Tuition

For participants seeking CE credit:

Tuition is $140.

For Non-credit (auditing) participants:

For each one-day course is $95

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Full refund is given if the Center cancels a course. A 25% handling charge is imposed on cancellations received up to 24 hours before course. No refunds after that time.

Update: If you need a refund or to reschedule to a webinar due to the coronavirus crisis, the usual fees will be waived during this period.

Registration Information

For more information about these seminars or to register by phone, call 805 687-7171

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Day Schedule

Information applying to all courses

Sign-in begins at 9:30 a.m.

Seminar 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Lunch break 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Continuing Education Information

CE hours are available for psychologists, marriage & family therapists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health professionals. Our courses meet requirements in most states. Teachers, writers, clergy, artists, and others interested in our topics are welcome.

The material is presented at an introductory level, requiring no background in mythic studies, narrative theory, or Jungian psychology.

The online interactive courses have same CE approvals as the standard seminars. For psychologists, these hours count as real time in-person credit, as if you are in the room. Technical log-in instructions to Zoom are provided one week before the date.

Full-day Course Credits

Center full day courses offer the following credits:

• Psychology, LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, Ed Psych, NBCC: 6 CE hours

• Nursing : 7 hours

The online interactive courses have same CE approvals as the standard seminars. For psychologists, these hours count as real time in-person credit, as if you are in the room. Technical log-in instructions to Zoom are provided one week before the date.

Home Study Course

The Home Study Course offers the following credits:

• Psychology, LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, Ed Psych, NBCC: 6 CE hours

• Nursing : 6 hours

This course can be started at any time.

Instructors

Jonathan Young, PhD is a psychologist (PSY10231) with an international online practice. He teaches at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. His books and articles focus on personal mythology. Dr.Young assisted mythologist Joseph Campbell at seminars and was founding curator of the Joseph Campbell Archives and Library. He is currently featured in several documentary series on the History Channel.

Dr. Young is the minister of the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Goleta, a suburb of Santa Barbara. Visitors are welcome Sundays at 10am in-person and on Zoom: LiveOakGoleta.org

Anne Bach, MS, MFT 38891 is a specialist in uses of writing in psychotherapy. She gives presentations on creativity as inner work at major conferences, and lectures widely on psychological dimensions of expressive writing. She also appears in memoir drama performances for various theater groups, including the Marsh Stage in Berkeley. Her clinical background includes poetry therapy with seriously mentally ill patients.

Update: If you need a refund or to reschedule to a webinar due to the coronavirus crisis, the usual fees will be waived during this period.

Continuing Education for Professionals

Psychology

The Center for Story and Symbol is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education hours for psychologists. The Center maintains responsibility for these programs and their contents. CE hours are accepted by the California MCEP program.

Full attendance is required for psychologists - No partial credit. The level is introductory for psychologists.

LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LPC

The California BBS accepts our APA and NBCC approvals.

NBCC, LPC, LPCC

The Center for Story and Symbol has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6118. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Center for Story and Symbol is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. National Board for Certified Counselors Provider Number 6118.

RN

Provider approved by the Calif. Board of Registered Nursing, BRN Provider Number CEP 12477

The level is introductory.

Teachers

Most teachers must get credits approved by their school administration. Center courses meet the requirements in most states. Contact us if you need more information about receiving credit in your state.

Continuing Education courses are customarily approved by immediate supervisors. It is usually sufficient to attend on a non-credit (auditing) basis and present a receipt for the course.

The level is introductory.