HarmóniumAt the School of Good Relationships

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School of Good Personal and Workplace Relationships

HARMÓNIUM At the School of Good Relationships For harmonious relationships

For people who care about good relationships at work and in their personal lives.

For all generations. Suitable for participants of any age.

Good relationships cannot be taken for granted. They depend on skills we can develop consciously through understanding, experience and practice in a safe environment.

Heroi sits on the railway sleepers by the waterwheel at the HARMÓNIUM centre
Heroi, the mill’s guardian, by the water wheel.

PCA

Person Centered Approach

Person-centred approach

Applications of relationship skills
in family and personal relationships

PCM

Person Centered Management

Person-centred management

Applications of relationship skills
in workplace relationships and management processes

PPP

Preventive Practical Psychology

Preventive practical psychology

Learning, development and practical training
in relationship skills

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Why and how to develop good relationships?

Why don't we have good relationships?

We have skills for good relationships. However, we often do not realise them and the influence of socialization in the family, on the street, at school or at work, we gradually stop using them.

We will help you to know your four circumstances and use them consciously again for good relations. The basis is a human-centred approach (PCA – Person Centered Approach) and a new methodology PPP – Preventive practical psychology.

How can we have good relationships?

Would you like to have all your relationships good to your own satisfaction as well as to the satisfaction of others? However, do you not know how to achieve this?

You do not need to remember advice and instructions on how to solve your work and personal problems.

You don't have to visit mentors, coaches or counselors.

You have your four faculties, we will help you restore them. If you start using them actively, all your working and personal relationships will improve to your satisfaction as well as to the satisfaction of others.

Interpretation is given in a simple and understandable form for all.

How Prezence Training Is Done

The programmes are based on the human-centred approach of Person Centered Approach (PCA) and on the person-centred management of Person Centered Management (PCM) and convert knowledge into skills applicable in everyday personal and work situations.

  • You care about your relationships, solve them in advance preventive.
  • You feel a hint of the first problems in relationships, solve them immediately in practice.
  • Looking for suitable solutions, we can understand psychology.

We create and apply a new methodology – Preventive practical psychology (PPP).

Educational programmes

Four programs. One human foundation.

Six workshop formats

01PCA · Person Centered Approach

For all generations

Good family and personal relationships

How to speak openly, listen with understanding and remain true to yourself even in a difficult conversation.

  • heartfelt communication
  • empathy and acceptance
  • emotions and conflicts
Program detail
02PCM · Person Centered Management

For managers, leaders and teams

Managing workplace relationships

How to guide people with respect, clearly communicate expectations and create an environment in which to work together.

  • conducting a conversation
  • delegation
  • Feedback
Program detail
03PCA · young · Person Centered Approach

For young people aged 15–24 years

Adolescent Family and Personal Relations

Understand yourself, speak openly to your parents and friends, and take responsibility for your own decisions.

  • family and friends
  • Empathic Listening
  • independence
Program detail
04PCM · policy · Person Centered Management

For state and public administrations and politicians

Good Relationships
in public and public administration and in politics

A substantive dialogue with colleagues, opponents and citizens while preserving their own values and respect for others.

  • Public dialogue
  • integrity
  • political culture
Program detail
From experience to change · how the workshop is taking place

Workshop ground rules

You do not have to take an active part or disclose personal matters during the workshops. You can ask questions and contribute if you wish. We follow these principles:

  • How we address one another
  • The opportunity to express your opinion
  • A commitment to confidentiality
  • Managing heightened tension
  • Keeping track of time
  • Attending to needs and the setting
Pre-trial education
Plasticity of two faces in the shape of a heart

Man is a unique being.

Human-centred approach

Change begins with the quality of the meeting.

Not by another list of lessons, but by an experience in which one understands oneself, he hears another and is able to take responsibility for his step.

I can do things you can't do. You can do things I can't do. But together we can prove things huge.
Mother Teresa

The basis for all our educational programmes are applications of four skills (skills) approach from PCA, Person Centered Approach, to man-centred approach as the basis of humanist psychology.

History and expert background of PCA
01

Sincerity

Openness, authenticity, kongruencia. Say what you really think, no attack and no retreat.

02

Listening

Listen to what the other person says and check that you understand it correctly.

03

Acceptance

Consider a person’s views as they are, even when you disagree, while remaining true to your own values, opinions and integrity.

04

Empathy

Understand what others want to achieve and help them discover for themselves how to achieve it.

We restore in you four skills, abilities (skills), which are necessary, but sufficient for your good working and personal relationships.

Experience and expertise

What makes our education specific

For twenty-three years, I've been helping people build good relationships.

Interpretation is given in a simple and understandable form for all.

23 years of education of work and personal relations

References and qualification of lecturers

  • Hundreds of trained state and private institutions at Slovakia and abroad. Time and space axis of the most important references →
  • Thousands of people have been educated for working and personal relationships. References →
  • High qualification disposition and expertise of lecturers.
  • Higher education in psychology and scientific degrees.
  • Mutual knowledge complementing, diverse specialisation, substitutability and common professional growth. Trainers →
  • Membership in international institutions and projects. PCA development →
Meet the trainers

Graduates' Experience →

“
PCA doesn't give much to a man, he never takes it.

Carl Rogers

Humanist psychologypractical workshopsSmall groups
Dr. Peter Švec in Harmónium centre

Program Maker and tutor

Dr. Peter ŠVEC, PhD.

Education in the field of human relations has been devoted to 23 for years professionally, practically and with the conviction that respect is not a weakness but a skill. He is the leader and owner of the Harmónium centre.

Get to know Peter Švec and other teachers
Historical mill Harmónium with water wheel

A place that changes pace

Harmónium

The historical mill in Modra – Harmónia has received a new life as a private place for education, creation and meetings.

A place for education, meetings and cooperation

A place for all educational activities, trainings, workshops and personal consultations.

Place for meetings of lecturers of the center and exchange of their experience.

Place for specialized seminars and lectures from humanist psychology.

Place for active philanthropy. Adolescents from centres for children and families →

A place for media promotion. Media →

Get to know the place

Space for concentration

Each part of the Harmónia has its own character from round sitting during workshops in the arch classroom through sitting during lectures in the hall to sitting for interviews in front of the fireplace.

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Practical information

Frequently asked questions

Who are the trainings for?

The programmes cover personal and family relations, working relations, relationships between adolescents aged 15–24 years and relationships in politics.

Is it possible to prepare a program for a closed group?

Yes. Content and form can be adapted to the needs of the company, team or particular group. The scope shall be agreed after the initial consultation.

How does the training work?

The focus is in practical workshops, interviews, model situations and safe practice of new skills. The exact program will be published at different dates.

Where is Harmónium located?

At the Old Mill 3499, 900 01Modra – HarmóniaAt the foot of the Little Carpathians. Organisational instructions will be given to the registered participants together with confirmation of the deadline.

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Which relationships do you want to move?

Write whether you are interested in an open term, a program for a group or cooperation for your organization.

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