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The Healer’s Program

A Program For Personal Transformation and
Training in the Healing Arts –
For Professional Healers and
Those Who Aspire To This Work  

Program Description

The Healer’s Program trains people in the art and science of natural and complementary healing practices. It provides graduates with a high level of competency in the use of an integrated system that includes traditional Asian and intuitive diagnostic methods; diet and nutrition; Traditional Chinese medicine; and a set of powerful tools for emotional and psychological healing advanced by the program’s creator, Tom Monte.

The Healer’s Program takes place over the course of six intensive weekends, called modules. All six modules provide deepening understanding and insight into traditional and intuitive diagnosis. When the student completes the full program, he or she will be adept at utilizing these methods in his or her professional practice. 

Module Descriptions

MODULE 1:
The Art and Science of Reading the Body
September 12-14, 2008

This module will focus on two types of traditional diagnosis: the
first is face and body reading; the second is energetic or intuitive diagnosis. Ancient healers, especially those in China and Japan, developed a system that enabled them to have insight into a person's physical health, character, talents and weaknesses by examining physical features on the face and body. The first part of this weekend will provide an in-depth understanding of the art and practice of traditional Asian diagnosis.

The second part will reveal the art of energetic or intuitive diagnosis, a practice Tom Monte has been developing for more than 25 years. Students will learn how to combine their understanding of Asian diagnosis with their own innate intuitive abilities to see strengths and imbalances in their client's physical health; the client’s emotional and psychological patterns; the emotions that dominate the client’s life; the state of important relationships of their client; as well as many of their client’s strengths and talents.

MODULE 2 and 3:
The Art and Science of Healing the Body
Module 2: October 17-19, 2008
Module 3: December 5-7, 2008

Long before there were pharmaceutical drugs, healers used food, medicinal herbs, physical therapy, therapeutic massage, exercise, and emotional healing to restore health and harmony to the body. Modules 2 and 3 of the Healer’s Program concentrates primarily on the use of diet, medicinal foods, and herbs for prevention and healing of disease.

These approaches are especially effective in the prevention and treatment of inflammation and insulin resistance, the twin causes of most of the illnesses we face today, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, arthritis, asthma, cataracts, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The student will also learn how to use the foundations of Chinese medicine – specifically yin and yang and the Five Transformations – to heal many chronic and degenerative conditions.

MODULE 4 and 5: The Art and Science of Healing the Heart and Relationships
Module 4: January 23-25, 2009
Module 5: February 6-8, 2009

Emotions and relationships are at the heart of all physical, emotional, and psychological crises. We must know how to address these issues effectively if we are to truly assist the person in restoring health and harmony to his or her life. To do that, we must have a clear set of tools. In this module of the program, Tom Monte provides an array of diagnostic and healing methods for seeing the sources of emotional and relationship conflicts, and how they can be resolved. Among the methods students will learn are:

• The Five Defenses Model created and developed by Wilhelm Reich and Alexander Lowen, creator of Bioenergetics. The Five Defenses teaches us how to analyze personality traits to know the person's core fears, their strategies for protecting themselves when facing those fears, and how those characteristics effect their emotions and relationships.

• The meaning and purpose of love; the purpose of relationships; why we enter into committed relationships, and how we can maintain the love, vitality, and joy of those relationships.

• Tom Monte's own diagnostic and healing model for restoring balance to emotions and essential relationships.

• How to use diet, lifestyle, and natural healing methods to heal emotional wounds and to free ourselves from the behaviors those wounds create.
   

MODULE 6: The Art and Practice of Counseling
March 13-15, 2009

Effective counseling requires a practical set of guidelines to help draw out the client, to help him reveal himself, and to enable the counselor to see the sources of conflict so that progress and healing can be made. These guidelines must also establish a safe environment for both the client and the counselor. They must protect the integrity and dignity of the client and counselor, so that both can do their work effectively in an atmosphere of trust. Finally, the counselor must also have excellent diagnostic and healing skills. He must make an early assessment of the client's central issues and then know how to gently lead the client toward his or her solution.

Counseling is also an emotional, psychological, and intuitive art. Healers must understand that art and utilize it effectively. On one hand, the counselor must have an enormous capacity for compassion and non-judgment. At the same time, the counselor must be objective and maintain a safe distance from the client, even as he probes the most sensitive and sacred aspects of the client's life. The client must be able to trust in the counselor's judgment, healing skills, and strength of character. Tom Monte will provide precise instructions in all areas of counseling. Also everyone who takes this course will practice counseling in a variety of settings, and face a variety of client-issues. Student counselors will work one on one, and will also volunteer to counsel fellow students before the entire class. When the program is concluded, the students will have the skills and the confidence to be effective counselors.

This six-part program will provide professional healers with the basic tools to help clients overcome many different types of physical and emotional imbalances. It will give healers deep insights into their own lives and a new direction and inspiration in their work.