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The Opening the Heart Workshop™

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September 27, 2013 – September 29, 2013
Location:
Rhinebeck, NY
Course:
SM13-5102-323
Teacher:
Linda Aranda Belliveau, Jon Berenson, Donna Macomber, Peter Watson... See More
Tuition:
$285
Continuing Education:
12.5 hours Learn More
SM13-5102-323Linda Aranda Belliveau, Jon Berenson, Donna Macomber, Peter Watson,
Description

For more than three decades, continually adapting and updating its approach to meet the needs of changing times, the Opening the Heart Workshop™ has helped thousands of people heal from emotional wounds, build healthier relationships, move through difficult life passages, and find new directions.

The Opening the Heart Workshop™ provides a safe and supportive environment for accessing feelings, working through blocked emotions, disentangling from the past, reconnecting with core truths, and learning to live more fully from the heart. Movement, song, and music play major roles in creating a uniquely effective vehicle of personal transformation and emotional well-being.

With a staff-participant ratio that ensures everyone receives personal attention, we work in various-sized groups and draw on a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches, including Gestalt, bioenergetics, Focusing, and psychodrama. Positive psychology, empathic connection, neuroscience, mindfulness, and ancient healing wisdom form the core of the unique Opening the Heart approach.

Upon completing the workshop, participants will be able to: 


  • Recognize behavioral patterns contributing to stress symptomatology
  • Identify behavioral signs of emotional and spiritual distress
  • Implement specific therapeutic strategies for reducing behavioral symptoms of stress
  • Understand the inherent relationship and balance between physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being
  • Describe key elements contributing to the maintenance of emotional and spiritual health
  • Define and implement strategies to create safety and trust in a group therapeutic environment
  • Recognize appropriate therapeutic interventions in a group setting

This workshop is appropriate for anyone, including mental health professionals who wish to use the techniques with their clients.

 

Continuing Education
  • NBCC - Certified Counselors +$35
More Information

Limited enrollment, please register early.

Below is a letter from faculty explaining details of the focus of the workshop.


The Opening the Heart Workshop

Jon Berenson, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

501 Angell Street

Providence, RI  02906

e-mail: staff@openingtheheartworkshop.com

 

 Dear “Opening the Heart” Workshop Participant:

 We are delighted that you will be joining us for the “Opening the Heart” workshop, #5102-323, at Omega on September 27-29, 2013.  Whether you are a newcomer or a veteran of “Opening the Heart,” we extend a warm and heartfelt welcome.

 The workshop offers a concentrated and powerful opportunity to grow emotionally and spiritually as well as to gain new insight and understanding.  In order to maximize the workshop’s potential, we advise and encourage you to prepare in advance by spending time contemplating and writing down responses to the following questions:

 Why am I choosing this workshop at this time in my life?

What particular life-issues are predominant right now?

What have been the most significant traumas and exaltations in my life?

What hopes or visions of positive change am I bringing to the workshop?

 You are welcome (but not required!) to send anything you write directly to us at the address or e-mail at the top of this letter (NOT TO OMEGA).  Your responses will make us aware of your particular issues and may help us tailor your experience at the workshop.  Of course, anything you choose to send will be held in complete confidence by the workshop staff and will not be disclosed by us to anyone, including other participants.

Those of you who have experienced the “Opening the Heart” format during its 20- year residence at Spring Hill in Ashby, MA will understand that translating the work to new settings involves an ongoing creative process. Our goal has been to maintain the integrity of the work as we adapt to different timetables and fresh surroundings.  All the experiential exercises will be familiar to you, as will the music and, of course, the caring attention of staff.  However, you will experience departures from the “Spring Hill” routine. You will be sharing morning meditation or yoga with other Omega guests.  We shall offer you the opportunity to be in silence at the “silent tables” for your meals, but you will be in a dining hall where guests at other tables are talking. The rhythm of the workshop will also feel different as session times are adapted to fit in with the overall Omega program. We trust that you will arrive with the openness to meeting the challenge of growth and change.  We, the staff, are confident that the workshop continues to offer all the transformative potential of its predecessors.

 If you have any questions about the workshop, you are invited to contact us directly through either of the channels indicated at the letterhead.

 With warm regards,

 Linda Aranda Belliveau

Jon Berenson

Donna Macomber

Peter Watson

 


Schedule
FRIDAY
4:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.Check In (Rooms available after 5:00 p.m.)
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.Workshop
 
SATURDAY
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.Workshop
7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.Workshop
 
SUNDAY
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
Noon–1:00 p.m.Check Out
Teachers
Linda Aranda Belliveau
Linda Aranda Belliveau

Linda Aranda Belliveau, BPh, coauthor of Emotions Made Easy, is a grief counselor and musician who has led Opening the Heart Workshops since 1981. She works in hospice and with clients experiencing loss and bereavement. 


Jon Berenson
Jon Berenson

Jon Berenson, PhD, formerly chief of mental health services at Harvard Community Health Plan, is a clinical psychologist with three decades of experience in private practice in Rhode Island. He has led more than 100 Opening the Heart Workshops™ since 1990.

Donna Macomber
Donna Macomber

Donna Macomber is a passionate activist working for social change in the areas of domestic and sexual violence and anti-racism. She has facilitated Opening the Heart Workshops™ since 1989 and maintains a private, heart-centered counseling practice in Northampton, Massachusetts.

 

Peter Watson
Peter Watson

Peter Watson has more than 30 years’ experience in counseling and facilitating group process, and has led Opening the Heart Workshops since 1989. He specializes in creating safe environments for emotional healing and spiritual exploration.

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