Illuminated Education- Continuing Education for psychologists and other mental health professionals

Continuing Education for Mental Health Professionals

Illuminated Education provides educational activities designed for people who are interested in issues related to psychology, healing, and other aspects of human thought, feeling and behavior. The goal is to present up-to-date, thought provoking material integrating material from psychology and other fields including (but not limited to) mind-body medicine, mindfulness practice, and eastern approaches to health and healing.

We currently provide activities in the following modalities:

LIVE COURSES

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ONLINE COURSES

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ON-SITE COURSES

If you have a number of people at one site who would like to take a live course, we may be able to come to you. Click here for more information.

Courses Provided in Conjunction with the Institute for Girls' Development

Some workshops are presented in collaboration with the Institute for Girls’ Development in Pasadena, CA. The workshops will focus on the needs of girls, their families, and their circles or community.

Self-Compassion: Mindfulness Research and Clinica...

Presented in collaboration with the Institute for Girls’ Development As clinicians working with girls and women, we frequently witness deep emotional suffering associated with thoughts of inadequacy and feelings of self-hatred. Again and again we hear the words, “I’m not good enough, smart enough, thin enough, successful enough.” What can therapists do to help clients train the “soothing and contentment...

Balance, Cycles and Connection: Shamanism and the...

In this program we will look at psychotherapy through the lens of indigenous / shamanic cultures, noting the differences between the ways Native American cultures view life and well-being and the way our Western culture does. Then we will focus on particular Native American concepts and how those concepts can enhance our work with child and adult clients. For example, the cyclic medicine wheel can help develop balance,...

Hold Me Tight — for Same Sex Couples!...

Presenters: Lisa Blum, Psy.D. and Silvina Irwin, Ph.D. This Relationship Enhancement Program is based on the book Hold Me Tight, by Sue Johnson, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and founder of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). EFT is the only model of couple intervention that uses a systematic, empirically validated theory of adult bonding as the basis for understanding and alleviating relationship problems. In this...

COMING AGAIN IN THE FALL: Sacred Spaces: How Sham...

In this program we will look at psychotherapy through the lens of North and South American indigenous cosmology. We will discuss the sacred space between the therapist and client and other sacred spaces that can support the client. We will contrast the indigenous focus on cycles, nature and the sacredness of all things with the current Western scientific point of view. In addition, we will focus on the impact that...

COMING AGAIN IN THE FALL: Mindfulness, Vulnerabil...

This workshop will look at the importance of therapists cutting through all the new ‘fix it’ therapies to continue to access our humanness, realness and truth in the room with a client who is struggling with the complex etiologies and profound effects of addiction. It presents a Mindful-Vulnerable-Connected (MVC) integrated therapy approach to treating addiction and the underlying issues. Related elements of...