The Advanced AVP workshop

The Advanced AVP workshop (Prerequisite: Completion of a Basic Workshop) focuses on going deeper to explore, both in ourselves and in the world we live in, the underlying causes of violence. It is designed to give participants opportunities:

To rebuild community

Review in-depth the concept of transforming power

To set individual and group goals/themes for the workshop

The practise of consensus decision making to set the group’s focus theme/s

Fear: Reveal the hidden fears that underlie anger, jealousy, power & control, and prejudice.
Anger: Gain a deeper understanding of the personal situations that trigger anger, and what is underneath the anger feelings, thoughts/beliefs, and unmet needs.
Power (and powerlessness): Understand power structures and get in touch with own inner power.
Communication: Develop an awareness and ability to speak with respect and actively listen in tense and stressful situations, and practise the skills to do this.
Respect: Understanding of what is respect, how it is given & received, based on trust & affirmation.
Forgiveness: Learn what forgiveness is, and build the groundwork for true reconciliation without guilt.
Stereotyping: Build an awareness of stereotyping, bias and prejudice in personal relations.
Man-woman relationships: Explore issues of fear, anger, power and powerlessness, expectations & demands, in relationships.
And others: Whatever the group finds most compelling.