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June 26-30, 08
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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