
Sep. 30. 21 – Oct. 3. 21

Oct. 4. 21 – Oct. 10. 21
To register, and for more information: https://gabormate–sand.thrivecart.com/supporter/

May. 14 – May. 15
May 14: The Tragic Tension Between Authenticity and Attachment:
Different points of view does not mean conflict. Disagreement doesn't mean conflict. We confuse ourselves with our point of view and feel threatened when there is an opposing point of view. How does it happen that we identify as our points of view? That identification is the loss of the authentic self,

May. 16 – May. 16

May. 18 – May. 18

May. 19 – May. 19
Using Compassionate Inquiry, the therapist unveils the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal.
Through Compassionate Inquiry, the client can recognize the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themsel

May. 21 – May. 21

May. 25 – May. 25

May. 27 – May. 27

May. 28 – May. 28

Jun. 13 – Jun. 13
Using Compassionate Inquiry, the therapist unveils the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal.
Through Compassionate Inquiry, the client can recognize the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themsel

Jun. 13 – Jun. 13
Western society in general looks at medicine as the answer and tends to treat mind and body as separate entities—a view that disregards the insights and teachings of ancient human wisdom. Paradoxically, such dualism also ignores the findings of modern science. The brain and body systems that proces

Jun. 17 – Jun. 17
Stress is ubiquitous these days — it plays a role in the workplace, in the home, and virtually everywhere that people interact. It can take a heavy toll unless it is recognized and managed effectively and insightfully.

Jun. 24 – Jun. 24
For twelve years Dr. Maté was the staff physician at a clinic for drug-addicted people in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where he worked with patients challenged by hard-core drug addiction, mental illness and HIV, including at Vancouver Supervised Injection Site. In his most recent bestselling book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, he shows that their addictions do not represent a discrete set of medical disorde

Jun. 25 – Jun. 25
Based on the book When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
(U.S. subtitle: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection)
Stress is ubiquitous these days — it plays a role in the workplace, in the home, and virtually everywhere that people interact. It can take a heavy toll unless it is recognized and managed effectively and insightfully.
Western medicine, in theory and practice, tends to tr

Jun. 26 – Jun. 26
Childhood developmental disorders such as ADHD, ODD, and other mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, personality disorders, etc. can all be traced to either negative

Oct. 16 – Oct. 17
Based on The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, the title of Dr. Maté's next book, being released September 13, 2022 and available for pre-order now.
Half of North American adults suffer from chronic illness - a fact Western medicine views largely in terms of individual predispositions and habits.
Western medicine imposes two separations, neither tenable scientifically. First, it separates m

Feb. 5. 23 – Feb. 11. 23

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Compassionate Inquiry
Nov. 13. 17 @ 9:00 am - Nov. 14. 17 @ 4:30 pm
Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world.
Using Compassionate Inquiry, the therapist unveils the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal.
Through Compassionate Inquiry, the client can recognize the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themselves from them.
Dr. Maté will model the process of Compassionate Inquiry with course participants and instruct therapists in the practice of this powerful technique to help clients access deep healing and transformation. This will be both an experiential, participatory workshop where participants will be guided through their own personal process, as well as a training to teach the method of Compassionate Inquiry to health professionals, therapists and social workers.
Register: https://event-wizard.com/lesfall17sing/0/register/
You will learn –
- how to cultivate presence, being with what is
- to bring attention to body signals in clients and yourself
- to enhance your perception of what is not being revealed overtly
- to enable clients to access emotional states through body awareness
- how to create and maintain a safe sacred space between client and therapist
- how to facilitate the expression of what has remained unexpressed
- how to keep a client engaged in present moment experience
- the importance of patience, respect and choice in the therapeutic process
- how to uncover early traumatic events of childhood and unconscious feeling states through compassionate inquiry
- to decode the unconscious beliefs that contribute to personal suffering in self and others
You may also be interested in registering for the 9 day Beyond Addiction: The Yogic Path to Recovery Immersion program in Toronto Nov 2 – Nov 10, 2017, facilitated by Sat Dharam Kaur ND and guest instructors. The program includes access to over 90 short videotaped lectures of Dr. Gabor Maté.
Register for both programs before Sept 7 and receive $200 off the full price of the Beyond Addiction program. Call 519 372-9212 to obtain the discounted price on the Beyond Addiction program after you register for Compassionate Inquiry.