Category: workshop

Workshop 208A (2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

Towards the end of his life, Roberto Assagioli worked with specific imagery and techniques to facilitate the process of psychosynthesis. This workshop will take us through the application of these gifts for selfdevelopment as well as in diverse settings from psychotherapy to education and life coaching.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:
● Apply a specific meditation protocol to promote psycho-spiritual development.
● Utilize imagery and evocative words in therapy and coaching.
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● Integrate transpersonal approaches into everyday life.

Jon Schottland, MA, has been co-leading psychosynthesis training programs at The Synthesis Center in Amherst, MA, for the past ten years. His psychosynthesis blog includes writings from the Casa Assagioli symposium (Florence, Italy) and other topics at psychosynthesiscoach.org/coach_blog. Jon is a psychotherapist in private practice, a licensed school counselor, and a Board Certified Coach (BCC).

Workshop 204 (10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.)

A presentation of techniques and the states of consciousness they facilitate in the left and right sides of the brain which, when used together, lead to hemispheric synchronization and a more full experience of the True Self: disidentification/objectivity; breath work/deep relaxation; reflective thinking/mental clarity; receptive thinking/insight; mental imagery/imagination; mandala art/pattern recognition and creative selfexpression; cognitive analysis/reason; inner dialogue/intuition; symbolic identification/empathy; homework and strategic planning/motivation and commitment.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:
● Understand psychosynthesis from a neuropsychological perspective.
● Be introduced to the concept of hemispheric synchronization.
● Understand the different psychological functions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
● Understand how specific techniques access and help utilize specific states of consciousness.
● Understand how when used together they can facilitate an experience of the True Self.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Workshop 401: Sunday 10:00 am – 11:30 pm

In 1972 Roberto Assagioli said to me, “The Real You knows all about it … will guide you.” I was thirty-one, a young woman filled with doubt and fear. I thought, “Are you sure?” My presentation will be based on my experience with Assagioli as it relates to Self-trust, inner wisdom, dark times, and purpose.

Educational Objectives: Attendees will be able to:

Have a deeper trust of the presence of the SELF in their personal lives and in their clinical work.

Have more skills in evoking the Self in their work with others.

Have more understanding of the Self over a lifetime, and how the journey of any person goes through periods of integration as well as periods of disintegration.

Learn ways to strengthen their clients’ connection to their own inner wisdom, and understand both what contributes to that and what takes away from it.

Be more aware of the power of present-centered work as it relates to The Self.

Anne Yeomans, MA, LMHC, psychotherapist & group facilitator for over 40 years, studied with the founder of Psychosynthesis, Roberto Assagioli. She has taught psychosynthesis, healing dialogue

 

 

Workshop 302B: Saturday 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, 84 min.

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.

 

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.

 

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.

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.

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.

 

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.