Learning objectives for our 2012 courses in the format required by accreditation organizations are shown below. (Other courses will be added soon).

• Zen, Mindfulness, and Therapy - Incorporating Meditation into One's Practice
• Treating the Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviors in Traumatized Clients
• Working with Men in AEDP
• Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Humanistic Perspective on Diagnosis and State of the Art Treatments
• Intentional Use of Self: Strategies and Skills for Consulting, Coaching and Change
• Advanced Training in Collaborative Problem Solving: Treatment of Kids with Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Challenges
• Implicit and Explicit Selves: Emotion, the Body and the Therapeutic Relationship
• The Brain In Love: The Neurobiology of Attraction and Attachment
• Frontiers of Trauma Treatment
• The Third Management Reset, Sustainable Effectiveness, and the Future of OD
• IMAGO: A Theory and Therapy of Couplehood
• Internal Family Systems Workshop
• Assessment and Intervention for Child and Adolescent Executive Function Difficulties
• The Changing Face of Masculinity
• Treating Mid-Life Anxiety in Women
• Resonant Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Inspiring Development of Others
• LifeForce Yoga: Empower Your Clients to Manage Their Moods
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Growing Psychological Flexibility
• Conducting Therapy in the Digital Age
• The Art and Science of Emotionally Focused Therapy: Helping Couples Create Loving and Lasting Connections
• Unwrapping the Gifts: A Strength-Based Approach to ADHD Across The Life Span
• Leadership and the New Science Twenty Years On
• Overcoming Resistance: Practical Tools for Accelerating Organizational Change
• Cultivating Emotional Mindfulness: Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Up and Down the Worry Hill: User-Friendly CBT for OCD and Anxiety in Youngsters
• Treating Complex Trauma: Optimal Integration of Treatment Models
• Clinical Neuropsychology of Executive Dysfunction and Other Disorders

1. Describe the principles and practices of meditation
2. Explain the differences between various types of meditation.
3. Summarize scientific research supporting efficacy of meditation
4. Describe the effects of meditation on cognitive and physical functioning
5. Explain how meditation can improve a clinician's ability to be present with patients
6. Practice meditation, Yoga, Tai Chi/ChiKung techniques
7. Discuss the use of meditation for treating depressive disorders
8. Discuss the use of meditation for treating anxiety disorders
9. Discuss the use of meditation for treating dissociative disorders
10. Discuss the use of meditation for treating ADHD
11. Indicate use of meditation for substance abuse and other addictive behaviors
12. Discuss application to managing medical problems, including pain, autonomically mediated illnesses (such as headache, IBS, and insomnia), chronic illness such as heart disease and cancer.
13. Describe application of meditation to end of life issues. Describe how to integrate meditation into various medical settings

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1. Define traumatic experiences and their relationship to loss.
2. Discuss the relationship between trauma and self-destructive behaviors
3. Discuss why clients self-harm Describe trauma’s impact on the brain and memory
4. Discuss the meta-communication of self-mutilation, addiction and eating disordered behaviors
5. Describe a strengths-based, de-pathologized approach to self-harm
6. Discuss the cycle of self-harm
7. Discuss treating self-harm through “intervention sites”
8. Describe working with CARESS as an alternative to standard safety contracts
9. Describe using art, movement, visualization and guided imagery techniques in treatment.
10. Discuss clinical pitfalls, counter-transferential responses and the need for self- care.

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1. Describe the AEDP viewpoint that humans are wired for growth, healing, and self-righting.
2. Discuss the concept of Transformance.
3. Discuss the importance of the therapist's emotional engagement and attachment orientation.
4. Discuss the power of dyadic affect regulation. Identify the common categorical emotions.
5. Describe how the experiential processing of traumatic emotional experiences with an engaged 'true other' naturally culminates in flourishing.
6. Describe the observable and learnable positive transformational affects.
7. Define metatherapeutic processing.
8. Discuss how men might “feel bad about being men” in treatment.
9. Discuss attachment theory influence on AEDP
10. Describe AEDP as it applies both genders
11. Discuss aggression in AEDP treatment
12. Discuss shame and vulnerability in AEDP treatment
13. Discuss what men have to teach women in AEDP treatment

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1. Describe the core features of autism spectrum disorders.
2. Discuss diagnostic process and instruments.
3. Discuss differential diagnoses.
4. Discuss the impact of diagnosis on families.
5. Indicate how to link symptoms to treatment.
6. Describe the evidence based comprehensive treatment of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA).
7. Describe the evidence based comprehensive treatment of DIR/Floortime.
8. Describe the evidence based comprehensive treatment of Early Start Denver Model (ESDM).
9. Describe the evidence based comprehensive treatments of RDI and SCERTS.
10. Discuss treatments for co-morbid challenges such as anxiety, mood dysregulation, ADHD; behavior disorders and depression.
11. Discuss issues of children with autism in school.
12. Describe children and teens with Asperger's disorder.
13. Discuss treating issues of identity and self esteem.
14. Discuss the observation of videotape of treatments.
15. Discuss drama based and didactic social skills treatments.

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1. Summarize the methodology for consultation, coaching and training with change clients in both individual and team settings.
2. Summarize intentional Use of Self Patterns and discuss strategies used for increasing awareness of self
3. Describe competence in Use of Self in relation to the life-long process of self-differentiation.
4. Indicate how our beliefs about our competencies and abilities apply to relationships
5. Describe how our capacity to self-manage and access those abilities apply to relationships
6. Indicate how our beliefs about our competencies and abilities apply to groups and organizations
7. Describe how our capacity to self-manage and access those abilities applies to groups and organizations
8. Discuss the value of diversity
9. Assess the Art of Re-framing as one key to enhancing our capacity to deal with similarities, differences and conflict.
10. Indicate the role of Feedback Discuss the Development of Support Systems
11. Describe the use of self as intimately tied to issues of sustainability and generativity
12. Describe the use of Self as linked with our own life stages and changing priorities in the course of maturation.
13. Practice use of self using highly interactive exercises Utilize self as to increase ability to make conscious, intentional choices instead of operating on "automatic pilot"

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1. Describe the basic underpinnings of Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)
2. Discuss Transactional models of development Explain how Your explanation guides your intervention
3. Discuss the Limits of motivational explanations for challenging behavior
4. Discuss the Limits of diagnoses in understanding and treatment of challenging behavior
5. Discuss Assessment tools and their use Describe Three Options for Approaching Unsolved Problems
6. Describe Plan B Practice using Plan B
7. Discuss "Bad Habits" in the use of Plan B
8. Describe the use of Plan B with Special Populations and situations
9. Discuss Dealing with Resistance Describe The Role of Medication

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1. Summarize the concept of the somatic narrative.
2. Discuss the elements of non-verbal communication.
3. Describe the non-verbal story we tell ourselves.
4. Describe the basics of bodyreading.
5. Discuss affect regulation and the implicit self.
6. Define neuroception as it relates to safety, danger and life threat.
7. Discuss the relationship between physiological state and behavior.
8. Describe non-verbal communication of dissociated self-states.
9. Discuss the use of mindfulness. Discuss inhibition, repetition and physical action.
10. Summarize the legacy of early attachment and the somatic sense of self.
11. Describe attachment categories and their non-verbal patterns.
12. Discuss affect regulation (rather than insight) as central to therapeutic change.
13. Define right brain to right brain communication between patient and therapist.
14. Discuss somatic transference, countertransference, collusions and collisions.

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1. Describe the three parts of the brain, brain-stem, midbrain & cortex
2. Discuss the limbic system role in emotion.
3. Discuss neurotransmitters, neuro- peptides and the creation of emotion.
4. Discuss the evolution of the emotions
5. Describe mate selection: why men & women make different choices
6. Discuss fight or flight v. tend and defend
7. Discuss the neurobiology of attraction
8. Discuss addiction and love and sex
9. Describe gender differences in brain responses
10. Discuss the neurobiology of attachment
11. Describe the development of the pairbond and marriage
12. Discuss the role of oxytocin and vasopressin
13. Describe the chemical differences in maternal love v. romantic Love
14. Discuss the six stages of a relationship Indicate the neurochemistry of a broken heart
15. Discuss the neurobiology of emotional healing and the development of the readiness to love again.

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1. Summarize basic neurological and developmental effects of trauma.
2. Describe the acquisition of affect regulation.
3. Determine the breakdown of information processing in trauma.
4. Describe the threat response. List three physical symptoms of psychological trauma.
5. Summarize the neuroscientific effects of trauma on attention and concentration.
6. Evaluate current neuroimaging research.
7. Describe survival action patterns.
8. Explain assessment and treatment planning stages.
9. List at least three treatment techniques for stabilization.
10. Indicate uses of EMDR, yoga, touch and group and theatre in resolving trauma.
11. Describe different trauma processing techniques.
12. Discuss the observation of videotape of trauma processing techniques.
13. Discuss learned helplessness and dissociation as it applies to trauma.
14. Describe successful integration of traumatic memories in terms of physical mastery.

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1. Summarize the history of organizations and OD.
2. Define the "new normal."
3. Describe the impact of rules, regulations and provisions that limit experimentation.
4. Define sustainable effectiveness.
5. Indicate the role of agility. Define one of the "Four Ways" - the way value is created.
6. Describe the way work is organized.
7. Indicate why structures need "maximum surface area".
8. Discuss transparency in organizations.
9. Discuss the need for flexibility as related to OD.
10. Discuss the way talent is treated.
11. Discuss the way behavior is guided.
12. Describe the transformation to sustainable management.
13. Discuss the third reset and future of OD

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1. Define Imago Relationship Therapy
2. Describe the Dialogue: The Flagship of Imago
3. Observe a Demonstration of Mirroring Practice
4. Mirroring technique
5. Describe how to use Evolutionary Journey with Couples
6. Discuss the Power of Validation and Empathy
7. Describe when and how to integrate Validation and Empathy.
8. Observe Demonstration of Intentional Dialogue: Emphasis on the rhythm and how to shift energy
9. Discuss how to use the Psychological and Social Journey with couples
10. Describe the importance of moving clients from content to affect
11. Discuss Using Sentence Stems and Doubling
12. Describe How to Introduce Imago and the Initial Interview
13. Discuss Affairs from An Imago Approach Observe and practice The Initial Interview

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1. Describe the basic IFS model.
2. Discuss the observation of IFS live demonstration.
3. Discuss the impact of trauma on internal systems.
4. Discuss client protective parts.
5. List the six steps for healing exiled parts.
6. Describe how to work with difficult and/or resistant parts.
7. Discuss IFS affect management strategies.
8. Participate in experiential exercises that demonstrate affect management.
9. Summarize the IFS approach to couples therapy.
10. Discuss case examples of couples using IFS.
11. Summarize IFS application to families.
12. Explain IFS application to groups and larger systems.
13. Indicate techniques to understand and deal with transference.
14. Use IFS methods to help therapists stay centered during sessions.
15. Describe how IFS helps therapists be freer in their work.

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1. Define executive functions: what they are and what they are not.
2. Discuss a comprehensive model of executive functions.
3. Discuss development of executive functions during childhood and adolescence.
4. Describe how executive function use varies based on domains of functioning.
5. Explain how executive functions vary based on arena of involvement.
6. Discuss the various roles of executive functions in classroom learning and production and everyday behavior.
7. Discuss the relationship of executive functions to childhood psychopathology.
8. Apply a multidimensional framework for assessing the executive function capacities of children and adolescents.
9. Describe student and teacher classroom observation methods for improving academic production and classroom management.
10. Describe a model for conducting functional behavior assessments and developing behavior support plans.
11. Plan intervention strategies that vary based on a continuum from degree of external control to degree of internal self-regulation.
12. Discuss the planning, implementation, and outcome assessment of school-, clinic-, and home-based interventions.

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1. Discuss the initial construction of male gender and its lifelong development
2. Describe challenges for males at each point in the lifecycle.
3. Discuss masculinity and changing social roles
4. Describe critical issues for men including addictions, violence, male intimacy, social isolation, and the need to prove manhood.
5. Discuss fatherhood issues across the lifecycle.
6. Describe special issues related to the father/daughter relationship Discuss men’s special relationship to work.
7. Describe the crucial link between work and the male ego.
8. Discuss typical male work issues encountered in the clinical setting as well as in organizational life.
9. Discuss special challenges in male psychotherapy treatment.
10. Describe the prominence of shame and male bias for action over reflection.
11. Discuss issues in the female therapist – male patient dyad.

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1. Discuss the neurobiology of anxiety
2. Describe the difference between stress and ‘fight or flight’
3. Discuss how to prevent physical damage from stress
4. Describe using mindful meditation to eliminate stress.
5. Discuss the start of treatment and diagnosis differentiation
6. Describe several complex diagnoses and how to incorporate them into treatment. Identify individual physical expressions of anxiety or panic.
7. Describe and apply techniques to calm physiology.
8. Describe the impact of TMA (Too Much Activity)
9. Describe and apply cognitive intervention tools to use with TMA.
10. Discuss how panic and worry take place in the mind. Describe several interventions that are “simple to learn but hard to do.” Practice the art of using the brain to change the brain.

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1. Discuss resonant and dissonant leadership
2. Describe neuro-endocrine processes of chronic stress and the processes of renewal
3. Discuss the role of hope, mindfulness, compassion and playfulness in maintaining resonant relationships
4. Describe Intentional Change Theory
5. Discuss the experience of personal and shared vision in organizations Practice coaching to the “positive emotional attractor” and “creating a personal vision”
6. Discuss the role of life and career stages and repeated mid-life crisis
7. Discuss discontinuities, emergence and complexity theory applied to sustained, desired change
8. Describe multiple levels of Intentional Change Theory: dyad, team, organization, community, country, and global levels
9. Discuss coaching resonant relationships in dyads and teams
10. Describe the role of social identity groups
11. Create a personal learning agenda and a shared learning agenda

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1. Identify the Yogic tools that foster the therapeutic alliance and client self-acceptance.
2. Describe how empirical evidence as demonstrated in the scientific literature supports Yoga as a mental health treatment.
3. Describe an overview of Yogic strategies for supporting client's optimum mental health.
4. Indicate how to integrate sound, breath and visual imagery into clinical work.
5. Practice yoga techniques that can be taught to clients.
6. Identify predominate mood through analysis of current breathing patterns.
7. Describe Yogic breaths, and the empirical evidence, that shows how to calm and focus the anxious mind.
8. Describe Yogic breaths and two simple meditation techniques to clear the mind and lift the mood.
9. Apply a Yogic technique to interrupt panic attack.
10. Describe meditation techniques effective with OCD and anxiety disorders.
11. Indicate how to address negative self-talk and the seeds of self-loathing in clients.
12. Discuss the research about and application of Yoga as an adjunct treatment for PTSD.
13. Describe and practice Yoga postures of empowerment.
14. Distinguish Yogic techniques appropriate for a clinical practice and otherwise.
15. Apply Yogic techniques to clinical work.

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1. Discuss how acceptance and mindfulness can empower clinical work.
2. Describe Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
3. Indicate research that supports the model.
4. Discuss and demonstrate ACT processes and techniques.
5. Discuss the creation of transformational conversations.
6. Describe acceptance and present moment focus in ACT.
7. Indicate methods of intervention that embody the ACT principles.
8. Describe how to integrate ACT with other methods.
9. Discuss the importance of flexibility in the model.
10. Describe the ACT therapeutic relationship.
11. Discuss the observation of video examples of how to bring these processes into routine clinical work.

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1. Define Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives
2. Discuss how modern technologies effect relationships
3. Discuss the ways that the Internet has changed how we think, feel, interact, play, learn, meet, and “do sex”.
4. Discuss traditional boundaries in psychotherapy
5. Describe the clinical and ethical complexities involved with touch, gifts, bartering, home visits, self-disclosure, therapy outside the office and home office situations.
6. Discuss the emerging field of telehealth.
7. Describe social media and summarize several popular social media sites and services.
8. Distinguish between one's personal and professional activities on the Internet.
9. Identify the ethical challenges that may arise from engaging in activities on the Internet.
10. Develop strategies for minimizing risk of ethical violations on the Internet.
11. Construct a social media policy for one's office to address potential boundary issues with clients.
12. Review the different approaches and attitudes towards social networking between therapists and clients.
13. Discuss the relevant ethical issues as they pertain to therapists' web sites and social networking profiles.

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1. Describe the foundations of attachment theory and attachment protest
2. Discuss are one’s own attachment style.
3. Summarize the EFT model
4. Define “The Negative Cycle of Interaction” Identify how to help each partner understand how they unwittingly shape and are shaped by their partner
5. Describe strategies to help the couple define the problem as the cycle, rather than each other.
6. Discuss how to help clients touch the underlying feelings that drive the reactivity.
7. Define Enactments in EFT
8. Review and practice the skills that will help clients learn to reach and respond.
9. Discuss how the couple learns to be as articulate about their cycle as the therapist.
10. Observe video of EFT interventions and exercises Practice applying EFT Discuss cases using EFT model

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1. Describe ADHD across the lifespan.
2. List the seven habits of highly effective ADHD-ers.
3. Explain rationale for strength-based model.
4. List skills and strengths associated with ADHD.
5. List the common problems associated with ADHD.
6. Discuss the life stories of successful ADHD adults.
7. Describe basic biology of ADHD.
8. State the role of testing in diagnosis of ADHD.
9. Name common pitfalls in diagnosis.
10. Discuss use of medication for ADHD.
11. Name conditions that often co-exist with ADHD.
12. Indicate the basics of ADHD treatment.
13. Explain the role of exercise and nutrition in ADHD treatment.
14. Discuss ADHD impact on couples and sexuality.
15. Apply model to predict life stage dilemmas and plan appropriate treatment in practice.

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1. Discuss the new science
2. Discuss how studies in neuroplasticity, evolution, epigenetics reveal that nothing is fixed or predetermined
3. Describe how neuroscience confirms the critical role of relationships in creating well-being and health
4. Discuss how we rely on science to protect us from ourselves
5. Describe how we use faith in science to get us out of the destruction we created for the planet
6. Define self-organization
7. Discuss the role of leadership in a self-organizing world, including strategy and long-term planning.
8. Discuss the intersection of people and machines--how technology has changed us.
9. Describe physiological changes in the brain and changes in cognitive abilities related to technology.
10. Discuss how technology has simultaneously connected and polarized us.
11. Describe Emergence--the creation of large-scale change through small organized efforts that connect through networks of relationship. Identify where best to place our energy and passion to create change.

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1. Define The J Curve model of change
2. Discuss cognitive, emotional, & behavioral reactions at the 5 stages of change
3. Describe strategic and tactical applications of the J Curve
4. Name sources of resistance
5. Discuss limitations of informational social influence
6. Describe the logic of the Activation approach
7. Discuss how to communicate in ground level language to minimize resistance
8. Create a GLIDE path to reach smart goals
9. Describe how to remove barriers that block new actions
10. Discuss the Bamboo Technique to circumvent resistance
11. Discuss change at the level of relationships and groups
12. Describe interpersonal power and techniques for gaining leverage
13. Discuss creating and sustaining organizational change
14. Describe using change management as a competitive advantage
15. Build enthusiasm for sustained change

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1. Identify and describe how over- and under-regulation of emotion is often the root of many presenting problems.
2. Describe cutting-edge findings from affective neuroscience and attachment studies and their relevance to clinical work.
3. Describe how AEDP builds new neural pathways and why experience is essential.
4. Describe an overview of a four-step approach to developing emotional mindfulness.
5. Discuss orienting clients to treatment.
6. Describe tools for increasing emotional awareness.
7. Describe tools to calm the nervous system;regulating anxiety and fear.
8. Describe tools to regulate and increase the capacity for emotional experiencing.
9. Discuss powerful techniques to rewire the brain and restore vitality that can be incorporated into any clinical practice.
10. Describe how to make optimal use of the present-moment, relational experience to affect long-lasting change.
11. Increase their own comfort with emotions as well as confidence and skill at helping clients navigate emotional experiences.

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1. Identify red flags for anxiety and OCD at school and home
2. Discuss the fuel for anxiety—the Anxiety Triad, the Vicious Cycle of Avoidance, and parenting traps
3. Discuss the critical importance of treatment readiness
4. Identify four steps to cultivate treatment readiness
5. Describe the Seven steps in child-friendly CBT for anxiety in youngsters
6. Describe The Worry Hill® approach for hard-to-treat bad thoughts and just-right OCD
7. Discuss uses of medication
8. Use practical, ready-to-use, child management and parenting tools

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1. Describe complex PTSD and related conditions
2. Describe trauma treatment models – common denominators and unique contributions
3. Create a navigational road map
4. Describe assessment strategies/tools
5. Describe phase-oriented trauma treatment
6. Describe the Internal Family System and Self-leadership
7. Explain self-at-best and self-at-worst Triangles of Experience
8. Discuss identifying and working with defenses and phobias
9. Describe attachment styles Discuss the modulation model
10. Discuss translating a conceptual understanding into a treatment plan
11. Discuss global and moment-to-moment decision-making
12. Describe Transformation and experiential shifts
13. Define adaptive action tendencies
14. Define meta-processing

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1. Summarize functional cortical organization.
2. Describe major neuropsychological syndromes.
3. Evaluate new research as to its implications for clinical issues.
4. Differentiate hemispheric specialization.
5. Discuss gender and handedness influences.
6. Describe dementias and lifespan cognitive changes.
7. List risk factors for major dementias.
8. Discuss traumatic brain injury and its effects on executive function.
9. Describe neurological reasoning for personality change after traumatic brain injury.
10. Explain latest clinical issues in neurodevelopment disorders.
11. Describe the differences in language based vs. nonverbal brain organization.
12. Indicate the neurophysiology of ADHD.
13. Discuss clinical examples and practice differential diagnosis.
14. Indicate the general neuropsychology of neuropsychiatric disorders.
15. Discuss the effects, both negative and sometimes positive, of affective disorders.

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