Is the Change Triangle for self-help or psychotherapy? Both! The Change Triangle is a universal tool to understand and work with emotions in the body and mind in ways that lead to increased calm, confidence, connection, clarity, and authentic living. Working with emotions means we learn knowledge and skills to make space for emotions, as they contain important data that we all need. Experiencing emotions in safe ways as the Change Triangle teaches means we don't automatically avoid, bury or suppress emotions, which leads to greater anxiety, depressive symptoms, and poorer health and wellbeing. Additionally, working with emotions does not mean giving permission to "act out" emotions in destructive behaviors or to wear emotions on our sleeve or as an excuse to demonstrate inappropriate emotional displays. Working with emotions is an entirely internal practice that brings back a much needed balance between mind and body, head and heart, and feeling and thinking. Here are several ways to engage/use the Change Triangle: Level 1: Purely intellectual interest and education. This person reads the Change Triangle book (It's Not Always Depression) and takes the Emotions Education 101 class to learn the Change Triangle for an intellectual understanding of emotions for self and others. Level 2: Use as a self-help tool. This person reads the book, practices exercises in the book, works the Change Triangle in every day life as a mindfulness practice of emotions. Tries to identify defenses, calm anxiety, transform shame and guilt, an experience their core emotions in daily life. Makes use of experiential processing as demonstrated in this video: https://youtu.be/qb8Rny3vKuo Level 3: Use to process old wounds. This person engages the same as level 2 but tries to connect and process current triggers with awareness of past traumas and childhood experiences. Tries to use parts to identify childhood emotions triggered in present. Here’s an autobiographical example of what this looks like in action: https://www.hilaryjacobshendel.com/post/2016/06/15/five-minutes-in-a-car-that-transformed-my-reactive-anger-forever-1 Level 4: For use in psychotherapy and counseling. This person brings the Change Triangle book to therapist or finds an AEDP or other type of experiential psychotherapist to help them work on stuck areas or emotions too scary to process alone or persistent symptoms that require therapy to overcome. What this looks like is demonstrated in the stories in the It's Not Always Depression. Just seeing the Change Triangle and understanding the basics of core emotions, inhibitory emotions, defenses, and the openhearted state of the authentic self can be a huge help in self-understanding and self-awareness and feeling better about oneself. It’s the beginning of a life long journey towards emotional health if one wants it to be. That is the purpose of the book and the EE 101 classes.
What is the Emotions Education 101 live and interactive group class on Zoom? These classes allow people to more deeply understand the Change Triangle and practice working it. The group experience allows participants to feel what it is like to share a common language of emotions with others. These classes are offered in an 8-week format and a weekend format. Both classes teach the same information. The class has 8 modules that, by the end, takes a person through each corner of the Change Triangle to land in the openhearted state of the authentic self. The 8-week format meets once a week for 8 consecutive weeks. The weekend class meets from 11 AM to 6 PM on Saturday and Sunday. All people are welcome who are 18 years old and older. All people from all countries around the world are welcome. The class is taught in English. Can families, friends, and colleagues take the Emotions Education 101 course together? Yes! In fact, this is a great way to have a common language to talk about emotions together. Relationships improve when we cultivate curiosity in others in combination with emotional understanding.
What is the Emotions Education 101™ Turnkey Curriculum? We, AEDP psychotherapists and educators, Heather Sanford, LCSW, MPA and Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW, author of It's Not Aways Depression (Random House and Penguin UK), developed this curriculum because we believe emotions education should be basic education for all starting in high school. We wanted to make it easy for anyone to share this information in their community, agency, hospital, workplace, coaching practice, counseling practice, psychotherapy practice, or school. The curriculum is both didactic and experiential. We believe emotions education has to be experiential because we cannot think our way through emotions, they have to be experienced. But this needs to be done gently and safely to give people a good experience, not one that further isolates them or their emotions.
What happens in an experiential class? First and foremost, we get out of our heads and into our bodies. We practice together in a gentle and compassionate, non-judgmental space, to be with our emotions, noticing the sensations and impulses they create. We learn tools and techniques to build a deep tolerance to emotions as they happen in the present moment. This benefits our lives in a whole host of ways including easing anxiety and depression, diminishing triggers, making wiser decisions, having better impulse control, engaging in more peaceful and connected relationships.
What is the Train the Trainer Workshop? The Train the Trainer Workshop teaches future facilitators of the Emotions Education 101 Turnkey Curriculum how to run these groups themselves.
What is a curriculum license? Each curriculum license means that you (or one person) can use it to teach the Emotions Education 101 course to others. You will be provided a link to a dropbox with all the contents of the curriculum, including videos and exercises - everything you need to teach the course upon purchase of a license! You can teach the course to others in person or remotely. You can teach modify the curriculum for your populations as long as the integrity of the content remains intact. for example, you can chose selected modules, increase the length of the classes, omit exercises, and add more time for discussion.
Do I need to be a therapist to run these classes? No! The whole idea is that we believe this is a teachable course for anyone to facilitate as long as they can hold a safe and slowed-down space for people to reflect. The Train the Trainer will help people build confidence that they can facilitate the course by the practice you’ll get on creating the right space and more.
Will the Train the Trainer Workshop help my work with individuals? The Train the Trainer workshop teaches the stance required to facilitate the Emotions Education 101 class. This includes helping people slow down, notice their internal world, and process emotions. The stance of the facilitator requires a non-judgmental attitude, the ability to slow-down the participants and pace, and an ability to tolerate long pauses, and being authentic and affirming of others.
What’s the Difference Between the EE 101 8-week and EE 101 Weekend classes? There is no difference in the content of the two EE 101 classes (weekend and 8-week formats) but the weekend class is best for those who want a more intimate experience as we limit the class to 20 participants. The 8-week class is larger but we use breakout rooms for the experiential exercises for a more intimate experience.
What Does the Train the Trainer Workshop Include? The 4-hour Train the Trainer workshop includes the full turnkey curriculum for one user. This does not include the Emotions Education 101 class.
What is the Difference Between the Free 12-Class Curriculum and the Emotions Education 101 Turnkey Curriculum? The free 12-class curriculum is “lighter” version which provides a nice introduction to emotions and the Change Triangle tool. The transformational power of the 8-module Turnkey Curriculum is driven by the experiential exercises. We designed these to be gentle yet to help people take that brave dive into noticing emotions in the body. This curriculum comes with videos of Heather Sanford, LCSW and I doing the actual teaching and reading of the exercises for the group to follow along. Or the videos can serve to teach the facilitator, you, how we teach. You can use the curriculum flexibly to suit your time and clients needs. As a seasoned facilitator, you may want to use the PowerPoint slides in the turnkey curriculum to teach it yourself and you may want to read the exercises with the scripts we provide in the written curriculum book. There’s also a training manual. When you make the purchase, you are sent a link to a Dropbox where you can then download the materials included. Here's what is included (copied from the webpage linked below): The Training Manual PDF (to instruct facilitators). The EE 101 Curriculum PDF with lesson plans for each class followed by the exercise scripts and PowerPoint slides with teaching notes for each slide. Eight individual class folders containing three videos of Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW and Heather Sanford, LCSW teaching the daily PowerPoint lesson, opening exercise, and discussion exercise. (The videos are meant for people who may not wish to do the actual teaching portion as well as those who would like to use our teaching as a guide to inform their own.) The full PowerPoint and Keynote slide decks for teaching. PDF of the slides as handouts for participants. The one-page consolidated homework sheet for participants.
What is the difference between the Teen Curriculum and the free 12-class curriculum? Is the free curriculum good for teens, too? The free 12-class curriculum is a flexible, educational resource. It includes lesson plans and curated links you can adapt for your needs. It’s designed for teaching concepts over time and is lighter on structure and experiential practice. The Teen Emotions Education 101™ curriculum, on the other hand, is a fully developed, facilitator-ready program. It includes: Slide decks A detailed training manual Structured, guided exercises Real-life examples for working with the Change Triangle It’s designed as an interactive, experiential workshop where teens don’t just learn about emotions—they actively practice working with them. Participants engage with examples and also apply the Change Triangle to their own real-life situations in a supported way. Another key difference is that the Teen EE 101™ package actually includes three curricula in one: One for teens One for preteens One for the adults who support them So it’s both more comprehensive and more hands-on. If you’re curious, download the free 12-class curriculum to get a feel for the material. Many people find it useful as a supplement. But if your goal is to teach emotional skills in a practical, engaging way, the Teen EE 101™ curriculum is the more complete and ready-to-use option. Links for both: Free 12-class curriculum Teen Emotions Education 101™
Obtenga también una copia del libro No siempre es depresión antes del comienzo del curso.
¿Preguntas? ¿Peticiones? Comuníquese con Heather Sanford en sanford.he@gmail.com o con Hilary Jacobs Hendel en hilaryjacobshendel@gmail.com.
Taller de formación de formadores:
¿Quiere que capacitemos a su organización para impartir estas clases? Visite la página web de Capacitar al capacitador aquí para aprender más. Si tiene preguntas, comuníquese con Heather Sanford en sanford.he@gmail.com o con Hilary Jacobs Hendel en hilaryjacobshendel@gmail.com.
Plan de estudios llave en mano EE 101
¿Quiere comprar el Currículo llave en mano de Educación Emocional 101? Visitar aquí para aprender más. Si tiene preguntas, comuníquese con Heather Sanford en sanford.he@gmail.com o con Hilary Jacobs Hendel en hilaryjacobshendel@gmail.com.
Conozca a sus facilitadores:
Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW, es la autora del libro premiado, No siempre es depresión: trabajar el triángulo del cambio para escuchar el cuerpo, descubrir las emociones fundamentales y conectarse con su yo auténtico (Random House & Penguin UK) basado en su trabajo como terapeuta de la AEDP. Recibió su licenciatura en bioquímica de la Universidad de Wesleyan y un MSW de la Universidad de Fordham. Es psicoanalista certificada y psicoterapeuta y supervisora de la AEDP. Ha publicado artículos en The New York Times, Time, Oprah y otros importantes medios de comunicación. Su blog "The Change Triangle" se lee en todo el mundo. Hilary es co-desarrolladora del Plan de estudios y programa llave en mano de Educación emocional 101.
Heather Sanford, LCSW, MPA, es co-desarrolladora y facilitadora principal del currículo de Educación Emocional 101. Heather recibió sus títulos de MPA y MSW de las universidades de Cornell y Binghamton. Ha enseñado Educación Emocional 101 en agencias comunitarias de salud mental, así como en la práctica privada. Es psicoterapeuta licenciada por la AEDP. Se especializa en trabajos grupales y sesiones individuales con adolescentes LGBTQ+. Heather es la co-desarrolladora del Plan de Estudios y el Programa Llave en Mano de Educación de las Emociones 101.
TESTIMONIOS
"The Emotions 101 Course that I took with you, exceeded my expectation on how helpful it was. Personally, I felt and feel more embodied and calmer. And the Course helped my confidence in assisting people with understanding and experiencing their emotions in their body, in the moment. This was huge for my Couples Workshop which involves learning to talk with each other about their most vulnerable feelings in their relationships. Additionally, people I teach it to have consistently found the Change Triangle very powerful in helping them understand emotions and defenses. Thank you both for the excellent, valuable work that you are doing!"
-Diana Weiss-Wisdom, Ph.D., Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist
“Sabía que la clase sería buena, pero no tenía idea de qué tan buena. Ha sido excepcional y un placer y una alegría. La epifanía de que era mi yo auténtico lo que me faltaba después del primer ejercicio de hoy fue un enorme alivio. ¡Gracias!"
- Debbie Fray, Valparaíso, IN
"Después de 20 años de terapia intermitente, y mucha biblioterapia en el último año y medio (he leído unos 50 libros sobre este tema desde principios de 2020), tengo que decir que este curso (y Hilary's book) fueron los que más me ayudaron. El Triángulo del Cambio es un mapa compasivo que te ayuda a identificar dónde te encuentras en el momento presente y te ayuda a predecir cómo podrías sentirte a medida que comienzas a sanar, para que nada sea impactante o sorprendente y sientes un sentido de orgullo y propiedad durante todo el proceso. Al reunirme semanalmente para aprender más sobre cómo funciona todo esto y practicar cómo sentir emociones en presencia de otros en el grupo, he visto una mejora significativa en mi capacidad para confiar en los demás. así como a mí mismo. Ojalá me hubieran presentado este contenido fortalecedor antes en mi vida, por lo que estoy haciendo todo lo posible para educar a los padres y maestros sobre su trabajo para que, con suerte, puedan transmitir el beneficio a sus hijos ".
Anne Kubitsky, Lookforthegoodproject.org
“Gracias por una experiencia tan maravillosa y significativa. Esta clase fue verdaderamente una de las mejores cosas que he hecho en mi formación para ser terapeuta (¡y probablemente también para ser una persona en el mundo!). Me encanta lo simples pero profundas que son las lecciones y he estado tratando de incorporarlas a mi trabajo y mi vida. Ustedes y los otros entrenadores aportaron una calidez y profesionalismo encantadores a la experiencia. Sin duda lo recomendaré a otros (¡y seguiré formándome en AEDP!).”
- Linda Siegel, participante de la clase
" Estoy disfrutando mucho y aprendiendo mucho de este curso, señoras, gracias. El contenedor que han creado ofrece un espacio abierto y compartido para que la gente se reúna con la intención de comprenderse mejor y estar con nosotros mismos; emociones complejas y todo lo que viene con tener un corazón que late. Me ha encantado la psicoeducación y la necesidad de 'no arreglar' en lugar de 'estar' conmigo mismo... y con lo que está pasando dentro. La voluntad de los participantes de ser vulnerables y de compartir abiertamente , ha sido muy útil para reconocerme a mí también y sentirme comprendido. Más allá de la clase, poco a poco me estoy mostrando a mí mismo en una conciencia más profunda, también de formas más sutiles y gentiles. Siento que estoy cultivando un nivel más íntimo de 'conciencia emocional' interior, lo bueno y lo no tan bueno, y estoy descubriendo que me juzgo menos a mí mismo en todo. El trabajo de toda una vida. Gracias por crear y, de manera tan útil, facilitar este grupo de aprendizaje activo. "
-Fiona, (Dublín Irlanda)
“Este curso ha sido una experiencia increíble. Creo que deberías hacer mucho más de esto para la gente. ¡Gracias por ofrecerlo!" - Anónimo
“Gran cantidad de tarea, la clase está bien dirigida, buena participación, podría usar más tiempo para reflexionar” - Anónimo
“Me encanta el curso y aprendo mucho.” -Anónimo
“Quería tomar el curso porque quiero ser yo mismo. Al principio, no pensé que sería posible porque no entendía cómo uno sabe cuando está siendo auténtico. Creo que ahora entiendo. No sé si me puede pasar a mí pero me habéis dado las herramientas para saber cómo. Depende de mí hacerlo”. -Anónimo
“Este curso ha sido una experiencia increíble. Creo que deberías hacer mucho más de esto para la gente. ¡Gracias por ofrecerlo!" -Anónimo
"Va bien. Me alegro de estar aquí” - Anónimo
“Muy muy bien” - Anónimo
“Gran clase.” - Anónimo