One’s Creativity / imagination in the process of decision making and problem solving

2. One’s Creativity / imagination in the process of decision making and problem solving mag. Peter Gabor

3. Central Office in Ljubljana Self solving problems and / or dynamic self evaluation The main problem of clients and counsellors is often not being able to solve the problem or to become aware of something (psychic content) that keeps the client in status quo Techniques / methods for triggering self solving problems and self evaluation: - so called “soft techniques”: - self projection techniques or / and

4. Central Office in Ljubljana Metaphors /metaphoric techniques Our way of conceptualising is probably fundamentaly metaphorical - Metaphoric description of career / life / current situation - metaphoric definition of the problem: - Capturing the esence of the situation - visualisation of the problem - metaphorical imagination - becoming more aware of it - metoforic techniques: - drawing - verbal metaphor - narrative

5. “The egg of being” From psychosintesis (shamanism) Consciounscnes:ordinary life, middle world / now/ the world of material space and physicality / Freuds’s ego? / active consciousnes Subconsciousnes: lower world / past / the world of unconscious dynemics, potentialand empowerement / Freud’s id? Super consciousnes / higher self: upper world / future / the world of solutions, inspiration, creativity, love, big beauty / much wider conotation than Freud’s superego? Time division is rough division throughout our linear understanding of time and space … Shamanistic psychotherapy; Gagan, J.M. (1998). Journeying; Where Shamanism and Psychology Meet. Santa Fe, Rio Chama Publications

6. Central Office in Ljubljana Operation of the unconscious The problem can be solved also on the semi conscious level; creative or imaginative proces serves as a strong drive Released creative energy usually serves as a useful source for solving “counselling problems”: – directly or - indirectly (“programming one self”)

7. Three generations of comunication FletcherPeacock; Watertheflowers not theweeds First generationof c.: - To solvethe problem it is absolutellynecessary to understandthe genesisof / thereasonsfor it: - Sigmund Freud - past - longlasting Secondgenerationof c.: • Problems are in the presnet time beingmaintainedthroughwrong / harmful / vicious / circles or waysofcomunication (with one selfandothers): - anexpertshouldget to understandthatrotating in the circleandintervene to breake / cut it - present - anexample: comunicationbetweenhousbandandwife Thirdgenerationof c.: • Solution focused communication: -To go directly into the future, - to go intotheworldofsolutions, ofresources - Milton Erikson

8. Active Engagement; the being and doing of career counselling dr. Norman E. Amundson, prof. of counselling psychology and vocational counsellor

9. Central Office in Ljubljana “Walking the problem” - place yourself on the opposite side of the room; in the future, where your problem is already resolved - while standing there imagine that your problem is resolved, feel that your problem is resolved - now slowly walk back into the present - which steps did you have to make in order to resolve the problem

10. Central Office in Ljubljana “Drawing of one’s mountin of career” - draw the mountin - draw different posts / features on the mountain - on the drawing of the mountain mark the position where are you located right now in the sense of looking for a job / changing the job / career development - draw also yourself

11. Central Office in Ljubljana “Drawing the problem” / metaphoric resolution of the problem - draw the problem - draw the solution of the problem

12. Central Office in Ljubljana “Up, up and away”; A Career / Life SelfAssesment Exercise - draw yourself - in your hand draw the baloons of: - Knowing Why - Knowing How - Knowing Whom - Vision – Sight andInsight - Flexibility - Health

13. Central Office in Ljubljana “Writing the book of one’s life” - firs page; the title - second and third page; chapters of one’s life - last page; future chapters - as creative as possible (songs, citations, drawings etc.)

14. Central Office in Ljubljana Verbal metaphors

15. Central Office in Ljubljana Narrative - we are narative beings - one’s / clients’s narrative telling (also) to him / her self - other’s narrative (also counsellor’s) motivational / emotional / learning / transfer of experiences, knowledge etc. moments

16. Central Office in Ljubljana “The theatre experience” - big theatre working in a group, coordination, hard work, empathy, character developmnet, glamor, energy - film working in a group, limited contact with the audiance, spectacular, retakes, controle, legacy, following the instructions, material reward - street theatre trust, control, marketing, managing, freedom, creativity, independance, fleksibility - improvisational theatre Cooperation, inspiration, supportive, flexible, quick thinking, multitalented, creativity, imagination, being in the now, good sense of humor

17. Central Office in Ljubljana Constructivism - We all create our reality / our world - The power of thoughts, words, anticipations - Self fulfiling prophecy - The story of IQ - Jung’s synhronicity - We (co)create also the reality of other people (intersubjectivity of motivation etc.) - We cocreate the social - cultural world we all live in The theory of zero point field / quantum vaccum

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19. Central Office in Ljubljana The purpose of one’s life A. Maslow + V. Frankl; - The purpose of one’s life is above (even) selfactualization - 16 % earning a lot of money / the rest finding / living life’s purpuse - (self) adressing clients from “above”

20. Central Office in Ljubljana Drawing of one’s life purpose - Drawyourlife’s purpose - Whatdidyouexperienceduringtheprocess? - feeling / feelings / emotins? - experiences? - realization? - work? - longing? - Putyourlife’s purpose in a shortsentence.