Training Course
Syllabus:
Psychology and Spirituality: How to Help Your Clients and Heal the
Human Psyche by Albert LaChance PROGRAM DETAILS For generations we have witnessed a deepening rift between science and spirituality. This has been felt most acutely in the realm of psychology and spirituality, because both attempt to deal with the healing of the human person. Many people feel confronted with a choice between their religious sensibilities and the medical model of mental health. As a result, emotional healing is often polarized as though the only options are, on the one hand, a behavioral/scientific model, and on the other, a spiritual model sometimes viewed as the domain of the clergy. With recent insights emerging from the Jungian, Transpersonal, Integral and 12-step models, it is becoming more apparent that this arbitrary separation in our understanding could not be further from the truth. Lasting healing in an individual might only occur when his/her psychological and spiritual health is understood to be one. It is becoming apparent that long-term mental and emotional health requires more than a temporary reduction in symptoms. What seems to be required is a higher consciousness from which a larger sense of self can be derived. When we consider that the root meaning of the Greek word, "psyche," is soul, this truth becomes more self-evident.
For three decades, Dr. LaChance has been researching the fundamental unity underlying all cultural systems and their various approaches to the healing of the soul. Not only does he see great value in both psychology and spirituality, he has sought in his book, The Architecture of the Soul, (published in 2005 by North Atlantic Books) to join the two in a functional and unitive model of the human. In this seminar, Dr. LaChance will share the synthesis gained from his years of research and open up a future model for healing not only the human, but also through the human, the planet and her life forms. He will also share stories from his personal experience in clinical practice of what happens to individuals, couples and families when this model of healing is applied. Participants will leave with an understanding of how the modern psyche evolved, and how our loss of contact with our deeper instincts is causing psychological and spiritual disease in individuals and cultures. The ideas presented will give clinicians a different lens to use when assessing and treating clients.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN - Why assessment of a client´s belief system is important and can accelerate the healing process
- Review the major researchers in spirituality, including Carl Jung, Thomas Berry, Ken Wilbur, Sri Aurobindo and Eckhart Tolle
- Discover how each of the major religions can be used when counseling a client
- Learn how to counsel without using your own religious bias
- Explore a deeper interpretation of recovery programs´ 12-step success
- Use spiritual counseling with special problems, such as grief, divorce and addictions
- Why assessment of a client´s belief system is important and can accelerate the healing process
- Learn how to counsel without using your own religious bias
- Use spiritual counseling with special problems, such as grief, divorce and addictions
- The relationship between psychology, global spirituality and ecology, and how they all interpenetrate in human presence
- A review of several schools of psycho-spirituality such as Jungian Psychology, Transpersonal Psychology, Integral Psychology, Eco-Psychology, the psychology of Sri Aurobindo and the Buddhist psychology of Eckhart Tolle
- A new psycho-spiritual personality model called The Architecture of the Soul, developed by Dr. LaChance
- A discussion involving at least one major insight from Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucius, Judeo-Christianity, Islam and from indigenous religions. Each of these will be examined in its psychological as well as in its spiritual efficacy
- The role of the 12-step paradigm as a psycho-spiritual synthesis
- The thinking of Thomas Berry, Eckhardt Tolle, David Hawkins, Ken Wilbur and others
- You will take home a new vision of the human person along with methods for introducing that vision into your clinical or religious practice
- Discover ways in which your own personal spiritual and psychological well-being can be enhanced
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ALBERT J. LaCHANCE, PhD, MLADC, CAS, has written and spoken nationally on
the subjects of psychology, addiction, spirituality and ecology. For the last
seventeen years, he has run Greenspirit: The Center for Counseling and
Consciousness in New Hampshire. He has counseled individuals, families and
groups and has consulted organizations regarding inter-personal dynamics. Prior
to those seventeen years, Dr. LaChance spent five years in a one-on-one mentor
relationship with Thomas Berry at his Riverdale Center for Religious Research in
New York City. Dr. LaChance is an American Academy Certified Addiction
Specialist in the areas of sex addiction and chemical dependency. He is a
licensed addictions counselor at the masters level in the state of New
Hampshire.
Dr. LaChance has been interviewed widely on television and radio as well as in
newspapers and magazines. He has published three books and is the author of
several others, one of which will be released later in 2009. His book Cultural
Addiction: The Greenspirit Guide to Recovery is a deep cultural therapy designed
on the 12-Step model to help reduce our dependency on consuming of all kinds.
Another of his books, The Architecture of the Soul: A Unitive Model of the Human
Person, gathers the insights contained in this seminar into a useful personality
model. His most recent book, The Modern Christian Mystic: Finding the Unitive
Presence of God, represents a synthesis of Christian theology and practice with
psychology, Chinese and Indian religions as well as eco-spirituality. His
forthcoming book, The Way of Christ: The Gospel of John through the Unitive Lens
(2009), will seek to synthesize the contemplative Christian life with that of
Eastern traditions.
Dr. LaChance has taught world religions from the high school through the
graduate level at several colleges including the University of New Hampshire,
New England College and Granite State College (formerly the College for Lifelong
Learning). He has contributed chapters to several books, including The Other
Half of My Soul (a compilation of authors including the Dalai Lama), The
Greening of Faith (Carroll, Brokelman, and Westfall, eds.), and he wrote the
original introduction to Dom Helder Camara's book Sister Earth. Dr. LaChance
continues to write, counsel, teach and speak on all the above topics. Recently,
Dr. LaChance has become a radio talk show host. His show is called The Other
Albert Hour and takes place at 8pm every Sunday on Worcester, MA station WCRN AM
Radio 830 on the dial. He has spoken nationally for Cross Country Education for
several years and has conducted numerous workshops across the country.
TESTIMONIALS
"Very thought-provoking, well-planned and well-executed program. The workbook
was well done and speaker followed his outline, covering relevant material. Dr.
LaChance was approachable and clear in his presentation. The seminar makes me
want to learn more on the topic and gave me the tools to do so." - Laura
Montgomery, Psychologist, Conroe, Texas
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Psychotherapists
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Social Workers
- Licensed Professional Counselors
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors
- Pastoral Counselors/Clergy
- Couple/Marriage/Family Counselors
- Case Managers
- Addiction Specialists
- Physicians
- Religious Professionals
- Nurses
- Professors of Theology/Spirituality and/or Religious Studies
- Individuals involved in recovery
CREDITS
Cross Country Education, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing
nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on
Accreditation.
This course is offered for 6 contact hours.
Cross Country Education is approved by the California Board of Registered
Nursing, Provider #CEP 13345, for 7.2 contact hours.
Cross Country Education is an approved provider with the Iowa Board Of Nursing,
approved provider #328. This course is offered for 7.2 contact hours.
Cross Country Education is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing,
provider #50-466. This course is offered for 7.2 contact hours.
Cross Country Education provider #1005, is approved as a provider for social
work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Licensure Boards (ASWB),
through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program (approved through
1-27-12). Cross Country Education maintains responsibility for the program.
Social workers will receive 6 continuing education clock hours for participating
in this course. Licensed social workers should contact their individual state
jurisdiction to review the current continuing education requirements for
licensure renewal. Visit ASWB's website at www.aswb.org for more information.
Cross Country Education is an approved provider by NAADAC Approved Education
Provider Program (Provider #369). This course is offered for 6 contact hours.
Cross Country Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to
sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cross Country Education
maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program offers 6
CE credits for psychologists. Full attendance is required to receive credit for
psychologist, variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded based on
the APA guidelines.
CCMC Approved Activity The course listed above was completed on November 17, 18
or 19, 2009 and is approved for 6 CEUs. Sponsor code: 00059481 Approval number:
00059481-A237 To claim these CEUs, log into your CE Center account at
www.ccmcertification.org.
Cross Country Education is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™)
and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.
(NBCC Provider #5904) The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the
program. Six (6) contact (clock) hours are being awarded for completion of this
program.
This program has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family
Therapy for 6 continuing education hours (Approval #3863).
This seminar qualifies for 6 continuing education hours as required by many
national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save
your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or
organization for specific filing requirements.
TRAINING SEMINAR TIME:
Training Seminar Check-In: 7:30AM Training Seminar Class:
8:00AM - 3:00PM
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