Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP

Successful people think differently. They have the ability to bounce back, persevere, and make things happen. In this innovative learning laboratory, participants are exposed to the growing research on the mindset for success. Discover why some people run away from challenges while others rise to the occasion. If you feel like you have reached a plateau; or if you are afraid of both failure and success; if you are prone to giving up or self-sabotage,then let twenty years of research teach you the mindset for success.

AN EVENING LECTURE
Friday, July 13, 7–10pm
12SP98P    For CEUs click here
Members: $45 / Nonmembers: $50
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Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP

In a world focused on fixing weakness where many approaches to psychology are directed toward pathologies, discover instead the new field of identifying, studying and using our signature strengths. Discover which strengths correlate with individual life satisfaction, success, effective parenting, creativity and more. Learn to harness your own inner strengths and support those around you. In this way, you can shift from a mindset of deficiency to one of potential.

AN EVENING LECTURE
Friday. June 22, 7–10pm
12SP44P   For CEUs click here
Members: $45 / Nonmembers: $50
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Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, and Louis Alloro, MEd, MAPP

Gratitude is an often overlooked yet powerful approach to increasing positive emotions. Over the past two decades scientists have discovered many subtle ways for using gratitude as a tool for affecting physical and emotional health. Learn to shift from a negative or neutral emotional state into a positive one. And learn to feel grateful rather than just think about gratitude. Learning the science of gratitude will leave participants feeling empowered, and inspired with tools for boosting their mood and feeling authentically happier.

AN EVENING LECTURE
Friday, June 1, 7–10pm
12SP48P For CEUs click here
Members: $45 / Nonmembers: $50
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Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Psychedelic Therapy Research: The State of the Art

This class is part of a series of 4 classes that can be taken individually or as a whole. To register for the complete series click here.

We are in the midst of a “psychedelic renaissance” of extraordinary research at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and other top medical schools.  This webinar series will share the powerful findings of this leading-edge research with four leaders in this exciting new work. We will use interactive discussions and audience participation.

Psychedelic Therapy with Cancer Patients: Living as One Approaches Death
William (Bill) A. Richards, Ph.D., Clinical Director, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Psilocybin and Cancer Study
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Moderator

The core of this webinar will focus on the variety of alternative states of consciousness accessed with entheogens, the factors that influence what is experienced, and the “fruits for life” that may result from the wise and responsible use of “psychedelic sacraments,” especially in reference to research with cancer patients.

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

Sunday, July 29, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWP102D
$29
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Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Psychedelic Therapy Research: The State of the Art

This class is part of a series of 4 classes that can be taken individually or as a whole. To register for the complete series click here.

We are in the midst of a “psychedelic renaissance” of extraordinary research at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and other top medical schools.  This webinar series will share the powerful findings of this leading-edge research with four leaders in this exciting new work. We will use interactive discussions and audience participation.

MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Rationale, History and Ongoing Clinical Research
Michael Mithoefer, M.D., Principal Investigator, MAPS MDMA PTSD study
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Moderator

PTSD is a serious public health problem for which existing treatments are often inadequate.  MDMA has shown promise as a catalyst to psychotherapy for PTSD in early clinical trials, and is currently being tested in veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD.  We will discuss the results of this research, the nature of the therapeutic effects of MDMA and developing research worldwide.

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

Saturday, July 28, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWP102C
$29
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Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Psychedelic Therapy Research: The State of the Art

This class is part of a series of 4 classes that can be taken individually or as a whole. To register for the complete series click here.

We are in the midst of a “psychedelic renaissance” of extraordinary research at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and other top medical schools.  This webinar series will share the powerful findings of this leading-edge research with four leaders in this exciting new work. We will use interactive discussions and audience participation.

Psychedelics by Prescription: A Strategy
Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Executive Director, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Moderator

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS, www.maps.org) is a non-profit pharmaceutical company focusing on developing the therapeutic uses of psychedelics and marijuana into FDA-approved prescription medicines.  Rick will discuss MAPS' overall strategy and report on studies of MDMA, LSD, ibogaine, ayahuasca and marijuana.

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

Saturday, July 21, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWP102B
$29
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Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Psychedelic Therapy Research: The State of the Art

This class is part of a series of 4 classes that can be taken individually or as a whole. To register for the complete series click here.

We are in the midst of a “psychedelic renaissance” of extraordinary research at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and other top medical schools.  This webinar series will share the powerful findings of this leading-edge research with four leaders in this exciting new work. We will use interactive discussions and audience participation.

Psychedelic Therapy Research: An Introduction
Neal M. Goldsmith, PhD
This webinar will describe the latest results of new research on psychedelic therapy – key effects, new conclusions, and open questions – and will outline the intriguing modern history of psychedelic research that has brought us to this exciting point.

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

Saturday, July 7, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWP102A
$29
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Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. To participate, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel.

Awake Beyond Your Dreams: Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
Stephen LaBerge, PhD

Lucid dreaming, in which we realize we are dreaming while fully engaged in the dream world, is an extraordinary and exhilarating altered state of consciousness available to us while we sleep. Scientific research has established the reality of lucid dreams, and by developing new methods of induction and stabilization has made lucid dreaming into a learnable skill, a powerful tool for self exploration. In this three-part interactive webinar, you will learn how we  construct our experience of reality, how to become lucid in your dreams and guide them wisely, and how to use lucid dreaming to awaken more fully to the miracle of being, bliss, and awareness.

Learn More about Lucid Dreaming:
Stephen Laberge: Lucid Dreaming (excerpt) - A Thinking Allowed DVD with Jeffrey Mishlove
Stephen LaBerge, PhD, on Lucid Dreaming (video excerpt)

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

A WEBINAR SERIES
(3 sessions) Saturdays, June 2–16, 1–3pm EDT
12OLWPS102 • $80 (No Member Discount)
$70 Early Bird rate by May 19
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Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Psychedelic Therapy Research: The State of the Art

A Webinar series hosted by Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.

Faculty Includes: Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Michael Mithoefer, M.D., and Bill A. Richards, Ph.D.

We are in the midst of a “psychedelic renaissance” of extraordinary research at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and other top medical schools.  This webinar series will share the powerful findings of this leading-edge research with four leaders in this exciting new work. We will use interactive discussions and audience participation.

Psychedelic Therapy Research: An Introduction
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.
This webinar will describe the latest results of new research on psychedelic therapy – key effects, new conclusions, and open questions – and will outline the intriguing modern history of psychedelic research that has brought us to this exciting point.
Saturday, July 7, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWP102A

Psychedelics by Prescription: A Strategy
Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Executive Director, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Moderator

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS, www.maps.org) is a non-profit pharmaceutical company focusing on developing the therapeutic uses of psychedelics and marijuana into FDA-approved prescription medicines.  Rick will discuss MAPS' overall strategy and report on studies of MDMA, LSD, ibogaine, ayahuasca and marijuana.
Saturday, July 21, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWP102B

MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Rationale, History and Ongoing Clinical Research
Michael Mithoefer, M.D., Principal Investigator, MAPS MDMA PTSD study
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Moderator

PTSD is a serious public health problem for which existing treatments are often inadequate.  MDMA has shown promise as a catalyst to psychotherapy for PTSD in early clinical trials, and is currently being tested in veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD.  We will discuss the results of this research, the nature of the therapeutic effects of MDMA and developing research worldwide.

Saturday, July 28, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWP102C

Psychedelic Therapy with Cancer Patients: Living as One Approaches Death
William (Bill) A. Richards, Ph.D., Clinical Director, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Psilocybin and Cancer Study
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Moderator

The core of this webinar will focus on the variety of alternative states of consciousness accessed with entheogens, the factors that influence what is experienced, and the “fruits for life” that may result from the wise and responsible use of “psychedelic sacraments,” especially in reference to research with cancer patients.
Sunday, July 29, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWP102D

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

A WEBINAR SERIES
(4 sessions) Saturdays, July 7–28,
and Sunday, July 29, 1-3pm EDT
No class on July 14.
12OLWP102Z
$110 (No Member Discount) for series
$29 for individual webinars
$99 Early Bird rate when registering for
entire webinar series by June 30
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Read the following recent articles:

"Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" by Alexander Zaitchik.
"How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death" in the New York Times Sunday Magazine by Lauren Slater.

Jean Houston, PhD

Many cultures believe that each of us is guided by an inner spiritual Presence and that conscious communion with this “Beloved of the Soul” is the key to a fully realized life. Tonight the legendary human potential pioneer Jean Houston will offer her insights into the nature and practice of how to engage the Beloved in a partnership, one that offers us a real connection and more clarity. Through the use of meditations, and exercises to activate our imagination, we will cultivate a practice to invite the Beloved into our lives in an active and cocreative partnership, where we can express our deepest calling, live a life to its full potential, so we have resources to make a difference.

AN EVENING WORKSHOP
Friday, June 29, 7–9:30pm
12SPS84M
Members: $25 / Nonmembers: $28
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