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This diploma mental training in connection with empathy training trains competent mental trainers, who can accompany their clients successfully and professionally through the mental, emotional and body-oriented approach. It is precisely this unique combination of strengthening mental power and developing emotional intelligence, which links the performance of both hemispheres of the brain, that enables solid personal development.

an effective combination of theory and practice is created, which actively integrates the following areas into the training structure: cognitive psychology, brain research, neurobiology, techniques from Western and Far Eastern meditation, body training, breath training, self-hypnosis, empathy research, communication training and methods for strengthening body awareness.

The three pillars of the course

The three pillars of the Mental Training and Empathy Training course, which uniquely provide participants with access to holistic self-development, are based on a mental, an emotional and a somatic (body-oriented) approach.

Mental Approach

Thoughts can be an enormous source of power, allowing you to successfully shape your life with creativity and self-confidence. The mental approach of the body-oriented mental training enables you to develop your cognitive abilities in order to cope positively with all challenges of everyday life as well as your life’s journey. Furthermore, within the framework of this approach, you will acquire a broad knowledge and versatile techniques to support your clients as a mental coach in the development of mental abilities.

Emotional Approach

For a holistic personal growth, the development of your empathy as well as a constructive handling of emotions is essential, because with the help of empathy both your ability to relate and your social skills will be strengthened. This pillar of the course provides you with practical, effective methods of empathy training that serve to unfold emotional intelligence.

Body-oriented approach

Thispillarofthecoursesupportsyoutodeepenindividuallyandefficientlyinaholisticdevelopmentofyour body awareness. In this part of the training, you will explore the deep wisdom of your body and learn the secrets of body language. The “reading of the body language” and the unfolding of a natural body posture through certain body exercises will help you to achieve a sufficient mental and physical agility, which is the breeding ground for a successful mental training.

Mental training for consciousness training

The resources of the training to become a certified mental and empathy trainer ^{according to Dr. Mazza} provide you with optimal support to cope with everyday challenges and tense situations. Because especially in our fast-paced society more and more people experience the feeling of being overwhelmed, disoriented and overstrained.

Promoting the effective interaction of cognitive and emotional processes

Thanks to this training method, a synergy of different areas is made possible. The participants are thus able to develop mental strength, motivation, high performance and stress capacity, goal orientation as well as flexibility. Their emotional intelligence is trained as well as an unfolding of body awareness, self-confidence and inner peace is made possible. In particular, the clarity and composure of the participants is also promoted and improved.

The path of the mental and empathy trainer ^{according to Dr. Mazza} motivates to take responsibility for one’s own life and to consciously see oneself as the blacksmith of one’s own happiness and life path.

Versatile mental training for the development of emotional intelligence

This training offers a sustainable combination of theory and practice from the field of cognitive psychology, brain research and neurobiology. Techniques from Western and Far Eastern meditation, from body, breath and communication training, self-hypnosis as well as empathy research are also applied in the course. The participants’ body awareness is also to be strengthened in the long term. These contents and methods can be used in private as well as professional areas.

Areas of responsibility of mental and empathy trainers ^{according to Dr. Mazza}

As a mental and empathy trainer ^{according to Dr. Mazza}, you accompany people in the clarification and development of their potential and possibilities. You learn to strengthen your personal perception and empathy in order to optimally respond to the needs of your clients. In an empathetic, appreciative and effective way, you will thus assist your fellow human beings in successfully shaping their most important creative life processes.

Methodology / didactics of mentoring and empathy training

The following methodological and didactic approaches are used in the training: interactive lectures, discussion rounds, individual and group work, worksheets, empathic feedback, self- and group reflection, supervision, peer group work, process reflection in individual work and in peer groups, literature study, imaginative relaxation methods, techniques from mental and empathy training, body-oriented training, exercises for recognizing body language, Intuitive Dance ^{according to Dr. Mazza ®} (intuitive dance and expressive dance), ritual design.

The voice of one of our many graduates

“This training has given me self-esteem and self-determination. For years I felt trapped in my mental monkey circus. Today I feel the power of my thoughts with all my senses and live out my creativity freely. Through a loving relationship with my feelings I have become more spontaneous, balanced and alive. I have experienced the irrepressible creative power that lives within me and feel free and able to live my needs and realize my vision of life. My relationships are more fulfilling, I communicate my feelings clearly and set boundaries lovingly. Through my personal development, I have been able to integrate the content of the training into valuable, effective one-on-one coaching and training for my clients. Above all, for me the body-oriented approach supports the holistic unfolding of a person’s nature optimally and in the shortest possible time.“Dipl. Päd. L. Magg, Teacher and Trainer

Advantages and strengthening of your personal competencies

The training to become a certified mental and empathy trainer ^{according to Dr. Mazza} supports you in expanding your personal competencies in a variety of ways. These include the following areas:

Effective use and application of personal resources and hidden talents
Improving your ability to reflect on the motivations behind your actions and your personal development
Recognizing and changing patterns of belief, thinking and behavior that inhibit development
Realization of new perspectives and life plans that are in harmony with your nature
Strengthening your ability to make decisions
Finding solutions for your personal life path as well as for the support of your clients
Developing your empathy and intensively improving your communication skills
Supporting your self-confidence and self-realization

Professional competencies

Graduates of the training to become a certified mental and empathy trainer ^{according to Dr. Mazza} acquire the following professional competencies:

Development of personal and professional competencies within the framework of mental and empathy training as well as empathic communication
Acquisition of profound knowledge in the fields of psychology, neurobiology and communication science
Strengthening the ability to recognize the body language of fellow human beings and clients
Development of the personal creative visionary power
Clarification and implementation of one’s own vision
Design of workshops on mental and empathy training
Design of units focusing on psychohygiene, clarification of thoughts, promotion of creativity and concentration as well as positive life design
Development and implementation of training programs for work-life balance
Design of training units with a focus on strengthening and developing body awareness and conscious breathing
Design and implementation of training sessions with a focus on the development of one’s own mental power and imagination
Design of training sessions with a focus on empathy training and empathic communication for individuals, couples or children
Design of training units with focus on mental training and psychology
Design and implementation of training sessions with emphasis on motivational and relaxation training
Design of mental training sessions in individual accompaniment

Fields of activity of the mental training and empathy training education

Certified mental and empathy trainers ^{according to Dr. Mazza} can work either independently as trainers or in various organizations as trainers for mental, empathy and communication trainings, individual accompan iment or group accompaniment. You can hold individual or group trainings as a self-employed person and develop your professional activity in a sustainable way.

In principle, the methodological and practical approaches of this training course can be used in any field of work , such as social, vocational, sports and experiential education, in the context of communication training or work-life balance programs, as well as in the context of support for workplace health promotion (BGF). Furthermore, the competencies acquired in this course can be used, for example, to support personality development programs in the context of life and social counseling, in trainings of executives, in pro-aging mental training, in business mental training and in the context of any pedagogical and teaching activity as well as in adult education

Target group of the mental training and empathy training education

This training is aimed at people who want to develop their potential both privately and professionally, strengthen their relationship skills and concretize their life vision.

The training is especially aimed at people

who want to strengthen their emotional competence and their ability to communicate and relate.
who want to develop their mental power and their hidden talents.
who are interested in an effective, simple, practical training method that enables them to live their lives in a constructive and authentic way.
who are working in therapeutic and energetic areas as well as in helping professions and would like to deepen their personal and professional competencies through the course contents.
who are already working as therapists, coaches, health consultants, energetics, life and social consultants, seminar leaders, adult educators, in the social, environmental or health sector or in the educational field of work.
who feel the need to live their own nature, to recognize the basic features of their personality and their potential for development and who want to live their personal, unused potential.
who would like to accompany their fellow human beings with concrete, effective and practical training methods on their way to a constructive, authentic way of life.
who believe that every person is the architect of his or her own destiny, and in this context want to learn how to motivate themselves and others to make lasting, constructive changes.

This training is at the same time a further education for all those who are active in helping professions and who (want to) work with people, as well as for those who want to accompany their children consciously, empathically and successfully as a parent, teacher or counselor in their unfolding of their personal and emotional independence.

Contents of the Mental Training and Empathy Training course

The training to become a certified mental and empathy trainer ^{according to Dr. Mazza} is characterized by an extensive amount of self-awareness, self-reflection and personality development. Below you will find a detailed overview of the structure of the training and the contents of the modules.

Module 1: Introduction to Mental Training

Definition of terms and scientific as well as neurobiological background of mental and empathy training
Differentiation of mental training from other professions
Ethics in the context of mental and empathy training
Neurobiological aspects of thinking processes: Structure and function
Self-experience: How I can use my mental abilities in everyday life and in shaping my life

Module 2: Body language and body awareness

Self-awareness exercises
Exercises to promote natural breathing
Strengthening of the ability to relax and mindfulness
Recognizing one’s own body feelings and body language as well as those of fellow human beings
Body-centered exercises: Synchronization of breath and movement
Techniques for developing somatic intelligence
Body-centered visualization exercises and meditations
Recognition and release of deep-seated physical tension patterns

Module 3: Developing authentic self-expression

Examination of one’s own non-verbal communication
Acting authentically and communicating purposefully
Unfolding of a natural self-expression

Module 4: Development of mental ability

Explanation of terms and difference between intellectual and emotional intelligence
Recognition of limiting belief and behavior patterns
Transforming patterns that inhibit development into personal resources
Awareness of one’s own world view and recognition of the imprints that originate from the family system and developed during childhood and adolescence
Recognition of the basic features of one’s own personality

Module 5: Conscious use of mental power

Recognizing and “disempowering” one’s own self-sabotage mechanisms
Formulation of goals – vision work
Implementation of one’s own vision
Expansion of one’s own repertoire of actions
Self-awareness training
Relaxation and breathing training

Module 6: Theoretical approaches to empathy training

Emotional intelligence – connections between emotions and feelings in mental power
Definition of the term “emotional intelligence” according to Daniel Goleman
Recognition of one’s own basic emotional pattern
The message of negative “feelings”: conscious transformation of stressful emotional states
Connection between emotions and thoughts
Using the power of positive feelings
Creativity training for empathy development

Module 7: Developing the ability to empathize

Definition of empathy
Advantages of unfolding the capacity for empathy
“Shadow side” of empathy
Factors that enable the development of empathy towards others and oneself
Differentiation between compassion, sympathy and empathy
Development of one’s own powers of observation
The four forms of listening
Mindfulness exercises
Maintaining an empathic inner attitude in everyday life: Exercises, rituals and strategies to strengthen a compassionate inner attitude
Unfolding the inner parts that make an empathic attitude possible

Module 8: Developing empathic communication

Body language expression of feelings and needs
Reflection on one’s own inner dialogue
Development of a positive inner dialogue
An empathic communication starts within: Examining the way we express ourselves on a linguistic level
Development of an appreciative empathic attitude in communication
Reflection on one’s own negative communication patterns
Constructive transformation of our own negative communication patterns
Developing communication competence in dialogue with our fellow human beings
Experiencing communication as a creative process to support authentic self-expression
Empathic conversation
Practical practice

Module 9: Resources for mental and empathy training in the accompaniment of clients

Designing a mental and empathy training session
Resource work
Biography work with creative techniques
Motivation techniques
Techniques for developing body awareness
Relaxation training
Mindfulness exercises
Work with affirmations
Writing exercises to develop self-awareness, empathy and mental power
Addressing the issues of “procrastination” and “time management”: developing a new mental focus that allows for optimized time management to increase one’s productivity

Module 10: Resilience training

Mental and empathy training as support for resilience promotion
Resilience supporting factors
Mental training techniques to support resilience
Empathy training to strengthen resilience skills
Everyday strategies for promoting personal resilience

Module 11: Experiencing the power of inner images

Aspects of metaphorical, figurative thinking
Conscious use of inner images to develop personal strengths
Guidelines for conducting fantasy journeys and guided meditations
Structure of the creative process
Techniques and exercises for unfolding one’s own imagination and fantasy power
Conscious use and application of inner images to open up creative solution possibilities
The role of imagination in self-development
Connection of imagination work with mental and empathy trainings

Module 12: The practice of mental and empathy training ^{according to Dr. Mazza}

Design of a mental and empathy training session
Implementation of a mental and empathy training workshop
Design and implementation of a mental and empathy training seminar
Work of mental and empathy trainers ^{according to Dr. Mazza in} practice
Legal background to the work of mental and empathy trainers ^{according to Dr. Mazza in} the profession

Course structure and duration

12 training modules on 5 weekends of 3 days each, one training weekend from Friday to Sunday (with 2 to 3 modules each) every 2 to 3 months from October to July, on Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; (total:227 teaching units (UE) incl. 93 media-supported teaching units)

150 hours of self-study: By means of literature study, video and audio learning, the participants are enabled to deepen the theoretical contents at their own time management. (200 UNITS)

100 hours of practical training or 50 recorded mental and empathy training units with practice clients The number of hours corresponds to approx. 50 mental and empathy training units with preparation and follow-up. (133 UE)

20hoursofpeer group practice units, continuous to the training, not obligatory

Each participant works on his/her own personal development within the peer group and at the same time deepens his/her personal and professional competences. (27 UNITS)

At least three hours of self-experience in the form of individual and group supervision In the individual and group supervision, the participant discusses his/her self-experience within the framework of the training with one of the training instructors. Further contents are the analysis of the recorded treatments, an individual perception training as well as the reflection on the own working method and the development of personal resources. (4 UNITS)

Total: 591 teaching units (UE)

Admission requirements

Minimum age: 18 years

positive admission interview

written agreement to the terms and conditions

Completion

at least 85% attendance at the 12 training modules At least 100 hours of practical training or 50 recorded mental and empathy training units At least 3 hours of individual and group supervision

Final examination: Implementation of an individual mental and empathy training ^{according to Dr. Mazza}

For the successful completion of the final examination, a certificate will be issued with the title Diploma Mental and Empathy Trainer ^{according to Dr. Mazza}.

Team and Trainer

COURSE DIRECTOR & TRAINER

Dott.ssa. Mag. Ernestina Mazza

TRAINERS

Mag. (FH) Clemens Mazza

Elisabeth Riedler

Many years of experience and a spirit of research

“I gained my first experience with the effect of mental power at the age of seven through intensive martial arts training. Later, the organization of trainings and seminars in the field of mental training offered me the opportunity to observe that in order to develop mental abilities, it is essential to also strengthen empathy and body awareness. Based on these observations, I developed the Mental and Empathy Training ^{according to Dr. Mazza} within the framework of individual accompaniment and seminars. The body-oriented mental and empathy training ^{according to Dr. Mazza} opens the way for participants to fully develop their own potential and at the same time strengthens their confidence in their individual ability to be the creator of their own life. It is my most ardent wish to share my many years of experience in this field with other people and to give them access to these effective, holistic methods. I want to help my fellow human beings to achieve inner balance and to experience personal growth.“Dott.ssa. Ernestina Mazza, M.D

Diploma mental training and empathy training