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Psychology of Metaphor Course

I’ve had so many people ask me about my original research into the power of metaphor, so… I’m going to sell my signature graduate psychology course that initiated my profound journey into Third space. If you’re interested in learning more about the power of metaphor or incorporating the power of metaphor into your current work, you will not find this material anywhere else. Much of this research is based on writings that have been out-of-print and inaccessible to the general public for decades.

Purchase price of $500 includes a 40-page detailed course syllabus with lesson plans, class activities and handouts. It also includes a license to teach this course if you so choose. While the content was originally developed for graduate students, it can easily be adopted for a workshop or alternative adult learning format.

SESSION ONE: METAPHOR IN EVERYDAY LIFE
SESSION TWO: METAPHOR AS AN AESTHETIC WORLD
SESSION THREE: METAPHOR AS CREATIVE PROCESS
SESSION FOUR: METAPHOR AND THE NATURAL WORLD
SESSION FIVE: THE METAPHORIC MIND
SESSION SIX: METAPHOR IN TEACHING, RESEARCH AND COUNSELING

Handouts include: A Summary of Concepts about Metaphor, Quotes about Metaphor, Primary Metaphors for Change, Metaphor and Aesthetic Experience, and Observations from Lakoff & Johnson’s Metaphors We Live By.

The requirements to purchase are:
1. a college degree (graduate studies are preferred)
2. prior experience teaching adults or facilitating groups
3. an interest in moving our thinking and knowing beyond the current paradigm

If you’re interested in purchasing this course, please click here to fill out the application form.

Psychology of Creativity Course

What would it be like to teach a fresh new course in YOUR business? My six-session Psychology of Creativity course has been sought after, and I’m finally making it available. The course can be easily adapted for a workshop or alternative adult learning format. Purchase price of $500 includes 28-page detailed course syllabus with lesson plans, handouts, and a wealth of creative ideas for group activities. The price also includes a license to teach this course.

SESSION ONE: CREATIVITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
SESSION TWO: IMAGERY AND SYMBOLIC EXPERIENCE
SESSION THREE: THE CREATIVE PROCESS
SESSION FOUR: THE MAKING OF CREATIVE GENIUS
SESSION FIVE: THINKING LIKE AN ARTIST
SESSION SIX: TEACHING, RESEARCH AND COUNSELING

Handouts include: Psychological Conditions for Creativity, Quotes about the Creative Process, Quotes about Image and Art, Five Disconcerting Qualities of Creativity, Creative Genius: Seven Key Qualities, and Ten Lessons the Arts Teach

The requirements to purchase are:
1. a college degree (graduate studies are preferred)
2. prior experience teaching adults or facilitating groups
3. some personal familiarity with creative modalities

If you’re interested in purchasing this course, please click here to fill out the application form.

200+ Prompts and Inspirational Exercises for Creative Writing, Ice-breakers, & Community Bonding

Need inspiration? Get projects flowing again with immediate evocative imagery. If you’re stuck in any way, taking a short pause to do one of these creative exercises will get your ideas flowing, not to mention making new neuro-pathways in your brain. If you’re a teacher or workshop leader, these exercises are great for ice-breakers. The exercises are designed to inspire connection and conversation; they’ll foster communal bonds and a sense of meaning. 200+ exercises.

Getting Messy: A Guide to Taking Risks and Opening the Imagination

by Kim Hermanson, Ph.D.
Paperback, 250 pages, 6 x 9, $15.95
Publication date: September 2009. ISBN: 978-0578011905
When I began teaching, I wanted to know how to teach in a way that would not only inspire my students’ creativity and learning, but my own as well. I read everything I could find on teaching and took every course that looked helpful. Mostly, I looked outside of the field of education for inspiration and I began to put together my own theory of teaching and learning. I eventually wrote Getting Messy and then a funny thing happened. Readers told me that the book wasn’t just about teaching.

It was about opening space for the creative.

Teaching is a messy process. Messy means we’re human, we make mistakes, and often when we’re trying something for the first time, we have no idea how it’s going to turn out. But it’s only when we step out of the mold and allow a little disarray that learning and growth begin to happen. Getting Messy is a friend and guide for those times when you find yourself feeling trepidation about stepping into an unknown place.

 
 
 
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT GETTING MESSY
“I loved this book!”
Shakti Gawain, author of Living in the Light and other books

“This is one of my very favorite books about teaching. Nobody else outlines what teaching is really like and how to approach is soulfully like Kim does. I created an entire course before I read this book on teaching – and it’s great – but I wish I had this book before I created it because it would be even better. Luckily, Kim let me interview her to be part of the course. 🙂 If you have an interest in teaching anything in a way that is real, sustainable and honest – as well as fun – please read this book. And if you suffer as a teacher, double triple please read this book. You will be so happy you did!”
Jennifer Louden, founder of TeachNow & best-selling author of The Women’s Comfort Book

“I love this book. I feel as if I can crawl up inside it and awaken the teacher within me in so many ways! Kim’s style is at once open and circular, while also putting things into a clear perspective. If you think you might be a teacher/mentor/coach or guide, the questions and concepts of this book will rattle your treasured ideas and open you to whole new ways of being who you are. Getting Messy is a way of life for those who are willing to take the leap.”
Rev. Linda Finley, Spiritual Director, Center for Spiritual Living

“Wow! I am so inspired by this book! I’m savoring it—-I underline, color, write comments like, “me too!!!”… I am inspired, stimulated, nourished, uplifted…all of that and more! It’s helping me trust the unknown, the non-linear, the messiness. I’m frightened to release the moorings I’ve been holding onto, and yet it feels so bloody joyful and freeing at the same time! I’m incredibly grateful. I can feel the huge reflexion that has gone into writing this book and I’m full of admiration for the thinking and feeling behind it. It’s such a gem!”
Chantal Kickx, artist and teacher

“I am only 1/3 of the way through the book so far and I must say – it is brilliant! It is one of those life changing books for me. I know it is only a matter of time until my copy is worn and tattered from so much use.”
Talia Walsmith, Simple Living Coach

“Dr. Hermanson encourages and shares practices that ultimately result in space for creative genius to emerge.”
Joyce Weaver, Artist

“This book affirmed my lifelong belief that teaching is both a spiritual and creative process. I’ve shared it with every teacher and educator I know.”
Pam Tish, Amazon Review

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