SOLUTION-ORIENTED MALTHERAPY LOM®live for professionals (interested in training) on Crete

LOM®live on Crete
Solution-oriented painting therapy LOM® according to Bettina Egger and Jörg Merz

For professionals to get to know each other - further training and relaxation in dreamlike surroundings
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Metaphors and brain-friendly images allow new, more appropriate or more helpful inner images to guide feelings and actions so that new possibilities can arise in life.

We will work practically in that each participant will work on a self-chosen issue (symptom, wish, relationship clarification, dream, decision) with LOM, and will have the opportunity to experience the working and effect of LOM® in application.

If you like the way it works, you have the opportunity to learn LOM® in a training course - on Crete or at the MIHK in Münster / Westphalia.

The training is aimed at art and psychotherapists who want to initiate and accompany change processes through painting.
LOM® comes into play precisely where thinking, talking and expressing do not help sufficiently.

LOM® basic training on Crete
Leader: Katina Kalpakidou

Week 1 Symptoms, wishes, strong feelings
Week 2 Dreams, relationships
Week 3 Decisions, LOM® painting

2x 3 days 11 am - 7 pm, Wed and Thu free
These are 90 lessons and 18 hours of LOM® self-experience
(6 - 10 participants)
Costs: 3600 Euro + 100 Euro registration fee (= 3050,- lessons and 550,- LOM®-painting)
payable in 3 installments
Course location: Crete, Mariou - south coast

The method SOLUTION-ORIENTED MALTHERAPY LOM®
When thinking no longer helps, we need something that can lead us to new, unexpected solutions.

Concerns can be
- Old stressful stories,
- current stressful things (including physical symptoms),
- obstructive thought patterns,
- relationship worries,
- decisions that cannot be made,
- wishes that should finally be fulfilled
- diffuse malaise,
and much more.

In connection with your concerns, we develop an image task - a metaphor (it means nothing, but can move something), or a remembered image.
The picture is then painted slowly and with great attention - with the help of criteria that support an optimal effect. Painting creates contact with the picture, which leads to further steps.
The painting tasks are also suitable for those who are not used to painting

Plakias is right by the sea, with a large selection of small accommodations, several hotels, tavernas, stores, cafes and bars. And yet it is still a cozy little village. You can get to the studio together by cab for as little as 1 euro each way. Or you can book a villa or other accommodation within walking distance of the studio house, or in one of the other mountain villages with fantastic sea views. Depending on your wishes, you can live alone or together with the other painters. I can help with the coordination.
Examples can be found on painting-on-Crete

A snack is available during the break.

Many accommodations have fully equipped kitchens for self-catering. It is also worth enjoying the food in a wide variety of tavernas by the sea or in the mountains.

We start at 11 a.m. and paint twice a day for 2 1/4 hours, i.e. a total of 4.5 hours per day with an hour break in between.
At the beginning we record the respective concerns. Then we paint.
Even if the painting takes place together in a small group, I work with each painter individually. At the end of each painting session, there is an exchange of experiences so that everyone can share in the processes of the other painters without commenting on them.

During the breaks, there are lovely shady and sunny spots on the large terrace with sea views and on the grounds.

The 4th day is painting-free so that you have time to explore the area, go on excursions, spend time on the beach or just laze around.

You organize your journey yourself. We are happy to help. The airports of Heraklion and Chania are served by many European airports. Plakias is the same distance - approx. 100 km - from both Cretan airports and can be reached by bus.
We also recommend booking a rental car directly from the airport.