An Integrative Approach to Mental Health
The historical view of body and mind as separate entities has led to a segregation of medical and mental healthcare. Based on the work of Andrew Weil, this workshop introduces the emerging field of integrative mental health (IMH) to help heal this body-mind rift. It’s no longer sufficient for

Trauma lives in our bodies, as well as in our minds---and so does healing. This workshop will explore the psychophysiological aspects of trauma and healing, providing specific tools to help shift clients away from the frozen, high-alert psychophysiological state characteristic of trauma and activate the healing-conducive

While mindfulness is prevalent in psychotherapy today, it can also be misunderstood---and misused in practice---as a “one size fits all” therapy. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to enhance therapeutic outcomes by individualizing clinical applications of mindfulness to suit each patient. We’ll focus on combining mindfulness techniques and clinical hypnosis,

How do you connect therapeutically with male clients who seem confused, even clueless, about how to connect emotionally in relationships with their spouses, children, and others in their lives? By asking more of ourselves, we’ll be able to ask more of men and help them develop the skills to be more relational---many are confused,

Therapy sessions are, by their nature, focused on talk, but simple movement exercises can help clients go beyond the cerebral to activate the visceral memories and responses that live within their bodies. However, to engage this visceral “voice” within the client, therapists need to tap into their own visceral intelligence. In this workshop, you’ll learn basic movement

Many people want to lose weight to feel more attractive, improve their health, and build self-esteem. But having been disappointed by too many diets that didn’t sustain weight loss, they need a new model that goes beyond weight management to accomplish their goals. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to help clients understand why diet failure isn’t their fault

While mindfulness meditation has become something of a sovereign remedy for mood dysregulation, many people---particularly those with trauma histories---are just too agitated to tolerate sitting quietly and watching their breath, because they become prey to dark ruminations and even greater anxiety. In this workshop, we’ll focus on several of the more active,

Many clients with harsh or traumatic childhood histories suffer physical pain that defies medical diagnosis and conventional treatments. Often our efforts to address the trauma-related emotional issues are frustrated by their current physical problems. What if the pain symptoms and treatment resistance are actually both expressions of their early trauma?