Reflections Along the Way
The People
Our Speakers
Our field is rich with remarkable teachers, clinicians, and thinkers. Narrowing the field is the work.
We start with questions rather than names: What does this particular group of psychologists need right now? What destination are we considering, and what does that landscape ask of the people in it? How does the content map onto the place — not just logistically, but emotionally and philosophically?
The answers point us toward faculty who bring their whole orientation toward the world into the room, not just their expertise. Clinicians and thinkers you’d want to travel with.
The Places
Our Destinations
There is no shortage of beautiful places. Choosing among them is the work.
We look for landscapes vast enough to shift a person’s sense of scale — red rock desert, a living reef, granite coastline, wilderness that feels wild in its expanse. Then we look for a distinctive venue within that landscape, one that offers views and spaciousness while inviting connection and community. And we consider how the place fits the teaching: the desert suits a workshop about sitting with experience, and the water suits a workshop about play.
Every destination is chosen to prime your mind for the content and to offer welcoming opportunities to practice what you learn.
Stories from the Trail…
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Poetics and Play: Two Paths to Clinical Presence
In November, Kelly G. Wilson leads The Poetics of ACT in Moab, where the hardest decision of the afternoon is which arch to visit. Kelly is a co-founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, professor emeritus of psychology at the University…
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Awe shows up in surprising places
I have noticed that once I start to be aware of something, mull it over, and hold it in my mind, it begins to shift my lens a bit. We begin to recognize something, and suddenly we see it everywhere.…
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Testimonials
Through a melding of experiential work, art, and poetry with what the latest science offers us for understanding human behavior, I’ve found that Kelly creates tangible opportunities…to experience the difference between knowing something ourselves and being present enough to allow…
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Returning to the Once-Familiar Starry Sky
When did we lose track of the stars? I grew up on a farm in southern Minnesota. On clear nights I went outside to look for constellations. I do not remember feeling struck by the sky then — perhaps because…
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About Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
Dr. Tina Payne Bryson is the author of several groundbreaking parenting books, including the two New York Times bestsellers: The Whole-Brain Child (which has sold over two million copies) and No-Drama Discipline, both co-authored with Dr. Dan Siegel, and translated…
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What is Dark Sky and why do we need it?
From National Park Service photo gallery, Delicate Arch at Night When Gretchen, Karla and I chose Moab, Utah for our first Destination Psych CE event, we knew that it was a place where you could see the vast, desert night…
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Poetics and Possibility
~Curiosity, love of learning, interest in novelty and desire for adventure were some of my personal values that led me to Destination Psych CE. Gretchen, Karla and I wanted to build something new together. We were drawn to Dr. Kelly Wilson, and to ACT, and to…
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A CE Event that Feels Like a Retreat
I love the idea of bathing in sound in the middle of the desert. The beautiful, dry, red Moab desert visible through floor to ceiling window walls. Centering, resting deeply, listening, connecting, grounding. Taking it in. I have experienced soundbaths in several kinds of spaces: the first one I went…
