Education for Life

It is the mission of Life Design Centre to change the way psychotherapy is practiced and understood. Our educational outreach will attempt to inspire clinicians to move beyond limited conventions and to see their work in an expanded light. Central to these initiatives will be the promotion of psychotherapeutic integration, an emphasis on the personal development of psychotherapist, as well as a push for the full-bodied incorporation of spiritual understandings into the field. We see the future of psychotherapy as holistic in scope and cosmopolitan in sensibility. It will be both deeply ancient and fully modern at once.

Life Design Centre is pleased to offer training courses as well as ongoing consultation, educational, and
practice groups. Our courses and trainings are expansive emotionally and challenging intellectually. Participants will be encouraged to think in more subtle and complex ways as well as to deepen their intuitive skills and healing presence.

Please contact mark@lifedesigncentre.com for more information about any of the following consultation groups.

Trainings and Continuing Education

Introduction to Interpersonal Neurobiology
Interpersonal Neurobiology highlights the brain’s continual ability to grow, change, and heal when placed in a positive and nurturing interpersonal environment. It emphasizes the scientific underpinnings of therapeutic change as well as the profound impact that early attachment relationships have on later functioning.This introductory course is open to all, including those with no background in the field.

Introduction to Integral Psychotherapy
Integral Psychotherapy is a cutting edge, meta-theoretical approach to clinical practice. The Integral map takes into account biological, psychological, cultural, and social forces and has a unique and comprehensive understanding of human psychological and spiritual development. An Integral psychotherapist can effectively utilize wide variety of therapeutic orientations depending on the development of the client and the origins of the particular issue. This introductory course is open to all, including those with no background in the field.

Consultation and Practice Groups

Integral Psychotherapy Consultation Group
The Integral Psychotherapy consultation group will focus on the mastery of Integral psychotherapeutic concepts and applications. It will include didactic components and highlighted readings as well as ongoing case consultation. This monthly group will be led by Mark D. Forman, PhD, Clinical Director of Life Design Centre.

Interpersonal Neurobiology Consultation Group
The Interpersonal Neurobiology consultation group will focus on the mastery of Interpersonal neurobiological concepts and applications. It will include didactic components and highlighted readings as well as ongoing case consultation. This monthly group will be led by Thuy Bui, CSAT, Executive Director of Life Design Centre.

Hakomi Method Consultation and Practice Group
Hakomi is an experiential, body-centered approach to psychotherapy. It emphasizes the mindful, loving presence of the therapist and uses a sophisticated array of verbal and somatic techniques to help bring to light core psychological material. This practice group will focus on developing Hakomi skills and qualities with other professionals in a peer-counseling format. This monthly group will be led by Thuy Bui, CSAT, Executive Director of Life Design Centre.

Spiritual Psychotherapy Consultation Group
Spiritual Psychotherapy takes the perspective that clients are capable of achieving deep levels of unconditional love and wisdom when they honestly confront life challenges. This approach also understands that sometimes healing can only come through spiritual and mystical experience–through experiences of insight and interconnection with something greater than ourselves. Ongoing study of the world’s religious and spiritual traditions will be an important aspect of this group. This monthly group will include didactic components and highlighted readings as well as ongoing case consultation. This monthly group will be led by Mark D. Forman, PhD, Clinical Director of Life Design Centre.