Berkeley, CA TRAININGS & SCHEDULE
Until Further notice, all workshops conducted via Zoom. When health regulations allow, workshops will be held at the Quan Yin Training Center in Berkeley, CA.
Advanced Mindful Facilitation Training
This workshop is one of StirFry Seminars’ most popular because participants get the chance to practice with an assortment of culturally sensitive role plays and filmed vignettes, as well as a myriad of confrontational scenarios that will hone advanced-level intervention and facilitation skill sets. Participants will also be making use of advanced-level group interventions that will enhance group processing and observational techniques.
Participants will learn:
- To Notice Intent & Impact
- Advanced Interventions for Individual/Group Interactions
- How to De-escalate Cultural Conflict Within Seconds
- 21 Ways to Stop a Diversity Conversation
- How to Transform Anger Into Compassion
- Ways to Develop Curiosity & Understanding
- How to Create a Culturally Competent Community
- Ways to Develop Empathy & Trust
Cost: $500 for all three days
November 20-22, 2020
Fri-Sat-Sun 9am-3pm
($75 discount for those who attended any July workshop and submitted a video evaluation)
When a Discriminatory Incident Occurs
Often, discriminatory incidents and lawsuits emerge from environments where diversity issues are seldom discussed and where cultural differences are “celebrated” but not practiced or represented. During this workshop, we will explore how to create a culturally competent and sensitive community that is able to embrace and respond to diversity.
Participants will:
- Understand how one’s personal and community history affects one’s self esteem and sense of safety
- Learn ways to respond with honesty and compassion when a conflict occurs that involves a diversity issue
- Create a sense of community and understanding among a diverse culture of people
- Learn how to ask meaningful and intimate questions of individuals from diverse cultures
- Understand how differences (i.e. racial, gender) can affect relationships, communications & behaviors
- Discover how to observe and make use of the intent and impact of all of our communications
Learn the art of listening and responding cross-culturally
Let’s Get Real: Unlearning Racism & Internalized Racism
Before we can truly become a multicultural nation, we must have a relationship based on respect and understanding, reflection and curiosity; where our differences and our similarities are embraced, valued and integrated into the very fabric of our workplaces, communities, schools and governmental institutions. It also means coming to an understanding that awareness and holidays are just the beginning.
What is required is an on-going dialogue and relationship with each other. I hope that you will join us in making this not only a better world for our children, but for ourselves – not by starting tomorrow, but by beginning that conversation today.
Participants will learn:
- 9 Healthy Ways to Communicate
- 101 Ways to Become Culturally Competent
- 21 Statements That Stop A Diversity Conversation
- The Art of Listening & Responding Cross-Culturally
The Intersection of Mindful Facilitation & Group Process
So many times, much of our education as therapists has lacked adequate training from a diversity perspective and lens. Partly because therapists have received ‘awareness training’ but almost no ‘practical skills training’ in dealing with diversity-related issues or confrontations when working with groups from diverse populations. In this training we will demonstrate the myriad of ways that facilitation, when practiced using Mindful Techniques, developed by Lee Mun Wah, can become a useful tool in helping counseling students, faculty and staff to become culturally competent and skilled in facilitating and processing individual and group issues from a diversity and therapeutic lens.
Through the use of filmed vignettes, role plays and personal stories, participants will learn:
- Mindful Listening and Responsive Techniques
- The Art of Mindful Facilitation
- How to De-escalate a Conflict Within Seconds
- Unveiling the Roots of Our Disconnections and How to Reconnect
- Noticing What Is Missing
- How to Create a Sense of Community & Belonging Amongst Diverse Groups
- 21 Ways That Stop A Diversity Conversation
- Advanced Empathetic Interventions
Introductory Mindful Facilitation Workshop Part 1
In one of our most popular online trainings, Lee Mun Wah will demonstrate the myriad of ways that facilitation, when practiced using Mindful Techniques, can become a useful tool in helping therapists, educators, and counselors to become more culturally competent and skilled in developing and processing individual and group issues from a diversity and therapeutic lens, using filmed vignettes, role plays, diversity films, personal stories, and interactive exercises.
Some of the Mindfulness Techniques that you will learn are:
- The Art of Intent & Impact
- Advanced Interventions for Individual/Group Interactions
- How to De-escalate Cultural Conflicts Within Seconds
- 21 Ways to Stop a Diversity Conversation
- How to Transform Anger into Compassion and Curiosity
- Ways to Diminish Fear Through Curiosity & Self-Reflection
- How to Create a Culturally Competent Community In Our Classrooms & Faculty
- Ways to Develop Empathy & Trust Using a Diversity Lens
- The Art of Noticing What Is Missing
- How to Transform A Disconnection into A Reconnection
Mindful Facilitation Training Part 2
This workshop is one of StirFry Seminars’ most popular follow-up trainings from Part 1because participants get the chance to practice with an assortment of culturally sensitive role plays and filmed vignettes, as well as a myriad of confrontational scenarios that will hone advanced-level intervention and facilitation skill sets. Participants will also be making use of advanced-level group interventions that will enhance group processing and observational techniques.
Participants will learn:
- To Notice Intent & Impact
- Advanced Interventions for Individual/Group Interactions
- How to De-escalate Cultural Conflict Within Seconds
- 21 Ways to Stop a Diversity Conversation
- How to Transform Anger into Compassion
- Ways to Develop Curiosity & Understanding
- How to Create a Culturally Competent Community
- Ways to Develop Empathy & Trust