, professional training including Psychology, EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization Reprogramming, Art Therapy, Tantra, Eco-psychology, Soul Centred therapy, Kinesiology, Family & Organizational Constellation with world renowned facilitators (Dr Gunthard Weber, Dr Albrecht Mahr, Dr Guni Baxa, Dr Ursula Franke, Jakob Schneider, Dr Jane Peterson, Ed Lynch, Stephan Hausner etc). Further Brenda has trained with Bessel van de Kolk (one of the worlds leading trauma experts), as well as Pat Odgen; body centred psychotherapy. She has also trained in The Work of Byron Katie and is a Effectiveness (Communication) Training instructor. Brenda combines the latest neuroscience, attachment styles, arousal regulation, memory reconstruction techniques to return clients to a peaceful sense of self . Furthermore Brenda is a PACT Level 1 Couples counsellor having trained with Dr Stan Tatkin, the Founder of the Psychobiological Approach for Couple Therapy. You have the power within to transform and live your hearts desire. Brenda creates an opportunity to take you and your experience in relationships, life, sexuality, career and love a step further in authenticity to be the person you dreamed yourself to be. Discover and live new possibilities within yourself, relationships, career, sexually, health, with money and life. Individual sessions, couple counselling and workshops are available (also via Zoom online) to support you in moving into the freedom of being. Issues of anxiety, fear, stress, anger, grief, sexuality, illness, relationships and much more are addressed with each session personally tailored to transform issues standing in the way of being the more of you. Here’s what one client said: “Thank you for today. I feel Amazing!!!” Brenda has written for: She has been quoted in: and appeared on Channel 9’s Alternatives pilot program facilitating “Unmasking The Wild Woman” with guest Catriona Rowntree (Getaway presenter)
Brenda Sutherland
Brenda Sutherland
Brenda founded The Awakening Group P/L in 1993. Her clear vision was to empower each individual to live their true potential. Since then The Awakening Group has grown from counselling, to counsellor training to offer online webinars and programs for organizations and businesses bringing teams together, effectively communicating to deliver results across the board.


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Systemic Constellation Facilitator Training Program
Foundations For Working With People is Part I of the three part Systemic Constellation Facilitator Training program which also includes Part II The Form Is Not The Work and Part III Leadership Training. The course is a strength-based training which takes your strengths as a practitioner in the community and expands systemic constellation training to suit your needs and the sector of the community you are looking to address.
Module 1: Systems Theory & Systemic Principles
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART I FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 1: SYSTEMS THEORY & SYSTEMIC PRINCIPLES TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND LESSONS FAMILY CONSTELLATOINS I FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS II CREATIVE VISUALISATION I […]
Module 1: Systems Theory & Systemic Principles Learning Activities
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART I FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE Module 1 Systems Theory & Systemic Principles Learning Activities TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND Download a pdf of FWWP Module 1 […]
Module 2: Belonging
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 2: BELONGING TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND MODULES: SYSTEMS THEORY AND SYSTEMIC PRINCIPLES BELONGING ATTACHMENT & BONDING TRAUMA AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT READING […]
Module 2: Belonging Learning Activities
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 2 BELONGING LEARNING ACTIVITIES TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND Download the FWWP Module 2 Belonging Learning Activities to work on offline. Please enter […]
Module 3: Attachment & Bonding
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 3: ATTACHMENT & BONDING TRAINER: Brenda Sutherland MODULES SYSTEMIC THEORY AND SYSTEMIC PRINCIPLES BELONGING ATTACHMENT & BONDING TRAUMA AND HUMAN […]
Module 3: Attachment & Bonding Learning Activities
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 3 ATTACHMENT & BONDING LEARNING ACTIVITIES TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND Download a copy of the FWWP Module 3 Attachment & Bonding […]
Module 4: Trauma & Human Development
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 4: TRAUMA & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT TRAINER: Brenda Sutherland MODULES SYSTEMIC THEORY AND SYSTEMIC PRINCIPLES BELONGING ATTACHMENT & BONDING TRAUMA AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT […]
Module 4: Trauma & Human Development Learning Activities
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 4 TRAUMA & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEARNING ACTIVITIES TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND Download the FWWP Module 4 Trauma & Human Development Learning Activities to […]
Module 5: Reading People
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 5 READING PEOPLE TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND MODULES SYSTEMIC THEORY AND SYSTEMIC PRINCIPLES BELONGING ATTACHMENT & BONDING TRAUMA & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT READING […]
Module 5: Reading People Learning Activities
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 5 READING PEOPLE LEARNING ACTIVITIES TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND Download the FWWP Module 5 Reading People Learning Activities to work on offline. Please […]
Module 6: Language, Sentences & Frames
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 6: LANGUAGE, SENTENCES & FRAMES TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND MODULES SYSTEMIC THEORY & SYSTEMIC PRINCIPLES BELONGING ATTACHMENT & BONDING TRAUMA & […]
Module 6: Genograms
Mapping Genograms Mapping genograms with Dr Stan Tatkin Mapping a family system using a genogram gathers information that allows us to listen for systemic patterns, system beliefs, hotspots and marked […]
Module 6: Language, Sentences & Frames Learning Activities
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION FACILITATOR TRAINING PART 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE MODULE 6 LANGUAGE, SENTENCES & FRAMES LEARNING ACTIVITIES TRAINER: BRENDA SUTHERLAND Download the FWWP Module 6 Language, Sentences & Frames […]
