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The Magic of the Everyday: your heart’s desire may be bigger than you think!
Workshop: Sunday 26 April, 2026 10:00am – 4:00pm
Venue: Hovea Ashram 805 Margaret Rd, Hovea
By Vivien Beere
In this workshop you will name your own heart’s desire, amplify it through simple art techniques and be shown how to “switch channels” to discover further dimensions of your longing. You will also discover the personal edge, or challenge to your accustomed identity, that has so far prevented you living this dream and find your own next practical steps.
The everyday shaman is one who can move easily between the world of tables, clock- time and bills and the worlds of dream, mysterious body symptoms, relationships and haunting world events. To become that fluid doesn’t mean we don’t sometimes need the service of an expert, be it shaman, priest, surgeon or psychiatrist, however, I believe we can all develop a “second attention” that allows us to recognise and cooperate with what is already unfolding, personally and in our environment and communities. In this way we become “everyday shamans.”
This workshop builds on Vivien’s Friday talk:
Jungian Psychology has a Daughter
Some ideas and experiences of the work of Dr. Arnold Mindell, founder of Process Oriented Psychology
Lecture: Friday 24 April, 2026, 7:00pm- 8:30 pm
Venue: Cottesloe Civic Centre Lesser Hall Perth.
The workshop on Sunday may be attended independently.
Everyone is welcome from age 16 to 116!
If you have any special needs, a history of mental illness or have experienced recent surgery or a recent bereavement, please let Britt know beforehand so that we can support you if needed.
Workshop venue:
Hovea Ashram, 805 Margaret Rd, Hovea.
Cost:
$120 (members), $135 Concession $150 (general)
Includes a Vegetarian Lunch.
Enquiries and bookings to the President of the Jung Society WA:
Brittain Garrett
phone: 0417 958 658
email: britt.garrett@westnet.com.au
A time to honour grief
Place: The Meeting Place, 245 South Terrace, South Fremantle
Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm
Date: Saturday 28 March 2026
Cost: $120
With Vivien Beere and Ishara de Garis
Somewhere among the books and chapters of our lives, perhaps between such concerns as Absolute Happiness, A New Earth and Brave New Humans! we find the griefs we have tucked away, aches that still have stories to tell, people, places and events to honour for themselves and what they gave us. You are invited to pause, join us and take some time to honour your own grief, to witness each other, and to find creative ways to take the next steps, whatever these may be for you.
Vivien and Ishara are both experienced facilitators, with their own experiences of grief, and know the gifts that come from doing this work. We will use symbolic objects, simple art and writing exercises and conversation, in the intimate setting of The Nook at The Meeting Place in South Fremantle. There are comfy chairs, trestle tables, wheelchair access to bathrooms, a kitchen, and our own access to a courtyard and garden. Please bring lunch to share. Teas and art materials are provided. (No skill needed.) This very first workshop has only six places, so text one of us immediately!
Every major change brings grief: the death of a partner, a child, parents, friends, divorce and separation, an argument that is never reconciled, the loss of a job, a familiar environment, a sense of self forever altered by injury, illness or age. There can also be grief with political change, with the loss of country through war, persecution or famine, or perhaps our increasing sense of the burden of trans-generational trauma and the damage we inflict on Mother Earth. Whatever brings you, you are welcome.
If you have a history of major trauma or ongoing psychiatric issues please let Vivien know.
If you have had a recent bereavment we suggest you join a future group after about three months.
If you live in another town, city or deep in the country but would otherwise be interested, please let us know. An online group is also in preparation.
Register:
https://forms.gle/rmHgFnG4qYURikcZ9
Contact Ishara de Garis
0415 593 408
(text or leave a message)
or Vivien Beere
0488 381 868
(text only)
What can I offer you?
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Counselling
I can offer counselling, either walk and talk, café counselling, or a home visit if needed.
This depends on your presence and mine and my ability to listen. Often this will result in a
shift in your thinking or a new question. The cost of this is modest and negotiable if needed.
Counselling primarily shifts your thinking and may open your ability to imagine new
solutions. We can use simple art therapy techniques or I may suggest some homework
exercises between sessions if more than one meeting is wanted.
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Process Oriented Psychotherapy,
Art Therapy and Sand-play
Psycho-therapy literally means paying attention to the soul. We depend on heart presence
where you are able to be open to both your pain and the new possibilities that are emerging
for you. Deep emotional shifts can occur in this work. You may find yourself able to face
internal critics and overcome longstanding blocks, ultimately leading to the clarity about
your next decisions. I will be present and while listening to you will also be observing subtle
movements and metaphors that can suggest new possibilities that you may be willing to
explore. Depending on your interest this might involve dream work, expressive movement,
painting or drawing, clay-work, role plays and or journaling or creative writing. We may also
use symbolic objects or sand-play to let an image resonate further within you. You can
decide to do or not do anything I suggest! Process Oriented Psychology has Jungian roots
and so draws on the ideas of “dream figure” or “feeling toned complexes” shaping our
every-day personalities and also the personal and collective unconscious as a reservoir of
creative possibilities.
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It is also possible to work with couples or dyads, for example friends or neighbours or small
teams using these methods. Please enquire.
I prefer to meet either in my home studio, my colleague’s room in Wembley or by your
bedside if necessary, but in any case, in a place that feels safe to you. This work is available
in workshops or following an initial discussion.
I no longer do long term work and often suggest a series of sessions followed by a break for
integration. If you are under the care of a psychiatrist or are seeing another Mental Health
practitioner please consult with them first re suitability as to whether a professional referral
is needed.
Harvesting
This work is for those who want ongoing mentoring, support with creative work or a new
endeavour or to review a stage of their lives, or even their whole lives, before or as they
step into new activities. You might want to do this work in spiritual crisis, when ending or
considering beginning a new relationship, when expecting a child or when children leave
home, when moving cities or countries, changing jobs, approaching retirement, facing
difficult medical diagnoses or preparing for death, either your own or that of someone you
love. The work is heart centred and usually leads down into practical changes in everyday
life. Workshops around particular themes can be arranged on request. The cost is
negotiable following an initial conversation.
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Clinical Supervision
I have over 30 years experience as a supervisor for those in a range of helping professions
including three years sessional work with graduating Art Therapists in the Masters program
at Murdoch University, Perth. I use Art Process Work and Seven Eyed Supervision models.
However, although I carry professional indemnity insurance, I do not accept liability for any
suggestions I make or for your work as a practitioner, nor do I write reports. If you are
relying on an agency to pay for supervision please check first as this may not meet their
requirements. I am especially interested in working with emerging practitioners who are
also supervised in their agencies, and in senior practitioners in private practice.
Please enquire.
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I’m keen on helping you find resources you did not know you had!
Professional training
I have recently had a small Reference Group of Mental Health practitioners, from different
disciplines, experience my approach and try out exercises in their own work.
I would now like to build a confidential online Reference Group where practitioners can
comment on their experiences working with these exercises for themselves or with
(non identifiable) clients.. It’s intended the feedback will help me in publishing my work.
A Pooh Bear Cook Book of Art Process Work exercises is in preparation.
A four to five day Heart of Practice update of previous trainings is also in preparation.
Please enquire.
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Beyond Time and Space
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This is about the transpersonal exploration of dreams and spiritual experiences and their
possible significance for you.
I can help you with dream journaling, lucid dreaming, the exploration of dream images and
what may be experienced as past or parallel lives. Chronic physical illnesses and longer term
emotional states can also be approached as dream experiences and given a new context.
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I have studied people’s astrological birth-charts all my adult life and found that the angular
positions of planets at birth tell a story of gifts and challenges for the life ahead that the
person unfolds in their own way. You do not need to “believe” in astrology to ponder on the
correlation between your chart and your life to date.
A simple exploration of the fundamentals of your chart costs $70 which might start your
exploration. Art Psychotherapy sessions at standard rates (currently $AUD 200 for 90
mins, $AUD 150 concession), using astrological placements are available, as are workshops
named Interactive Astrology where we follow up particular themes.
Primal Experiential and Embodied Astrology is a further technique in which you literally
embody the archetype you are getting to know and then step back to observe what occurs
as a result of this shift. It’s best to be familiar with dreamwork or meditative states before
doing this work. It’s currently available one to one, or in small workshops by arrangement.
I look forward to meeting you.
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Vivien Beere
