| About Dyrian Benz-Chartrand, Psy.D.
(see About JoAnna Chartrand-Benz)

Dr. Dyrian Benz-Chartrand consults to individuals, groups and organizations
and presents trainings internationally.
He is the Chairman of the Somatic Psychology Program at the Santa Barbara
Graduate Institute and adjunct faculty member at Antioch University and
Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dyrian is the originator and moderator of
the S.B. City College Psychology Conferences. He is the founder of Group
Field, a systems based method for groups and teams.
He is co-author of To the Core of Your Experience and a co-founder
of the Hakomi Institute for experiential-cognitive-mindful therapy, where
he taught for over 20 years.
Dyrian also conducts trainings and retreats of renewal internationally
for professionals and organizations. He draws on his experience of over
30 years of practicing and teaching therapy and consulting as well as
being a student and a teacher of various contemplative, mindful,
inner disciplines.
Since 1995 he has been a practitioner, and later a teacher, of the Family
Constellations approach developed by Bert Hellinger. Dyrian has been
presenting the Constellation approach in workshops, trainings and in
University Graduate Courses where he also teaches group process, therapeutic
skills and family therapy.
With Bert Hellinger’s support Dyrian is in the process of writing
a book on the constellation approach tentatively titled: “Making
Love Successful.”
Since the early 1970’s Dr. Benz-Chartrand has intensely pursued
two callings. One has been practicing and teaching therapy and consulting.
Simultaneously he has been a practitioner and a teacher of various contemplative,
mindful, inner disciplines.
He is also in the process of writing a book together with his wife,
JoAnna on Relational Somatic psychology called “Being in the Body”
Dyrian is also the creator of the Certificate Program in Relational
Somatic Psychology being taught at both Esalen in Big Sur and at the
Open Center in NY in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.
He has been a student of the Diamond Approach Psycho-spiritual work
of the Rhidwan school, for over 13 years.
He is in the process of finishing an upcoming book together with his
Lifetime partner JoAnna Chartrand Benz called” Being In the Body” A
book about Relational Somatic Psychology that includes the spiritual
dimension of Essence and Soul.
He is the co-director the Core Dynamics Relational Somatic Institute
in Santa Barbara.
Dyrian Benz-Chartrand
dyrian@sbceo.org
805-563-0558
Consulting, Sessions and Training
Consulting Sessions
In this transformational consulting, Dyrian’s work is about the
evolution of consciousness and finding essential solutions for life,
work and relationship. This work is available for individuals, couples
and families.
Individual Consulting Sessions
Fee: Regular Session – 50 minutes: $120.
Sliding Scales available.
Constellation Consulting Sessions
Constellation sessions usually are about 2 to 3 hours long and include
any number of family members and/or participants.
Fee: $190 per hour, charged in 1/2 hour segments.
Sliding Scales available.
Training
Trainings are arranged on an individual basis depending on the context
and the needs of a team or group.
About JoAnna Chartrand-Benz
JoAnna
is a European trained practitioner and has been in private practice since
1980. Her specialty is in Somatically-Based, Transpersonal and
Relational Psychology along with trauma work. Principles from the Family
Constellation work of Bert Hellinger also strongly influence her work.
Her experience and training is varied and comprehensive. Relational aspects,
along with the psychodynamics of the ego development are also
an important part of her work, whenever appropriate.
Foremost in her own professional training are two distinctive professional
certification training programs, each five years long, that she completed
in Europe.
1. The Core-Dynamic Psychotherapy Training: Focus on Psychodynamic and
Transpersonal areas
2. The Bio Dynamic Somatic and Psychology Training: Focus on Reichian, somatic,
and touch.
She has been a student of the Diamond Approach, a psycho-spiritual approach,
that combines western depth psychology with eastern traditions, since
1992 and integrates the concepts and insights of that method in her work.
She practices and co-leads trainings in the Family Constellations Phenomenological
approach by Bert Hellinger working with trans-generational systemic issues.
She works with both individuals and groups with this method.
Her training is in Depth Psychology, Object Relations, Self Psychology,
Gestalt, Imagery, Neo-Reichian Body-Centered Techniques, Bio Dynamic
Somatic Psychology, Voice Dialogue, Bonding Therapy, Somatic Experience
Trauma Work, Sandtray Therapy, the Formative Somatic approach of Stanley
Keleman, BioSynthesis, Tantra, Transpersonal Psychology and Family Constellations.
Individual Sessions
Consulting Sessions for Mind, Body, Soul and Relationship
Assisting you in regaining your lost living heart, body and soul is
the primary focus of Core Dynamics.
In this transformational consulting, the work is about the evolution
of consciousness and finding essential solutions for life, work and relationship.
This process work is available for individuals, couples and families.
JoAnna Chartrand-Benz - Individual Consulting Sessions
Regular Fee: $105.00 per 50 min.
Reduced Introductory sessions for 1.25 hrs.
Sliding scale rates available.
The culmination of her trainings is what she calls the Core Dynamics
approach. She is the co-director the Core Dynamics Relational Somatic
Institute in Santa Barbara.
She is a practitioner in private practice in Santa Barbara.
She is also in the process of writing a book together with her life
time partner, Dyrian on Relational Somatic psychology called “Being
in the Body” that includes the spiritual dimension of Essence and
Soul. She is affiliated with the Certificate Program in Relational Somatic
Psychology being taught at both Esalen in Big Sur and at the Open Center
in NY in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.
Contact Information
Jo Anna Chartrand-Benz
333 Old Mill Rd #272
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
dyrian@sbceo.org
805-563-0558
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