Instructors:  Heloisa Garman and Irv Siegel An aging former star of Hollywood westerns spends his time reliving the glories of the past, which are decades behind him. He smokes too much weed with his friend who was also a former co-star. Disengaged from his family, he lives in an aimless state of withdrawal and isolation, (more…)

Instructors:  Kaitlyn Whitebread When mysterious ships arrive at various locations around the globe, linguist Louise Banks, joins a team of specialists to investigate the phenomena. Her task: to translate the messages these visitors, referred to as Heptapods, are trying to convey. The failure to translate and effectively communicate may possibly risk the fate of the (more…)

Instructors:  Irv Siegel The movie “A Monster Calls” is a visually stunning depiction of the relationship between a young boy and a very tall monster. The monster, resembling a tree, comes along at just the right time after events in the boy’s family result in his feeling lost and alone. The connection that occurs between (more…)

CEUs: 3 Instructor: Marsha Smith Reactions to stress often happen without pausing to let a “bodily felt” sense of the situation form. The discovery of this bodily awareness, named a “felt sense” by Psychologist Eugene Gendlin, is at the foundation of a whole body-mind therapy revolution. The Focusing process offers a mindful way to experience (more…)

CEUs: 3 Instructor: Candice Wu In Jungian Psychology, our ​shadow ​includes the parts of ourselves we disavow, disown, or cast away in others or in objects and symbols. While disavowing certain parts of ourselves can serve us temporarily, it ultimately diminishes our life energy, our vital force, and strips us of our full power. In addition, (more…)

CEUs: 2 Instructor: David Thoele Illness and the health care system create significant stress for patients, families, and health care providers (HCPs). Writing about traumatic experiences has been shown to provide significant health benefits. However, most HCPs and patients do not use writing as a healing tool, and time and resources are limited. We developed a (more…)

Instructors:  Cheryl Kinsman, Sheri Reda, and Irv Siegel This Oscar-nominated film follows the journey of a young boy who is accidentally separated from his family in India and carried away to a land far from home where he is adopted by a new family. We watch as this young boy grows and learns new customs while (more…)

CEUs: 5 Instructor: Karol Weigelt Dreams and dreamwork are valuable to the understanding of our lives. Dreams have played a part in most sacred and spiritual traditions. Those traditions, ancient through contemporary, have taught that dreams provide inspiration, healing, guidance and connection to our unconscious. Tapping into that wise world of personal symbol, myth, and metaphor (more…)