9am-12pm WALKING ON THE SOULS OF OUR FEET: ETHICS, INTEGRITY, AND BEING IN TROUBLED TIMES [6 remaining]

Our three-hour workshop will open our hearts to the beauty of Reiki and its place in navigating troubled times. This experiential journey invites us to strengthen our connection with others and the Divine. In doing so, we live ethically and with integrity. The Art of Being is living in this space of ancient wisdom and the eternal flow of grace. Participants will enjoy the natural healing system of Reiki and how to engage in our own self-healing processes as well as its usefulness in working with clients. Living with integrity and harnessing our intuition are essential components in being fully present with each other as we navigate troubled times. Ethical struggles can be mitigated through a right state of being that involves activating natural holistic energetic approaches that span ancient to modern times. Join us on this journey!

Ethics | CEs: 3 | $65 | In person only

9am-12pm LEARNING TO HOLD PEACE: A SUFI JOURNEY INTO THE OCEAN OF THE HEART [1 remaining]

When we stay on the surface of the ocean, the waves toss us in every direction—it is hard to find our bearings. But if we let ourselves sink into the depths, we discover peace and beauty that the surface world cannot touch. The ancient Sufi tradition teaches us how to be in the world but not of it. These creative practices carry us from the chop and chaos of the surface to the stillness found only in the ocean of our own heart. Come join me on a journey of discovery. Together we will use the sacred names of God to explore the depths of our own being—and learn, at last, to hold peace.

General Professional Development | CEs: 3 | $65 | In person only

9am-12pm CEREMONIES FOR MOTHER EARTH: MEDICINE FOR CHAOTIC TIMES [5 remaining]

Participants will engage in traditional and self-created ceremonies to connect with the energies of Mother Earth for healing self and others, to express gratitude, and to clear heavy and chaotic energies. In the Peruvian Andes villagers perform simple daily ceremonies so that they are never disconnected from Pachamama (Mother Earth), the Apus (sacred mountains), and their ancestors. We can learn to do the same thing. The result of evolving our own set of daily ceremonies will be a greater sense of well-being, a lighter heart in difficult times, and staying grounded and connected with our spiritual allies.

Multicultural | CEs: 3 | $65 | In person only

9am-12pm RECLAIMING THE ANCESTRAL THREAD: BUILDING AN ANCESTRAL PRACTICE FOR COLLECTIVE HEALING [7 remaining]

In a time marked by collective upheaval, fragmentation, and disconnection, many are searching for forms of healing that reach beyond the individual and into the deeper roots of human experience. This experiential workshop invites participants into the practice of ancestral connection as a living, relational approach to healing . . . one that honors the enduring presence of those who came before us and the impact they continue to have on our emotional, psychological, and cultural lives.

Building on the foundations of ancestral psychotherapy, depth psychology, and cross-cultural healing traditions, this session expands beyond introductory concepts to explore what it means to actively engage in an ancestral practice with well ancestors. Participants will be guided through a series of embodied, creative, and imaginal exercises designed to illuminate inherited patterns, reconnect with sources of ancestral resilience, and deepen awareness of the intergenerational transmission of both trauma and strength. Drawing from perspectives such as epigenetics, Indigenous frameworks of the “soul wound,” and ritual-based practices found across global traditions, this workshop offers an integrative lens for understanding lineage as both burden and resource.

A central component of the workshop will be the collaborative creation of a community altar—an interactive, collective ritual space where participants are invited to contribute meaningful objects, symbols, prayers, or natural elements. Through this process the group will co-create a living installation that honors ancestors across cultures and lineages, while also holding intention for collective and planetary healing. This altar serves not only as a symbolic act, but as an experiential exploration of ritual, relationship, and responsibility within ancestral work. *All personal items contributed to the altar will be returned after the workshop.

This workshop is designed for clinicians, healers, and seekers of all backgrounds who feel called to explore ancestral healing as part of a broader movement toward cultural repair and reconnection. Participants will be guided in developing their own relational approach to ancestral practice, learning to listen for what their unique lineage is asking for in the process of healing. Emphasis will be placed on cultivating intuitive discernment, cultural humility, and respect for the diversity of ancestral traditions rather than replicating any single cultural framework.

Participants will leave with practical tools, experiential insight, and a deeper understanding of how ancestral connection can inform therapeutic practice, personal healing, and collective transformation.

Multicultural | CEs: 3 | $65 | In person only

12:30 - 1:30 pm MEETING HOUSE SUPERVISION—APPLYING LIBERATORY THEORY IN SUPERVISION [Sold Out]

Traditional models of counseling supervision have often replicated the same hierarchical, Eurocentric, and pathology-focused frameworks that decolonial clinicians seek to dismantle in their direct client work. This session invites supervisors and emerging supervisors to examine how power, privilege, and systemic oppression operate within the supervisory relationship itself, and to explore what it means to build a supervision practice that is not only liberatory but rooted in optimism. Drawing on African and African American leadership models and healing traditions, we will interrogate the supervisor/supervisee dynamic and ask: Whose knowledge is centered, whose experience is validated, and whose voice holds authority in the room?

Participants will be introduced to practical methods for conducting supervision that affirms the whole identities of supervisees including their cultural backgrounds, lived experiences of marginalization, and political consciousness, as well as meeting the practical requirements and expectation of supervision for licensure. We will explore how reflective practice, collaborative goal setting, and power sharing can transform supervision from a gatekeeping function into a genuine site of professional and personal liberation. Case vignettes drawn from community mental health and private practice contexts will ground these concepts in the real-world challenges that therapists face when navigating institutions while trying to practice with integrity.

This session is designed to be participatory and dialogic, modeling the very values it espouses. Attendees will leave with concrete tools, reflective prompts, and a renewed commitment to supervision as an act of care, not just for individual supervisees but for the communities they serve.

Supervision | CEs: 1 | $25 | In person only

2-5pm BODY & BREATH COHERENCE: COMPLIMENTARY SELF-REGULATION METHODS [Sold Out]

In this workshop we will contemplate and practice specific breath and body-based meditations. Maboud will introduce and guide elemental healing breaths for personal well-being and use in professional counseling practices. Elemental healing breaths are a set of pranayama-like breathing practices—often stemming from Sufi or Yogic traditions—that consciously align breath patterns with the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether/space. To compliment the body and breathing practices, the use of Sufi inspired “wazifa” practices for invoking psychological resiliency will be included. Wazifa practices promote wholeness and inner balance to bring peaceful clarity and reduce stress. They can also be used to help clients reframe negative and limiting perspectives driven by trauma and alleviate anxiety. We will also explore the use of a breath-centered HRV (heart rate variability) biofeedback method that can be used by both children and adults to cultivate a culture of breathing for families and individuals that enables them to manage emotional reactivity. The main goal of the workshop is for participants to experience and learn how body-centered breathing meditations help to cultivate awareness of bodily sensations (interoception) that can result in the discovery of a healing haven of safety, wisdom, and inspiration that lives in the present moment. A secondary goal, but just as important, is to enable participants to realize how these complimentary methods derived from spiritual traditions help to alleviate anxiety and cultivate an inner sense of spaciousness, personal empowerment, and well-being. Participants will have personal experience of these breathing methods so they can integrate them into their counseling practice and personal lives.

General Professional Development | CEs: 3 | $65 | In person only

2-5pm LAND, LINEAGE, AND CONFLICT: EMBODIED REGENERATIVE PATHWAYS TOWARD HEALING AND PEACE [Sold Out]

Conflict is often approached as a problem to be resolved, yet many traditions understand it as a vital signal carrying wisdom, history, and potential for regeneration. This experiential and reflective workshop invites participants to explore conflict transformation through the lenses of land, lineage, and lived experience. Drawing from psychology, peace and conflict studies, regenerative leadership, somatic awareness, and Indigenous and decolonized research practices, participants will engage conflict as an embodied, relational, and ecological process. Through guided reflection, place-based inquiry practices, and integrative dialogue, participants will explore how conflict is held in the body, embedded in landscapes, and shaped by personal and collective histories. The workshop will emphasize listening to self, to others, and to place as a pathway toward healing, regeneration, and more relational forms of peacebuilding from within for overall wellbeing and soul wellness. Participants will engage in experiential activities that explore how we can learn from land, conflict, and peace.

General Professional Development | CEs: 3 | $65 | In person only

2-5pm HOLDING COMPLEXITY: ART THERAPY WITH QTBIPOC CLIENTS IN SMALL COMMUNITIES [Sold Out]

Small community dynamics influence therapeutic choices, relational dynamics, and community building. Grounded in the chapters “Where Color Refuses to Blend: Supporting Queer and Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (QTBIPOC) in Art Therapy” and “Queering Multiple Relationships in Small Communities” from Queer Worldmaking in Art Therapy: Theory and Praxis, this workshop explores how art therapy grounded in cultural humility can support healing and resilience among queer and trans, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (QTBIPOC) communities. As therapists the experience of navigating small community dynamics can be confusing; communities get even smaller when engaging in culturally based community building. This workshop centers on the role of personal and collective narratives in shaping therapeutic practice. Through an art-making experiential process, participants will examine how dominant frameworks often flatten or pathologize marginalized identities and increase the power dynamic between therapist and client. We will explore how art therapy offers an invitation where lived experience and intersectionality are invited into the therapeutic relationship.

Multicultural Ethics | CEs: 3 | $65 | In person only

5:15-6:15PM Tierra Nueva Counseling Center Open House

Tierra Nueva Counseling Center’s Denise Moore, MA, LPCC, would like to warmly welcome you to join us for an open house next door to Southwestern College. We would love to share with you our current projects as well as celebrating 43 years of providing service to our beloved community.

Visit with fellow participants, connect with past classmates, and enjoy company and gathering after a day of transformational learning. You are important to us and we are committed to serving our community and supporting your healing and personal growth. Our counseling and art therapy services are responsive to diverse individuals, needs, and perspectives. We take a person-centered approach and are committed to ethical practices. Our services are grounded in our values of empathy, love, and kindness.

General Professional Development | 1 CE | FREE - In person

9am-12pm SPIRITUAL FINESSE IN A CHANGING WORLD [1 remaining]

Our finesse in navigating events will help us overcome the challenges of these times. The challenge is not about control; it is about cooperation. Even if life seems fixed or chaotic, there is a universal movement. When love leads, truth reveals itself. Embedded within each event, whether negative or positive, are clues to its purpose. The resolution of life issues is ultimately internal. The external metaphor of life reflects our inner journey. Finesse requires awareness of the soul, mind, feelings, and embodying spirit. We will decode the meaning of events in our changing world and shift our identity from external control to deeper understanding and self-liberation. 

General Professional Development | 3 CEs | $65 In person

9am-12pm ANCESTRAL ECHOES: TAÍNO WISDOM, CEMÍ, AND THE PATH OF REMATRIATION [1 remaining]

This workshop offers an immersive exploration into the indigenous Taíno concepts of cemí—the sacred spirits and energetic forces that bridge the physical and spiritual realms. As mental health professionals navigate the complexities of modern fragmentation, returning to ancestral perspectives provides a profound framework for generational repair and the "rematriation" of the soul and land.

Participants will delve into how the Taíno worldview challenges colonial paradigms of individualism, offering instead a relational model of healing that centers on the interconnectedness of all living things. We will examine the role of cemí as a tool for grounding and spiritual regulation, particularly when working with clients from the Caribbean diaspora or those seeking to decolonize their mental health practices.

The session includes a mini-altar experiential component, where attendees will learn to create intentional spaces for reflection and connection. By integrating somatic awareness with creative ritual, we will explore how honoring ancestral spirits can serve as an act of resistance and a pathway toward emotional regulation and collective recovery.

Multicultural | 3 CEs | $65 In person

9am-12pm NEURODIVERGENT NETWORKS: CREATIVE UNDERSTANDINGS OF HIGH MASKING AUTISM [13 remaining]

Individuals with autism are often described as canaries in the coal mine: their unique and sensitive systems can be highly attuned to patterns and energies in their environments much sooner than those around them. Their networks are invaluable, unusual, mycelial, magical, and often beyond language.

This workshop will present information on the lived experiences of autistic individuals to help attendees build a framework for creative and innovative understandings of high-masking autism. The facilitators will also provide ample time for Q&A.

This workshop is best suited for attendees who are seeking to create internal and external environments that affirm and are curious about the nuanced and varied experiences of high-masking autistic individuals.

General Professional Development | 3 CEs | $65 In person

12:30-1:30pm THE GIFT OF BREATH [Sold Out]

"Breath is the voice of the soul.” —Inayat Khan, Sufi Master

In our breathless time it is more important than ever to pause and breathe. (This fast and chaotic world.) Chaos and rapid changes can create anxiety and an overwhelming sense of uncertainty. Stress can make our breathing too quick, shallow, or faint, straining our nervous system.

The good news is that we can consciously alter our breath. We can intentionally change our breathing and thus our emotional and physical experience. Conscious breathing slows down the heart rate, reduces stress hormones, and calms the mind. A regulated and resilient nervous system supports creative and self-caring choices and helps co-regulate the greater field, positively influencing those around us. Ancient healing traditions such as yoga, Buddhism, Daoism, and Qi Gong have long recognized and harnessed the transformative power of the breath to support physical, mental, and psychological well-being. In the yogic tradition, pranayama refers to the expansion and conscious regulation of the breath—an expansion of prana, or life force itself. For more than five thousand years yogis have understood through direct experience that by deepening and expanding the breath we expand vitality, awareness, and life itself. Conscious breathing allows us to feel and process our emotions more fully. Increasing oxygen flow to cells and organs supports optimal function across the body, enhancing mental clarity, digestion, and immune resilience.

Our breath is also our most intimate connection to the living world. We inhale the oxygen released by plants and trees across land and sea, and they receive the carbon dioxide we exhale—an ongoing cycle of exchange that reminds us we are part of a vast, interconnected web of life. When we recognize the sacred nature of breath, we enrich our own lives and deepen our awareness of this profound interdependence. In this workshop, we will attune to our autonomic nervous system and explore how breath helps to balance, regulate, and soothe it. We will learn practical techniques to consciously engage the breath in ways that support nervous system flexibility and resilience, enabling us to meet life’s demands with greater steadiness and adaptability. Together we will strengthen our own conscious breathing practice so we can confidently guide our clients in integrating this powerful tool into their daily lives.


General Professional Development | 1 CE $25 | In person only

12:30-1:30pm ANCIENT WISDOM FOR MODERN NERVOUS SYSTEMS: HEALING IN A FRAGMENTED WORLD [1 remaining]

We are living in a time of profound collective strain. Political polarization, technological acceleration, ecological anxiety, social fragmentation, and chronic overstimulation affect not only our minds but also our bodies, our spirit, and our sense of belonging in the world. What we call stress today often carries the weight of collective and existential trauma, unprocessed grief, and a pervasive experience of uncertainty, disorientation, and loss of meaning. Our nervous systems are struggling to find ground in a rapidly changing world. This presentation explores what healing might entail in such a time. Moving beyond models that focus only on symptom reduction or coping skills, it invites a broader understanding of healing as the restoration of connection: to the body, to inner life, to community, to the natural world, and to the sacred dimension of existence. Ancient wisdom traditions have long recognized that human beings do not heal through information alone. In a world increasingly defined by speed, distraction, and disembodiment, older ways of knowing remind us that we need rhythm, ritual, reverence, embodied presence, creative expression, meaning, and practices that help us metabolize change, loss, and uncertainty. By weaving together embodied and spiritual perspectives, this talk reflects on how we might meet modern chaos without becoming further fragmented by it. It invites participants to consider how sacred, somatic, and creative practices can help us hold grief, uncertainty, and transformation, while cultivating grounding, resilience, hope, and a deeper sense of healing. Participants will also be invited to reflect on the impact of collective stress and existential anxiety in their own lives. Rather than offering a quick fix, this presentation creates space for deeper questions: What helps human beings remain whole in times of upheaval? What restores inner ground when the outer world feels unstable? And how might embodied, sacred, and creative practices support healing in an age marked by uncertainty and overwhelm?

Multicultural | 1 CE $25 | In person

2-5PM BEYOND THE DSM: CENTERING THE CLIENT’S VOICE IN ASSESSMENT [4 remaining]

This experiential workshop invites participants to critically examine dominant assessment practices and reimagine them through a client-centered, psycho-spiritual, and decolonizing lens. Traditional diagnostic frameworks, such as the DSM, often rely on standardized, pathology-based interpretations of distress that may overlook cultural context, lived experience, and the client’s own meaning-making systems.

This workshop offers an integrative alternative that centers the client as the primary authority in defining and assessing their emotional and symptomatic experiences. Grounded in a psycho-spiritual framework, symptoms are understood as meaningful communications from the psyche—expressions of the mind, body, and spirit that invite attention, awareness, regulation, and transformation, rather than indicators of dysfunction. Within this approach a symptom becomes clinically relevant only when it is defined as distressing or impairing by the client, rather than solely by external diagnostic standards.

Influenced by the SoulCollage process, participants will be guided in creating their own visual Likert scale to reflect their internal emotional, somatic, and energetic landscape based on their personal definitions of distress, regulation, and well-being. Through art-making, somatic awareness, and reflective dialogue, participants will explore how power, culture, and narrative shape both diagnosis and treatment, while practicing more collaborative and culturally responsive approaches to assessment.

Multicultural | 3 CEs | $65 In person

2-5PM HEALING BURNOUT IN CHAOTIC TIMES: SHARING A PROBLEM-SOLVING CREATIVE TIME [2 remaining]

This session will define the major components of professional/caregiver burnout and work through how each of these components show up in our lives, systems, and worksites. We will explore concepts such as compassion fatigue (When you are too tired to care.), primary and secondary trauma (What can’t you un-see or un-feel?), and complex grief and recurrent grief (Is it your year to be the angel of death? or divorce? or ?). In defining each concept, we will look at how the culture of care can change and evolve to empower both care professionals and our clients. We will review the fact that care is given by human beings who will (and do) make mistakes, become exhausted, have biases and power struggles, family responsibilities, conflicts, and stress. We will then collectively look and work with ideas that are both current and ancient. We are all connected. We are all part of healing and community, each of us will begin the process of connecting to our shared vulnerability. This is the first step to create systems that interrupt and heal the burnout cycle. We will use an individual meditative mandala drawing process to work with complex grief followed by a discussion of how complex and re-current grief affects our lives personally and professionally. This discussion will explore how deep grief is an often-overlooked part of our healthcare and mental health systems’ ways of facing burnout. Drawing from diverse healing sources, we will close with the creation of a hands-on learning, problem-solving, interactive, community poem and visual experience that will allow the group to explore their ability to create an interconnected web of support.

General Professional Development | 3 CEs | $65 In person

2-5PM FROM INFORMATION OVERLOAD TO INNER COHERENCE: SACRED SOUND PRACTICES FOR NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION AND MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY [Sold Out]

We live in an age of unprecedented pressure. Hyperenergetic activity, nonstop information, and relentless social and professional demands are pushing the human nervous system and consciousness to their limits. Mental rupture, social meltdown, and the emergence of new psychological, emotional, and spiritual disorders are appearing across society. Early ripples are already visible: rising depression, disorientation, identity diffusion, and syndromes of information overload. Many feel fragmented, exhausted, and disconnected, struggling to maintain clarity, focus, and value-driven choices in a world that never stops demanding more. Yet within this turbulence lies extraordinary possibility. The ancient science of sacred sound—the Shabd Guru—offers a practical, transformative path. Through precise patterns of sound, rhythm, breath, and focused awareness, individuals can calm mental overload, restore inner balance, strengthen virtues already cultivated, and regain stamina, motivation, and clarity—even amidst relentless pressure. These practices extend beyond personal stress relief. They awaken awareness, compassion, and integrity in action, creating coherence within ourselves, our relationships, and our communities. In the eye of the storm, inner stillness becomes a source of clarity, conscious choice, and empowered engagement with life. Sacred sound allows individuals to move from reactive overwhelm toward conscious, value-aligned action, building resilience in both personal and collective spheres. In essence, the Shabd Guru offers a pathway from chaos to coherence, from stress reactivity to conscious response, and from fragmentation to spiritual integration. It reminds us that the solution to modern turbulence is not found by escaping the world, but by cultivating inner capacity: awareness, balance, compassion, and hope. Through these practices individuals can access clarity, stamina, and grounded purpose—a foundation for thriving, contribution, and conscious engagement in an ever-shifting world.

General Professional Development | 3 CEs | $65 In person

2-5PM WHEN THE EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE IS TREACHEROUS: THE CREATION OF OASIS [14 remaining]

As 2026 continues to unfold we are bombarded with “unprecedented” crises and scenes of violence and moral erosion. Using a two-step art process, we will create metaphorical images of layered trauma. World, community, familial, and personal, as we struggle with the question “What fresh hell is this?” Our answers will be found in our art, as will the hope that can come through the creation of a visual, physical, and emotional oasis. A restorative process to take forward into our daily experiences. Let’s gather and externalize our unique anger and outrage using imagery. Once we sit with what shows up in our art and share that anguish with others we can create a new space. We will creatively summon a safe oasis using art to hold a place of peace and tranquility; an oasis shared with one another and potentially with our clients as well. No prior artmaking experience required.

General Professional Development | 3 CEs | $65 In person

5:15-6:15pm New Earth Institute Reception

Please join us as we celebrate Ted Wiard and his many years of service as director of the Trauma, Grief, and Renewal Certificate Program at Southwestern College.

9am-12pm TENDING THE HEALER: CREATING SACRED SPACE FOR RESTORATION, REGULATION, AND RENEWAL [Sold Out]

In a time of collective overwhelm, clinicians are increasingly carrying complex layers of trauma, grief, and uncertainty both personally and professionally. This experiential workshop offers a space for therapists and helping professionals to gently step out of the role of vessel for others’ healing and into intentional self-restoration. Rooted in Curanderismo, somatic awareness, and trauma-informed care, this workshop explores how to create safe and sacred spaces for personal healing, regulation, and renewal. Participants will engage in embodied practices, ritual, and reflective processes designed to support nervous system balance, reconnect with inner and ancestral resources, and prevent burnout. This offering emphasizes the importance of tending to the healer through culturally sustaining practices, ceremony, and embodied presence, inviting clinicians to reconnect with themselves as whole beings beyond their professional roles.

Multicultural | 3 CEs | $65 In person

9am-12pm SPEAKING UP WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN: STAYING EMBODIED AND CONNECTED IN DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS [7 remaining]

As clients navigate higher levels of stress and uncertainty, clinicians are often met with more moments that test boundaries, more intense relational dynamics, and more opportunities to respond in ways that matter—while also navigating their own nervous systems, histories, and learned ways of relating in moments of conflict. This experiential and didactic workshop integrates somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and relational skill-building to support participants in staying present, connected, and clear—even in moments of challenge. Together we will explore how to remain connected while recognizing and working with protective responses as they arise. Through guided reflection and structured, scenario-based role play, participants will practice noticing internal cues, supporting regulation in real time, and communicating boundaries with greater clarity and confidence. Scenarios will include both everyday relational challenges (e.g., time boundaries, communication, role clarity) and higher-intensity interactions, supporting application across private practice, organizational, and community settings. Participants will leave with practical, embodied tools and increased capacity to navigate conflict, strengthen therapeutic presence, and engage in boundary-setting and advocacy in ways that are effective, sustainable, and aligned with their values.

General Professional Development | 3 CEs | $65 In Person

9am-12pm FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS [Sold Out]

Many times we and our clients struggle to cope with the trauma, chaos, and stress of life but are unaware of the deeply unconscious roots of our behavior and life patterns that were birthed not only in the here and now events of our current life but may have been created generations previously in our lineage. In this session we will start with a demonstration constellation circle, followed by a discussion of what occurred in the demonstration. This will be connected to an explanation of the basic ideas, theoretical and underpinning, and structure of family constellation work. This is an extremely powerful method, deeply based in the intuitive abilities that we all share (and don't often realize), that typically, naturalistically, brings to conscious awareness events, people, and histories from the client's lineage that were completely unknown previously. We are touching here on “deep knowledge” that is contained in the “universal mind,” which in this work we call the “field.” This work helps to deeply contextualize our current lives and dilemmas and offers profound perspectives, not only intellectually, but emotionally and spiritually.

General Professional Development | 3 CEs $65 | In person

12:30-1:30pm Forgiveness: The Art of Setting Yourself Free [1 remaining]

In life we all make mistakes, sometimes intentionally, sometimes completely unaware. We may have hurt others, be hurt ourselves, or carry experiences that leave a quiet heaviness within. Over time this weight can settle into the heart as sadness, shame, or we fall into an amnesic state and we disconnect from the One who gives us the breath of life. Forgiveness offers another way. Forgiveness is the art of setting yourself free. It is a compassionate, conscious choice to release the past and open to a new beginning—within you and in your relationships. It is not about excusing or forgetting, but about allowing healing to take place at a deeper level. Through breath, awareness, and focused intention it is possible to gently release what has been held—without struggle. Even long-standing patterns of hurt, guilt, or regret can begin to dissolve. As you forgive yourself, forgive others, and become open to receiving forgiveness, something shifts. The heart softens. The mind quiets. A sense of lightness and inner space begins to emerge. From this place clarity, connection, and renewed hope naturally arise. Forgiveness meditation is a gift. It is a profound act of courage. It is a powerful, accessible practice that supports this transformation. It helps regulate the nervous system, clear emotional reactivity, and reconnects you to your innate strength, hope, and inner grit. This is an invitation—to release, to heal, and to move forward with compassion and grace. You deserve to feel free, peaceful, and fully alive. Let your forgiveness be vast, without limit. You are humankind—therefore be kind, be loving, and let compassion lead the way.

General Professional Development | 1 CE | $25 In person

2-5pm SOMATIC ESSENTIALS FOR NAVIGATING CHAOS [7 remaining]

Most would agree that we are living in a rather fragile and unsteady world. When our internal world is also unsteady, we have little to no chance of successfully navigating the challenges of the external world. The world needs centered people now. People that can access strength and wisdom as needed. Whether navigating the chaos of the world, or the chaos in one's personal life, the body can be a great ally.

Embodiment is empowerment. When we connect to ourselves through breath and ground through the body we can tap into internal strength and peace. Too often we look for safety and security from external sources. And while a bunker may keep one safe from bombs bursting in air and extreme temperatures, it will do little to calm the storm within. True calm comes from within.

We've all heard this before. Spiritual practitioners including the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Jesus, Thich Nhat Hanh and others have shared this wisdom with us. But how many actually know how to do this? And of those that know, how often do they remember to practice?

And while we can use the body as a resource, we can also use it as a storage facility (or dumping ground). Emotions we don't process get held within. In the cells, the organs, the muscles, and the bones. Getting in touch with sensation supports awareness and release of what's been buried within. As we learn to tap into strength, we often find what isn’t serving us can move and dissolve.

This presentation will be highly interactive, guiding attendees into their bodies to resource from within, in a multitude of easy ways.

General Professional Development | 3 CEs $65 | In person

2-5pm MINING INNER WISDOM: AN INVITATION TO WHOLENESS THROUGH MUSIC, ART, AND SOMATIC AWARENESS [9 remaining]

In a time of growing uncertainty and collective overwhelm, many of us—both clients and clinicians—are being asked to meet more than we were ever trained to hold. This experiential workshop offers a grounded, restorative space to return to ourselves, reconnecting with internal resources through creative expression, somatic awareness, mindfulness, and imagination. Rooted in a transpersonal, trauma-informed approach, Mining Inner Wisdom follows the three-phase model of trauma healing: safety, expression, and integration (reconnection). Participants are guided through a carefully paced experience that includes brief psychoeducation, music, visualization, expressive arts, and gentle embodied practices. Rather than learning these concepts only intellectually, participants will experience them directly—moving from grounding, into expression, and toward integration. This workshop is both a professional offering and a space for personal renewal—especially for therapists who are called not only to care for others, but to tend to their own lives. It invites a return to wholeness: to becoming more resourced, more present, and more connected to one’s own inner guidance while continuing to serve with integrity. Participants will leave with practical tools they can bring into clinical work, along with a lived sense of how creative, somatic, and imaginative practices can support both their clients and themselves.

General Professional Development | 3 CEs | $65 In person

2-5pm EXPLORING STORY AND ETHICS THROUGH AN AFRICAN FOLKTALE: “THE RIVER” [5 remaining]

How do we face our own and others' hidden ugliness? As therapists, how do we fully accept clients as they are, while encouraging new openings and insight? Ethically, can we support without doing either too much or too little? This workshop uses the inspiration of a powerful African folktale, “The River.” The story will be shared dramatically, with masks: the jealous village girls, our too innocent heroine, the hungry demon, and, most important, the magical river lady who tests us as she asks to be healed. Then we will explore our responses through inner journeying, art, and sharing. The characters' struggles can stimulate new perspectives within us. Our process leads toward a deeper awareness of our clients. And this workshop, ethically, may awaken new ideas about ugliness and beauty, about when to be brave, and when to pause and reflect. Parallel to its heroine's journey, this story can stimulate us to expand our sense of compassion and of self-care, while becoming more sensitive to the complexity of our relations with others.

Ethics | 3 CEs | $65 In person

2-5pm CEREMONY AND SACRED PRACTICES TO REBALANCE AND STAY CENTERED WITHIN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE IN THESE TIMES OF GREAT CHANGE [Sold Out]

In the first half of the presentation, shamanic and energy medicine methods will be taught on how to keep one's center and regain balance while learning how to create and sustain sacred space. Through the perspective of various traditions, knowledge will be shared on the many cycles humanity is transiting through. Together in sacred circle and ceremony we will join together to create a field of healing and transformation, including a blessing of sacred teachings and movement designed to bring us together to help humanity and Mother Earth. Many people are already going back to a simpler existence. How do we do this where we are in our lives right now? Participants will experience traditional mindful ceremonial practices that anchor us to all our relations and our place in the circle of life. This will include sacred Aztec dance with its philosophy and sacred rituals to cleanse and renew.

Multicultural | 3 CEs | $65 In person

Sunday Aug 9  | 5:15 - 6:15pm | Celebration for Katherine Ninos [Sold Out]

We will hold a ceremony for Katherine Ninos, who will be retiring from her decades long position as executive vice president.

Friday Aug 7 | 9am - 12pm | Disintegration as Transformation: Somatic Support for Liminal States [15 remaining]

Periods of profound change can be understood through the life cycle of moths and butterflies. Like the caterpillar sensing it is preparing for transformation, many clients arrive when familiar ways of living are feeling unsustainable. A previous identity, role, or life structure may be dissolving before a new one has fully formed. In a process called histolysis, the caterpillar dissolves before reorganizing itself into a new form. In humans this liminal state, or psychological threshold, is often marked by uncertainty, grief, disorientation, and nervous system dysregulation as narratives of self and patterns of relating begin to shift. Drawing on principles from sensorimotor psychotherapy, this workshop explores how somatic awareness can support clients in navigating these in-between spaces. Participants will learn practical body-based interventions that help stabilize the nervous system which allow new identities, meanings, and directions to gradually emerge. Through reflection, discussion, and experiential practice, we will explore these liminal states together.

General Professional Development 3 CEs $65 Online

Friday Aug 7 | 9am - 12pm | Beyond Performance: Cultivating Authentic Professional Identity in Clinical Supervision [16 remaining]

In a time of growing clinical burnout, systemic pressure, technological change, and increasing demands for productivity, many therapists are navigating professional identities shaped more by performance than authenticity. This workshop holds space for supervisors to explore how to support authentic therapist development that goes beyond evaluative productivity metrics. Supervisors will be guided to reflect on their own professional development and what aspects contributed most (both positive and negative) to their present-day identity and conceptualization of “what is a therapist.” From these reflections, supervisors will explore intrinsic and extrinsic expectations they may have on therapist development and discuss how these shape their approach to supervision. Concepts such as professionalism, productivity, growth, and being perfect will be deconstructed to help identify ways to decolonize practices. Opportunities to reimagine more authentic self-of-the-therapist practices will be provided, and special emphasis will be placed on how the supervisors themselves may be able to be the change they hope to see within the field of therapy.

Supervision 3 CEs $65 Online

Friday Aug 7 | 12:30-1:30pm | Patterns of Resurgence of the Living Imagination: Exploring Dreaming, Astrology, and Divination Systems for Personal and Collective Regeneration [2 remaining]

During a time tending toward confusion and disequilibrium, we can reach out to greater patterns of imagination through visionary practices that return us to center, grounding, and source. In this workshop we connect with support figures, mentors, and allies of imagination. We drop down to the depth dimensions through living association, mythic amplification, all the way to the liveliness of animated imagining. In this way, we access deep imaginals that can companion us and open portals to life-giving sourcing. Vicki Noble has described how the rivers of the treasure traditions at times have had to go underground to survive difficult times. We spelunk and snorkel in this workshop with traditional practices of meaning-sensing and oracular possibility, in the waters of living wisdom. How might dream tending approaches, divination practices, and the deep structures of astrology help us access imaginal doorways for anchoring, self-healing, and mutual compassion? What are shared patterns of sourcing and regeneration as we come more fully alive to both the despair and overwhelm we might carry and the undergirding connective matrix such deep feelings indicate and rebolden? How can we honor the wisdom keepers of the different lineages of I Ching, astrology, and oracular practices without appropriating, culturally mining and extracting, or bring unconscious acquisitiveness from postindustrial consciousness while accessing wisdom? What practices of reciprocity and responsibilities of giveback can we engage in to responsibly journey through illuminative and endarkening practices within the depth realms? How can we create contexts for the difficult or intolerable in the imaginal space to transmute to reveal hidden capacities in the world behind the world? This immersive online workshop builds insight through contexting mini-briefings, experiential framework learning, and creative, hands-on exploration. The workshop also explores ideas about how helping professionals, educators, and coaches can integrate these approaches into their practices. Participants are invited to bring their own divination and dreaming materials as well as art supplies for this multimodal journey.

General Professional Development 1 CE $25 Online

Saturday Aug 8 | 9am - 12pm | Coming to Peace Inner Conflict Resolution: Parts Integration [9 remaining]

This workshop will introduce students to the Coming to Peace conflict resolution method that arises out of the Depth Hypnosis Spiritual Counseling Model created by Dr. Isa Gucciardi. Depth Hypnosis Spiritual Counseling brings ancient understandings of healing into a modern context. Depth Hypnosis utilizes hypnotherapy techniques including suggestion hypnosis and regression and is unique in its integration of Buddhist understandings of the nature of mind and the catalytic processes of healing originating in applied shamanic practice and integrated energy medicine. The Coming to Peace process creates a powerful structure for resolving conflict—between people or within oneself. This workshop will focus on the internal applications of the model, teaching participants how to resolve inner conflict by bringing parts of the self with opposing intentions/beliefs into communication and peaceful resolution. Skilled clinicians will learn new techniques for healing splits by bringing parts of the self that are at odds into a dialogue and into alignment with the client’s highest good. In Coming to Peace, techniques from the Ubuntu tradition of Africa, the Iroquois League of North America, and Ho’oponopono from Hawaii are integrated to create a powerful method for healing conflict. This method opens a window into a deeper understanding of suffering: how it is created, and how to access the resources that point the way to peace.

General Professional Development 3 CEs $65 Online

Saturday Aug 8 | 12:30-1:30pm | The Spirit of the Niños Santos: Ancestral Healing, Sacred Relationship, and the Future of Ancient Medicine [Sold Out]

Join psychotherapist, educator, and psychedelic advocate Amy Wong Hope in a rare live conversation with Mazatec healer, author, and cultural ambassador Alejandrina Pedro Casteñeda of Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca. Rooted in the wisdom of her Mazatecan lineage, Alejandrina carries forward ancestral healing traditions through Auraterapia, medicinal plant knowledge, and the sacred practice of velada Mazateca with ndí xitjo (psilocybin mushrooms). In this intimate one-hour dialogue, Alejandrina will share teachings passed through family, land, spirit, and direct revelation; exploring the relationship between emotional wounds, ancestral trauma, the body, and spiritual healing. Together Amy and Alejandrina will discuss the responsibilities that arise as global interest in traditional medicines grows, the importance of protecting Indigenous wisdom and sovereignty, and the role sacred relationship plays in true healing. The conversation will also highlight Alejandrina’s humanitarian work in Oaxaca, including her vision for Casa Hogar Paraíso, a developing school and orphanage dedicated to serving vulnerable children in the Mazatec region. This is an invitation to listen deeply to a message of healing that is not separate from spirit, ancestry, community, or the Earth itself.

Multicultural 1CE $25 Online

Saturday Aug 8 | 2-5pm | Creating Your Sacred Inner Space [8 remaining]

As our world becomes more overwhelming because of emotion-filled social media posts, negativity on the news, and fear all around us, the more we are affected by this level of energy. For those who are struggling with anxiety, trauma, or who are sensitive, have psychic abilities, or are just waking up to the fact that they can perceive more than many of their friends, learning to control the flow of energy in and out is essential. Creating your sacred inner space is a method to understanding how these energy flows work, an exploration of the different reasons behind why they affect us, and creates a foundation of practices that can help gain control and boundaries to allow a person to feel safe and comfortable in their environments, even if they are being bombarded on the outside. Learn how to use creative visualization to enhance an internal landscape that can bring comfort, solitude, increase your abilities to discern what is yours and what isn’t, as well as begin to explore astral travel, past lives, and other amazing abilities in your own Sacred Inner Space.

General Professional Development 3 CEs $65 Online

CANCELED Saturday Aug 8 | 2-5pm | Ancient Traditions, Modern Applications: Storytelling for Healing [Sold Out]

Throughout history stories have helped humanity understand existence and purpose, appreciate cultural norms, and give explanation to positive or adverse events as well as creating solidarity and unity. In many societies stories are powerful tools in the healing process. This workshop introduces the experiential applications of creative writing, storytelling, scriptwriting, film, and poetry and their use in healing to facilitate positive identity, connection to ancestors, life purpose, and expression of feelings. In this workshop attendees will learn the types of storytelling modalities and receive prompts to aid their clients. Attendees will also create a personal myth in the workshop and will need to have a pad of writing paper, a pen, crayons, and/or colored pens.

General Professional Development 3 CEs $65 Online

Sunday Aug 9 | 9am - 12pm | An Introduction to Eye Movement Desensitization and Transmutation [10 remaining]

Bringing more somatic, transpersonal, and holistic experience to EMDR. This workshop is an introduction and discussion about how including alternative visualization, body experiences, and spiritual practices can assist clients in reprocessing their experiences while avoiding the pitfalls of a strictly cognitive exercise. Utilizing ancient techniques such as yoga, traditional Chinese medicine, shamanic practices, and other intuitive tools in the EMDR process creates a more holistic approach to healing. Clients have reported profound experiences and life-changing events with quicker reprocessing times and less reactivity than can be experienced in traditional EMDR practices. A basic understanding of EMDR (or similar) techniques is necessary for the best understanding of this workshop.

General Professional Development 3 CEs $65 Online

Sunday Aug 9 | 2-5pm | Hands-On Healing: Intro to Emotional Freedom Technique, Mindfulness, and Self-Care [11 remaining]

Join us for an interactive and experiential workshop designed to introduce participants to Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) tapping and other energy psychology practices that support emotional well-being and nervous system regulation. This session is perfect for beginners who are curious about alternative approaches to stress relief, emotional balance, and self-care. EFT tapping is a gentle, evidence-informed method that combines elements of mindfulness, acupressure, and cognitive awareness to help lease emotional blocks and reduce stress. Participants will learn the basics of tapping, explore how it can be applied to everyday life, and experience its immediate calming effects. No prior experience is required, just a willingness to engage and experiment with new ways of supporting your emotional health. A highlight of this session is a hands-on mindfulness activity using Play-Doh, where participants will use metaphors to explore their personal journey. They will be invited to create representations where they currently are in life, where they want to be, and how they use their time. They will also connect their past, present, and future in a tangible, creative way. This activity encourages self-reflection, presence, and playful engagement, helping participants externalize their inner experiences and visualize meaningful change.

In addition to EFT tapping and Play-Doh mindfulness, the workshop will introduce participants to other energy psychology techniques and nervous system regulation strategies. These tools are designed to help individuals manage anxiety, release tension, and cultivate resilience in a supportive, accessible way. Attendees will learn practical skills they can integrate into their daily routines, whether for personal growth, self-care, or professional use. This session emphasizes a safe, supportive, and engaging learning environment, where participants are encouraged to experiment, reflect, and connect with the practices in a way that feels authentic to them. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how energy-based approaches can support emotional health, along with practical tools to manage stress, enhance mindfulness, and promote overall well-being. Whether you are new to EFT tapping, curious about mindfulness practices, or seeking hands-on strategies to support self-care, this workshop provides an inviting space to learn, practice, and experience the benefits of energy psychology techniques in a creative and interactive way. EFT tapping is the gift that keeps giving. Once you learn the technique you can teach it to your clients, family, friends, or colleagues. Since it is more active, it is also very supportive to those who have a hard time with meditation.

Participants are asked to have a small amount of clay or Play-Doh on hand to use for an experiential activity.

General Professional Development 3 CEs $65 Online