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…)

Instructors:  Weyler Greene and Kaitlyn Whitebread Moonlight, recently awarded Best Picture, Best Writing-Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali at the 2017 Academy Awards, is the complex and timely developmental narrative of Chiron, an African-American man living in Miami. Beginning with his childhood, we join Chiron as he traverses through to adulthood, experiencing (more…)

CEUs: 3 Instructor: Hélène Tragos Stelian One of the key factors in increasing happiness is living a life of purpose. But how do you identify your purpose? In this interactive workshop, you will learn a step-by-step process, based on the best purpose research, to identify how you are meant to spend your time and energy. (more…)