Workshops and trainings by
Lynn Fitz-Hugh, M.S.

Washington State Licensed LMHC Psychotherapist

Description of Potential Workshop Topics

• Conflict Mediation/Peaceful Planet

  Imagining A Sustainable Planet (Imagining a World Without Weapons or Without War) -- can be 8 to 16 hours

  This is a powerful workshop placing participants in touch with their visions of peace and a sustainable planet, developing the image and also seeing in a "backwards history" how such change is possible. Participants learn a dynamic, non-linear way of goal setting that can be useful in all their endeavors, and this workshop is very hopeful and inspiring.

  Conflict Resolution in Daily Life -- 20 hour intro

  This is a three day workshop which is very experiential. Through participating in exercises, participants focus on cooperation, communication skills, community building, problem solving, and transforming power (the power of non-violence). Participants gain insight into their approach to conflict and practical skills for resolving conflicts that occur in daily life.

  Away from Stereotyping & Toward Embracing Differences -- 11 to 19 hours

  This is designed to be a follow-up to the previous workshop. Through experiential exercises, it allows people to explore how stereotyping works and how to cross barriers.

  Dealing with Difficult People (Communication Skills for Resolving Conflicts) -- 8 hours

  This workshop focuses more exclusively on conflict styles and communication skills for resolving conflict, and on giving participants better tools for dealing with conflict.

• Workplace issues

  Organizational Long-Term Goal Setting -- 8 to 16 hours

  The facilitator will lead the group in establishing a vision for the future of their organization and identifying the steps that will be necessary to achieve their goals.

  Understanding Internalized Oppression -- 2 to 3 hours

  This educational workshop helps participants understand how oppressed groups can have internalized attitudes, behaviors and responses to the oppression that they experience in the larger society. The workshop helps participants think about their responses to people of different groups and how to better support people in oppressed groups.

• Psychoeducational workshops

  Couples Communication for the Long Haul -- 8 hours

  This is a workshop for couples to understand their conflict styles, why their fights go the way they do, and learn communication and problem solving skills that will make conflict more productive.

  How Sexism Effects Women's Well-being -- 2 to 3 hours

  This workshop identifies the internalized effects of sexism for women and talks about ways of stepping out of the patterns.

  Non-Sexist Parenting -- 2 to 3 hours

  This workshop talks about how sexist patterns get laid for both boys and girls, and what parents can do to counter the effects of sexism in our society. This workshop is not a panacea, but it is a good beginning.

• Spiritual Workshops

  Patchwork Faith (Creating a Personal Theology) -- intended for 4 or 5 sessions
  Often times people who have changed faiths have a collection of theological beliefs from their old and new faiths. This is a workshop about sorting out the pieces, and being able to articulate one's own personal theology.
  To Pray in a New Way (Making Prayer One's Own) -- 2 to 4 sessions
  This is a workshop that helps people explore the ways they were taught to pray, how they conceptualize prayer, and what kind of prayer makes sense in light of their current theological beliefs.>
  Healing One's Spiritual Life -- 4 or 5 sessions, each 2 to 3 hours long
  The premise of this workshop is that some unhealed traumas in our lives wind up effecting how we conceptualize and experience the Divine. The workshop uses prayer, worship, and the support of the group to heal the wounds that block our spiritual life. The workshop is both spiritual and therapeutic and is lead by a professional therapist.