An Integral approach to health and well-being attends to an "all- quadrant" perspective, acknowledging the interdependence of personal, social, cultural, and biological domains. In this workshop, we review how these dimensions can work together to enhance growth and healing, and how to effect change by adding a larger philosophical and ethical context. Through an active engagement in Ken Wilber's Integral model, participants are guided to identify areas in their lives where a more comprehensive view may enable a greater understanding of personal evolution, given the cultural and global contexts; professional applications are considered. In addition to the didactic presentations, participants are invited into a series of learning modalities that include reflective observation, conceptual exploration, Socratic dialogue, and large and small group experiential exercises.

Learning outcomes: At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will be:

1. Conversant in the parameters of the quadrants of the Integral map;

2. Able to identify lines (streams) and stages (waves) of development in each of the quadrants, as they pertain to themselves personally and professionally;

3. Able to use the "All-Quadrant, All-Lines" (AQAL) map as an assessment tool for work with clients and in other professional settings;

4. Able to use the AQAL perspective to inform selection of therapeutic approaches and interventions; and participants will be

5. Provided with reading materials, references and other resources that strengthen knowledge about the Integral approach to self, relationships, society, and the environment.

Recommended Reading: Bert Parlee's article, An Introduction to Integral Psychotherapy ; also recommended is Ken Wilber's (2006), Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World (the first four chapters serve as an introduction to the Integral model).

Bert Parlee, Ph.D.

Offering leadership and other growth related trainings around the world, Dr Parlee is a licensed clinical psychologist with private psychotherapy, executive and personal life coaching practices in Mill Valley, California. From its inception, Bert has served as Chief of Staff of Ken Wilber's Integral Institute in Colorado, where he now works as lead trainer of professional seminars. Dr. Parlee is a founding partner of Integral Development Associates, a management consultation firm in Seattle. He also serves as a leadership trainer and executive coach with the Stagen Leadership Institute in Dallas. Bert teaches at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana; the Organizational Psychology Coaching program at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasanton, California; and the Organizational Psychology MBA program at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Bert honored in Political Science from the University of New Brunswick in 1977, and has a MA in contemplative psychology from Naropa University, 1984. A published author, he received his doctorate in clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, 1993.