A Conversation with Tom Holmes

How can we be a compassionate presence in these times? How can we keep our heart open to extreme suffering without being overwhelmed? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in the conversation with our guest, Tom Holmes, on Sunday, April 27. Tom holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology and is a Professor Emeritus at Western Michigan University. He is an international trainer of psychologists, social workers, counselors and holistic therapists. He has traveled the world for over 45 years, and for much of that time he has been helping therapists to place the 'Sacred Self' in the foreground of awareness. He is grounded in the spiritual traditions of Sufism and Engaged Buddhism, which informs much of his work as a psychologist today.

Tom's specialty is 'spirituality in the therapeutic process.' His seminars, Healing the Healer and Tuning the Heart of the Healer integrate Western psychology with Buddhist psychology and the Sufi path of the heart, as well as spiritual teachings from Christianity, Judaism and Daoism. Since 2007 Tom has been training therapists throughout the Middle East, and in 2023 he began serving therapists in war torn Ukraine. "My  goal is to help therapists work from Self and access that openhearted place. If they can do this, it allows them to have deep compassion in a sustainable way, while offering the therapeutic conditions research shows are key to healing. I see my workshops as 'tuning the heart of the healer'." Don't miss our conversation with this world-renowned spiritual teacher!

SUNDAY, APRIL 27 at 2:00 PM EDT