ACISTE’s 2018 Annual Conference in Chicago was a great success. Thank you everyone who participated in the conference and helped make it happen!

Here’s the original announcement and details about the conference for your reference.

Please join us for the 2018 ACISTE Annual Conference October 4 – 6 in Chicago, Illinois.

Come to hear Yvonne Kason, MD, MEd, CCFP, FCFP, Keynote Speaker, and many renowned authors, researchers and specialists in spiritual emergence. Plus pre- and post-conference training opportunities. A limited number of rooms will be available at our group rate at the Westin Chicago Northwest.

Conference Preview

ACISTE Certification

ACISTE surveys of experiencers indicate both a significant need and desire for competent mental health professionals, spiritual counselors, and life coaches to help them with various issues following their STEs.

Attendance to the full conference on October 4th-6th as well as the full-day workshop on Sunday, October 7th is REQUIRED for certification for all mental health professionals and spiritual guidance directors. For those who wish to become certified life coaches, attendance to a 2.5 day pre-conference training workshop beginning October 2nd-4th, is required in addition to the conference on October 4th-6th, and the full day workshop on October 7th. Certification is issued following fulfillment of all requirements describe in the application package.

Certificants will be included in an ACISTE online directory for self, support line and agency referrals.

October 4-6 ACISTE Annual Conference, featuring many distinguished speakers and presenters, including:

• Yvonne Kason, MD, MEd, CCFP, FCFP (Keynote) – Defining Spiritually Transformative Experiences.
• Tony Benning – “When Kundalini Shows Up in a Psychiatric Clinic: Diagnostic Delays and Clinical Conundrums“
• Marie Grace Brook, PhD, LCSW, ACMHP, ACSGC – “Recovering Balance After the Big Leap: Overcoming Challenges in Integrating Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs)“
• William Peters, MA, MEd. & Michael Kinsella, PhD – “The Shared Death Experience: Profound Healing and Transformation for the Dying and Their Loved Ones“
• Ted Esser, PhD – (TBA)
• Craig Hogen, PhD – “Afterlife Communication Procedures Being Used Successfully by Psychotherapists“
• Jan Holden, EdD, LPC-S, LMFT, NCC, ACMHP – “After-Death Communication and the Biblical Fruits of the Spirit: An Online Survey“
• Edy Nathan, MA, LCSWR, CST – “Building Trust When Grief & Trauma Are Present: How STEs Alter the Soul”
• Kelly Yi, PhD – “A New Psychological Model for Integrating Spiritually Transformative Experiences”
• and many more!

Hotel Accommodations

The Westin Chicago Northwest, Itasca, Illinois

A LIMITED NUMBER OF ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR GROUP RATE OF $129 (deluxe king) or $189 (suite) plus taxes and fees.

Call the Westin Chicago Northwest to book your room today – 1.630.773.4000

When you call the registration desk, be sure to identify that you are a part of the group ACISTE or our full name “American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences” to get the group rate.

Based on availability, you can extend your stay up to three days before and after our roomblock dates of September 30th – October 9th and get the same discounted rate.

After September 15th, 2018 (5:00 pm CST) the hotel can no longer guarantee room availability at our discount rates.  Don’t wait to reserve!

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