Sep. 12-15, 2024 30 CE Credits
With the revolutionary understanding that anxiety (fear) is at the root of all suffering, you will gain insight into the five core fears–“universal themes of loss”–we all share, including:
We develop our primary defenses, usually early in childhood or at times of trauma, as our best attempt to protect ourselves from these fears, but always at too great a cost. This leaves us constantly holding vigil, on the lookout for the resurfacing of the fear. We build our entire personality upon this fear-defense dynamic. When it spins out of control, an anxiety disorder develops.
The theory and techniques offered in this workshop, such as “The Alchemist”, “The Witness” and “The Warrior’s Stance”, will teach you how to uncover the core fear and chief defense quickly and reliably. These will be understood as the architects of personality and the creators of our perceptual world. Armed with this knowledge, new strategies for “doing the opposite” of the chief defense and its secondary defenses have proven extremely successful in even the most anxious clients. Incorporating psychodynamics, mindfulness, Gestalt, CBT and transpersonal psychology, participants will undergo the actual techniques being presented, making for a rich and highly experiential presentation.
At the deepest level, we will pinpoint the precise moment where resistance is created and how to release it. This leads to the ultimate goal of letting go “the resistance to resistance”, a key to transforming our entire view of Self and redefining the limits of the human experience. The way is then paved for the final section on “Vision Questing”, wherein the five core fears are fully resolved, and one may live their lives with a solid sense of identity, meaning, purpose, love and even a true freedom from the fear of death.
Come prepared for an exciting adventure into the deepest regions of the unconscious, where the hidden fears at the source of our difficulties live, to bring them out into consciousness, available for rapid and lasting transformation.
Dr. Pressman is an international presenter, psychologist and author. He is the founder and director of Logos Wellness Center and Pressman and Associates Life Counseling Center, dedicated to helping people design lives of meaning, purpose and fulfillment. His studies under some of the world’s leaders in the Consciousness movement, as well as the personal grooming he received from a father whose teachers were students of Sigmund Freud, prepared the way for the discovery of the holistic principles he espouses. His work with Olympic athletes and high performing CEOs has further honed his understanding of the secrets of excellence and the path to fulfillment.
After this training, participants will be able to:
Thursday
7:30-9:30 p.m.–Introductions and Setting Intentions
Friday
11:00-11:45 a.m.–Theoretical foundations of the “Deconstructing Anxiety” model
11:45-12:15 p.m.–Exercise–“Digging for Gold”: Finding Your Core Fear
12:15-12:25 p.m.–Break
12:25-12:45 p.m.–Exercise–“Who are you Really?”: Finding Your Chief Defense
12:45-1:45 p.m.–Q and A and practice of exercises
1:45 p.m.-2:30p.m.–Lunch
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m..–Review of the Core Fear and Chief Defense
3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.–How to Heal Anxiety: “Doing the opposite” of the Chief Defense
3:45 p.m. -4:45 p.m.–Exercise–“The Alchemist”: Asking “What Happens Next?”
4:45 p.m.-4:55 p.m.–Break
4:55 p.m.-6:20 p.m.–Q and A and Further Practice of All Exercises
6:20 p.m.-6:30 p.m.–Homework
Saturday
11:00-11:15 am.–Review of Homework
11:15-12:15 a.m.–Exercise—“The Witness”: Enhanced Mindfulness Practice
12:15-12:30 p.m.–Building a new association to one’s core fear
12:30-12:40p.m.–Bk
12:40 p.m.–1:30 p.m.–Q and A and Further Practice of “The Witness”
1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.–Lunch
2:00-2:30 p.m.–Integrating the results into everyday life
2:30-3:30 p.m.–Exercise—“The Warrior’s Stance”
3:30-3:45 p.m.–Break
3:45-4:45 p.m.–Integrating “The Alchemist”, “The Witness” and “The Warrior’s Stance”
4:45-6:155 p.m.–Q and A and Further Practice of All Exercises
6:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m.–Homework
Sunday
11:00-11:30 a.m.–Review of Homework
11:30-12:30 p.m.–Exercise—“Resolving the Resistance to Resistance”
12:30 p.m.-12:40 p.m..–Break
12:40 p.m.-1:30 p.m–Integrating all of the exercises
1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.–Lunch
2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.–Integrating the results into everyday life
2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.–Exercise—“Vision Questing”: Finding one’s “Mighty Purpose”
3:45 p.m.-3:55 p.m.–Break
3:55 p.m.-4:45 p.m.–Integrating all of the exercises with the Vision Quest
4:45-5:30 p.m.–Q and A
5:30-6:15 p.m.–Keeping the practice fresh
6:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m.–Suggestions for continuing the practice after the seminar
A total of 30 CE Credits is offered through third party CE Providers for a separate cost.
To earn 30 Continuing Education Credits for attending Todd Pressman, PhD.’s Deconstructing Anxiety Intensive, you need to follow these steps:
American Psychological Association
Higher Thought Institute, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Higher Thought Institute maintains responsibility for all programming and its content.
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
Higher Thought Institute, LLC has been approved as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #189745, Higher Thought Institute is responsible for all aspects of their programming.
New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors
Higher Thought Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0209.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists
Higher Thought Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0149.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work
Higher Thought Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0639.
New York Education Department of Creative Arts Therapy
Higher Thought Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0095.
New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts
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New York Education Department Board for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
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COUNSELORS
NBCC ACEP No. 7156.
Institute for Natural Resources (INR) is recognized by the New York SED’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors, #MHC-0089.
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Under Sponsor #168.000243, the Illinois Dept. of Prof Regulation has approved INR as a CE sponsor for marriage and family therapists.
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SOCIAL WORKERS
Institute for Natural Resources, #1356, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Institute for Natural Resources maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 02/28/2022 – 02/28/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 30 continuing education credits.
Under Sponsor #159-000260, the Illinois DFPR has approved INR as a sponsor of continuing social work education.
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Under Sponsor #197-000240, the Illinois Dept. of Pro Regulation has approved INR as a CE sponsor for professional/clinical counselors.
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