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Main Stages of the Counseling Process. Practice 1

02.01.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 8
First practice session on the stages of the counseling process: open questions, guiding a client into a light trance-like focus, and helping them identify what truly matters to them. Practical roleplay of the opening phase of a session.

Healing Potential of Holotropic States of Consciousness

12.01.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 8
An introduction to non-ordinary (holotropic) states of consciousness and their healing potential, from the Eleusinian mysteries and shamanic trance to modern neuroscience. Explores how reducing the brain's usual filters opens access to expanded awareness and healing.

The Healing Process and Counseling Skills

19.01.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 8
Core counseling skills: how to truly listen, not only to what a client says but to what is left unsaid, and how to build a trusting connection. Covers open questions, silence, empathy and reflecting feelings back to the client.

Two Stages of Counseling. Practice 2

02.02.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 8
Second practice session on the counseling process, moving from exploring into focusing and response: reflecting feelings and naming what is heard so the client feels met rather than judged. Practical roleplay with peer feedback.

Holotropic Breathwork and the work with Psychedelics

09.02.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Dr. Ingo Jahrsetz
Module 8
Dr. Ingo Jahrsetz, former president of EUROTAS, connects Holotropic Breathwork with psychedelic-assisted work, tracing both back to Stanislav Grof's research. Covers how each method opens access to non-ordinary states and where their therapeutic use overlaps.

Forbidden Wisdom: Psychedelics as a Source of spiritual Experience

16.02.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Stephan Schillinger
Module 8
Looks at the history of psychedelics as a source of mystical and spiritual experience, from the 1962 Good Friday Experiment to Grof's early LSD research. Discusses why these substances were prohibited for political and economic, not purely medical, reasons.

Introduction and Dangers for Beginners in Using Psychedelics

19.02.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Stephan Schillinger
Module 8
A safety-focused introduction to psychedelic work for beginners: preparation, a safe and grounded setting, and an experienced facilitator. Covers the risks of use without the right container and the difference between recreational, therapeutic and shamanic use.

Psychedelics in Recreation and therapeutic Settings

02.03.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Rita Aguilar
Module 8
Compares the three main contexts of psychedelic use, recreational, therapeutic and shamanic, and how the same substance can heal or harm depending on its setting. Looks at dosage ranges and the role of preparation and integration.

Love in the context of Psychotherapy

06.03.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Bernadette Blin
Module 9
Explores love as a therapeutic force: the difference between conditional, ego-based love and the unconditional love that transpersonal work considers the ground of healing. Looks at how a therapist's own capacity to love shapes the relationship.

(Topic not specified)

16.03.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Rita Aguilar
Module 8
Continues the module's exploration of psychedelic-assisted work, with a focus on integration: translating insights from an expanded state of consciousness into lasting change in daily life. Group discussion and Q&A with Rita Aguilar.

Psychedelic Experiences and Expanded States of Consciousness in Therapeutic Context II

23.03.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Manal Al-Hammadi
Module 8
Second part of the exploration of psychedelic experiences and expanded states of consciousness within a therapeutic frame. Looks at how such experiences are prepared, held and integrated in a clinical setting, and at what distinguishes a therapeutic container from other contexts of use.

Gestalt Work with Chair II

03.04.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lilian Gscheidel
Module 9
Practical training in Gestalt 'chair work': dialoguing with different inner parts, or with significant others, by giving each a chair and a voice. Builds the skill of tracking body sensations and resistance to help unfinished situations complete themselves.

Demonstration of the Healing Process

06.04.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 9
A live demonstration of the healing process in a counseling session, following the stages covered earlier in the module. Participants observe how the facilitator opens the session, follows the material the client brings and supports its resolution, with time for questions afterwards.

The Alchemy of Trauma: Forging Transpersonal Gold from Life's Deepest Wounds

13.04.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Dr. Kisten Cameron, PhD
Module 9
Looks at trauma not as the event itself but as the nervous system's response to it, and at how unprocessed experience gets stuck in the body. Explores how, with the right support, our deepest wounds can become material for growth.

Gestalt Work with Chair I

20.04.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lilian Gscheidel
Module 9
Practical training in Gestalt 'chair work': dialoguing with different inner parts, or with significant others, by giving each a chair and a voice. Builds the skill of tracking body sensations and resistance to help unfinished situations complete themselves.

Gestalt Work with Chair VI

01.05.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lilian Gscheidel
Module 9
Practical training in Gestalt 'chair work': dialoguing with different inner parts, or with significant others, by giving each a chair and a voice. Builds the skill of tracking body sensations and resistance to help unfinished situations complete themselves.

Gestalt Work with Chair III

04.05.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lilian Gscheidel
Module 9
Practical training in Gestalt 'chair work': dialoguing with different inner parts, or with significant others, by giving each a chair and a voice. Builds the skill of tracking body sensations and resistance to help unfinished situations complete themselves.

Gestalt Work with Chair IV

11.05.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lilian Gscheidel
Module 9
Practical training in Gestalt 'chair work': dialoguing with different inner parts, or with significant others, by giving each a chair and a voice. Builds the skill of tracking body sensations and resistance to help unfinished situations complete themselves.

Gestalt Work with Chair V

18.05.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lilian Gscheidel
Module 9
Practical training in Gestalt 'chair work': dialoguing with different inner parts, or with significant others, by giving each a chair and a voice. Builds the skill of tracking body sensations and resistance to help unfinished situations complete themselves.

Spiritual Emergency and Spiritual Resistance

01.06.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Tina Lindhardt, PhD
Module 9
Stanislav Grof's concept of 'spiritual emergency': intense psychospiritual crises that resemble psychiatric emergencies but are, in the right context, a difficult stage of growth rather than pathology. Also covers spiritual resistance to change.

Individual Constellations in the group

05.06.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Erik Anderson
Dr. Cathy Geils
Module 10
Live practice of Family Constellations within the training group: each participant can bring a personal theme and have it represented by peers, revealing hidden dynamics in their family or systemic field. Guided by Erik Anderson and Dr. Cathy Geils. Part 4 of 7.

Individual Constellations in the group

08.06.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Erik Anderson
Dr. Cathy Geils
Module 9
Live practice of Family Constellations within the training group: each participant can bring a personal theme and have it represented by peers, revealing hidden dynamics in their family or systemic field. Guided by Erik Anderson and Dr. Cathy Geils. Part 1 of 7.

Individual Constellations in the group

15.06.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Erik Anderson
Dr. Cathy Geils
Module 10
Live practice of Family Constellations within the training group: each participant can bring a personal theme and have it represented by peers, revealing hidden dynamics in their family or systemic field. Guided by Erik Anderson and Dr. Cathy Geils. Part 2 of 7.

Individual Constellations in the group

22.06.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Erik Anderson
Dr. Cathy Geils
Module 10
Live practice of Family Constellations within the training group: each participant can bring a personal theme and have it represented by peers, revealing hidden dynamics in their family or systemic field. Guided by Erik Anderson and Dr. Cathy Geils. Part 3 of 7.

Individual Constellations in the group

03.07.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Erik Anderson
Dr. Cathy Geils
Module 10
Live practice of Family Constellations within the training group: each participant can bring a personal theme and have it represented by peers, revealing hidden dynamics in their family or systemic field. Guided by Erik Anderson and Dr. Cathy Geils. Part 7 of 7.

Individual Constellations in the group

13.07.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Erik Anderson
Dr. Cathy Geils
Module 10
Live practice of Family Constellations within the training group: each participant can bring a personal theme and have it represented by peers, revealing hidden dynamics in their family or systemic field. Guided by Erik Anderson and Dr. Cathy Geils. Part 5 of 7.

Individual Constellations in the group

20.07.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Erik Anderson
Dr. Cathy Geils
Module 10
Live practice of Family Constellations within the training group: each participant can bring a personal theme and have it represented by peers, revealing hidden dynamics in their family or systemic field. Guided by Erik Anderson and Dr. Cathy Geils. Part 6 of 7.

Setting and concept of Holotropic Breathwork

31.08.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Kati Wortelkamp
Module 10
Introduces the concept and practical setting of Holotropic Breathwork: accelerated breathing, evocative music, a safe space and a sitter, with the theoretical background in Stanislav Grof's work. A foundational lecture before the group's own practice.

Strategy of Holotropic Sessions 2

04.09.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 11
Covers how a facilitator reads and supports the unfolding of a Holotropic Breathwork session: recognizing the phases a breather moves through and choosing when to intervene with bodywork, touch or simply presence. Builds practical facilitation skill.

Music in Holotropic Breathwork

07.09.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Kati Wortelkamp
Module 10
Explores the role evocative music plays in a Holotropic Breathwork session: how carefully sequenced music supports the different phases of a session, from activation to climax to resolution, drawing on Grof's own recommended playlists.

Strategy of Holotropic Sessions 1

21.09.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 11
Covers how a facilitator reads and supports the unfolding of a Holotropic Breathwork session: recognizing the phases a breather moves through and choosing when to intervene with bodywork, touch or simply presence. Builds practical facilitation skill.

Supervison 5

02.10.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 11
Supervision session reviewing participants' own experience facilitating Holotropic Breathwork sessions, with group feedback on technique, boundaries and self-care as a facilitator. Continues the practical facilitation strand of the training.

Strategy of Holotropic Sessions 3

05.10.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 11
Covers how a facilitator reads and supports the unfolding of a Holotropic Breathwork session: recognizing the phases a breather moves through and choosing when to intervene with bodywork, touch or simply presence. Builds practical facilitation skill.

Strategy of Holotropic Sessions 4

12.10.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 11
Covers how a facilitator reads and supports the unfolding of a Holotropic Breathwork session: recognizing the phases a breather moves through and choosing when to intervene with bodywork, touch or simply presence. Builds practical facilitation skill.

Supervison 6

02.11.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Lyudmila Skartsesku
Module 11
Supervision session reviewing participants' own experience facilitating Holotropic Breathwork sessions, with group feedback on technique, boundaries and self-care as a facilitator. Continues the practical facilitation strand of the training.

Death and Rebirth in Stan Grofs Work. What is the Death of the Ego?

09.11.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Dr. Ingo Jahrsetz
Module 11
Explores Stanislav Grof's Basic Perinatal Matrices, the four stages of the birth process linked to core adult patterns of union, struggle and rebirth. Looks at what is meant by 'death of the ego' in this model, and why it can be liberating rather than destructive.

Integration Therapy

16.11.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Stephan Schillinger
Module 11
Focuses on integration: helping a client translate what emerges in a non-ordinary state, breathwork session or constellation into lasting understanding and change in daily life. Covers journaling, art, movement and follow-up conversation as tools.

Integration

19.11.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Stephan Schillinger
Module 11
Focuses on integration: helping a client translate what emerges in a non-ordinary state, breathwork session or constellation into lasting understanding and change in daily life. Covers journaling, art, movement and follow-up conversation as tools.

The Psychology of Shamanism 1

30.11.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Dario Giuffrida
Module 11
Introduces the psychology of shamanism: the shaman as a mediator between ordinary and non-ordinary reality, using trance techniques like drumming and rhythm to move between the lower, middle and upper worlds. Connects ancient technique to modern practice.

Psychopathology in Grof's Point of View

07.12.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Kati Wortelkamp
Module 11
Presents Stanislav Grof's reframing of psychopathology: symptoms understood not as illness to suppress but as unprocessed perinatal and biographical material seeking resolution. Contrasts this transpersonal reading with the conventional psychiatric model.

Ken Wilber 1

14.12.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Pier Luigi Lattuada
Module 12
First of two lectures on Ken Wilber's integral model, mapping states and stages of consciousness and how they relate to psychological and spiritual development. Introduces Wilber's attempt to integrate Western psychology with contemplative traditions.

Ken Wilber 2

21.12.2026
19:00 – 21:00
Pier Luigi Lattuada
Module 12
Continues the introduction to Ken Wilber's integral theory, going deeper into the levels of his model and their practical relevance for transpersonal therapy. Builds directly on the first Ken Wilber lecture.

History of Transpersonal Psychology

01.01.2027
19:00 – 21:00
Kati Wortelkamp
Module 12
Traces transpersonal psychology from its founding through figures like Maslow and Grof, back to older roots in shamanism and the Eleusinian mysteries. Shows how ancient practices of healing through non-ordinary states inform the field today.

Ethics in the work with Holotropic states of consciousness

04.01.2027
19:00 – 21:00
Kati Wortelkamp
Module 12
Covers the ethical responsibilities of a facilitator working with non-ordinary states: informed consent, physical and psychological safety, boundaries and the power imbalance with a client. Grounded in real dilemmas from breathwork and psychedelic sessions.

Transpersonal approach to Psychopathology, Bipolarity, Two chair staging

11.01.2027
19:00 – 21:00
Dr. Stefan Dressler
Module 12
Dr. Stefan Dressler looks at psychopathology and bipolar states through a transpersonal lens, connecting them to early relational trauma between invasion and abandonment. Uses two-chair staging to work experientially with the opposing inner poles.

What is therapy and how does that fit with a spiritual journey?

18.01.2027
19:00 – 21:00
Tina Lindhard
Module 12
Explores how conventional therapy and a spiritual journey relate: where ego-strengthening work is still needed, and where transpersonal work invites something beyond the ego. A reflective session on where a client's process sits between the two.

How to end the (inner) War

01.02.2027
19:00 – 21:00
Kati Wortelkamp
Module 12
Looks at inner conflict as a war between opposing parts of the self, and at how dialogue techniques like chair work help these parts move from conflict toward cooperation. Draws on the training's broader work with inner parts and unfinished business.

Art Therapy

08.02.2027
19:00 – 21:00
Ingrida Indane
Module 12
Introduces art therapy: using drawing, painting and other non-verbal expression to access material that is hard to reach through talking alone. Includes practical exercises such as mandala drawing, often used to integrate breathwork experiences.

Perinatal Experience and its impact on personality development

15.02.2027
19:00 – 21:00
Lidia Maidan
Module 12
Examines Stanislav Grof's Basic Perinatal Matrices and how each of the four stages of the birth process is thought to leave a lasting imprint on personality and later life patterns. Connects birth experience to core emotional themes in the training.

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