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Growing Older: A Process of Deepening
with Best Selling Author, Thomas Moore

Thursdays, October 19th, 26th, November 2nd, 9th 2023

4 Live Classes | Offered Live via Zoom

Program Description

What you will receive:

  • 4 Live Webinar Sessions with Q & A
  • 4 Links to the Recordings
  • 4 CEC’s

Join celebrated author, Thomas Moore, in this four week webinar series, that will help you imagine your life not as a long, steady unraveling of years, but as a series of passages and turning points that demand courage and intelligent compassion. Drawing from the material in his two latest books, Soul Therapy and The Eloquence of Silence, this course integrates depth psychology, philosophy and spirituality to offer specific practices for approaching aging with purpose, resilience and joy. Through Moore’s teachings and engaging discussions, you’ll gain insights into building resilience and adapting to the inevitable changes that come with age. Explore strategies for maintaining emotional well-being and fostering a deeper connection to a resilient mindset. Gain the tools to develop a deeper connection with yourself and embrace aging as a pathway to wisdom and fulfillment.

This Course is Ideal If:

  • You or someone you love is navigating the aging process
  • You are interested in a depth psychological approach to a positive philosophy of aging
  • You would like to learn ways to prioritize caring for soul as part of aging gracefully
  • You are interested in the Eastern concept of emptying out as a liberating practice in the journey of aging

Course Overview:

Week 1.  AGING IS BECOMING A COMPLETE PERSON.  Aging is not the same as growing old. It is becoming a complete, mature human being over time, so that we age at every stage of our lives. We age by going through transforming experiences, some joyful and some painful.  Life is a series of initiations into soul, going deeper as we encounter life’s passages.

Week 2.  CHALLENGES IN GROWING OLD.  The obvious challenge is loss of physical strength and capacity, but we also lose some mental agility.  We can adjust to these with a positive philosophy of aging and by adapting our way of life to being older. Depth psychology speaks of an Eternal Youth (Puer) and Eternal OLd Person (Senex). Timeless youth can keep us young in spirit, though it has to be well adapted to old age.  Being old and being young at the same time can keep happiness alive at any age.

Week 3.  EMPTYING OUT.  In the East one key teaching is the positive power of emptiness in daily life.  This practice is good at any age but especially as we grow older.  We may be forced to thin out our way of life or we may choose to do it as a way to be free.  Emptiness in all aspects of life can bring the joy of liberation and the lifting of burdens.  This week we explore many ways to make life less burdensome and busy, as a way of gracefully growing older.

Week 4.  LIVING MORE LIGHTLY.  Emptiness can mean taking things more lightly.  Not judging ourselves and others so much. Developing a sense of humor. Enjoying easy moments with friends and intimates.  Learning things that are important to the soul, like music and the other fine arts, or the spiritual teachings of the world. Reading thoughtfully (lectio divina) and learning how to be refreshed and comforted in the natural world. Aging asks for a somewhat different lifestyle that cares for your soul and not just your body.

By the End of This Course You Will Be Able To:

  • Conceptualize later life as a series of passages and turning points
  • Integrate depth psychological concepts to develop a positive philosophy of aging
  • Incorporate the Eastern concept of emptiness as an adaptive attitude for gracefully growing older
  • Identify specific practices for caring for the soul as part of the aging process

Program Details

Dates

Thursdays, October 19th, 26th, November 2nd, 9th 2023
Noon – 1:00 PM PST

Registration Fees

  • $225 General Rate
  • $175 Pacifica Alumni, Full Time Students, & Senior Rate
  • $125 Pacifica Student Rate
  • $30 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) Fee

Program link will be sent out prior to the event. For those unable to attend live, the presentation will be recorded and the link shared after the event.

Participants requesting Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for Online programs must attend all live sessions (offered via Zoom) in order to receive CECs. Please make sure that your Zoom account name matches the name of the attendee requesting CECs.

 

About the Teacher

Thomas Moore is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller, Care of the Soul. He has written thirty other books on matters of soul and spirit. In his youth he was a Catholic monk and studied music composition. He earned a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Syracuse University. He has won many awards, including an honorary doctorate from Lesley University and the 2003 Humanitarian award from Einstein Medical School. He has been an analyst/psychotherapist influenced mainly by C.G. Jung and James Hillman and an unaffiliated theologian. His most recent books are Soul Therapy and The Eloquence of Silence. He lectures in all parts of the world and consults for medical and other organizations. 

General Information

Location

Hosted Online

Cancellations

Cancellations 14 days or more prior to the program start date receive a 100% refund of program registrations. After 14 days, up to 7 days prior to the program start date, a 50% refund is available. For cancellations made less than 7 days of program start date, no refund is available.

For additional information, including travel, cancellation policy, and disability services please visit our general information section.

Continuing Education Credit

This program meets qualifications for 4 hours of continuing education credit for Psychologists through the California Psychological Association (PAC014) Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists.  Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  Full attendance is required to receive a certificate.

This course meets the qualifications for 4 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (#60721) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs.  Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.  Full attendance is required to obtain a certificate.

For Registered Nurses through the California Board of Registered Nurses this conference meets qualifications of 4 hours of continuing education credit are available for RNs through the California Board of Registered Nurses (provider #CEP 7177).  Full attendance is required to obtain a certificate.

Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs.  Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for each program and its content.  Full day attendance is required to receive a certificate.

Continuing Education Goal.  Pacifica Graduate Institute is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice.  Course completion certificates will be awarded at the conclusion of the training and upon participant’s submission of his or her completed evaluation.

CECs and Online Program Attendance: Participants requesting Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for Online programs must attend all live sessions (offered via Zoom) in order to receive CECs. Please make sure that your Zoom account name matches the name of the attendee requesting CECs.

For additional information, including travel, cancellation policy, and disability services please visit our general information section.

Registration Details

Thursdays, October 19th, 26th, November 2nd, 9th 2023

  • Number of Classes: 4 Classes
  • Class Length: 60 min.
  • Class Times: Noon-1:00 PM PST
  • CECs: 4

Participants requesting Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for Online programs must attend all live sessions (offered via Zoom) in order to receive CECs. Please make sure that your Zoom account name matches the name of the attendee requesting CECs.