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Psychosynthesis Methods for Working with Trauma: Accessing Inner Wisdom with Victoria Gulino, MEd (preview)

Workshop 302B: Saturday 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Psychosynthesis Methods for Working with Trauma: Accessing Inner Wisdom with Victoria Gulino

This presentation will explore mind/body/spirit interventions using the brain’s plasticity to promote resiliency from traumatic experiences. Therapeutic interventions working with the “here and now” will be demonstrated, and how teaching a client to access and work with inner resources as a source of wisdom can be cultivated and developed.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

  • Learn tools to manage and work with difficult emotions.
  • Understand the ability to create new neural pathways.
  • Have tools for accessing inner wisdom.
  • Understand the role of mirror neurons in the therapeutic relationship.
  • Understand the potential of imagery.

Victoria Gulino, MSEd, LHMC, learned tools and interventions at the New York Psychosynthesis Institute. These have informed her work with adolescents in recovery from substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. Additionally she has counseled adults who have been previously incarcerated and taught them access to inner tools for their empowerment.

 

A Psychosynthesis 12 Step Process for Transforming Consciousness with Michael Brown, EdS (single view, 47 min.)

Workshop 205B: Friday 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

 

A psychosynthesis 12-step process for transforming consciousness: Creative Explorations of Inner Space with Michael H. Brown (47 min.)

This workshop gives participants an experience of the True Self through hemispheric synchronization. They are led in an exploration of a personal issue of importance with the 12 steps of the CEIS process: dis-identification, breath work, reflective thinking, receptive thinking, mental imagery, mandala art, cognitive analysis, inner dialogue, symbolic identification, the development of a homework assignment and strategic post-conference plan.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

  • Understand psychosynthesis psychologically, experientially, neurophysiologically
  • Experience the state of hemispheric synchronization.
  • Learn how to link techniques together for an astounding experience of personal and spiritual growth through the CEIS process.
  • Take an outline home to be able to repeat the CEIS process at will and facilitate an experience of the True Self at home, with clients or significant others.

Michael H. Brown, EdS, LPC, LMFT, is a Licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, and fellow in clinical hypnotherapy.  A practitioner of psychosynthesis for 42 years, he has made presentations at 64 regional, national, and international conferences, has 19 published articles, has conducted 140 personal growth and professional training programs, and has led 204 outdoor retreats called the Wilderness Vision Quest retreats throughout North America since 1975.

A Psychosynthesis 12 Step Process for Transforming Consciousness with Michael Brown, EdS (Full view, 49 min.)

Workshop 205B: Friday 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

 

A psychosynthesis 12-step process for transforming consciousness: Creative Explorations of Inner Space with Michael H. Brown (47 min.)

This workshop gives participants an experience of the True Self through hemispheric synchronization. They are led in an exploration of a personal issue of importance with the 12 steps of the CEIS process: dis-identification, breath work, reflective thinking, receptive thinking, mental imagery, mandala art, cognitive analysis, inner dialogue, symbolic identification, the development of a homework assignment and strategic post-conference plan.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

  • Understand psychosynthesis psychologically, experientially, neurophysiologically
  • Experience the state of hemispheric synchronization.
  • Learn how to link techniques together for an astounding experience of personal and spiritual growth through the CEIS process.
  • Take an outline home to be able to repeat the CEIS process at will and facilitate an experience of the True Self at home, with clients or significant others.

Michael H. Brown, EdS, LPC, LMFT, is a Licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, and fellow in clinical hypnotherapy.  A practitioner of psychosynthesis for 42 years, he has made presentations at 64 regional, national, and international conferences, has 19 published articles, has conducted 140 personal growth and professional training programs, and has led 204 outdoor retreats called the Wilderness Vision Quest retreats throughout North America since 1975.

A Psychosynthesis 12 Step Process for Transforming Consciousness with Michael Brown, EdS (preview)

Workshop 205B: Friday 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

 

A psychosynthesis 12-step process for transforming consciousness: Creative Explorations of Inner Space with Michael H. Brown (47 min.)

This workshop gives participants an experience of the True Self through hemispheric synchronization. They are led in an exploration of a personal issue of importance with the 12 steps of the CEIS process: dis-identification, breath work, reflective thinking, receptive thinking, mental imagery, mandala art, cognitive analysis, inner dialogue, symbolic identification, the development of a homework assignment and strategic post-conference plan.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

  • Understand psychosynthesis psychologically, experientially, neurophysiologically
  • Experience the state of hemispheric synchronization.
  • Learn how to link techniques together for an astounding experience of personal and spiritual growth through the CEIS process.
  • Take an outline home to be able to repeat the CEIS process at will and facilitate an experience of the True Self at home, with clients or significant others.

Michael H. Brown, EdS, LPC, LMFT, is a Licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, and fellow in clinical hypnotherapy.  A practitioner of psychosynthesis for 42 years, he has made presentations at 64 regional, national, and international conferences, has 19 published articles, has conducted 140 personal growth and professional training programs, and has led 204 outdoor retreats called the Wilderness Vision Quest retreats throughout North America since 1975.

Seeing Others and Being Yourself: The Life-long Practice of Balancing Love and Power in Relationships with Mark Horowitz, MA (Full View, 74 min.)

 

Workshop 205A: Friday 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Seeing Others and Being Yourself: The Lifelong Practice of Balancing Love and Power in Relationships with Mark Horowitz (74 min.)

Assagioli said that often people with strong will lack love and people with strong compassion lack will. Martin Luther King said, “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.” This workshop will explore the qualities of love and power, and the need to balance them in our lives and our relationships.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

  • Expand their understanding of the nature of both love and power.
  • Evaluate their strengths and weaknesses in relation to these qualities.
  • Understand how a balance of love and power can serve them in all of their relationships and as they try to make a difference in the world.

Mark Horowitz, MA, is a leadership and organizational development consultant, an experienced educator, and board certified coach. He trained in Humanistic Psychology with Abraham Maslow, PhD and in Psychosynthesis with Roberto Assagioli, MD. He has studied the field of human systems for over 35 years as a licensed individual and family therapist and as a management consultant and coach for businesses in the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia. He is a faculty member of the International School of Psychotherapy and Group Counseling in St. Petersburg, Russia, and has been an adjunct faculty member at John F. Kennedy University and Antioch San Francisco in California, and at Suffolk and Lesley Universities in Boston. Mark has taught Psychosynthesis at many centers around the world, including the Psychosynthesis Institute in San Francisco, and the Institute of Psychosynthesis, London.

Seeing Others and Being Yourself: The Life-long Practice of Balancing Love and Power in Relationships with Mark Horowitz, MA (preview)

 

Workshop 205A: Friday 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Seeing Others and Being Yourself: The Lifelong Practice of Balancing Love and Power in Relationships with Mark Horowitz (74 min.)

Assagioli said that often people with strong will lack love and people with strong compassion lack will. Martin Luther King said, “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.” This workshop will explore the qualities of love and power, and the need to balance them in our lives and our relationships.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

  • Expand their understanding of the nature of both love and power.
  • Evaluate their strengths and weaknesses in relation to these qualities.
  • Understand how a balance of love and power can serve them in all of their relationships and as they try to make a difference in the world.

Mark Horowitz, MA, is a leadership and organizational development consultant, an experienced educator, and board certified coach. He trained in Humanistic Psychology with Abraham Maslow, PhD and in Psychosynthesis with Roberto Assagioli, MD. He has studied the field of human systems for over 35 years as a licensed individual and family therapist and as a management consultant and coach for businesses in the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia. He is a faculty member of the International School of Psychotherapy and Group Counseling in St. Petersburg, Russia, and has been an adjunct faculty member at John F. Kennedy University and Antioch San Francisco in California, and at Suffolk and Lesley Universities in Boston. Mark has taught Psychosynthesis at many centers around the world, including the Psychosynthesis Institute in San Francisco, and the Institute of Psychosynthesis, London.

2015 AAP Conference Videos

The 2015 AAP International Conference
Montréal, Québec, Canada
August 5-9, 2015

Be Your True Self:
Discovering Inner Resources

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The Self and the many interpretations of this “higher” or “deeper” aspect of human experience are of growing interest in the field of psychology and human development. More and more clinicians and searchers are discovering that in order to help people effectively or to move forward on their paths, people need to access the heights as well as the depths of their being. Psychosynthesis provided one of the earliest models that embraced and illuminated the wholeness possible to humanity. This conference hopes to access and present the classical psychosynthesis models and new approaches, research and applications that make the Self a transformative element in the practical world of everyday life and in clinical practice. Presentations at this conference will be of interest and use to practitioners in other disciplines of psychology and education as well as other helping professions. Psychosynthesis offers not only tools to help with clients, but also tools to assist people in the helping professions to recharge themselves when the demands of their practice drain energy and cloud purpose.

The Conference Keynote Address, “The Ubiquity of Self,” is delivered by Gianni Yoav Dattilo, PhD of the Italian Society of Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy (SIPT).

Other Featured Speakers will include:
Dorothy Firman, EdD, author of Engaging Life: Living Well With Chronic Illness and Director of The Synthesis Center in Amherst, MA
Mark Horowitz, MA, author of The Dance of WE: The Mindful Use of LOVE and POWER in Human Systems
Richard Schaub, PhD, co-author of Transpersonal Development: Cultivating the Human Resources of Peace, Wisdom, Purpose and Oneness, and co-director of the Huntington Meditation and Imagery Center;
Thomas Yeomans, PhD, author of Soul on Earth and director of The Concord Institute.
Massimo Rosselli, MD, of the Italian Society of Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy (SIPT).

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The Ubiquity of Self with Gianni Yoav Dattilo, PhD (Full view, 79 min)

Keynote Address: Wednesday 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

The Ubiquity of Self with Gianni Yoav Dattilo (79 min.)

Self is at the core of psychosynthesis practice and theory, it is a living psychospiritual agent, and not just a merely theoretical hypothesis. The presentation will explore the idea of Self within the contemporary psychological landscape in order to point out the specific and unique approach of psychosynthesis. Some vignettes and examples from my personal experience and clinical practice will be presented. Underlying a major split in the overall understanding of the psychosynthesis model, in my opinion, are contrasting views on Self. In its essence psychosynthesis has the potential to hold together different perspectives and/or integrate them in a totally free and unique way for each practitioner, and eventually heal the split”.

Educational Objectives – Attendees will be able to:

Understand an updated overview on Self in the psychosynthesis paradigm.

Use some new personal and professional skills for psychosynthesis practice and open up to possible further steps in psychosynthesis development.

Increase motivation towards a psychosynthetic inner attitude in order to possibly heal intra-psychic and interpersonal splits.

Gianni Yoav Dattilo, PhD, is a training and supervising licensed psychotherapist, registered Psychologist (Ordine degli Psicologi del Lazio n. 1980), Past President of SIPT (Italian Society of Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy), and Past Vice-President of EFPP (European Federation for Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy). He has practiced and taught Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy since 1986 in Rome, Florence, and Milan, Italy; led workshops and seminars in Europe and in the USA; and organized and participated in international conferences and summer schools. Dr. Dattilo is a full-time psychotherapist who has published several articles over the years on Psychosynthesis and Psychotherapy, and his psychodynamic and psycho-energetic approach mainly focuses on both depths and heights of the psyche, integrating in his practice psychoanalysis, transpersonal psychology, cognitive behavioural techniques, ancient spiritual traditions, philosophy and humanities. He is an affiliate international member of the APA (American Psychological Association).

The Ubiquity of Self with Gianni Yoav Dattilo, PhD (preview)

Keynote Address: Wednesday 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

The Ubiquity of Self with Gianni Yoav Dattilo (79 min.)

Self is at the core of psychosynthesis practice and theory, it is a living psychospiritual agent, and not just a merely theoretical hypothesis. The presentation will explore the idea of Self within the contemporary psychological landscape in order to point out the specific and unique approach of psychosynthesis. Some vignettes and examples from my personal experience and clinical practice will be presented. Underlying a major split in the overall understanding of the psychosynthesis model, in my opinion, are contrasting views on Self. In its essence psychosynthesis has the potential to hold together different perspectives and/or integrate them in a totally free and unique way for each practitioner, and eventually heal the split”.

Educational Objectives – Attendees will be able to:

Understand an updated overview on Self in the psychosynthesis paradigm.

Use some new personal and professional skills for psychosynthesis practice and open up to possible further steps in psychosynthesis development.

Increase motivation towards a psychosynthetic inner attitude in order to possibly heal intra-psychic and interpersonal splits.

Gianni Yoav Dattilo, PhD, is a training and supervising licensed psychotherapist, registered Psychologist (Ordine degli Psicologi del Lazio n. 1980), Past President of SIPT (Italian Society of Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy), and Past Vice-President of EFPP (European Federation for Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy). He has practiced and taught Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy since 1986 in Rome, Florence, and Milan, Italy; led workshops and seminars in Europe and in the USA; and organized and participated in international conferences and summer schools. Dr. Dattilo is a full-time psychotherapist who has published several articles over the years on Psychosynthesis and Psychotherapy, and his psychodynamic and psycho-energetic approach mainly focuses on both depths and heights of the psyche, integrating in his practice psychoanalysis, transpersonal psychology, cognitive behavioural techniques, ancient spiritual traditions, philosophy and humanities. He is an affiliate international member of the APA (American Psychological Association).

Psychosynthesis and Healing: Exploring Illness and Wholeness with Dorothy Firman, EdD (Full view, 49 min.)

Plenary Talk A: Thursday 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Psychosynthesis and Healing: Exploring Illness and Wholeness with Dorothy Firman (49 min.)

Working with people who have a chronic or life threatening illness draws psychosynthesis principles into their essential goal: moving towards the wholeness of Self. Based on her book, “Engaging Life: Living Well with Chronic Illness.” This presentation will focus on psychosynthesis’ invitation to acceptance and right action.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

– Understand psychosynthesis principles relating to illness.

– Learn techniques suitable for work with clients with illness.

– Explore meaning, purpose and values.

– Comprehend the essentials of the book “Engaging Life.”

– Become practitioners with a wider skill set.

Dorothy Firman, EdD, LMHC, BCC, is a psychotherapist and life coach and is the director of the Synthesis Center and its training programs. She is the author of many books and scholarly articles, is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Psychotherapy and is a professor of psychology at American International College.