Category: plenary

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.

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.

Plenary Talk B: Thursday 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Being Your Self at Home and the Presence of Longing with Massimo Rosselli  (102 min.)

Being Your True Self is an invitation to a journey. Psychosynthesis process is a homeward journey where the Self is the traveller, but also the way and the goal. Being Your Self becomes your unique path on the wave of longing where individuality and universality meet in the same Heart.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

– Better understand the Self as the core point of life’s journey.

– Connect to the issue of home related to the Self.

– Value the importance of longing as heartfelt Self.

Massimo Rosselli, MD, is a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist and psychosynthesis psychotherapist. He has been trained in Psychosynthesis with Roberto Assagioli, with whom he collaborated in the practice and teaching of psychosynthesis. He is a former Professor at the University of Florence, Italy; Didactic Trainer, teacher and lecturer of psychosynthesis internationally, author and editor of several publications. He is Past President of SIPT (Italian Society of Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy) and President of EFPP (European Federation for Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy).

Plenary Talk B: Thursday 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Being Your Self at Home and the Presence of Longing with Massimo Rosselli  (102 min.)

Being Your True Self is an invitation to a journey. Psychosynthesis process is a homeward journey where the Self is the traveller, but also the way and the goal. Being Your Self becomes your unique path on the wave of longing where individuality and universality meet in the same Heart.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

– Better understand the Self as the core point of life’s journey.

– Connect to the issue of home related to the Self.

– Value the importance of longing as heartfelt Self.

Massimo Rosselli, MD, is a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist and psychosynthesis psychotherapist. He has been trained in Psychosynthesis with Roberto Assagioli, with whom he collaborated in the practice and teaching of psychosynthesis. He is a former Professor at the University of Florence, Italy; Didactic Trainer, teacher and lecturer of psychosynthesis internationally, author and editor of several publications. He is Past President of SIPT (Italian Society of Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy) and President of EFPP (European Federation for Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy).

Plenary Talk C: Friday 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Losing and Re-finding Self/self in Human Systems with Mark Horowitz (46 min.)

When we do not see systemically and are not aware of systemic pressures we can think we are acting from our own volition, when in fact we are simply, unconsciously and reflexively, responding to systemic forces. Mark will focus on the questions: “What are system forces?” “How can we become aware of them?” and “What can we do once we have reclaimed self and remembered we have choice?”

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

– Understand what system forces are.

– Experientially recognize the effect of system forces on individuals and the system.

– Understand how a balance of love and power can be used to counteract these system forces.

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.

Plenary Talk C: Friday 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Losing and Re-finding Self/self in Human Systems with Mark Horowitz (46 min.)

When we do not see systemically and are not aware of systemic pressures we can think we are acting from our own volition, when in fact we are simply, unconsciously and reflexively, responding to systemic forces. Mark will focus on the questions: “What are system forces?” “How can we become aware of them?” and “What can we do once we have reclaimed self and remembered we have choice?”

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

– Understand what system forces are.

– Experientially recognize the effect of system forces on individuals and the system.

– Understand how a balance of love and power can be used to counteract these system forces.

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.

Plenary Talk E: Sunday 9:00 am – 10:00 am

The Third Awakening with Thomas Yeomans (45 min.)

The process of spiritual awakening includes the shift from unconscious to conscious (first awakening), from personal consciousness to Self consciousness (second awakening), and now in the last years a third awakening from Self-consciousness to World Soul-consciousness, Sacred Planet, and Living Universe. This talk explores this emerging third awakening as a response to the global crises and changes we face as a species on earth.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

• Better understand the process of spiritual awakening.
• Work more skillfully with this process in themselves and with others.
• Apply the contributions of Psychosynthesis to planetary work.
• Better evaluate their own choices in the light of this larger context.
• Deepen their experience of the True Self.

Thomas Yeomans, PhD, is the Founder/Director of the Concord Institute in the USA and co-founder of the International School in St Petersburg, Russia. He has trained helping professionals in Psychosynthesis and Spiritual Psychology throughout North America and Europe for the last 45 years.

Plenary Talk E: Sunday 9:00 am – 10:00 am

The Third Awakening with Thomas Yeomans

The process of spiritual awakening includes the shift from unconscious to conscious (first awakening), from personal consciousness to Self consciousness (second awakening), and now in the last years a third awakening from Self-consciousness to World Soul-consciousness, Sacred Planet, and Living Universe. This talk explores this emerging third awakening as a response to the global crises and changes we face as a species on earth.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

• Better understand the process of spiritual awakening.
• Work more skillfully with this process in themselves and with others.
• Apply the contributions of Psychosynthesis to planetary work.
• Better evaluate their own choices in the light of this larger context.
• Deepen their experience of the True Self.

Thomas Yeomans, PhD, is the Founder/Director of the Concord Institute in the USA and co-founder of the International School in St Petersburg, Russia. He has trained helping professionals in Psychosynthesis and Spiritual Psychology throughout North America and Europe for the last 45 years.