Trauma shapes much of the behavior of the world, and its unconscious reenactment results in tremendous difficulties for businesses, schools, government, healthcare institutions, and others. Awareness of the roles trauma plays, and knowledge of the steps necessary to defuse and redirect the negatives into useful and positive actions will assist all of these vital groups to function more effectively.
The Catalyst Foundation’s pioneering Creating a Healing Society Program invites all of us to explore what drives human behavior and the significance of human emotional pain and trauma as a major underlying cause of the most serious problems facing our society today. It is well known that without healthy support, traumatized people (unconsciously influenced by their inner pain) will engage in self-destructive and/or antisocial behaviors. While we are accustomed to thinking about the impact of trauma on the individual, most of us are unaware of the dramatic effect that unresolved trauma and difficult life experiences have on society and the world.
The cumulative result of these pain-driven behaviors can be seen in our violent society, in the ongoing cycle of child abuse and neglect, in unemployment, homelessness and poverty, in drug addiction and alcoholism, in the quality, effectiveness, and well-being of our businesses and organizations, on our governments and institutions and, on an international level, in terrorism and war.
The Creating a Healing Society Program’s powerful presentations and unique training programs, consisting of half-day, full-day, and a more comprehensive 12 session curriculum, bring the issue of trauma, and its devastating impact, fully to light. Additionally, the prime focus of the Program is to provide participants with the necessary tools to transform themselves, their families, and their workplaces into “Healing Societies.”
The training programs are conducted by Susan Lawrence, M.D., an award-winning author and noted expert in the field of trauma-driven behavior, and David Mashore, a successful businessman, teacher, mentor, and national speaker. These two bring a powerfully symbiotic set of skills to create the exceptional success of the training programs. See testimonials.
These training programs have been presented to and utilized by a variety of groups and individuals nationwide. From prestigious national conferences, to maximum-security prisoners, large healthcare organizations, Native American communities, businesses, educational institutions, churches, and compassionate philanthropic groups. The elements of the program relate powerfully to each one of us.
We are proud to provide an ongoing in-depth, twelve-session program for the prisoners at the maximum-security California State Prison-Los Angeles County (CSP-LAC). Since 2004, this cutting-edge program has provided a tool for insight and personal transformation for the men in the Honor Program at CSP-LAC. With the invaluable aid of life prisoner Kenneth E. Hartman, this program was designed and made especially effective for prisoners.
The Creating a Healing Society Program offers presentations and workshops nationwide, custom tailored to the needs of each group.
CEU’s for Catalyst’s groundbreaking Creating a Healing Society program are available for California RN’s, MFT’s, MFCC’s, and LCSW’s.
While addressing the impact of human emotional pain and trauma on society and the world this transformational course includes a powerful multi-media DVD presentation set to music and written materials. It also includes a copy of Susan’s award winning book, Creating a Healing Society: The Impact of Human Emotional Pain and Trauma on Society and the World.
The course offers an extensive resource guide and additional materials on trauma and recovery organizations, workshops, books and articles, and websites, in case you wish to continue your research on your own.
This course (number 100608) is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Science for 7 continuing education hours; it also has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing for 7 contact hours.
The cost is $100 which includes a certificate of completion reflecting 7 CEU hours. The certificate will be sent to you upon satisfactory completion of the twenty question test. You must answer 75% or more of the questions correctly to receive credit.
If you are interested in participating in this course, or would like more information, please call Ana at 661-948-8559 x102 or email her at: anaz@qnet.com
Beginning with a powerful multi-media presentation, the Creating a Healing Society Program interactive presentations and workshops provide a detailed overview of how individual human trauma impacts each of us and how the principles taught can be used as a springboard to positive change for ourselves and for our organizations. Topics discussed include:
The CHS program can be adapted and modified to each client’s specifications and needs. If you have any questions or would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
All donations in support of the Creating a Healing Society program are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law and can be made by cash or check payable to The Catalyst Foundation.
The Catalyst Foundation is an approved continuing education provider by the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences and the California State Board of Registered Nursing, and offers CE hours for programs for these professionals. Please contact us to see about our convenient CEU program.