The Personal Transformation Leadership Training
(limited to graduates of the Internship)

If accepted into the Personal Transformation Leadership Training Program (by application and invitation after completion of the Internship course), you  attend the Personal Transformation Training workshops 4 times per year for one year.  You become certified as a Personal Transformation Intensive facilitator, and are then eligible to lead the PTI program in your community.

Purpose: This one-year training experience will build on the two years of advanced clinical skill-based training you have completed. You will attend four very powerful four-day Workshops, where you will learn new psychotherapy techniques, refine your skills and incorporate the advanced techniques already learned, develop group leadership skills, and have the opportunity to continue to process your own issues.

Clinical training: The program expands further into the clinical areas of

• pre- and perinatal trauma,
• the differential diagnosis and treatment of trauma and shock,
• group psychotherapy dynamics and effective leadership,
• ego-state therapy with self-sabotaging shadow parts,
• Jungian and shamanistic practices of “soul work,”
• the relevance of unresolved developmental stages to unrealized human potential,
• existential issues of unfulfilled meaning in life,
• somatically releasing energy blocks

You will learn to facilitate groups of participants in Breath Therapy, hypnotherapy work, Energetic Psychodrama, and intensely therapeutic group processes.

You will expand your areas of expertise to include a wide variety of emotional disorders, especially addictions, personality disorders, dissociation and relationship issues.

This year of study will stimulate you to be more effective with groups in all areas of your life.

CEUs offered: Each Workshop is approved for 32 clock hours of continuing education credit by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC approval #5460).

The Personal Transformation Intensive^TM (PTI) is a powerful, Heart-centered Personal Growth Program for people who want to move beyond therapy to Personal Transformation. Learn the group work and clinical skills necessary to facilitate the Personal Transformation Intensive, which incorporates Hypnotherapy, Breathwork and Psychodrama with MasterMinding and challenging group processes.

In this Training Program, participants continue their own personal growth work, clearing out any "blocks" preventing them from reaching their goals. Learn a dynamic new process to help clear out any "counter-transference" that you may experience with participants. Training includes a complete outline of the 230-hour PTI program, all presentation materials and how to facilitate each process. Receive certification as a Personal Transformation Intensive Leader. Discover the full potential of who you are. The Personal Transformation Intensive program is offered exclusively by leaders trained by The Wellness Institute.

How Does the Personal Transformation Intensive (PTI) Work?

    “The Intensive” is a powerful personal growth/therapy program for anyone seeking to live life to its fullest. The PTI is an innovative adjunct to individual therapy because it takes people farther in their healing process than they can possibly go in a one-on-one setting.

    It is structured as a five-month group process, facilitated by two specially trained Heart-Centered Transformational psychotherapists. The ten to twenty adult participants are ready for a quantum leap forward in their healing process. The 230-hour PTI program meets one weekend per month for five months, with an optional evening meeting between weekends.

     The weekend retreats are Friday from 4:00-10:00 pm, Saturday 8:00 am to 9:00 pm, and Sunday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

    The facilitators give the group homework assignments to do between sessions, and may give individual assignments as well. Each person will be a member of a MasterMind group for the purpose of learning to manifest goals.

    The PTI focuses on healing codependency, addictions, sexual abuse, mind/body issues and relationships. We use powerful individual and group techniques to bring healing and personal growth to the mind, body, emotions and spirit.

Updated: February 15, 2006