Regeneration is achieved by working together in concert with others. By bringing different people together, whom have different psychologies and creative forces, new vistas emerge for insight, growth, healing, and emotional transformation. Others help us actualize our possibilities.
Because all forms of discontent, psychological problems, or unhappiness necessarily involve or have been caused by other people, a small group immersion experience creates opportunities for interpersonal attachment, growth, understanding, and recognition. The interpersonal immediacy and intimacy generated in mutually exploring one's life among others creates internal connections, insight, and integrations while allowing for an expansion of the emotional bonds people seek but lack. The power of emotional transformation and integration within a supportive, caring, and empathically responsive environment allows for a broader and more vibrant range of internal experiences and expressions that make people feel more alive.
About your Facilitator
Conducted by a gifted, compassionate, and sensitive therapist, Dr. Jon Mills has conducted therapeutic groups of all kinds and facilitated retreat weekends for many years. Trained in psychodynamic, existential, person-centered, and Tavistock traditions, his therapeutic style is concerned with fostering cohesion, trust, interpersonal safety, closeness, and open and genuine dialogue among members. Members face their difficulties together honestly and with dignity, where interpersonal feedback and insight are cultivated, while expanding realms of possibility they did not previously consider nor were aware of as such. Because many of our problems or dissatisfaction are determined and sustained by forces outside of our awareness, members come to understand the main causes of their difficulties by being listened to attentively with compassion and empathy, offered validation and insight, and guided toward uncovering aspects of themselves they were not previously conscious of. In a community of others who all struggle and strive in their own unique ways, new opportunities for growth and healing are realized. Dr. Mills' international reputation in the fields of attachment, psychoanalysis, and relational therapy allow him to help members identify the core of their difficulties while creating a therapeutic ambiance where personal obstacles may be transcended.