Spiritual Healing Courses – Koumidou Retreat Center

COURSES

Satisfy your curiosity and expand your awareness and skills in everyday life, through attending any of our courses. Our courses offer hands-on skills, add concrete knowledge and can also enhance your therapeutic process if you are in therapy. They cover an array of themes such as:

learning relationship conflict resolution skills
grasping the underpinnings of loneliness
preparing for retirement
working with dreams
overcoming love-obsessions
intro to easy & effective meditation techniques

igniting inspiration and creativity
working with energy in developing boundaries from others
understanding and handling overeating by working with the Inner Eater Selves
becoming aware and managing the inner critical voice
learning to read, trust and follow intuition

Yolanda Koumidou-Vlesmas, LCSW, BCD, CHt, conducts the courses in a down-to-earth, interactive, light, and inviting style.

Most of courses are offered in the comfort of your home on the zoom platform. A few are offered in-person during the summer at Quietude, upstate New York.

INSPIRING CREATIVITY

Description:
Lack of inspiration and creativity is frequently found in individuals suffering from anxiety.

This presentation will focus on exploring the role and significance of inspiration and creativity in mental health. It will demonstrate how to balance your primary habit patterns creating anxiety with creative expressive outlets.

It will further present ways to encourage and guide you towards inspirational sources incorporating them in your daily routine.

Dates: Sunday, May 7th, 2023

Time: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: Webinar

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

THE VOICE DIALOGUE METHOD, AN INTRODUCTION

Description:
Voice Dialogue is a method that can help clients become aware of the many different parts of their personality residing in the psyche, how they affect their decision making and how to consciously choose from the strengths and limitations of these various parts. The main goal of this method is the development of a process by which a client can separate from and embrace the many parts of their personality thus expanding their inner landscape of who they are and their choices when making decisions.

Dates: Sunday, June 4th, 2023

Time: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: In-Person, Schoharie, NY

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

WORKING WITH ENERGY
IN DEVELOPING PROTECTIVE BOUNDARIES FROM OTHERS

Description:
Targeted to the needs of individuals with high job stress and burnout, this experiential course offers a method for becoming aware, experiencing, and consciously controlling the flow and direction of energy between ourselves and others. You will learn new simple and powerful skills you can apply with your everyday interactions.

Dates: November 5th, 2023

Times: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: Location is Lynbrook, NY

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

THE ART OF FIGHTING WITH LOVED ONES: DEVELOPING CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS

Description:
Conflict in our relationships often makes us feel stuck, hurt and helpless as to how to disentangle from these conflicts. In this presentation you will be introduced to the Language of Vulnerability.

Vulnerability will be presented from a new psycho-spiritual angle. We will explain the significant role vulnerability plays in the formation of conflict and demonstrate ways you can utilize vulnerability for effective resolution of conflict in any relationship.

Dates: Sunday, October 15th, 2023

Time: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: Webinar

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SELVES

Description:
The theory of the Psychology of the Selves is the study of the many selves residing in our psyche and their effect on our lives. The course will offer an overview of the theory and demonstrate its application in clinical interventions.

Dates: Sunday, March 5th, 2023

Times: Sunday 10am – 1pm EST

Location: Webinar

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

PSYCHOLOGICAL-SPIRITUAL THERAPY

Description:
Spiritual esoteric traditions emphasize the importance of “detachment” while making decisions for a more balanced and satisfying existence. The psychological core principles of the theory of the Psychology of the Selves focus on enabling clients to identify and separate from their Operating Ego, thus enhancing the skill of detachment. The course will demonstrate ways to assist clients identify the parts of their personality composing their Operating Ego and develop the ability of detaching from these parts, thus promoting conscious decision-making skills.

Dates: Sunday, October 29th, 2023

Time: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: Webinar

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

PREPARING FOR RETIREMENT

Description:
This new frontier of extended lifetime offers surprising gifts and terrific limitations. As one prepares to retire or is already retired, they are faced with unfamiliar challenges. Retirement is when the emotional, psychological, mental, physical, and spiritual levels of one’s being are directly affected. Necessary information, preparation and adjustments are needed so they avoid getting stuck in the states of disorientation, regret, and depression. In this presentation we will explore the challenges of every level and demonstrate specific tools you can utilize in handling this new found prolong freedom retirement offers.

Dates: Sunday, June 25th, 2023

Times: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: Webinar

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

DECISION MAKING WITHOUT REGRETS: LOOSENING HABIT PATTERNS

Description:
Our clients enter therapy when their life becomes unhappy and painful. The state of one’s life is the result of decisions made. Decisions are made through different parts of our personality which have been formed into habit patterns. This is a natural, non-pathological process. However, when these patterns begin to dominate the clients’ decisions without their awareness, regret and guilt often follow. One needs to reexamine and loosen the grip of these habit patterns. In this course we will explore how these patterns develop and how some of them become dysfunctional over time from both the psychological and spiritual points of view. We will introduce clinical skills to help clients become conscious and take control of their habit patterns, establishing decision making without regrets.

Dates: Sunday, September 10th, 2023

Time: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: Webinar

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

THE LATEST PERSPECTIVES IN COUPLES WORK

Description:
Bonding Patterns is a cutting-edge theory on how relationship patterns in couples form and develop. This course will introduce the Bonding Patterns approach and explain its application in marital therapy.

Dates: Sunday, April 30th, 2022

Times: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: Webinar

Cost: $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.Webinar

INTRODUCTION TO EASY AND EFFECTIVE MEDITATION TECHNIQUES

Description:
Research has proven and demonstrated the positive affects meditation has in individuals struggling with anxiety, depression and PTSD. In this presentation we will explore various methods of meditation and demonstrate ways to incorporate them in your daily life

Dates: Sunday, December 3rd, 2023

Time: 10am – 1pm EST

Location: In-person, Lynbrook, NY

Cost: . $98

*All courses are accredited for credit education hours by various New York State boards for mental health professionals.

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TESTIMONIALS

“Yolanda Koumidou is an enthusiastic, exciting, and knowledgeable teacher. She has studied Voice Dialogue and the Psychology of the Selves with us for many years and we are happy to recommend her work – both as a teacher and as a therapist.” – Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone, creators of Voice Dialogue

Yolanda’s compassion, intuition and brilliance as a human, a teacher and a therapist inspired me beyond words. I will be back!” –Roey Ficaro, LCSW, CHT, RYT-500

“This training was the most dynamic and impactful of any training over the years. Yolanda brings deep passion and expert leadership to her work. Participants cannot be disappointed; but forever changed by her training…” – Sherry Fraser, LCSW

“A beautiful, enriched experience that took me on a journey which highlighted how psychology and spirituality intertwine.” – Marshalee Brown, LMSW

“The 36hr Training in the Method of Voice Dialogue with Yolanda Koumidou is a gift of love for every person who shows up. The experiential course allows for a deep connection to self to touch the essence of the soul by honoring the layers and layers of protection we all have. It truly introduces a new dance and another way of moving with the energy within and a glimpse of the divine. It is a sacred journey, and I am leaving today with a sense of peace and connection.” –Rosemary Marcaccio, LCSW

“Time spent with Yolanda during the 36hr Training in the Method of Voice Dialogue…has been profound and transformative personally and professionally…” –Ella Kreydina, LCSW