FEBRUARY 2010 NEWS and EVENTS

( 2/20/10) Explore and Revitalize Gestalt Work in the Northwest

Gestalt therapy work, founded in the 1940’s by Fritz and Laura Perls, became a major existential therapeutic approach in The Human Potential Movement of the 60’s. Interactive individual and group exercises are carefully facilitated to help participants shift perspectives and dissolve barriers to wholeness. Gestalt therapy continues to focus on personal growth rather than illness and encourages awareness, creativity, contact and aliveness. 
  
Journey into heart of Gestalt on Saturday, 2/20, 2010 with Cyndy Sheldon MSW, a trainer and founder of the original Gestalt Institute of San Francisco. She shares the history of this movement and the experiential methodology, and compares other popular transpersonal models of self development. Though many licensed healing professionals are excited to join for this work, (7 CECS for nurses, social workers, licensed counselors), everyone is welcome. Learn more about the work and register for the workshop (Sat. 2/20/10; Bellevue; $95, $85 for AHP members) at this link.

More info and registration for Gestalt As A Way of Life
(2/20/09) Gestalt As A Way of Life: The Magic and Sacred in Gestalt Therapy with Cyndy Sheldon MSW

Dr. Stanley Krippner’s Personal Mythology and Dreamwork Update

Another successful three day Northwest tour with legendary psychologist and educator, Dr. Stanley Krippner on Personal Mythology and Dream Work was completed January 10 in Seattle and Olympia. This was the 4^th time that Dr. Krippner has returned for this work in the NW in one year. This time, he altered his schedule for 2 one day venues rather than a weekend. And he will be returning to continue this work next Fall, 2010. See a summary of what work we completed this time and a hint of what is coming next please at this link.

Personal Mythology News Update

(3/13) Conversations of The Crane – Seattle

The Personal Mythology and Dream Work weekend workshops recently facilitated by Dr. Stanley Krippner have sparked interest in continuing to explore the subtler personal work and concepts foundational to living into new personal myths. The crane is a perfect symbol for this intuitional work of new beginnings. It is known for its ability to sense patterns and invisible undercurrents. Conversations of the Crane is a meeting space for those who feel called to work with transformation, myth and dreams. It is not necessary to have taken previous workshops with Dr. Krippner, though helpful. We will have books available. NOTE: A previous conflict has created a reschedule to 3/13/10, 10 AM-noon in Seattle at Seattle Healing Arts, 6300 Ninth Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115. Follow the link below for more details.

See Conversations of the Crane for all details.


(3/15, 2010) Women's Pearls of Collective Wisdom of Transformation Ongoing Group Forming - Bellevue

Many women are struggling with how to help others through changes and shift consciously with their own, as well as longing for a mutually supportive learning community. I have been requested by a number of women who are interested in diving into spiritual material and doing process work to host a regular meeting here in Bellevue, devoted to  consciousness and transformation.  The first meeting will be a discussion which invites your input for on going work together. If you are interested in joining this regular meet up group, please contact me,  Susan Burns at 425 881-9000. The first meeting is on Monday, 3/15 at 7 PM. See this link for more information.

(4/21-6/23, 2010 ) Manifest Your Mythic Destiny: Transforming Personal Mythology and Awakening Your Inner Shaman

This 10 week transpersonal development group will focus on deep consciousness and change work with your inner shaman. We will not only work with the Personal Mythology curriculum (story, dreams, inner work) but will journey into our depths using various experiential modes to access and integrate our wisdom. Learn to use transformative tools such as your Mythic Map and be safely guided into the Story Field and your own unconscious. Discover the power of collective consciousness integrating and empowering your deepest self.

Susan Burns MA  LMHC DAPA FNBCCH is an experienced  psychotherapist, advanced clinical hypnotherapist, somatic practitioner, group worker, and professional facilitator.

This psychological depth and development work requires a preliminary interview. The workshop is sponsored by The Association For Humanistic Psychology (AHP). 20 CEC's available for professionals ($10 processing fee for each 2.0 CEC certificate or $30 for the series). Fee is $350, $300 (AHP members). Wed evenings 6:30-9:30 PM.  An outline for each topic will be provided at the first meeting. Contact Susan Burns at  or 425 881-9000. Follow this link for details. www.mythevolve.com

(3/05,06 2010) What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life with James Hollis

Two Programs - Register for both programs separately...approved for up to 7/0 CECs.


CG Jung Society Lecture: Friday, March 5, 2010, 7 to 9 p.m.
Trinity Parish Church, 8th and James, Seattle (Directions)
$20 members, $30 nonmembers. Note: Register for Friday and Saturday separately.

Apart from friends, family, and good work, what matters most in our lives? What values lead us to a freer, larger life, a more considered course? Together we will examine the crippling role fear management systems play in our choices, why we are called to chose ambiguity over familiarity, why the world is driven by verbs not nouns, how life is most meaningful in the face of mortality, and how genuine spirituality is a journey not an arrival. A more considered life asks more of us than may be comfortable, but we are rewarded with a more interesting story.
Register at Brown Paper Tickets.

Workshop: Saturday, March 6, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Trinity Parish Church, 8th and James, Seattle
$50 members, $70 nonmembers

Together we will consider the paradoxes that we encounter in the conduct of our brief transit on this earth. Leading a more conscious life brings us to choices which either enlarge or diminish. Our time together will bring a more considered reflectivity to our daily lives. Each person should bring pad and pen for personal reflection.
Register at Brown Paper Tickets.

James Hollis, Ph.D., graduated with an A.B. from Manchester College in 1962 and with a Ph.D. from Drew University in 1967. He taught the Humanities 26 years in various colleges and universities before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland (1977-82). He is a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Houston, Texas, where he served as Executive Director of the Jung Educational Center of Houston from 1997-2008. He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was the first Director of Training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is a director emeritus of the Philemon Foundation, which is dedicated to the publication of the complete works of Jung. Additionally, he is Director of the Jungian Studies program of Saybrook Graduate School of San Francisco (see www.saybrook.edu, and navigate to Jungian Studies).

He has written eight books published by Inner City Books, a Jungian-oriented press located in Toronto, Canada; he has also written three books published by Gotham Press, a division of Penguin, and two books published by academic presses. His books have already been translated into Russian, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian, Korean, Finnish, and Japanese.


Three Steps to Making Smart Haiti Decisions

This interesting New York Times article reviews how to donate wisely to Haiti relief efforts to make sure your donated funds reach your intended causes.
Click to link to New York Times Article of 1/24, 2010

Children’s Therapy Groups Now Forming For 2010 – Please contact Susan Burns at 425 881-9000.