EPA Summerschool 2023

ROOTS & WINGS

EPA SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM

JUNE 28TH – JULY 2ND 2023 IN MULLSJÖ, SWEDEN

CONTENT SUMMER SCHOOL

ROOTS & WINGS

WELCOME TO THE EPA SUMMER SCHOOL 2023

• Meet colleagues, friends, and experienced teachers.

• Learn from inspiring workshops and seminars with depth.

• Receive a certificate with 20 CPD points.

• Participate in the whole program or take the goodies at your own pace.

• Enjoy the Swedish countryside with forests and a lake nearby.

• Find your roots, so you can spread your wings and fly…

When times are uncertain, we need to feel our roots. We need to know where we are coming from, and to find our footing. With a stable platform, we can handle challenges, conflicts and focus on our next step.

Psychosynthesis being our foundation, we develop the work of Roberto Assagioli to support ourselves professionally and personally in times of change and challenge.

On this solid ground, we can expand our awareness, knowledge, and empathy to support ourselves and others in finding purpose, no matter what it might be.

We spread our wings into the unknown – as individuals, as practitioners of psychosynthesis, and as a psychosynthesis community. Everything is possible when we come together as a community in friendship, support, and inspiration.

THE SUMMER SCHOOL WORKING TEAM 2023

IF YOU LIKE TO JOIN:

You are warmly invited to take part in the Summer School and to join our community.

This Summer School was created for EPA members – and you are welcome to become one of us.

About the EPA

The European Psychosynthesis Association has the aim of connecting the psychosynthesis community and offering inspiration as well as deepening. The EPA hosts regular online activities like meditations, interviews, and workshops. To be a member, you need to have one year of psychosynthesis training

If you would like to know more about us visit www.psychosynthesis-europe.com. Here you can also register as a member. The yearly fee is 50 EUR.

History - and future

Summer Schools have been held several times and in different countries, hosted by the EFPP, the European Federation of Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy - an association of training institutes. There has always been a local institute being the host, handling many of the practical issues on site. This is the first Summer School hosted by the members’ association EPA. The plan is to hold these events every other year, next possibility being 2025. The Summer School 2023 is sponsored by the Dutch Helios Fund.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

The EPA Summer School with its Program stands for high professional standards in the practice of psychosynthesis. We are pleased to be able to reward you 20 hours for your personal training and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in the field of Psychosynthesis. You will receive a certificate after participation.

Your contribution

Apart from the seminars and workshops presented in this folder, there is still space in the schedule for morning activities such as yoga, meditation, qi gong, forest walks or other yummy stuff. There will also be an open stage on the last evening to share songs, poems, jokes, or funny stories. If you would like to share something, please contact us with a suggestion.

THE VENUE

Accommodation and conference site:

Mullsjö is a small place in the forest close to Jönköping in the middle southern part of Sweden. It has two hotels, and both are pre booked for the Summer School.

Mullsjö hotel https://hotellmullsjo.se is where the program, lunch & dinner are taking place. There is also a spa at Mullsjö hotel that we can all use.

Björkhaga hotel serves only breakfast, if you live there, you have the other meals with the rest of the group at Mullsjö hotel. There are bikes available to go between the venues, walking takes 25 minutes.

How to get HERE:

Most visitors will travel here from either Göteborg (travel from GOT Airport to Jönköping takes about 2 hrs) or Stockholm, where they will land with flights, buses, or boats. Mullsjö is closer to Göteborg. From these cities, there are trains or buses to Mullsjö or to the closest bigger city Jönköping. There will be a shuttle service from Mullsjö station to the conference site if needed.

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Via Flight/Boat Gothenburg (Göteborg)

If you take a flight from your hometown/country to Gothenburg (Göteborg) Landvetter, here is info about how to get from the airport directly to Mullsjö.

(If you come by boat to Gothenburg, you need to take a taxi to the central station and then take the same train to Mullsjö (see below)).

Shuttles from the airport

Flygbussarna (shuttles from the airport to Gothenburg) depart every 20 minutes, and the trip takes 40 minutes. You land in the bus terminal, which is located alongside the central train station. It takes about 5 min to go from the bus to the train.

You buy your Flygbussarna ticket at https://www.flygbussarna.se/en/checkout#cart

Price one way 119 SEK (ca 12 EUR)

Train to Mullsjö

When you arrive in Göteborg Central Station, you take a local train with Västtrafik. The train goes directly to Mullsjö, the trip takes 1 h 37 minutes. You can buy the ticket on the train with credit card, in Västtrafik’s counter on the station or in the app “Togo” (cheapest and simplest). Price on the app 133 SEK (ca 14 EUR). More info on www.vasttrafik.se/en

Via Flight Stockholm Arlanda – Central station Stockholm – Mullsjö

If you instead choose to fly to Stockholm Arlanda, you take the Flygbussarna in the same way from the airport to the Central station in Stockholm. The Flygbussarna company is the same and it takes about the same time from airport to city. From Stockholm Central station you take a train to Herrljunga, where you change to the Västtrafik train directly to Mullsjö. The train ride Stockholm-Herrljunga is about 2,5 hours and from there the train ride Herrljunga-Mullsjö is about 50 minutes.

You book your train Stockholm-Herrljunga here https://www.sj.se/en/

When to book

If you cannot book it, it is because the tickets on SJ are not yet released. You can book about 3 months before the trip, not before. Tickets to flygbussarna you can book whenever but the tickets are only valid for 3 months.

Time to travel

When you will be traveling, of course depends on when your plane arrives. Here are some examples, though:

• Bus Landvetter Airport – Göteborg 11.50-12.30

➢ Train Göteborg-Mullsjö 13.00-14.37 or 14.30-16.08

➢ Average Travel time Göteborg – Mullsjö 2,5 to 3 hours

• Bus Stockholm Arlanda Airport – Stockholm City 9.30, takes 10 minutes to walk to train

➢ Train Stockholm-Herrljunga 10.30-12.52 or 12.30-15.38

➢ Train Herrljunga-Mullsjö 13.46-15.37 or 15.20-16.08

➢ Average Travel time Stockholm – Mullsjö 4 to 4,5 hours

When you arrive in Mullsjö, it is a 2 km walk to the hotel: We are planning to arrange a pick-up service – please let us know, if you need to be picked up, mail us at info@psychosynthesis-europe.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

By car

If you travel by car, the journey is for example about 5 hours’ drive from Malmö, 2 hours’ drive from Göteborg and 4 hours’ drive from Stockholm.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. email: info@psychosynthesis-europe.com

Extra Nights

Should you need to come one day early or leave one day later, it is possible to book an extra night at the hotel to an additional cost.

BOOKING

How to book your accommodation

Before you decide on your booking, check inside to see if there is a longing for a deeper connection with a friend, someone you already know or a new person. The more people decide to share a room, the more people we can be.

All booking for the accommodation is made directly through Mullsjö hotel Prices vary from EUR 447 to EUR 648 for four nights depending on your choice. Please check under Hotel Fees.

Hotel fees

Mullsjö Hotell

https://hotellmullsjo.se/

(32 double rooms, 19 single rooms, 3 family rooms)

4 nights SEK 6805 (EUR 648) per person in single room

4 nights SEK 5015 (EUR 477) per person in shared double room

Mullsjö Hotel & Conference, Sjövägen 90, 565 91 Mullsjö

Björkhaga Hotell

https://hotellbjorkhaga.se/

(18 double rooms and 9 single rooms)

4 nights SEK 6500 (EUR 619) per person in single room

4 nights SEK 4700 (EUR 447) per person in shared double room

Björkhaga Hotell & Konferens, Bosebygdsvägen 13, 565 31 Mullsjö

How to book:

Send an email to info@hotellmullsjo.se or call +46 392 494 00 (Note that it is two L:s in Swedish spelling of hotel) All rooms are booked through Mullsjö, even if you stay at Björkhaga.

Remember to state if you have an allergy or special diet and if you want to share room with a certain person.

You will have an invoice sent to you at the latest 2 months before the event.

Camping possibilities

http://www.mullsjocamping.se/

There is a camping in Mullsjö that you can book separately. Place for tent 200 SEK (18 EUR) per night, for caravan 270 SEK per night (25 EUR). It is also possible to park a camping car outside Mullsjö hotel. Check with Mullsjö hotel before to book a place.

If you camp or stay in a car, you will have to pay for all meals directly to Mullsjö hotel on arrival. It is not possible to pay for some of the meals only.

CONFERENCE FEE

Until February 15th 2023, the fee is EUR 100, after that date the fee will be EUR 120 (a small admin fee will be added). This fee covers the expenses for the program and has nothing to do with the hotel and accommodation.

CLICK ON THE LINK TO BOOK YOUR CONFERENCE TICKET: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epa-summer-school-2023-tickets-387426291467

Registration and check in/out

The registration and check in at the hotel start Wednesday afternoon, June 28th at 14.00 pm local time. The program will end at lunchtime Sunday July 2nd. Lunch can be taken away if you are leaving early.

To be fully booked at the Summer School use this checklist:

• Accommodation

• Conference fee

• Membership

• Travel

• Seminar choice

Your Seminar Choice

Here is the link for choosing your morning seminar: https://forms.gle/GiUMYUuVjrs8Dk52A

You will find the overview of the seminars on page 11, and their presentation on pages 13 to 17.

Cancelation policy

• Should the conference get cancelled due to unforeseen challenges, health regulations or international conflict, you will get a total refund of the conference fee

• If you are not able to attend, the conference fee is not refundable.

• Should you for some reason need to cancel your hotel booking, you need to do that at the latest 4 weeks before to avoid costs. After that date, 75 percent of the cost for room and lodging will be payable. Cancelation later than 2 weeks before means full price to be paid. You cancel the hotel the same way you booked it.

Theme

The theme “Roots & Wings” can be understood and interpreted on many levels. We need roots in terms of being connected to our body, but also to our soul’s purpose. We are rooted in our psychosynthesis tradition, and we all belong to the natural world that teaches us about growth and maturation on all levels. Once rooted, we can spread our wings - learning new skills, finding new possibilities, and moving in the landscape of our life in a different way. We expand to take part in the evolution of our society in new and exciting ways.

The program of the Summer School will cover this theme from all possible angles. The program below will be adjusted over time. Workshops will be added as the program evolves.

You can make a choice out of four parallel seminars flowing through three days. In the afternoon and evening you can make a choice from a number of workshops. In the evenings and mornings, we will have meditations, social activities, inspirational talks and outdoor happenings to choose from and to take part in.

OVERVIEW

TRIP: we will make a trip in the area to be together and have fun!

PLEASE STAY TUNED – AND SOON THERE WILL BE MORE TO EXPLORE…

AWAKENING AND ALIGNING

Awakening and aligning within and without, opening up to the directions and the elements thru the heartbeat of the Drum and thru your own Heart wisdom.

Early in the morning we meet in the Circle in nature to give space to the eternal Heart – beyond the Mind, awakening the Body and give your Self space to be expressed freely and allow your vitality and fire to burn strong thru the rest of the day.

Come in comfortable clothes and bring a gift to the centre altar.

Charlotte Kihl.

Accredited Psychosynthesis

Therapist PSA®, Imago Couples therapist, Supervisor, PCC Coach, Mindfulness instructor and Shamanic Practitioner. www.growcoaching.se

Morning Seminar – SEM 1

ALEX HATFIELD

CALL OF THE WILD SOUL

We are living in and through a deep existential crisis which is working through humanity and the world right now. Its roots are in the denial of the feminine unconscious, in the cartesian split between spirit and matter. In the elevation of spirit to THOU and the reduction of matter and nature to IT.

It takes a lot of work to build a fully functioning I. In becoming an I we move past what Jung called the participation mystique, we build consciousness and will and become individuals. There is a loss in this. The loss of deep connection to Nature as life taking form. During this deeply experiential seminar we offer an embodied exploration of Being with Nature as THOU, at Wild Rites we call this “Soulmaking in Nature.” This is an opportunity to see yourself mirrored in Nature and deepen your practice of yourself as Nature.

Over the three morning seminars you will have the opportunity to taste some of this work.

• Morning 1 will be an embodied and experiential introduction to the Soulmaking Wheel; a pan cultural map of human wholeness based on the ancient Medicine Wheel teachings present in many nature based traditions.

• Morning 2 you will cross a threshold and undertake a Soulmaking Walk in Nature alone.

• Morning 3 you will bring the story of your walk back across that threshold and have your story mirrored for empowerment

Alex Hatfield Just a click away – meet her on

She is co-founder of Wild Rites, a graduate of the IoP, London, therapist, and soul guide. She has been leading nature based ceremonies for over 20 years and lives in the English Lake District. She blends psychosynthesis, somatic and Jungian approaches in all her work. She is passionate about Nature as unifying centre and seeks to elevate the wisdom nature mirrors to us every day. She teaches others to see the mythic in natures mirror and how to embed nature-based story into their own practices. http://www.wildrites.uk/

Morning Seminar – SEM 2 DERMOD MOORE

ROOTING OUR CREATIVITY

For many of us, especially those in the caring professions, nurturing our own creative expression takes a back seat, while we focus on nurturing others. And yet it is often the experience of having our own creative spark dimmed or denied that leads us into this work in the first place.

Those who are creative in their daily lives - by which I mean engaged in the regular routine of "making new stuff" - have a solid enough root system in place. They are grounded, wellnourished, and despite a bad season or two can come back to flower again another day.

So often, creativity workshops are about perfecting the flower, are focussed on the end result, finessing the craft. This seminar is less about the beauty of the flower, and more about the choices we need to make about where, when, and how we plant ourselves in order to flower, according to our nature. A space where each of us can work on our own creative Will Project in an atmosphere of encouragement. If we are not flowering, then perhaps the issue is more about picking the right ground, the right climate, not in wishing we were a different plant.

Dermod Moore Just a click away – meet him on

Psychosynthesis psychotherapist, supervisor. Trainer at The Trust in London and elsewhere.

Founding member Irish Psychosynthesis Network.

Taught "Creativity for the Caretaker" in 2015/2016

Taught in Mullsjö in 2016 for Psykosyntesföreningen, and in 2019 at the EFPP Summer School, on the topic Woman/Man/Human. Currently host at https://bonhom.ie/rolling-cafe/

Morning Seminar – SEM 3

LIVIA FRISCHER

THE WINGED HEART AND THE ROOTED BODY

EMBODYING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PERSONAL AND THE TRANSPERSONAL

“We are led to believe that we are human beings on a spiritual journey, but actually, we are spiritual being on a human journey“ (Diederik van Rossum)

The more grounded/rooted we are in our body, heart, and mind, the more we can expand our spirituality and our connection to soul. The aim of this seminar is to create an experience where you can further expand your spirituality in a grounded, and embodied way, so that soul energy can land in your experience, a bit more. This seminar integrates Psychosynthesis and Movement Medicine, through guided imageries, embodied imagination, mediative movements, and dance, we will explore and connect to:

• the body as a counterpart of nature, as well as being the temple for the soul. We will work with the elemental life within and their connection to Nature.

• The multidimensional heart: the physical, the psychological, and the soulful heart, where your soul is anchored connecting you to the Divine Heart.

• You will learn a practice or two, to take home with you. In this seminar I will be integrating Psychosynthesis and Movement Medicine. We will move quite a lot, so please come in comfortable clothes and sport shoes.

Livia Frischer

Co- founder of the Swedish Psychosynthesis Institute in Gothenburg, Sweden in the early 90’s. Livia is a Psychosynthesis therapist, supervisor and worked as a trainer in few Psychosynthesis institutes in Europe. She integrates Psychosynthesis with Movement Medicine - a body based practice for consciousness development. In her work with Keys To Liberation, this powerful integration creates a ‘soul midwifing’ experience, deep healing and life changing transformation. https://keystoliberation.com/

CONNECTING HEAVEN AND EARTH

HOW ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES OF OUR BRAIN REGULATE OUR ACCESS TO SELF

In psychosynthesis, we use the term ‘Self Realization’ and the concept of ‘letting go’ of the known as well as allowing the unknown. Something that can get in the way, however, is our identity and the necessary expression of this identity, in order for us to experience who we. In that we might get trapped.

Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges, as well as Ian McGilchrist’s modelling of how the two brain hemispheres function (‘The Matter with Things’), have introduced additional and helpful perspectives. The concepts of safety and states of the brain (‘higher’ and ‘lower’ brain functions) and the dominance of one part of the brain over the other, need to be seen within a societal, historical, and social context. These concepts include identity and also go beyond that.

The additional perspectives can be used to revisit the concept of Self Realization and the road towards it. This goal might not be as accessible to all, as the basic Psychosynthesis model might seem to suggest. The trauma informed perspective and the concept that we have lost our connection with the earth, are creating a perception of us being lost in a limited potential and ‘non-being’ in the world. These new thoughts and models also give a deeper understanding about how, in the work with our clients, we sometimes run into resistance that simply cannot be understood with the mind.

The participants will

• Be offered an introduction to the model of Ian McGilchrist, including relevant elements of the Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges and revisit the concept of Self Realization (including the dimensions of growth model of Roberto Assagioli)

• Explore the orientation in their own brain, through self experiential explorations using both the heaven and earth orientation as concepts.

• Learn how we could construct a concept of connecting Heaven and Earth, using the potential of the synthesis, and include the way to which our brain might be oriented.

More about the Seminar Leader on the next page…

Connecting Heaven and Earth THE SEMINAR LEADER

Giel Luichjes

works as a psychosynthesis psychotherapist in Amsterdam with young adults, questions on gender and sexuality, early childhood trauma and people wanting to reclaim their sexuality after abuse.

Giel has a special interest in existential psychotherapy and social constructivism in trying to understand complex social phenomena and more down to earth: the dynamics in human relations.

He teaches and supervises on Sexuality, Gender, Existential Psychotherapy, Defence Mechanisms, Character Styles, Interrelations and the Psychosynthesis Essentials.

https://www.sinteze.nl/

SELF IN RELATION - ENCOUNTERING THE WORLD AROUND

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP TO ANOTHER? TO ANOTHER PERSON, ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER COUNTRY, ANOTHER IDEA?

How do we stay connected and grounded in our own self when we interact with someone or something beyond ourselves? How we relate to another forms the basis for how we relate to the world – to our loved ones, our community, to things we like and don’t like, to new ideas and foreign cultures, to actions by others that threaten our sense of safety and security, and to global challenges.

How can we move forward in an increasingly chaotic world and have the courage and curiosity to connect to others in a meaningful and transformative way?

• This workshop will explore the experience of Self-connection (roots) and how to support the energies that radiate from us as we move into relation with others (wings).

• We will explore our interactions and our response to things around us through writing, intuitive art techniques and movement in nature.

• There will be time for personal reflection and group dialogue and experiences.

• Participants will leave the workshop with an increased awareness of and an expanded confidence (wings) in relating to others and our world from a place of grounded presence.

Amy Spalding-Fecher

studied Psychosynthesis and Teacher Training at the Synthesis Center with Didi Firman. She has taught at Synthesis Northeast since 2017 and is Director of the 19 month program. She has worked extensively with Anne and Tom Yeomans since 2014. Previously studied transformational art facilitation in Cape Town (bridgingpolarities.co.za).

http://www./synthesiscoaching.org/

ANN MARIE LAMB

LIFE’S JOURNEY – EVOLVING THROUGH THE FUSION OF OPPOSITES

THE CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF ARCHETYPAL OPPOSITES

Our theme embraces Life’s journey in the company of archetypal opposites. Let us explore heights and depths, shadow, and light, as we find our balance through the Mandorla (symbol of merging unity), achieving synthesis between heaven and earth. We shall touch on how the star of functions play out in the dance of opposites and invite our shadow to become more visible.

We shall explore this through the creative use of visualizations, images, and symbols. The methods, models, and theories of Assagioli will be briefly addressed, as well as aspects of Jungian psychology and the principles of bibliotherapy, including the reading of a few chosen texts or poems. To live as “Souls on Earth” is to stand firmly rooted and at the same time go beyond, soaring high, stretching for the stars.

Ann Marie Lamb Just a click away – meet her on

Accredited Psychosynthesis Therapist PSA® and Psychosynthesis Counsellor RACS® as well as certified Imago® couples’ therapist. She has also trained in Existential Counselling and Bibliotherapy. She is dedicated to Psychosynthesis and is inspired by aspects of Jungian Psychology. She works with creative methods to help participants manifest the harmonious balance of body-mind-spirit.

https://heartwise.se/

SHAMANIC DRUM JOURNEY

While our conscious mind is safely sleeping, dreaming is literally an in-sight into our unconscious inner world of imagination and intuition. Whilst it has ancient roots, today shamanic journeying is a gentle, powerful, psychosynthetic, psychological experience, a waking dream while in a deep meditative state, allowing our inner world to take wing. Unlike dreaming, we choose to journey, we set an intention the issue to explore in the journey we readily remember what unfolded, in recounting and reflecting on the journey with another person we ground its insights into our lives.

Guiding a client’s journey, you help them set their intention. Whilst beating slowly on your drum, you use gentle words around the breath to help them gain a meditative state. You invite them to declare their intention and begin their journey. Throughout the journey, typically twenty minutes, you beat your drum at 240 beats/minute brainwave frequency in a deep meditative state. A change in drum beat guides the client to return gently to normal consciousness. You work with the client to ground the journey.

The aim of the workshop is for participants to experience a journey for themselves and to learn how to guide a journey for a client. It includes two drum journeys, since the participants take turns journeying and holding space for each other.

David England

is a Psychosynthesis psychotherapist with a private practice in Maidenhead, England. He trained at the Institute of Psychosynthesis, where he also has been a course tutor for seven years. Also trained as shamanic practitioner at Eagle's Wing College of Contemporary Shamanism. David has written “Soulfulness, The Marriage of Shamanic and Contemporary Psychology” where he describes many connections between psychosynthesis and shamanism. David is also a professional storyteller and has written “Berkshire Folk Tales” and “Lancashire Folk Tales”. He also was a course tutor for seven years https://www.davidengland.co.uk/ &

www.soulfulness.co.uk

Afternoon Workshop

EUAN HENRI MACKIE

EXPLORING THE NURTURE OF PERSONAL AGENCY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

This will be a workshop exploration of how to nurture a personal agency of young people in their families and education, from an integrated educational, and psychological perspective. We will explore together the concept of nurturing 'personal agency' as drawing and developing awareness of a personal sense of meaning (soul).

This will refer to psychosynthesis concepts and the work of Diana Whitmore and Social Psychology interventions for young people (Teens and Toddlers in the UK). From research, I will present information on the conditions which nurture psychological dispositions i.e., the roots for young people to have a clearer sense of meaning and vocation in life which can develop their agency (Wings).

There will be three stages:

• First: What is a sense of Agency and how therapeutic practice, and education may underpin Personal Agency.

• Second: The core psychological conditions in therapy and education which can provide the Roots of Agency.

• Third: Two key approaches for enhancing personal agency in family, therapy and education which allow young people to shine and fly.

The workshop will involve a playful collaboration of participants in groups to explore and share these themes from their experiences.

Experienced educator: as a headteacher, and then leadership coach; a student of therapeutic and scientific practice for fourteen years including the Psychosynthesis Trust, London; a peace education volunteer with Service

Civil International and the Alternatives to Violence Project; A writer: "Promoting the Personal Development of Young People" draws on all these experiences (Amazon). http://www.personalagency.co.uk/

Euan Henri Mackie Just a click away – meet him on

TRAUMATIZATION FROM A PSYCHOSYNTHESIS PERSPECTIVE

Traumatization of various kinds is common among people that we work with as therapists. But what do we exactly mean by the word trauma, and how is it different from other forms of psychological suffering?

This workshop offers an understanding of the effects of traumatization on the psyche, and some practical tools for working with healing and integration. We will focus on how the models and ways of working that we already have as psychosynthesis practitioners can be adapted to meet the needs of more traumatized clients.

My inspiration for this way of understanding psychosynthesis in relation to trauma comes mainly from the theories and methods of Mentalization Based Therapy and Compassion Focussed Therapy, that have many similarities. Both these approaches see the split between parts of the personality as the main symptom of traumatization and are focused primarily on healing those internal relationships.

In psychosynthesis terms we will be referring to subpersonalities in relation to traumatization, and the grounding of transpersonal experiences since it is common among traumatized persons to have a genuine openness to the spiritual which is also used as an escape.

is a psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice, and a trainer at the Psychosynthesis Academy of Stockholm where he has been teaching for twenty five years. Fredrik has also trained in relational and affect focused psychotherapy, and most recently compassion focused therapy. He describes his therapeutic orientation as integrative and strives to adapt his way of working to the needs of each particular client.

www.flundh.se

Fredrik Lundh

EROS AND PSYCHE IN PRACTICE

As Psychosynthesis practitioners, we often tend to approach our client´s presenting problem as a request for guidance on a journey of self-discovery. In the myth of Eros and Psyche it is the Beauty of Consciousness which enables Psyche to find her self in shedding light upon the relationship in which her own innocence holds her hostage; in doing so, however, Psyche unwittingly eclipses Eros.

During her journey, Psyche learns the dance of surrender and will and it is this which leads to a true union with Eros. As we can imagine, the essence of this myth often manifests itself in the therapy room- not only within the client but also within the therapist- and in the ‘field’ between client and therapist.

During this workshop we shall be using this myth as a context within which to explore and share our experiences as therapists. To quote James Hillman: “My own individuation impulse, my desire for Psyche, must be ignited. The therapist’s desire is to bring health of awareness, imagination, and beauty to life in the soul and to constellate with his/her psyche the eros of the other”.

Jaap Buijs Just a click away – meet him on

From a background as a social worker and later a Jungian archetypal astrologer, I started my training at the London Institute of Psychosynthesis in 1983. Since then, I have been working as a Psychosynthesistherapist, supervisor and trainer (currently as member of the training staff of the ‘Broedplaats’ in the Netherlands) www.jaapbuijs.org

EXPLORING OUR ROOTS AND WINGS IN LIFE

Roots' and 'wings' represent two great archetypical energy patterns within ourselves, which in this workshop will be approached in a purely imaginatively manner. We will explore our experience of these two complementary ways of being as spontaneously and free from preconceived ideas as we can, because spontaneous images offer direct access to the deepest layers of our psyche.

Roots and wings as important ways of living: how do we deal with the emotions and sensations that come with them, how do we use their potentials and how can we integrate this into our behavior and practice in our daily lives?

How to work with these issues in therapy and counselling with clients will also be addressed. We will work with inner images, large drawings, body and voice expression and integration.

The workshop will be in English with translation in French if asked for (avec traduction en

Jan Taal

Just a click away – meet him on

Jan studied clinical psychology at the Universities of Amsterdam and Leiden and was trained in psychosynthesis in the Netherlands and Italy (19781982). He studied cultural anthropology, eastern and western spiritual traditions, transpersonal psychology, and traditional medicine of plant healers in the Amazon in Peru. Since 1980 up to today he practices psychosynthesis therapy and is trainer at the Amsterdam School for Imagery. He developed the Imagery Toolbox for cancer patients and others in crisis. Jan’s latest publication: Imagery in Therapy, Counselling and Coaching https://www.imaginatie.nl/wpcontent/uploads/2022/08/Imagery-in-therapycounselling-and-coaching.-Jan-Taal.-augustus-2022.pdf www.imaginatie.nl/en & https://imagerytoolbox.com/

START MEETING LIFE IN OUR DEEPEST AUTHENTICITY

PSYCHOSYNTHESIS AND FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS

Our life is an adventure which starts in a family. We are here because of the love of our parents that Life chose as the perfect ones to have us here, giving us the possibility to sound our unique and personal note.

Families are our perfect roots to fly but we need to find our right place in them: the one which makes us able to receive love and give it back to life. If we find it, we find our “yes” to life, our thanks to our familiar system and we know how to ask and how to give, start meeting life with a strong, good, wise, and transpersonal Will.

How it works

In the workshop the attending people will experience how to recognize the right place in relation to parents and their family group and how this place gives them strength and the possibility to be connected with their existential project with their whole family cheering for them.

In the workshop I will share few basic information’s about the theory where Family Constellations are based on and then the group will experience how to be connected with their own Authenticity and Will through simple exercises and visualizations.

This workshop will be held in Italian and translated into English.

Lucia Centolani

Trainer, Counsellor, and Coach in Psychosynthesis trained at the Istituto Internazionale Psicosintesi Educativa in Italy since 2005 and Family Constellator since 2015. Teaching in counselling and coaching schools and in constellation classes with a Psychosynthesis Vision. She works as a Counsellor, Coach, Focusing Practitioner, Constellator and second level Reiki Operator www.psicosintesieducativa.it

Afternoon Workshop

MAYTE GÓMEZ & JANET DERWENT

EMBRACING OUR PERSONALITIES - LIBERATING OUR SOUL

A WORKSHOP ON CREATIVE MEDITATION

One of the ways in which we can understand the theme of the Summer School, “Roots and Wings”, is that it is only by embracing our personalities that we can liberate our Soul, that it is only by embracing the world as it is that we can find our Purpose.

When we embrace our opposites, we can find Synthesis. When we embrace our identifications and work through them, we can see the qualities that are trying to emerge. When we accept our human nature… we can feel the presence of the Soul.

This workshop is an invitation to explore these themes and these experiences through the practice of Creative Meditation, as taught to us by Roberto Assagioli. This simple and yet deep practice includes different stages: reflective meditation, in which we work with a seed thought; receptive meditation, in which we open to insight; creative visualization, in which we project and create; as well as invocation, radiation and blessing.

It is a safe practice when done in a simple and basic way. Through the practice of Creative Meditation, we root ourselves where we are at this point in life, so that we can aspire to manifest our highest potential in the here and now.

More about the Seminar Leaders on the next page…

EMBRACING OUR PERSONALITIES – LIBERATION OUR SOUL THE SEMINAR LEADERS

Mayte Gómez

Just a click away – meet her on Psychosynthesis psychotherapist (Trust, London). Yoga, Meditation, Yoga Nidra Teacher. Member of Sundial House, organization founded by Assagioli in England (1956). SDH offers courses/seminars on Creative Meditation and on the Laws and Principles for a new civilization. SDH: Member of the Board and co-director of the 3-year-long training in Creative Meditation.

www.espaciodeluz.net

Chairperson of the Sundial House Group where Creative Meditation and the six universal Laws and Principles of the Higher Self are foundational. The Creative Meditation programs include a 10-year service activity based on materials co-authored by Roberto Assagioli.

Janet worked and trained at Sundial House in Tunbridge Wells, England from 1991 until 1994 with the late Michal Eastcott. Michal Eascott and Nancy Magor working with Roberto Assagioli were the co-founders of the Sundial House Group for Creative Meditation. Janet worked initially as a Research Biochemist then as an Advanced Skills Chemistry Teacher and until recently as a Psychosynthesis counsellor.

www.creativegroupmeditation.org

Janet Derwent

Afternoon Workshop MILOŠ BOROVŠAK

NATURE PLAY

In this afternoon workshop, you will reconnect to your childish curiosity and playfulness to experience nature through different eyes.

The workshop is a hands-on or better shoes-on experience that will take participants outdoors in the forests surrounding the summer school venue. Once outdoor the set of activities will guide participants through stages of awakening enthusiasm, focusing attention, direct experience and sharing inspiration to experience nature.

The workshop covers one of the exposed topics from »Roots and Wings« title of the summer school i.e., nature that can help us ground and allow our roots to grow. It can also serve as an inspiration with constant change we can observe during the seasons. Taking participants outdoors and presenting them with nature in a new way can help achieve some or all of the above possibility’s nature is offering us.

Miloš Borovšak Just a click away – meet him on

He has more than 20 years of experience designing and leading outdoor learning experiences for children and adults mostly in scouting. A facilitator of transformative learning and leadership and he is finishing his MA in psychosynthesis psychology and counsellor training at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London. https://www.milosborovsak.com/

Afternoon Workshop RAFFAELLA DISAVOIA

BORN TO BE HAPPY

NURTURING THE ROOTS AND THE WINGS OF OUR BEING

Roberto Assagioli, together with sages and masters of all times and places, said we were born to be happy. In fact, the pursuit of happiness has always been part of our history as human beings. Certainly, "happiness" exists.

But human nature is complex and multifaceted, and so is happiness, whatever we mean with this word. It is not a thrilled face or a fake smile. Happiness is rooted in our body, grows through our psyche and flourishes in our spirit.

The workshop is a starting point to train for happiness, learning to know it, choose it and grow it. From our roots to our wings.

Raffaella DiSavoia Just a click away – meet her on Psychosynthesis counsellor since 2004, trainer, coach, and supervisor. Member of the board of Istituto Internazionale Psicosintesi Educativa. Alongside her work as a trainer in IIPE counselling school, she developed seminars on Happiness which she delivers all over Italy since 2008. Lives in the northern Italy countryside. https://psicosintesieducativa.it/

In the evenings

PELLA THIEL Inspirational Speaker

THE NATURAL MAGIC OF LIFE

How would a society look like that is connected to nature and the natural world? What would be the role of us humans in that connection and how could we create collective forms of a resilient relationship to Mother Earth?

When we listen to our roots as humans, we find a natural love for nature and life. Maybe it is first when we act from these roots, that we can truly find our wings as individuals and as a collective.

Pella shares her thoughts and experiences from eco-psychology and activism and invites the audience to reflect in new and different ways.

A maverick ecologist and activist who works with relational, systemic activism, change processes and leadership for a society in harmony with nature.

She is a knowledge expert in the UN Harmony with Nature initiative and co-founder of Swedish hubs of international networks like Swedish Transition Network, End Ecocide Sweden, and Save the Rainforest Sweden. She also teaches ecopsychology and is a part of the eco-psychology/art/activist NGO Lodyn.

Pella coordinated the first Rights of Nature Conferences in Sweden. She has an MSc in Ecology from Stockholm University with the thesis on rainforest restoration in Ecuador.

She enjoys pigs, having her hands in the soil at the smallholding in the archipelago of Stockholm where she lives, whisky and playing with people who truly love what they are doing. https://pellathiel.se/

Pella Thiel

FIND YOUR ROOTS, SO, YOU CAN SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY…

THE SUMMER SCHOOL TEAM 2023

WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN PERSON AT THE SUMMER SCHOOL!

JUST A CLICK AWAY – MEET EVA SANNER ABOUT THE SUMMER SCHOOL ON

We are

• Eva Sanner, Sweden

• Haike Fiedler, Germany

• Jasenka Gojšić, Croatia

• Martine Ducheine, Netherlands

• Yolande van Wijk, Netherlands

Contact us via email: info@psychosynthesis-europe.com

Eva

Haike

Jasenka

Martine

Yolande

The EPA Summer School 2023 is an offer from The European Psychosynthesis Association (EPA) The European Psychosynthesis Association (EPA) is a voluntary, non-profit association registered in the Netherlands in 2021:

The European Psychosynthesis Association

Cruquiuskade 113

1018 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

email: info@psychosynthesis-europe.com

Dutch chamber of commerce number (KvK): 82702578

The European Psychosynthesis Association (EPA) is represented by the Board members:

• David Newman, Ireland (Chair of Board)

• Eleni Papadopoulos, United Kingdom

• Eva Sanner, Sweden (Chair of Summer School Working Team)

• Giel Luichjes, Netherlands (Treasurer)

• Karen Rawden, United Kingdom

• Monika Kuiter, Germany

• Tom Rysstad, Norway

Find more Information on our Websites: https://www.psychosynthesis-europe.com/

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