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“Our Center believes that knowledge of how to mend emotional damage should not just be reserved to professionals but must also become disseminated into the general population. It takes healthy people with this know-how to create and maintain productive and harmonious relationships in their families, their community and the world.”
—Mariah Fenton Gladis

August 2010

Healing The MotherWound™ – Friday, Aug. 13 from 6:30-9:00PM, and Saturday, Aug. 14 from 10:30AM – 6:30PM

Have the traditions of mothering in your family sufficiently prepared you for creating a wholesome life? Like that familiar blues song lyric, do you sometimes feel like a motherless child?

Join us in this unique workshop for both men and women to explore the influence of your maternal heritag…mother, grandmother, great grandmother, as you honor the gifts and heal the wounds passed down by your ancestors.

While the impression of the internal father also influences us, this workshop will concentrate on an internal ‘mother’, a key to successful healing. Through focusing on this maternal legacy, you will develop and enhance the ways you mother your loved ones and yourself, and profoundly affect the quality of your life. $250. Bring a brown bag lunch. Location TBD [more]

September 2010

Sept. 24-26 (Temenos Retreat Center, West Chester, PA): “Creating Exact Moments of Healing"

CEUs Available. Were there moments in your life that never should have happened? Were there moments that should have happened and didn't? Were there moments from which you needed rescuing? Are you ready to take a major step towards the life you've always longed for, freed from the wounds of these moments and the life-long patterns of dysfunction they created? This Workshop offers you an opportunity to take a major step toward health by helping you define a plan for necessary moments you must create so you can move forward and transform your personal history from one of liability to one of strength and wisdom. [more info]

Sept. 14 (6:30-9:30pm): Open Evening at the Center

Are you someone who has an intense interest in personal or professional growth? These evening demonstrations are an excellent way to learn the theory behind Gestalt, and to experience some basic Gestalt awareness concepts. Mariah Fenton Gladis, Dori Middleman, and Mark Putnam will introduce you to the excitement of Gestalt principles. CEUs Available. [more info]

October 2010

Oct. 19 (6:30-9:30pm): Open Evening at the Center

Are you someone who has an intense interest in personal or professional growth? These evening demonstrations are an excellent way to learn the theory behind Gestalt, and to experience some basic Gestalt awareness concepts. Mariah Fenton Gladis, Dori Middleman, and Mark Putnam will introduce you to the excitement of Gestalt principles. CEUs Available. [more info]

November 2010

Nov. 2 (6:30-9:30pm): Open Evening at the Center

Are you someone who has an intense interest in personal or professional growth? These evening demonstrations are an excellent way to learn the theory behind Gestalt, and to experience some basic Gestalt awareness concepts. Mariah Fenton Gladis, Dori Middleman, and Mark Putnam will introduce you to the excitement of Gestalt principles. CEUs Available. [more info]

Nov. 12-14 (Temenos Retreat Center, West Chester, PA): Arrived Already Loved™

The only way to have a fair shot at developing a healthy relationship with another human being is to arrive already loved—to first love yourself. That means the inner life taking place in your body is a comfortable, loving, compassionate, and enjoyable place to be. You cannot expect more from someone else than you are able to give to yourself. [more info]

January 2011

Jan. 7-9 (Temenos Retreat Center, West Chester, PA): "Give Us Six Months and We'll Give You Change" - Gestalt Training Program

We are proud to announce the formation of our thirty-fourth Gestalt Training Program. For non-professionals, we emphasize the acquisition of life skills training. For professionals, we equip you with an array of skills that are applicable to clinical and administrative work in the human service professions. Whether for personal growth, professional development, or to launch a new career, students find that Gestalt principles expand their skills for working with people, groups, and organizations, and can enrich their relationships with themselves and loved ones. Bottom-line…Gestalt Training changes lives.

Sign up for the November 14-16 workshop as a potential trainee at our student cost of $185 for the weekend. There is also a free preliminary class meeting for prospective applicants on Tuesday evening November 25th, from 6:30 to 9:30 PM. This is an exciting opportunity for an ongoing intensive personal growth process with a group of committed people supervised by three master Gestalt practitioners, Mariah Fenton Gladis M.S.S., L.S.W., Dori Middleman M.D., and Mark Putnam M.D.

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Jan 28- 30 (Temenos Retreat Center, West Chester, PA): “Intimate Connections” - A Relationships Workshop

Creating stable and fulfilling relationships is a challenge that everyone faces. To be successful, human relating must be understood as an activity and ability that requires movement, purpose, emotional capacity, and contact skills. People often believe that good relating evolves naturally, only to discover in the routine of living with family, friends, and lovers that they have not been adequately prepared to meet the demands of loving relationships. This intensive workshop will give you a greater understanding of the nature and basic requirements of healthy relationships. You will learn to assess your abilities and disabilities, to develop new relationship skills, to increase self-awareness, and to practice risking positive action with others. Come join us for this important event. Both singles and couples are welcome. [more info]

February 2010

Feb. 23-March 4 (Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA): “Creating Exact Moments of Healing"

Were there moments in your life that never should have happened? Were there moments that should have happened and didn't? Were there moments from which you needed rescuing? Are you ready to take a major step towards the life you've always longed for, freed from the wounds of these moments and the life-long patterns of dysfunction they created? This Workshop offers you an opportunity to take a major step toward health by helping you define a plan for necessary moments you must create so you can move forward and transform your personal history from one of liability to one of strength and wisdom. [more info]

Individual Work Space…..$460    Group Space.....$310

For further information and registration call Esalen Institute at 831-667-3000.

March 2011

March 4-6 (Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA): Arrived Already Loved™

The only way to have a fair shot at developing a healthy relationship with another human being is to arrive already loved—to first love yourself. That means the inner life taking place in your body is a comfortable, loving, compassionate, and enjoyable place to be. You cannot expect more from someone else than you are able to give to yourself. [more info]

Individual Work Space…..$460     Group Space.....$310

For further information and registration call Esalen Institute at 831-667-3000.

March 25-27 (Temenos Retreat Center, West Chester, PA): Arrived Already Loved™

The only way to have a fair shot at developing a healthy relationship with another human being is to arrive already loved—to first love yourself. That means the inner life taking place in your body is a comfortable, loving, compassionate, and enjoyable place to be. You cannot expect more from someone else than you are able to give to yourself. [more info]

April 2011

April 26 (6:30-9:30pm): Open Evening at the Center

Are you someone who has an intense interest in personal or professional growth? These evening demonstrations are an excellent way to learn the theory behind Gestalt, and to experience some basic Gestalt awareness concepts. Mariah Fenton Gladis, Dori Middleman, and Mark Putnam will introduce you to the excitement of Gestalt principles. CEUs Available. [more info]

June 2011

June 3-5 (Cape May, NJ): Arrived Already Loved™

The only way to have a fair shot at developing a healthy relationship with another human being is to arrive already loved—to first love yourself. That means the inner life taking place in your body is a comfortable, loving, compassionate, and enjoyable place to be. You cannot expect more from someone else than you are able to give to yourself. [more info]

Food and Lodging are not included, so that you may choose from the many fine Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and Restaurants in Cape May. Information can be found on the web at www.CapeMay.com.

Individual Work Space—$395 Group Space—$270

Information:

Except as noted, workshops costs are: Individual workspace is $460. Group Work Space is $310. Healthy meals are included. A special price of $185 for a group space for prospective students. Individual workspace participants have a time to do “Open Seat” work with Mariah and the group.  Group participants share in group exercises and are observers of “Open Seat” work. (Overnight accommodations are available for $120 for the weekend, double-occupancy). Programs at run from Friday evening, 7:30pm through Sunday, 5pm.

Reservations for Events:

Call the Center at 610-251-0945. A deposit of $200 reserves your space for a weekend workshop. We accept checks, Visa, Mastercard and Discover in person or by phone. Please indicate individual or group space and overnight accommodations. Programs have a waiting list, so reserve early.

CEUs

Weekend workshops have been approved by the Pennsylvania Board of Social Work Examiners for 21 contact hours of continuing education toward PA/LSW licensure renewal.