Program Description

The Building Blocks of Integrative Therapy You’ll learn fundamentals including:

  • Concepts of energy and consciousness – the underlying theory
  • Character defense systems — keys to diagnosing the personality
  • Techniques of energetic work — including use of appropriate breathing
  • In-depth personal work — your life task and core qualities

Basic Energetic and Holistic Techniques You’ll learn and practice basic techniques for working with the body and the mind, including:

  • Aspects of psychosomatic unity as detailed by Reich
  • Hands-on techniques developed by John Pierrakos, MD, founder
  • Physical interventions to release blocked emotions
  • Breathing, visualization, and soft techniques such as aura and chakra work and massage
  • Identifying and changing belief systems
  • Controlling the mind, rather than being controlled by the mind

Integration of Spirituality You’ll look at the spirituality within the context of a therapy session. You’ll focus on all aspects of the therapy including:

  • Building rapport
  • Assessment and diagnosis (Including body readings)
  • In depth treatment approach – confronting the mask, releasing and transforming the lower self, living from the core
  • Uncovering the universal life plan/ spiritual transformation
  • Ending the therapy
  • Working with transference, counter-transference, and resistance

Developing Your Leadership and Your Life Plan You’ll work on developing your leadership as a holistic therapist. Special emphasis is given to the following topics:

  • Leadership skills
  • Individuality as a therapist
  • Sexuality
  • Ethics
  • Group therapy
  • Couples therapy
  • Psychosomatics
  • Practice management
  • Putting your universal life plan into practice

Requirements:

  • Attendance 10 days per year for two years –
  • 5 two day sessions per year
  • 10 individual integrative sessions per year
  • 5 individual supervision sessions per year
  • reading assignments, homework and a final video project
  • 4 three hour group process sessions per year