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    • 24 Feb 2026
    • 8:30 AM
    • 20 Nov 2026
    • 1:00 PM
    • Online Application
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    We are excited to announce that we are now accepting Applications for the 2-Year Anthroposophic Psychotherapy Certification Program (APCP) beginning October 9, 2026.

    Upon receipt and confirmation of your Application fee payment, you will be sent an email with a link to the Application.  Please complete this Application and email it to:   admin@anthroposophicpsychology.org with a copy to APCPFaculty@GoogleGroups.com, as noted on the Application.

    Your Application will be reviewed by Faculty before acceptance.  If accepted to the program, your Application fee will be applied towards your tuition.

    For more information about the 2-Year program and to review the pre-requisite requirements, please visit:  2-Year Certificate APCP 2026

    Counselors AdVenture (CAV) delivers the programs of the Association for Anthroposophic Psychology (AAP).  In a gesture of good-will to other mission-related organizations, CAV may also alert you to their offerings when the content is related to the mission of AAP.

    Here is a preview of some of the questions on our Application for the AAP Program:
    Anthroposophic Psychotherapy Certification Program (APCP)
    (an Educational Program1)

    Starting Dates for Module #1: October 9th – October 11th, 2026

    We ask for demographic information, licensure information, and acknowledgement of various aspects of the program. We also would like to hear more about you and your professional practice.

    Please paste the URL for a webpage where your license status can be verified:

    Please list the 3-year program in Anthroposophic Psychology or Anthroposophic Psychotherapy which you have completed, along with the name of the institution providing the program and the years attended. Example: AAP 3-Year Certificate Program in Anthroposophic Psychology, CA Cohort, 2014-2017:

    If you completed an IFAPA-approved program through IPMTs, please attach the curriculum of the IPMTs that you attended to the email when you submit this application.

    Did you complete a capstone project or research paper during your 3-year training in Anthroposophic Psychology, or in your IFAPA-approved program? If so, please give the year and title:

    Please attach your capstone project or research paper (if any) to the email when you submit this application.

    For the following questions, please use as much space as needed.

    Professional degrees and/or certifications with name of institution and year:

    Please share with us the various modalities of therapy and/or schools of therapy which influence your own practice. Be sure to mention any modalities and styles which you have training or experience in or anticipate developing:

    Please share more about your therapeutic practice. Do you specialize in certain types of clients, certain modalities, or in the treatment of certain types of disorders? Do you see clients of all ages? Do you engage in group therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, or other modalities? List any psychotherapeutic trainings and styles you have learned or anticipate learning.

    Please share with us what you are most interested in learning or experiencing as part of your participation in the Anthroposophic Psychotherapy Certificate Program:

    Please tell us about any modalities or specific areas of expertise which you might like to share with the cohort during our time together:


    1Friendly Disclaimer: Please note that the Anthroposophic Psychotherapy Certificate Program is set up as an in-depth schooling in spiritual, or esoteric psychology. The program is an educational schooling. While self-development and mental health are comprehensively addressed conceptually, and through experiential activities, the program is NOT designed to be a group therapy experience nor a full training in psychotherapy. One cannot achieve a professional ethical standing as an anthroposophic psychotherapist/counselor without a creditable licensure in a designated mental health discipline plus a comprehensive schooling in anthroposophic psychotherapy. Lastly, the program supplements conventional academic achievements. It does not grant a recognized licensure in mental health, psychotherapy, social work, psychology, or counseling.

    • 16 Sep 2026
    • 20 Sep 2026
    • The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland



    Register Now!

    International Annual Conference


    Standing on the Abyss –

    Trauma, Development and Resilience


    16–20 September 2026

    at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland




    Dear colleagues, dear friends,


    We are in a turbulent time with a feeling of many quickly-approaching thresholds. Change comes rapidly and in unexpected ways. Some shifts are a clear call for more wakefulness, part of the time of the consciousness soul. Other changes bring painful chaos, separation, trauma and loss – with the border between these two types of experiences not always clear.


    At our annual medical section conference, we will strive to create a protected space to explore both the wounds and scars that come with trauma, as well as gaining a deeper understanding of mostly unexpected developments in spiritual growth and new resilience.

    How can we interact with the world and our fellow human beings in a helpful and healing way during this time? What are we being called to do?


    A selection of planned lectures:

    • Trauma and Evil from an Anthroposophic Perspective | Nurit Rosengarten, Hanan Goldman
    • The Individualism and Trauma: 'The ethical view of the injured envelopes of the "I" | Oswald Hasselmann
    • Post-traumatic Growth and Resilience | Zheni Nasi, Adam Blanning


    A selection of working groups:

    • Cancer diagnosis as trauma – The physiological and spiritual Background of Cancer | Julia Babics, Zita Pogány

    • Addressing developmental trauma through eurythmy therapy | Mary Ruud

    • Practical approach to the treatment of acute stress reaction / disorder and PTSD | Meron Barak, Yoray Simatov


    We look forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time!


    Best greetings, on behalf of the preparation group

    Marion Debus, Karin Michael, Adam Blanning


    PDF Version of the Program:  CLICK HERE

    Register now!  CLICK HERE


    • 16 Sep 2026
    • 19 Sep 2026
    • The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland


    Register Now!

    Psychotherapy Specialist Conference
    presented by IFAPA


    16–19 September 2026

    During the Annual Medical Section Conference
    at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland


    Dear Friends of Anthroposophic Psychology and Psychotherapy,

    As in years past, the International Federation of Anthroposophic Psychotherapy Associations (IFAPA), of which AAP is a member, is organizing a hybrid Psychotherapy Specialist Conference during the Annual Medical Section Conference in Dornach, which begins Wednesday, September 16 and ends Sunday, September 20, 2026.

    This year’s Medical Section Conference is dedicated entirely to trauma, as ever-present war and violence, both in real and virtual settings, increases and children are subject to physical and sexual abuse, including in online settings, where those tasked with guiding them may be dissociated because of their own use of social media in the presence of children.

    The hybrid conference is open to all, not only licensed professionals, and will take place as follows (all times CEST):

    Wednesday, September 16, 4:30 pm to 6 pm

    Opening of the Forum:

    • Future trauma-related disorders and pathophysiological consequences from parent/caregiver emotional and mental absence due to media use in the child’s presence with Hartmut Horn, MD, Germany
    • Early childhood traumatization—intergenerational impact of parental dissociation with Henriette Dekkers, Lic. Psychologist, Netherlands
    • The therapeutic process in serious early traumatized persons with Susan Overhauser, Lic. Psychologist, USA


    Thursday, September 17, 4:30 pm to 6 pm

    • Drug treatment and psychotherapy in traumatized schoolchildren in the Parzival-Center, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Hartmut Horn, MD
    • Medication and psychotherapeutic treatment in traumatized children in Norway and Estonia with Anne Daniel Karlsen, Estonia
    • Treatment of schoolchildren with social trauma with Swapna Narendra, MD, India


    Friday, September 18, 4:30 pm to 6 pm

    • On traumatizing influences upon adolescents in the social context with Lisa Devine, Lic. Psychologist, Australia
    • The impact of effective media education on the development of family systems with David Martin, MD, Germany


    Saturday, September 19, 4:30 pm to 6 pm

    • The Ukrainian presentation of the above quoted problems with Nairine Maltseva, Psychotherapist, and Yevhen Volchenko, MD, from Kiev, Ukraine
    • Love, hope and trust in a social cohesion with Vasuprada Kartic, Lic. Psychotherapist, India, and Giovanna Bettini, Lic. Psychotherapist, Italy
    • The Harvest of the Conference—Closure with Henriette Dekkers and Hartmut Horn


    This conference will be run in hybrid format, in English, with translations into Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, and German provided.

    Online participants need Zoom access and will receive a link to their respective language channel two days before the conference.

    If interested, you may register through AAP in the following steps:

    • Write a note to Rick Ruffin, AAP Secretary, at rruffin@leader.com, with your full name, licensed profession (if the case), e-mail address, the language channel you want to attend, and indicate your method of payment (directly to IFAPA or via PayPal).

    • Both routes are to the attention of IFAPA Treasurer Ellen Moses and should note that the payment is for the September 2026 Specialist Psychotherapy Conference.

    • Before September 5, fees are:
      • 150€ for Europe/North America;
      • 110€ for Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand;
      • 90€ for India, Southeast Asia, Philippines, and Thailand; and
      • 40€ for Ukraine, South America, Romania, and Bulgaria.
    • Fees paid between September 6 and September 12 need to include an additional 10€.

    • Make PayPal payments to ifapaswiss2012@gmx.de and email the receipt to Ellen Moses at e.keller.61@gmail.com and Rick Ruffin at rruffin@leader.com.

    • Pay directly to IFAPA bank account as follows:

    Name of account: Internationaler Verband der Gesellschaften für Anthroposophische Psychotherapie
    Address: Rüttiweg 45, 4143 Dornach, CH
    Bank: Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank BLKB
    Rheinstrasse 7
    4410 Liestal
    IBAN: CH 71 0076 9434647462001
    Konto/Depotnumber: 4346.4746.2001
    Clearing Nr. 769 (similar sort number)
    BIC/SWIFT BLKBCH22

    Receipts of payment will be mailed to participants upon request. Certificates of participation will be provided for licensed professionals. The lectures will be recorded and will remain available for approximately two weeks after the closing of the conference.

    Note that this form of registration is only for the hybrid conference. Registration for in-person attendance takes place through the Goetheanum at this LINK.

    • 30 Sep 2026
    • The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland



    CALM-LD: Training for Medical Doctors, Therapists and Caregivers


    In-Person (Dornach and the UK) and online,
    starts 30 September 2026 (in English)


    Dear colleagues,

    CALM-LD stands for Children & Adults with Lifelong Multiple & Profound Learning Disabilities.


    An international, anthroposophic, multidisciplinary initiative in Therapeutic Education and Social Therapy, it is carried by the Medical Section and the Section for Inclusive Social Development at the Goetheanum bringing together research, practice, and collaboration.


    This 2.5 year international advanced training program supports anthroposophic doctors and therapists in deepening their diagnostic, therapeutic, and relational capacities when working with children, adults, and older adults with complex needs.


    Those who are working within a therapeutic team and involved in the therapeutic process may also benefit from this training which will enhance their understanding of, and ability to participate in the therapeutic process.

    The course integrates an Anthroposophic understanding of human development, therapeutic education, contemplative practice, artistic and movement therapies, and conventional medical insights.


    You can find the program’s aims, the curriculum, and general information on the Goetheanum website.


    On behalf of the Section for Inclusive Social Development, the Medical Section, the entire organizing team and faculty

    Jan Göschel, Karin Michael

    • 07 Oct 2026
    • 4:00 PM
    • Online



    Invitation

    Anthroposophical Medical Grand Rounds


    How Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Change the Practice of Medicine?


    Technical, Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions, offered over two sessions


    First Session:  7 October 2026
    4:00 pm CEST (check your time)

    Online (in English without translation)


    Dear Colleagues, dear friends worldwide! 


    We would like to invite you to two upcoming Grand Rounds on the highly topical subject of 'Medicine and AI':

     

    Session One: 

    Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 16:00-18:00 CEST


    This first session will focus on Expert Updates and Ethical Questions, with Caio Fábio Schlechta Portella, Jeremy Ng, and Oswald Hasselmann.


    We are fortunate to welcome several researchers from the broader Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) community, who are directly researching AI applications and serving on expert international advisory panels. This is a chance to get a broad view, with a future-oriented perspective:

    • AI Meets Traditional Medicine: Historical Development, Opportunities and Risks

    Caio Fábio Schlechta Portellais a naturopath with a PhD in Gynecology and Obstetrics from the University of São Paulo. He is now a postdoctoral fellow at the China–Portugal Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Artificial Intelligence and Public Health (Macau University of Science and Technology), president of the World Naturopathic Federation (2025–2027) and president of CABSIN, the Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges for Anthroposophic Medicine 

    Dr. Jeremy Y. Ng, MSc, PhD, is an experienced health research methodologist, having authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Ng serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Dr. Ng is a Scientist at the Institute of General Practice and Interprofessional Care, University Hospital Tübingen and an Assistant Professor at the McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada.

    • The Unfortunate Siblings, AI and Critical Thinking

    Oswald Hasselmann, MD, recently retired as a leading neuropediatrician of the Children’s Hospital in Eastern Switzerland, with the integration of Complementary Medicine into clinical practice very close to his heart. For the last four years he has been President of the Swiss Society of Bioethics and member of the Central Ethical Commission in Berne. He works to further ethical attitudes in health care, establishing specific training in clinical ethics and contribute to the formulation of ethical guidelines.

     

    Session Two: 

    Wednesday, 2 December 2026, 16:00-17:30 CET


    A special presentation and discussion with the medical section leadership, to together find key insights and offerings of anthroposophy for a world that is changing very quickly. We will explore how we can meet the spiritual needs for a world with AI and what people will hunger for. 


    • What happens when an artificial intelligence speaks with confidence, but cannot actually sense what it is describing? An exploration of the twelve senses, AI, and future human development
      with Adam Blanning
      this will be followed by conversation and discussion with Marion Debus and Karin Michael


    Tuition levels (for both sessions):

    Regular tuition: 25 CHF

    Discounted: 15 CHF

    Hardship/student: 8 CHF


    Registration (for both sessions) can be done directly via Zoom:


    Registration via Zoom


    Those who cannot register via Zoom due to country restrictions can do so by using our donation site. In that case the zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the event:

    Registration via our donation site


    The event will be recorded.

    The Medical Section is pleased to now be able to offer certificates of participation for those who participate.


    We look forward to your participation together with leading colleagues!

    Adam Blanning

    • 14 Oct 2026
    • 17 Oct 2026
    • The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland



    Invitation

    International Conference on Therapeutic Speech and Drama Therapy

    Imprint of trauma in the constitutional elements - perceiving and transforming it


    14-17 October 2026
    at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland



    Program

    Register

    Dear Colleagues,


    We would like to warmly invite you to join us in further deepening our understanding, perception and awareness of the etheric. This year, our medical and therapeutic focus is on the impact of trauma on the life and health of the verbal person.


    In our collaborative research, we will explore questions such as:

    • What imprint do traumatic events leave in the fabric of the constitutional elements?
    • How do their effects manifest themselves in the etheric and in interaction with the physical organisation?


    Through perception exercises, lectures and workshops, we will practise reading body resonances in connection with emotions and trauma, and understanding their significance for diagnoses such as ME/CFS or selective mutism.


    Conscious sensing can serve as a mindful compass in our therapeutic, medical and educational work, enabling traumatic imprints to gradually transform into imprints of the I.


    Through our collaborative exploration, we will experience the healing potential of therapeutic speech and drama therapy in supporting traumatised children, young people and adults – and in doing so, strengthen our trust in the healing power of the creative word.


    We look forward to a lively professional exchange!


    The preparatory group

    Esther Böttcher, Oliver Ifill, Mikko Jairi, Susann Kegel, Darius Matthies and Andrietta Wolf



    • 16 Oct 2026
    • 31 Oct 2026
    • Rome & Sicily

    You are invited to this special event co-hosted by Gillian Schoemaker (AAP Adjunct Faculty).  For more information about registering, please email Gillian at:  gillianschoemaker@gmail.com


    • 20 Oct 2026
    • 7:00 PM
    • The Goetheanum Zoom Talks



    Anthroposophic Medicine: An Integrative Approach? Insights from Weleda
    Jayn Sterland


    20 October 2026
    Medical Section at the Goetheanum Zoom Talk


    Title: Anthroposophic medicine: An Integrative Approach? Insights from Weleda as to the challenges, developments and opportunities an integrative approach to healthcare offers.

    Jayn joined Weleda UK in 2008 and became Managing Director in 2016. She has been voted number one in Who’s Who in Natural Beauty six times and featured for 12 consecutive years. In 2022, Jayn received an Outstanding Achievement Award for championing sustainable business. In 2023, she was named one of CEO Today’s 100 Business Women of the Year and won Outstanding Leadership for Health & Wellbeing Company of the Year. She is ESG Pillar President at the British Beauty Council, sits on the global B Corp Beauty Coalition board, and is Vice President of NATRUE. Jayn has recently graduated with a Masters in Integrative Health from the National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM).

    Recording will be available for 2 months after the talk.

    Register
    • 22 Oct 2026
    • 25 Oct 2026
    • Live Sessions

    International further training and conference for school and kindergarten doctors as well as teachers specializing in educational support and learning in emergency situations

    Supporting learning and development.
    Challenges on the path of becoming


    Program

    Registration

    Dear Colleagues,

    The Medical and Pedagogical Sections at the Goetheanum warmly invite you to a conference exploring how the learning and development of children and young people in challenging situations can be supported. It is aimed at teachers working in the field of special educational needs in kindergartens or schools, school doctors, as well as anyone who works with Children in emergency situations in an educational or therapeutic capacity.

    In joint study in terms of our understanding of the human being, we will examine how learning can be supported by nurturing a connection with a person's own body and senses. Subject-specific working groups and Forums will provide opportunities for further training and the exchange of experiences in the fields of school medical services, special educational needs, and learning in emergency situations.

    We hope that many experts will take part, particularly many teachers who are interested in the question of how children can be supported through therapy, educational support and the arts whilst learning in adverse developmental conditions.

    The lectures will be delivered in German and simultaneously interpreted into English. The languages used in each working group are specified. Other languages are available on request; a minimum of 10 participants per language group is required.

    We look forward to our work together in October!

    For the preparatory group
    Karin Michael, Constanza Kaliks, Philipp Reubke

    • 24 Oct 2026
    • 25 Oct 2026
    • Live Sessions

    Hidden Elements of the Case Studies

    A continued celebration of Steiner and Wegman's Book "Fundamentals of Therapy"


    Registration

    Dear colleagues, dear friends,


    We would like to remind you that the second online teaching presentation of this years case studies series will take place on Saturday, 6 June / Sunday, 7 June.


    All three online sessions are moderated by Adam Blanning, and will be paired with guest presenters and interdisciplinary small group discussions about the cases.

    Those who have registered for the first presentation will automatically receive the link to the second session a few days before the event.

    If you haven't attended the first session in April, recording is available on demand.

    Saturday, 4 April / Sunday, 5 April  (recording available)

    Special Focus on Curative Education, Case #4

    with Jan Goeschel, Leader of the Section for Inclusive Social Development


    Saturday, 6 June / Sunday, 7 June  (recording available)

    An Almost Forgotten Remedy - What are the Special Qualities of Melilotus? Case #3 with Christoph von Dach, Nurse


    Saturday, 24 October / Sunday, 25 October

    How Can These Cases Inspire our Work Today? A World Conversation Where We Share Our Idea (Plus Some Fairy Tales)


    Anyone who is working with patients is welcome to take part!


    The main meeting language will be English, with simultaneous translation into Spanish and Mandarin.


    We look forward to welcoming you!

    Adam Blanning MD

    • 07 Jan 2027
    • 10 Jan 2027
    • Dornach, Switzerland

    Save the Date:

    27th International Study Days for Anthroposophic Arts Therapies

    "Wisdom of the Heart" - From the Maturing of the Soul on the Threshold of Life to the Birth of the Spirit

    7-10 January 2027
    at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland



    Program


    Dear colleagues worldwide! 

     

    We warmly invite you to join us in January 2027 for the fourth and final part of the art therapy conferences on the theme of the heart and the seventh year! We began this journey in 2024 with the theme ‘The Heart Awakens – on the etheric forces of the heart in the therapeutic encounter’ and continued in 2025 with ‘Listening to the Heart – on perceiving the etheric forces of the heart in one’s own life story’. Last year, our journey was guided by the theme ‘Harmonies of the Heart – Courage to Be Oneself’.  Now it is a matter of rounding off this arc from the age of 63 onwards, whilst at the same time opening it up. We are devoting ourselves to questions of the wisdom of the heart, extending beyond the threshold into the spiritual world. What wisdom can we seek and find in a heart that has come alive? What significance do processes that have become unbalanced in geriatric care hold for a person’s future life story and karma? What might be important in palliative care to build a true bridge to the spiritual world – which we sense, or perhaps hear glimpses of, in our everyday therapeutic practice? 

     

    It is certain that art therapies – whether music, colour and form, or words – touch and nourish our clients. We perceive this directly in therapy. But how, specifically, does art-therapeutic work alter the interplay within the structure of the ageing person’s being? Do we have the courage to listen to the end of physical, earthly life, and to the person’s continued existence in the world-ether? How do we practise serenity and find meaning in our therapeutic work in geriatrics, palliative care, and end-of-life care? 

     

    Three pairs of presenters, each presenting a case study on these key themes, can offer insight and inspiration into this valuable work. The working groups invite you to engage more deeply with individual topics. 

     

    We look forward to working together, to lively, inspiring exchanges, and to the gentle mutual encouragement of our therapeutic practice and our humanity. 

     

    With warm regards Laura Piffaretti, Esther Böttcher, Linda Teipen, Katja Schultz, Katrin Sauerland, Marieke Schagen-van Houts 

     

    On behalf of the leadership of the Medical Section Dr Marion Debus, Dr Karin Michael and Adam Blanning MD 

     

    You can pre-register here, and we'll let you know as soon as registration is available:

    Pre-Registration

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