Joann Peterson

2007-03-30T23:32:38Z

William Meyer:

[[Image:JoannPeterson.jpg|160px|right|Joann Peterson, M.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.]]
'''Joann S. Peterson, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.''', (July 26, 1934 - January 9, 2007) was an American social worker, counsellor, author and lecturer. Peterson did some of the pioneering work in the field of child sex abuse in San Diego, CA (Long, 1982). Later, she was a key figure in the development of mental health services in Bellingham, WA. She left private clinical practice to assume the position of Director of Education at the [[Haven Institute]] in 1990, and held this position until her death in early 2007. Peterson developed and led a wide variety of groups for The Haven. She facilitated personal and professional development seminars throughout North America and Southeast Asia (Allen 2005, p. xvii). Her clinical work focused on families in crisis. (The Bellingham Herald, 2007). She served as a consultant for agencies and trained professionals in psychology and social work for over 40 years. (Merlin, 2002). She authored numerous articles, wrote research grants in the field of child abuse prevention and authored two two books and a DVD about responsible anger expression. Based on the Anger, Boundaries and Safety workshop she developed and led over 15 years, her writing on anger emphasizes the benefits to mental and physical health, and to relationships, of the non-violent, boundaried expression of anger (Long, 1982), (Izzard, 2003),(Campbell 2005).

[[Image:Joann.jpg|180px|left|thumbnail|Joann Peterson, M.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.]]

Born premature and abandoned at birth, she struggled with physical developmental challenges as a child; she experienced chronic, unrelenting pain every day of her adult life. Rather than succumb to a passive life of victimhood, she worked with her challenges, and excelled academically. Her own experiences of suffering gave her particular insight and empathy for others with difficulties, and she was known as a caring, empathetic counsellor and teacher. But she was also disciplined and rigorous, and expected her students to embrace personal responsibility without complaint, as she had done (Best, 2006). Abused in her adoptive family, she had a special affection and ability with youngsters who were undergoing physical, emotional or sexual abuse. She wrote about her experiences, and contributed much to the field in this domain ((Lemon, 1997), (Nicholls, 2000), (McNally, 2002), (Allen, 2005), (Best, 2006).

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"''Violence abounds, both at the micro and macro level. In relationships, and in communities and countries around the world, people are living out violence and naming it anger. This is evident in the blatant, abhorrent behaviors that are intended to be retaliative, to do harm, and to control.In this violence people are turned into labels, roles and objects, and contact with the person is lost. An enemy is created. Paranoia grows, and our humanity suffers an erosion at the level of the soul. Ultimately we distance from our evolutionary energy of human connection. And in this disconnection we experience an acute, pervasive loneliness and isolation''." |Joann Peterson (Peterson, 2006)

===References===
* Long, Wendy. "Child Sexual Abuse: More Help Now Available", Vancouver, BC: ''The Vancouver Sun'', March, 1982.
* Lemon, Judith "Thoughts of Depression", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'' #20, Fall 1997.
* Nicholls, Linda. "SSFIIIHS Conference", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen''#26 - Fall 2000.
* McNally, Ernie. "In Her Own Words, Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'' Issue #29 Spring 2002.
* Merlin, Peggie: Getting Sex Off the Chores List and Re-claiming the Mystery",Gabriola Island,BC:''Shen'',Issue#30, Fall 2002.
* Izzard, Denese. "The Haven's First Symposium Alive and Well", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Nov. 13, 2003, p.8.
* Campbell, Leslie. "Joann Peterson - The Resilient Life", Victoria, BC: ''Focus Magazine'', Vol. 18, No.1,October 2005, pp.46-49.
* Allen, Wayne (2005). ''This Endless Moment'', Waterloo, ON: Phoenix Centre Press ISBN 0-9684446-2-8
* Best, Andrew (2006). ''There Is A Place (DVD)'', Calgary, Alberta: The Haven Learning Library, Archetype Productions.
* Staff Writer. "Obituary: Joann S. Peterson", Bellingham, WA: ''The Bellingham Herald'', January 2007.

===Publications===
* Peterson, Joann. "Impact of Hospital Admitting Procedures upon Young Children", Salem, OR: Willamette University,''USA National Social Science Research Council Report'', 1956.
* Peterson, Joann. "Use of Volunteers in High Risk Nurseries", ''Proceedings of Perinatal Social Work'', 1974.
* Peterson, Joann. "Parent Aide Programs: The Reparenting Process", ''Proceedings of the American Academy of Pediatrics'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Child Sex Abuse", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Outpatient Model'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Management of the Abusive Family", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Parent Aide Program'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Child Development",San Diego,CA:Child Protection Center,Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'',1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Intervention Programs", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Sexual Abuse Identification", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Identification of High Risk Families", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital and Sharp Hospital,''Premature Nursery Project'', 1982.
* Peterson, Joann. "Childhood: The Sexual Continuum and Sexual Abuse", ''Social Work Practice'', 1983, pp. 141-146.
* Peterson, Joann. "Sexual Abuse: Issues of Body and Boundary", Cortes Island, BC: ''Heartwood'', Issue #9, Fall 1984.
* Peterson, Joann. "Intervention With Abusive Families", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Parent Aide Program'', 1990.
* Peterson, Joann. "Choosing Anger", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #5, Spring 1990.
* Peterson, Joann. "Life Choices by Courageous Kids", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #7, Spring 1991.
* Peterson, Joann. "Separation and Loss", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #9, Spring 1992.
* Peterson, Joann. "Mirroring - The Discovery of the Self", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #17, Spring 1996.
* Peterson, Joann. "Disengaging Depression", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #23, Spring 1999.
* Peterson, Joann (2001). ''Anger, Boundaries & Safety'', Gabriola Island, BC: PD Publishing. ISBN ISBN 0-9696755-5-0
* Peterson, Joann (2006). ''A Book about Anger, Boundaries & Safety'', Gabriola Island, BC: The Haven Institute Press.ISBN 0-9696755-8-5
* Peterson, Joann. "Taking Haven Home", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #33, Spring 2004.
* Peterson, Joann (2007). ''The Anger Toolbox – A Blueprint for Responsible Anger, Boundaries & Safety (DVD)'', Calgary, AB: The Haven Learning Library, Barcode 6-89076-55565-4
* Peterson, Joann (2007). ''Anger, Boundaries & Safety:Chinese Translation'', Taipei, Taiwan: Living Psychology Publishers (in production)

===External Links===
*[http://www.couplesvideoseries.com/ Couples Video Series: Wong,McKeen, Peterson, Nicholls]
*[http://haven.ca/us/update/vol6/joannp.html Joann Peterson Memorial]
*[http://joannpetersonmemorial.blogspot.com/ Remembering Joann Peterson Blog]
*[http://haven.ca/us/shen/shen17.htm#MIRRORING Joann Peterson "Mirroring: The Discovery of the Self"]
*[http://www.haven.ca The Haven Institute]
*[http://www.havenfoundation.org/index.html The Haven Foundation]

[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:New Age]]
[[Category:Health promotion]]
[[Category:Personal development]]
[[Category:Human Potential Movement]]

Joann Peterson

2007-03-30T23:32:11Z

William Meyer:

[[Image:JoannPeterson.jpg|160px|right|Joann Peterson, M.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.]]
'''Joann S. Peterson, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.''', (July 26, 1934 - January 9, 2007) was an American social worker, counsellor, author and lecturer. Peterson did some of the pioneering work in the field of child sex abuse in San Diego, CA (Long, 1982). Later, she was a key figure in the development of mental health services in Bellingham, WA. She left private clinical practice to assume the position of Director of Education at the [[Haven Institute]] in 1990, and held this position until her death in early 2007. Peterson developed and led a wide variety of groups for The Haven. She facilitated personal and professional development seminars throughout North America and Southeast Asia (Allen 2005, p. xvii). Her clinical work focused on families in crisis. (The Bellingham Herald, 2007). She served as a consultant for agencies and trained professionals in psychology and social work for over 40 years. (Merlin, 2002). She authored numerous articles, wrote research grants in the field of child abuse prevention and authored two two books and a DVD about responsible anger expression. Based on the Anger, Boundaries and Safety workshop she developed and led over 15 years, her writing on anger emphasizes the benefits to mental and physical health, and to relationships, of the non-violent, boundaried expression of anger (Long, 1982), (Izzard, 2003),(Campbell 2005).

[[Image:Joann.jpg|180px|left|thumbnail|Joann Peterson, M.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.]]

Born premature and abandoned at birth, she struggled with physical developmental challenges as a child; she experienced chronic, unrelenting pain every day of her adult life. Rather than succumb to a passive life of victimhood, she worked with her challenges, and excelled academically. Her own experiences of suffering gave her particular insight and empathy for others with difficulties, and she was known as a caring, empathetic counsellor and teacher. But she was also disciplined and rigorous, and expected her students to embrace personal responsibility without complaint, as she had done (Best, 2006). Abused in her adoptive family, she had a special affection and ability with youngsters who were undergoing physical, emotional or sexual abuse. She wrote about her experiences, and contributed much to the field in this domain ((Lemon, 1997), (Nicholls, 2000), (McNally, 2002), (Allen, 2005), (Best, 2006).

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----

"''Violence abounds, both at the micro and macro level. In relationships, and in communities and countries around the world, people are living out violence and naming it anger. This is evident in the blatant, abhorrent behaviors that are intended to be retaliative, to do harm, and to control.In this violence people are turned into labels, roles and objects, and contact with the person is lost. An enemy is created. Paranoia grows, and our humanity suffers an erosion at the level of the soul. Ultimately we distance from our evolutionary energy of human connection. And in this disconnection we experience an acute, pervasive loneliness and isolation''." |Joann Peterson (Peterson, 2006)

===References===
* Long, Wendy. "Child Sexual Abuse: More Help Now Available", Vancouver, BC: ''The Vancouver Sun'', March, 1982.
* Lemon, Judith "Thoughts of Depression", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'' #20, Fall 1997.
* Nicholls, Linda. "SSFIIIHS Conference", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen''#26 - Fall 2000.
* McNally, Ernie. "In Her Own Words, Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'' Issue #29 Spring 2002.
* Merlin, Peggie: Getting Sex Off the Chores List and Re-claiming the Mystery",Gabriola Island,BC:''Shen'',Issue#30, Fall 2002.
* Izzard, Denese. "The Haven's First Symposium Alive and Well", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Nov. 13, 2003, p.8.
* Campbell, Leslie. "Joann Peterson - The Resilient Life", Victoria, BC: ''Focus Magazine'', Vol. 18, No.1,October 2005, pp.46-49.
* Allen, Wayne (2005). ''This Endless Moment'', Waterloo, ON: Phoenix Centre Press ISBN 0-9684446-2-8
* Best, Andrew (2006). ''There Is A Place (DVD)'', Calgary, Alberta: The Haven Learning Library, Archetype Productions.
* Staff Writer. "Obituary: Joann S. Peterson", Bellingham, WA: ''The Bellingham Herald'', January 2007.

===Publications===
* Peterson, Joann. "Impact of Hospital Admitting Procedures upon Young Children", Salem, OR: Willamette University,''USA National Social Science Research Council Report'', 1956.
* Peterson, Joann. "Use of Volunteers in High Risk Nurseries", ''Proceedings of Perinatal Social Work'', 1974.
* Peterson, Joann. "Parent Aide Programs: The Reparenting Process", ''Proceedings of the American Academy of Pediatrics'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Child Sex Abuse", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Outpatient Model'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Management of the Abusive Family", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Parent Aide Program'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Child Development",San Diego,CA:Child Protection Center,Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'',1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Intervention Programs", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Sexual Abuse Identification", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Identification of High Risk Families", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital and Sharp Hospital,''Premature Nursery Project'', 1982.
* Peterson, Joann. "Childhood: The Sexual Continuum and Sexual Abuse", ''Social Work Practice'', 1983, pp. 141-146.
* Peterson, Joann. "Sexual Abuse: Issues of Body and Boundary", Cortes Island, BC: ''Heartwood'', Issue #9, Fall 1984.
* Peterson, Joann. "Intervention With Abusive Families", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Parent Aide Program'', 1990.
* Peterson, Joann. "Choosing Anger", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #5, Spring 1990.
* Peterson, Joann. "Life Choices by Courageous Kids", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #7, Spring 1991.
* Peterson, Joann. "Separation and Loss", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #9, Spring 1992.
* Peterson, Joann. "Mirroring - The Discovery of the Self", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #17, Spring 1996.
* Peterson, Joann. "Disengaging Depression", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #23, Spring 1999.
* Peterson, Joann (2001). ''Anger, Boundaries & Safety'', Gabriola Island, BC: PD Publishing. ISBN ISBN 0-9696755-5-0
* Peterson, Joann (2006). ''A Book about Anger, Boundaries & Safety'', Gabriola Island, BC: The Haven Institute Press.ISBN 0-9696755-8-5
* Peterson, Joann. "Taking Haven Home", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #33, Spring 2004.
* Peterson, Joann (2007). ''The Anger Toolbox – A Blueprint for Responsible Anger, Boundaries & Safety (DVD)'', Calgary, AB: The Haven Learning Library, Barcode 6-89076-55565-4
* Peterson, Joann (2007). ''Anger, Boundaries & Safety:Chinese Translation'', Taipei, Taiwan: Living Psychology Publishers (in production)

===External Links===
*[http://www.couplesvideoseries.com/ Couples Video Series: Wong,McKeen, Peterson, Nicholls]
*[http://haven.ca/us/update/vol6/joannp.html Joann Peterson Memorial]
*[http://joannpetersonmemorial.blogspot.com/ Remembering Joann Peterson Blog]
*[http://haven.ca/us/shen/shen17.htm#MIRRORING Joann Peterson "Mirroring: The Discovery of the Self"]
*[http://www.haven.ca The Haven Institute]
*[http://www.havenfoundation.org/index.html The Haven Foundation]

[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:New Age]]
[[Category:Health promotion]]
[[Category:Personal development]]
[[Category:Human Potential Movement]]

Joann Peterson

2007-03-30T23:31:30Z

William Meyer:

[[Image:JoannPeterson.jpg|160px|right|Joann Peterson, M.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.]]
'''Joann S. Peterson, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.''', (July 26, 1934 - January 9, 2007) was an American social worker, counsellor, author and lecturer. Peterson did some of the pioneering work in the field of child sex abuse in San Diego, CA (Long, 1982). Later, she was a key figure in the development of mental health services in Bellingham, WA. She left private clinical practice to assume the position of Director of Education at the [[Haven Institute]] in 1990, and held this position until her death in early 2007. Peterson developed and led a wide variety of groups for The Haven. She facilitated personal and professional development seminars throughout North America and Southeast Asia (Allen 2005, p. xvii). Her clinical work focused on families in crisis. (The Bellingham Herald, 2007). She served as a consultant for agencies and trained professionals in psychology and social work for over 40 years. (Merlin, 2002). She authored numerous articles, wrote research grants in the field of child abuse prevention and authored two two books and a DVD about responsible anger expression. Based on the Anger, Boundaries and Safety workshop she developed and led over 15 years, her writing on anger emphasizes the benefits to mental and physical health, and to relationships, of the non-violent, boundaried expression of anger (Long, 1982), (Izzard, 2003),(Campbell 2005).

[[Image:Joann.jpg|180px|left|thumbnail|Joann Peterson, M.S.W., Dip.C., Ph.D.]]

Born premature and abandoned at birth, she struggled with physical developmental challenges as a child; she experienced chronic, unrelenting pain every day of her adult life. Rather than succumb to a passive life of victimhood, she worked with her challenges, and excelled academically. Her own experiences of suffering gave her particular insight and empathy for others with difficulties, and she was known as a caring, empathetic counsellor and teacher. But she was also disciplined and rigorous, and expected her students to embrace personal responsibility without complaint, as she had done (Best, 2006). Abused in her adoptive family, she had a special affection and ability with youngsters who were undergoing physical, emotional or sexual abuse. She wrote about her experiences, and contributed much to the field in this domain ((Lemon, 1997), (Nicholls, 2000), (McNally, 2002), (Allen, 2005), (Best, 2006).

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----

{{Quotation| "''Violence abounds, both at the micro and macro level. In relationships, and in communities and countries around the world, people are living out violence and naming it anger. This is evident in the blatant, abhorrent behaviors that are intended to be retaliative, to do harm, and to control.In this violence people are turned into labels, roles and objects, and contact with the person is lost. An enemy is created. Paranoia grows, and our humanity suffers an erosion at the level of the soul. Ultimately we distance from our evolutionary energy of human connection. And in this disconnection we experience an acute, pervasive loneliness and isolation''."
|Joann Peterson (Peterson, 2006)}}

===References===
* Long, Wendy. "Child Sexual Abuse: More Help Now Available", Vancouver, BC: ''The Vancouver Sun'', March, 1982.
* Lemon, Judith "Thoughts of Depression", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'' #20, Fall 1997.
* Nicholls, Linda. "SSFIIIHS Conference", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen''#26 - Fall 2000.
* McNally, Ernie. "In Her Own Words, Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'' Issue #29 Spring 2002.
* Merlin, Peggie: Getting Sex Off the Chores List and Re-claiming the Mystery",Gabriola Island,BC:''Shen'',Issue#30, Fall 2002.
* Izzard, Denese. "The Haven's First Symposium Alive and Well", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Nov. 13, 2003, p.8.
* Campbell, Leslie. "Joann Peterson - The Resilient Life", Victoria, BC: ''Focus Magazine'', Vol. 18, No.1,October 2005, pp.46-49.
* Allen, Wayne (2005). ''This Endless Moment'', Waterloo, ON: Phoenix Centre Press ISBN 0-9684446-2-8
* Best, Andrew (2006). ''There Is A Place (DVD)'', Calgary, Alberta: The Haven Learning Library, Archetype Productions.
* Staff Writer. "Obituary: Joann S. Peterson", Bellingham, WA: ''The Bellingham Herald'', January 2007.

===Publications===
* Peterson, Joann. "Impact of Hospital Admitting Procedures upon Young Children", Salem, OR: Willamette University,''USA National Social Science Research Council Report'', 1956.
* Peterson, Joann. "Use of Volunteers in High Risk Nurseries", ''Proceedings of Perinatal Social Work'', 1974.
* Peterson, Joann. "Parent Aide Programs: The Reparenting Process", ''Proceedings of the American Academy of Pediatrics'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Child Sex Abuse", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Outpatient Model'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Management of the Abusive Family", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Parent Aide Program'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Child Development",San Diego,CA:Child Protection Center,Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'',1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Intervention Programs", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Sexual Abuse Identification", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Training Cassettes'', 1981.
* Peterson, Joann. "Identification of High Risk Families", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital and Sharp Hospital,''Premature Nursery Project'', 1982.
* Peterson, Joann. "Childhood: The Sexual Continuum and Sexual Abuse", ''Social Work Practice'', 1983, pp. 141-146.
* Peterson, Joann. "Sexual Abuse: Issues of Body and Boundary", Cortes Island, BC: ''Heartwood'', Issue #9, Fall 1984.
* Peterson, Joann. "Intervention With Abusive Families", San Diego, CA: Child Protection Center, Children’s Hospital,''Parent Aide Program'', 1990.
* Peterson, Joann. "Choosing Anger", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #5, Spring 1990.
* Peterson, Joann. "Life Choices by Courageous Kids", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #7, Spring 1991.
* Peterson, Joann. "Separation and Loss", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #9, Spring 1992.
* Peterson, Joann. "Mirroring - The Discovery of the Self", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #17, Spring 1996.
* Peterson, Joann. "Disengaging Depression", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #23, Spring 1999.
* Peterson, Joann (2001). ''Anger, Boundaries & Safety'', Gabriola Island, BC: PD Publishing. ISBN ISBN 0-9696755-5-0
* Peterson, Joann (2006). ''A Book about Anger, Boundaries & Safety'', Gabriola Island, BC: The Haven Institute Press.ISBN 0-9696755-8-5
* Peterson, Joann. "Taking Haven Home", Gabriola Island, BC: ''Shen'', Issue #33, Spring 2004.
* Peterson, Joann (2007). ''The Anger Toolbox – A Blueprint for Responsible Anger, Boundaries & Safety (DVD)'', Calgary, AB: The Haven Learning Library, Barcode 6-89076-55565-4
* Peterson, Joann (2007). ''Anger, Boundaries & Safety:Chinese Translation'', Taipei, Taiwan: Living Psychology Publishers (in production)

===External Links===
*[http://www.couplesvideoseries.com/ Couples Video Series: Wong,McKeen, Peterson, Nicholls]
*[http://haven.ca/us/update/vol6/joannp.html Joann Peterson Memorial]
*[http://joannpetersonmemorial.blogspot.com/ Remembering Joann Peterson Blog]
*[http://haven.ca/us/shen/shen17.htm#MIRRORING Joann Peterson "Mirroring: The Discovery of the Self"]
*[http://www.haven.ca The Haven Institute]
*[http://www.havenfoundation.org/index.html The Haven Foundation]

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[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:New Age]]
[[Category:Health promotion]]
[[Category:Personal development]]
[[Category:Human Potential Movement]]

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2007-03-30T23:31:03Z

William Meyer:

2007-03-30T23:09:29Z

William Meyer:

'''Albert William Trueman, BA, MA, DLitt, LLD, O.C.''', (January 17, 1902 - June 29, 1988) was a teacher, professor, cultural and university administrator with an exemplary career. Though born in the US, he was educated in Canada and Britain. Trueman graduated from Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB in 1927, and finished his M.A. in English Literature at Exeter College, Oxford University in 1932. He then served as a high school teacher, a school superintendent, and later as an experienced and skilled university administrator, serving as President of the University of Manitoba between 1945 and 1948, and President of the University of New Brunswick from 1948 until 1953. He was Principal and Dean of University College at the University of of Western Ontario from 1965 until 1967. He was Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario from 1967 until 1971. He returned to academic life and had an extended term as visiting professor of English at Carleton University in Ottawa from 1967-1981.

He also had a distinguished career as a cultural administrator, first as Government Film Commissioner and Chairman of the National Film Board of Canada from 1953 to 1957, and then as the first Director of the newly created Canada Council for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, serving from 1957- 1965. In these positions, he made major contributions to Canadian cultural policies, primarily by promoting the roles and influence of both agencies. He also served on the Board of Governors of the CBC,The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

He was given many honorary degrees. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1964, and was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974. He published ''A Second View of Things: A Memoir'' in 1982 (Young, 1985), (Ottawa Citizen, 1988), (Creighton, 1992).

His son [[Peter Trueman]], himself a well-known television journalist, remembers his father in the memorial entry for the Royal Society:

::"Although he loved baseball and Robert Frost, he was born into an old Maritime farm family and he soon put down Canadian roots, spending much of his life in this country's public service. In later life he protested that he was not a scholar, but he certainly had a scholarly nature. Throughout his career as university professor, superintendent of city schools, president of two Canadian universities, and senior civil servant, he maintained his academic interests. He was a serious student of Shakespeare and Elizabethan literature, a devotee of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and spent many happy hours tracing the origins of our language. While he was Commissioner of the National Film Board, for example, he translated Beowulf from beginning to end, just for the exercise. In his youth, he had a trained and resonant baritone voice. During the late 1930's, when he was a young English professor doing summer courses at Columbia University in New York City, he was urged strongly by one of the city's most respected voice coaches at that time, Wilhelm Van Giesen, to consider singing professionally. My father was tempted, but he opted instead to remain in academic life. He sang frequently for relaxation, however, and gave concerts well into his fifties ... Until his death in 1988, he regarded a day without mental exercise as a day wasted." (Trueman, 2002)

{{Quotation| "''Albert Trueman was a tall man, with a commanding physical presence, measured and a little formal in speech, but without pomposity. He had a deep, resonant voice that he used on the public platform with calculated dramatic effect, hinting at the operatic career that he might well have had. He was a genial and a witty companion, given occasionally to bouts of hamletian self-analysis, from which he would rapidly emerge with renewed vigour and undiminished joviality. He took satisfaction in the honours he had received - honorary degrees from a number of universities and membership in the Order of Canada - but he rejoiced most in the love that encompassed him in his family and in the affectionate esteem in which he was held by friends and colleagues everwhere.''."
|Claude Bissel (Bissel, 1982, p.8)}}

[[Image:ATrueman.jpg|200px|left|thumbnail|A.W.Trueman]]

[[Image:AWTrueman.jpg|180px|center|A.W.Trueman]]

===References===

* Bissel, Claude. "Introduction" in Trueman, Albert (1982). ''A Second View of Things: A Memoir'', Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-8638-5
* Young, Christopher. "Government Interference in the Canada Council Goes Back Decades", Montreal, PQ: ''The Gazette'', Thursday, August 8, 1985, P. B1.
* Staff Writer. "Former NFB Chairman Known as Great Educator", Ottawa, ON: ''The Ottawa Citizen'', Monday, July 4, 1988, p. C2.
* Creighton, Judy. "Trueman Loves Leisure", Windsor, ON: ''Windsor Star'', Thursday, July 30, 1992, p. C9.
* Trueman, Peter (2002). "Albert William Trueman, 1902-1988", Ottawa, ON: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, Seventh Series, Volume 1.

===Publications===

* Trueman, A. W. (1946). ''The Story of the United Empire Loyalists'', Toronto, ON: Copp Clark Co.
* MacNutt, W. Stewart (1952), edited by A.W. Trueman. ''New Brunswick and Its People: The Biography of a Canadian Province '', Fredericton, NB: New Brunswick Travel Bureau
* Trueman, A. W. (1952). ''Canada's University of New Brunswick: Its History and Its Development'', New York & Montreal: Newcomen Society in North America.
* Trueman, A. W., Canadian Editor, with Wright, E.H. and Wright, M. H. (1957). ''Richards Topical Encyclopedia'', New York, NY: Richards Company.
* Trueman, A. W., Davies, Robertson, Berton, Pierre; edited by D.C. Williams (1962). ''The Arts as Communication'', Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
* Trueman, A. W. (1963). ''The Canada Council and the Clture of the Country'', Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria
* Trueman, Albert (1982). ''A Second View of Things: A Memoir'', Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-8638-5

===External Links===

*[[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008144 Link to Canadian Encylopedia Listing]]
*[[http://www.rsc.ca//index.php?page=proceedings_2002&lang_id=1&page_id=193 Royal Society of Canada: Biographical Sketches of Deceased Fellows (downloadable PDF file) - includes Official Obituary of Albert W. Trueman]]

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William Meyer:

2007-03-30T00:17:10Z

William Meyer:

==The Haven Institute==

The '''Haven Institute''' is a residential learning centre situated in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. Founded by [[Jock McKeen]] and [[Bennet Wong]], the centre is owned and operated by ''The Haven Foundation'', a Canadian federal nonprofit charity. ''The Haven Institute'' offers a wide variety of courses for personal and professional growth. It is registered in the province of British Columbia as a Private Post-Secondary institution in accordance with the Private Post-Secondary Education Act of B.C. (SBC CHAP 64). Also, it is a certified Educational Institution under Sec. 118.5 & 118.6 of the Canada Income Tax Act. The programs include a process for students aspiring to achieve a Diploma in Counseling or other post-secondary certification.

==The Haven Institute History==

In 1983, two physicians, [[Bennet Wong]] and [[Jock McKeen]] purchased the ''Taylor Bay Lodge'', and transformed the small rural lodge into a waterfront resort and conference centre (MacMillan 1983), (Nanaimo Free Press, 1983), (Flying Shingle, 1983). They called it "a resort with a difference" because people could enter into the activities at whatever level they chose (Littleton 1985) (Haysom 2002). Some people came with their families to enjoy a country resort; groups and agencies held conferences; others attended the numerous residential self-awareness seminars (Adams, 2007). Still others returned for training in group and individual counselling, and over 60 people achieved the Diploma in Counselling (Dip.C.) from ''The Haven Institute'' (Personal Success 1998).

As their training program developed, Wong and McKeen attracted a faculty of like-minded students and teachers to the residential experiential learning centre on Gabriola Island. By the 1990's, there were fifty visiting faculty members from numerous disciplines, coming to Haven to teach in this nontraditional, open atmosphere of learning and growth (Littleton 1993). Some notable people who have taught there include Erv and Miriam Polster, [[Virginia Satir]], [[Paul Reps]], Carl Whitaker, [[James Bugental]], Bruce Lipton, Lee Pulos, [[Thomas Szasz]], Bill O'Hanlon, and [[Maria Gomori]] (Attorp, 2003), (Nanaimo News Bulletin, 2002), (Litwin, 2005). The annual Haven Symposium has featured Norm Shealy (Izzard, 2003), Joseph Chilton Pearce (Cameron 2005), Gabor Mate (Litwin 2005), Margaret Wheatley (Wheatley & Kellner-Rogers 2006), and Dan Millman (Common Ground 2007). There have also been numerous arts programs in the ''Phoenix Auditorium'', Haven's performing arts theatre (Times Colonist 2002),(Murphy 2003),(Sounder, January 8, 2004), (Nanaimo News Bulletin, 2005),(Sounder, April 2006), (Filax 2006). Haven Institute Press has published a number of books, authored by founders [[Wong and McKeen]] and others (Wellburn, 2005), (Niosi, 2005).

The Core Programs for the Haven Institute are the modular ''Phase Programs'' and the ''Come Alive'' program that were developed by [[Jock McKeen]] and [[Bennet Wong]]. (Wong & McKeen 1983), (Wong & McKeen 1984), (Therapy Now 1984). Programs have been offered at Haven with Chinese translation since the early 1990's, and numerous Asian people have attended, both as participants, and as trainees in the Haven process (Tao, Sept. 1993), (Tao, Oct. 1993). [[Joann Peterson]] became the Director of Education in 1992, and oversaw the training of many interns and assistants in group and individual counselling until her death in 2007. The programs have continued to develop and broaden (Sounder 2003), (Campbell 2005), (Gibson, 2005), (Litwin, 2005), (Nanaimo Daily News, 2006).

In 2003, The ''Haven Foundation'' was established as a federally recognized Canadian charity. In 2004, [[Wong and McKeen]] and their three sons, the owners of ''Haven'', passed the ownership of ''The Haven Institute'' into the ''Haven Foundation'' so that the facility and their work could continue in perpetuity (Sounder, January 22, 2004), (Nanaimo Daily News, Jan. 23, 2004).

==Teaching Principles==

The methods in the courses are educational, broad and eclectic, derived from a great variety of sources in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology, as well as more traditional fields of psychology, religious studies, drama, music and art. The techniques used cover a broad spectrum of approaches, including gestalt, Reichian body approaches, acupuncture, psychodrama, psychosynthesis, role playing, family therapy, fantasy and visualization techniques, video work, music and play therapy, all stressing encounter and communication skills (Wong & McKeen 1999). The approaches are educational rather than therapeutic, so no medical or nursing care is available (Littleton 1985), (Fayerman 1998), (Times-Colonist, 2001), (Niosi, 2003). Some lectures and discussion groups are involved, but an emphasis is placed upon heuristic education in which the person is invited to experience situations where (s)he will be able to learn what is needed (Tao 1993), (Allen 2005, pp. xi, 20-24, 45-46, 91), (Robelin 2006).

==References==
* Staff Writer. "New Focus For Taylor Bay Resort", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo Free Press'', Friday, August 19, 1983.
* Staff Writer. "New Use For Taylor Bay Lodge", Gabriola, BC: ''The Flying Shingle'', Vol. IX, No. 8, August 1983, p.1.
* Wong, B.R and McKeen, J. "What Kind of People Come to Workshops?", ''Heartwood'', vol.2, no.2, Summer 1983.
* Staff Writer. "Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen: An Interview", ''Therapy Now'', vol.1,no.1, Spring 1984
* Wong, B.R and McKeen, J. "The Changing Growth Environment", ''Natural Living'', vol.1, no.4, July-Aug 1984.
* MacMillan, Neil. "Self-Help is the 'Inn' Thing", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo Free Press'', Nov. 4, 1983.
* Littleton, Ellery. "A Resort with A Difference", Victoria, BC: ''Monday Magazine'', Vol. 11, No.49, Nov. 28, 1985.
* Littleton, Ellery. "Three Paths to Exploration", Victoria, BC: ''Monday Magazine'', Vol. 19, No.19, May 6, 1993.
* Attorp, Frants. "Haven by-the-Sea Celebrates Tenth Anniversary", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', September 7, 2003, p.14.
* Staff Writer. "Haven By-the-Sea", Vancouver, BC: ''Personal Success'', July 1998.
* McKeen, J. and Wong, B.R. "Learning About Self-Responsibility: Programs at PD Seminars," ''Shen'', No. 24, Fall 1999, pp. 4-6.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Resort Hosts Fall Concert Series", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo News Bulletin'', Thursday, November 21, 2002, p.34.
* Tao, Cora. "Haven and the Phase Program", Taipei, Taiwan: ''Broadcasting Monthly'', September 1993.
* Tao, Cora. "Haven Experiences", Taipei, Taiwan: ''Broadcasting Monthly'', October 1993.
* Fayerman, Pamela. "Breaking the Silence Over Depression", Vancouver, BC: ''Vancouver Sun'', Wednesday October 7, 1998, p. B03.
* Staff Writer. "Instruction Focuses on Menla Medicine", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Friday April 27, 2001, p B6.
* Staff Writer. "Dancing Man Has Gabriola Swinging", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', April 25, 2002, p D12.
* Haysom, Beth. "Calm Places to Relax and Recharge", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Tuesday July 30, 2002, p C3.
* Murphy, Joan. "Gabriola Goes Tropical", Nanaimo, BC: ''The Daily News'', Friday August 8 , 2003, p C03.
* Niosi, Goody. "Find Your Potentional at The Haven", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Sat, Oct 11, 2003, p. A2.
* Staff Writer. "Meeting the Challenge: Being Alive and Well in Stressful Times", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday October 30, 2003.
* Izzard, Denese. "The Haven's First Symposium Alive and Well", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Nov. 13, 2003, p.8.
* Staff Writer. "Otis Taylor Concert at the Haven", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday, January 8, 2004.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Foundation Continues Mandate", Nanaimo, BC: ''The Daily News'', Friday, January 23, 2004, p. A4.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Foundation", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday, January 22, 2004.
* Cameron, Brent. "Interview with Joseph Chilton Pearce", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2005.
* Gibson, Jim. "Delayed Parenting Has Hurdles", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', May 24, 2005, p D3.
* Niosi, Goody. "Haven Founders Offer Tips on Happiness", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Wed, Aug 31, 2005, p. A4.
* Wellburn, Lynn. "Health and Happiness - a Book on Mind/Body Connection", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Wed, Oct. 5, 2005, p. A18.
* Campbell, Leslie. "Joann Peterson - The Resilient Life", Victoria, BC: ''Focus Magazine'', Vol. 18, No.1, October 2005, pp.46-49.
* Litwin, Grania. "Health Tied to History, MD Says", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Friday, October 14, 2005, p D6.
* Staff Writer. "Poetry Gabriola Expands, Moves Festival", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo News Bulletin'', Tuesday November 15, 2005, p 40.
* Allen, Wayne (2005). ''This Endless Moment'', Waterloo, ON: Phoenix Centre Press ISBN 0-9684446-2-8
* Staff Writer. "Learn to Live With Passion", Nanaimo, BC: ''The Daily News'', Friday January 20 , 2006, p C02.
* Wheatley, Margaret & Kellner-Rogers, Myron. "Community: The Promise and the Paradox", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2006.
* Staff Writer. "Pure Blues of Guy Davis – on Stage", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Monday, April 3 2006.
* Robelin, Giselle. "Festival of the Healing Hearts", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Monday, May 15, 2006.
* Filax, Gloria. "Singing for Ourselves, Singing for Others, Singing for KIDZPOSITIVE", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Tuesday, May 23 2006.
* Staff Writer. "Interview With Dan Millman", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2007.
* Adams, Linda. "Trust Outlines Agenda for Public Meeting", Bowen Island, BC: ''Bowen Island Undercurrent'', Friday March 9, 2007, p. 05.

==External links==

*[http://www.haven.ca The Haven Institute webpage]
*[http://haven.ca/us/founders.html Haven Founders: Jock McKeen & Bennet Wong]
*[http://www.havenfoundation.org/index.html The Haven Foundation]

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[[Category:Human Potential Movement|Human Potential Movement]]

Haven Institute

2007-03-30T00:13:27Z

William Meyer:

==The Haven Institute==

The '''Haven Institute''' is a residential learning centre situated in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. Founded by [[Jock McKeen]] and [[Bennet Wong]], the centre is owned and operated by ''The Haven Foundation'', a Canadian federal nonprofit charity. ''The Haven Institute'' offers a wide variety of courses for personal and professional growth. It is registered in the province of British Columbia as a Private Post-Secondary institution in accordance with the Private Post-Secondary Education Act of B.C. (SBC CHAP 64). Also, it is a certified Educational Institution under Sec. 118.5 & 118.6 of the Canada Income Tax Act. The programs include a process for students aspiring to achieve a Diploma in Counseling or other post-secondary certification.

----

==The Haven Institute History==

In 1983, two physicians, [[Bennet Wong]] and [[Jock McKeen]] purchased the ''Taylor Bay Lodge'', and transformed the small rural lodge into a waterfront resort and conference centre (MacMillan 1983), (Nanaimo Free Press, 1983), (Flying Shingle, 1983). They called it "a resort with a difference" because people could enter into the activities at whatever level they chose (Littleton 1985) (Haysom 2002). Some people came with their families to enjoy a country resort; groups and agencies held conferences; others attended the numerous residential self-awareness seminars (Adams, 2007). Still others returned for training in group and individual counselling, and over 60 people achieved the Diploma in Counselling (Dip.C.) from ''The Haven Institute'' (Personal Success 1998).

As their training program developed, Wong and McKeen attracted a faculty of like-minded students and teachers to the residential experiential learning centre on Gabriola Island. By the 1990's, there were fifty visiting faculty members from numerous disciplines, coming to Haven to teach in this nontraditional, open atmosphere of learning and growth (Littleton 1993). Some notable people who have taught there include Erv and Miriam Polster, [[Virginia Satir]], [[Paul Reps]], Carl Whitaker, [[James Bugental]], Bruce Lipton, Lee Pulos, [[Thomas Szasz]], Bill O'Hanlon, and [[Maria Gomori]] (Attorp, 2003), (Nanaimo News Bulletin, 2002), (Litwin, 2005). The annual Haven Symposium has featured Norm Shealy (Izzard, 2003), Joseph Chilton Pearce (Cameron 2005), Gabor Mate (Litwin 2005), Margaret Wheatley (Wheatley & Kellner-Rogers 2006), and Dan Millman (Common Ground 2007). There have also been numerous arts programs in the ''Phoenix Auditorium'', Haven's performing arts theatre (Times Colonist 2002),(Murphy 2003),(Sounder, January 8, 2004), (Nanaimo News Bulletin, 2005),(Sounder, April 2006), (Filax 2006). Haven Institute Press has published a number of books, authored by founders [[Wong and McKeen]] and others (Wellburn, 2005), (Niosi, 2005).

The Core Programs for the Haven Institute are the modular ''Phase Programs'' and the ''Come Alive'' program that were developed by [[Jock McKeen]] and [[Bennet Wong]]. (Wong & McKeen 1983), (Wong & McKeen 1984), (Therapy Now 1984). Programs have been offered at Haven with Chinese translation since the early 1990's, and numerous Asian people have attended, both as participants, and as trainees in the Haven process (Tao, Sept. 1993), (Tao, Oct. 1993). [[Joann Peterson]] became the Director of Education in 1992, and oversaw the training of many interns and assistants in group and individual counselling until her death in 2007. The programs have continued to develop and broaden (Sounder 2003), (Campbell 2005), (Gibson, 2005), (Litwin, 2005), (Nanaimo Daily News, 2006).

In 2003, The ''Haven Foundation'' was established as a federally recognized Canadian charity. In 2004, [[Wong and McKeen]] and their three sons, the owners of ''Haven'', passed the ownership of ''The Haven Institute'' into the ''Haven Foundation'' so that the facility and their work could continue in perpetuity (Sounder, January 22, 2004), (Nanaimo Daily News, Jan. 23, 2004).

==Teaching Principles==

The methods in the courses are educational, broad and eclectic, derived from a great variety of sources in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology, as well as more traditional fields of psychology, religious studies, drama, music and art. The techniques used cover a broad spectrum of approaches, including gestalt, Reichian body approaches, acupuncture, psychodrama, psychosynthesis, role playing, family therapy, fantasy and visualization techniques, video work, music and play therapy, all stressing encounter and communication skills (Wong & McKeen 1999). The approaches are educational rather than therapeutic, so no medical or nursing care is available (Littleton 1985), (Fayerman 1998), (Times-Colonist, 2001), (Niosi, 2003). Some lectures and discussion groups are involved, but an emphasis is placed upon heuristic education in which the person is invited to experience situations where (s)he will be able to learn what is needed (Tao 1993), (Allen 2005, pp. xi, 20-24, 45-46, 91), (Robelin 2006).

==References==
* Staff Writer. "New Focus For Taylor Bay Resort", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo Free Press'', Friday, August 19, 1983.
* Staff Writer. "New Use For Taylor Bay Lodge", Gabriola, BC: ''The Flying Shingle'', Vol. IX, No. 8, August 1983, p.1.
* Wong, B.R and McKeen, J. "What Kind of People Come to Workshops?", ''Heartwood'', vol.2, no.2, Summer 1983.
* Staff Writer. "Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen: An Interview", ''Therapy Now'', vol.1,no.1, Spring 1984
* Wong, B.R and McKeen, J. "The Changing Growth Environment", ''Natural Living'', vol.1, no.4, July-Aug 1984.
* MacMillan, Neil. "Self-Help is the 'Inn' Thing", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo Free Press'', Nov. 4, 1983.
* Littleton, Ellery. "A Resort with A Difference", Victoria, BC: ''Monday Magazine'', Vol. 11, No.49, Nov. 28, 1985.
* Littleton, Ellery. "Three Paths to Exploration", Victoria, BC: ''Monday Magazine'', Vol. 19, No.19, May 6, 1993.
* Attorp, Frants. "Haven by-the-Sea Celebrates Tenth Anniversary", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', September 7, 2003, p.14.
* Staff Writer. "Haven By-the-Sea", Vancouver, BC: ''Personal Success'', July 1998.
* McKeen, J. and Wong, B.R. "Learning About Self-Responsibility: Programs at PD Seminars," ''Shen'', No. 24, Fall 1999, pp. 4-6.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Resort Hosts Fall Concert Series", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo News Bulletin'', Thursday, November 21, 2002, p.34.
* Tao, Cora. "Haven and the Phase Program", Taipei, Taiwan: ''Broadcasting Monthly'', September 1993.
* Tao, Cora. "Haven Experiences", Taipei, Taiwan: ''Broadcasting Monthly'', October 1993.
* Fayerman, Pamela. "Breaking the Silence Over Depression", Vancouver, BC: ''Vancouver Sun'', Wednesday October 7, 1998, p. B03.
* Staff Writer. "Instruction Focuses on Menla Medicine", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Friday April 27, 2001, p B6.
* Staff Writer. "Dancing Man Has Gabriola Swinging", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', April 25, 2002, p D12.
* Haysom, Beth. "Calm Places to Relax and Recharge", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Tuesday July 30, 2002, p C3.
* Murphy, Joan. "Gabriola Goes Tropical", Nanaimo, BC: ''The Daily News'', Friday August 8 , 2003, p C03.
* Niosi, Goody. "Find Your Potentional at The Haven", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Sat, Oct 11, 2003, p. A2.
* Staff Writer. "Meeting the Challenge: Being Alive and Well in Stressful Times", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday October 30, 2003.
* Izzard, Denese. "The Haven's First Symposium Alive and Well", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Nov. 13, 2003, p.8.
* Staff Writer. "Otis Taylor Concert at the Haven", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday, January 8, 2004.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Foundation Continues Mandate", Nanaimo, BC: ''The Daily News'', Friday, January 23, 2004, p. A4.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Foundation", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday, January 22, 2004.
* Cameron, Brent. "Interview with Joseph Chilton Pearce", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2005.
* Gibson, Jim. "Delayed Parenting Has Hurdles", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', May 24, 2005, p D3.
* Niosi, Goody. "Haven Founders Offer Tips on Happiness", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Wed, Aug 31, 2005, p. A4.
* Wellburn, Lynn. "Health and Happiness - a Book on Mind/Body Connection", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Wed, Oct. 5, 2005, p. A18.
* Campbell, Leslie. "Joann Peterson - The Resilient Life", Victoria, BC: ''Focus Magazine'', Vol. 18, No.1, October 2005, pp.46-49.
* Litwin, Grania. "Health Tied to History, MD Says", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Friday, October 14, 2005, p D6.
* Staff Writer. "Poetry Gabriola Expands, Moves Festival", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo News Bulletin'', Tuesday November 15, 2005, p 40.
* Allen, Wayne (2005). ''This Endless Moment'', Waterloo, ON: Phoenix Centre Press ISBN 0-9684446-2-8
* Staff Writer. "Learn to Live With Passion", Nanaimo, BC: ''The Daily News'', Friday January 20 , 2006, p C02.
* Wheatley, Margaret & Kellner-Rogers, Myron. "Community: The Promise and the Paradox", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2006.
* Staff Writer. "Pure Blues of Guy Davis – on Stage", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Monday, April 3 2006.
* Robelin, Giselle. "Festival of the Healing Hearts", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Monday, May 15, 2006.
* Filax, Gloria. "Singing for Ourselves, Singing for Others, Singing for KIDZPOSITIVE", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Tuesday, May 23 2006.
* Staff Writer. "Interview With Dan Millman", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2007.
* Adams, Linda. "Trust Outlines Agenda for Public Meeting", Bowen Island, BC: ''Bowen Island Undercurrent'', Friday March 9, 2007, p. 05.

==External links==

*[http://www.haven.ca The Haven Institute webpage]
*[http://haven.ca/us/founders.html Haven Founders: Jock McKeen & Bennet Wong]
*[http://www.havenfoundation.org/index.html The Haven Foundation]

[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:New Age]]
[[Category:Health promotion]]
[[Category:Personal development]]
[[Category:Human Potential Movement|Human Potential Movement]]

Haven Institute

2007-03-30T00:10:37Z

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==The Haven Institute==

[[Image:Havenlogo.gif|120px|right|]]
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The '''Haven Institute''' is a residential learning centre situated in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. Founded by [[Jock McKeen]] and [[Bennet Wong]], the centre is owned and operated by ''The Haven Foundation'', a Canadian federal nonprofit charity. ''The Haven Institute'' offers a wide variety of courses for personal and professional growth. It is registered in the province of British Columbia as a Private Post-Secondary institution in accordance with the Private Post-Secondary Education Act of B.C. (SBC CHAP 64). Also, it is a certified Educational Institution under Sec. 118.5 & 118.6 of the Canada Income Tax Act. The programs include a process for students aspiring to achieve a Diploma in Counseling or other post-secondary certification.

----

==The Haven Institute History==

In 1983, two physicians, [[Bennet Wong]] and [[Jock McKeen]] purchased the ''Taylor Bay Lodge'', and transformed the small rural lodge into a waterfront resort and conference centre (MacMillan 1983), (Nanaimo Free Press, 1983), (Flying Shingle, 1983). They called it "a resort with a difference" because people could enter into the activities at whatever level they chose (Littleton 1985) (Haysom 2002). Some people came with their families to enjoy a country resort; groups and agencies held conferences; others attended the numerous residential self-awareness seminars (Adams, 2007). Still others returned for training in group and individual counselling, and over 60 people achieved the Diploma in Counselling (Dip.C.) from ''The Haven Institute'' (Personal Success 1998).

As their training program developed, Wong and McKeen attracted a faculty of like-minded students and teachers to the residential experiential learning centre on Gabriola Island. By the 1990's, there were fifty visiting faculty members from numerous disciplines, coming to Haven to teach in this nontraditional, open atmosphere of learning and growth (Littleton 1993). Some notable people who have taught there include Erv and Miriam Polster, [[Virginia Satir]], [[Paul Reps]], Carl Whitaker, [[James Bugental]], Bruce Lipton, Lee Pulos, [[Thomas Szasz]], Bill O'Hanlon, and [[Maria Gomori]] (Attorp, 2003), (Nanaimo News Bulletin, 2002), (Litwin, 2005). The annual Haven Symposium has featured Norm Shealy (Izzard, 2003), Joseph Chilton Pearce (Cameron 2005), Gabor Mate (Litwin 2005), Margaret Wheatley (Wheatley & Kellner-Rogers 2006), and Dan Millman (Common Ground 2007). There have also been numerous arts programs in the ''Phoenix Auditorium'', Haven's performing arts theatre (Times Colonist 2002),(Murphy 2003),(Sounder, January 8, 2004), (Nanaimo News Bulletin, 2005),(Sounder, April 2006), (Filax 2006). Haven Institute Press has published a number of books, authored by founders [[Wong and McKeen]] and others (Wellburn, 2005), (Niosi, 2005).

The Core Programs for the Haven Institute are the modular ''Phase Programs'' and the ''Come Alive'' program that were developed by [[Jock McKeen]] and [[Bennet Wong]]. (Wong & McKeen 1983), (Wong & McKeen 1984), (Therapy Now 1984). Programs have been offered at Haven with Chinese translation since the early 1990's, and numerous Asian people have attended, both as participants, and as trainees in the Haven process (Tao, Sept. 1993), (Tao, Oct. 1993). [[Joann Peterson]] became the Director of Education in 1992, and oversaw the training of many interns and assistants in group and individual counselling until her death in 2007. The programs have continued to develop and broaden (Sounder 2003), (Campbell 2005), (Gibson, 2005), (Litwin, 2005), (Nanaimo Daily News, 2006).

In 2003, The ''Haven Foundation'' was established as a federally recognized Canadian charity. In 2004, [[Wong and McKeen]] and their three sons, the owners of ''Haven'', passed the ownership of ''The Haven Institute'' into the ''Haven Foundation'' so that the facility and their work could continue in perpetuity (Sounder, January 22, 2004), (Nanaimo Daily News, Jan. 23, 2004).

==Teaching Principles==

The methods in the courses are educational, broad and eclectic, derived from a great variety of sources in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology, as well as more traditional fields of psychology, religious studies, drama, music and art. The techniques used cover a broad spectrum of approaches, including gestalt, Reichian body approaches, acupuncture, psychodrama, psychosynthesis, role playing, family therapy, fantasy and visualization techniques, video work, music and play therapy, all stressing encounter and communication skills (Wong & McKeen 1999). The approaches are educational rather than therapeutic, so no medical or nursing care is available (Littleton 1985), (Fayerman 1998), (Times-Colonist, 2001), (Niosi, 2003). Some lectures and discussion groups are involved, but an emphasis is placed upon heuristic education in which the person is invited to experience situations where (s)he will be able to learn what is needed (Tao 1993), (Allen 2005, pp. xi, 20-24, 45-46, 91), (Robelin 2006).

==References==
* Staff Writer. "New Focus For Taylor Bay Resort", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo Free Press'', Friday, August 19, 1983.
* Staff Writer. "New Use For Taylor Bay Lodge", Gabriola, BC: ''The Flying Shingle'', Vol. IX, No. 8, August 1983, p.1.
* Wong, B.R and McKeen, J. "What Kind of People Come to Workshops?", ''Heartwood'', vol.2, no.2, Summer 1983.
* Staff Writer. "Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen: An Interview", ''Therapy Now'', vol.1,no.1, Spring 1984
* Wong, B.R and McKeen, J. "The Changing Growth Environment", ''Natural Living'', vol.1, no.4, July-Aug 1984.
* MacMillan, Neil. "Self-Help is the 'Inn' Thing", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo Free Press'', Nov. 4, 1983.
* Littleton, Ellery. "A Resort with A Difference", Victoria, BC: ''Monday Magazine'', Vol. 11, No.49, Nov. 28, 1985.
* Littleton, Ellery. "Three Paths to Exploration", Victoria, BC: ''Monday Magazine'', Vol. 19, No.19, May 6, 1993.
* Attorp, Frants. "Haven by-the-Sea Celebrates Tenth Anniversary", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', September 7, 2003, p.14.
* Staff Writer. "Haven By-the-Sea", Vancouver, BC: ''Personal Success'', July 1998.
* McKeen, J. and Wong, B.R. "Learning About Self-Responsibility: Programs at PD Seminars," ''Shen'', No. 24, Fall 1999, pp. 4-6.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Resort Hosts Fall Concert Series", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo News Bulletin'', Thursday, November 21, 2002, p.34.
* Tao, Cora. "Haven and the Phase Program", Taipei, Taiwan: ''Broadcasting Monthly'', September 1993.
* Tao, Cora. "Haven Experiences", Taipei, Taiwan: ''Broadcasting Monthly'', October 1993.
* Fayerman, Pamela. "Breaking the Silence Over Depression", Vancouver, BC: ''Vancouver Sun'', Wednesday October 7, 1998, p. B03.
* Staff Writer. "Instruction Focuses on Menla Medicine", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Friday April 27, 2001, p B6.
* Staff Writer. "Dancing Man Has Gabriola Swinging", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', April 25, 2002, p D12.
* Haysom, Beth. "Calm Places to Relax and Recharge", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Tuesday July 30, 2002, p C3.
* Murphy, Joan. "Gabriola Goes Tropical", Nanaimo, BC: ''The Daily News'', Friday August 8 , 2003, p C03.
* Niosi, Goody. "Find Your Potentional at The Haven", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Sat, Oct 11, 2003, p. A2.
* Staff Writer. "Meeting the Challenge: Being Alive and Well in Stressful Times", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday October 30, 2003.
* Izzard, Denese. "The Haven's First Symposium Alive and Well", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Nov. 13, 2003, p.8.
* Staff Writer. "Otis Taylor Concert at the Haven", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday, January 8, 2004.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Foundation Continues Mandate", Nanaimo, BC: ''The Daily News'', Friday, January 23, 2004, p. A4.
* Staff Writer. "Haven Foundation", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Thursday, January 22, 2004.
* Cameron, Brent. "Interview with Joseph Chilton Pearce", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2005.
* Gibson, Jim. "Delayed Parenting Has Hurdles", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', May 24, 2005, p D3.
* Niosi, Goody. "Haven Founders Offer Tips on Happiness", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Wed, Aug 31, 2005, p. A4.
* Wellburn, Lynn. "Health and Happiness - a Book on Mind/Body Connection", Nanaimo, BC: ''Harbour City Star'', Wed, Oct. 5, 2005, p. A18.
* Campbell, Leslie. "Joann Peterson - The Resilient Life", Victoria, BC: ''Focus Magazine'', Vol. 18, No.1, October 2005, pp.46-49.
* Litwin, Grania. "Health Tied to History, MD Says", Victoria, BC: ''Times-Colonist'', Friday, October 14, 2005, p D6.
* Staff Writer. "Poetry Gabriola Expands, Moves Festival", Nanaimo, BC: ''Nanaimo News Bulletin'', Tuesday November 15, 2005, p 40.
* Allen, Wayne (2005). ''This Endless Moment'', Waterloo, ON: Phoenix Centre Press ISBN 0-9684446-2-8
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* Wheatley, Margaret & Kellner-Rogers, Myron. "Community: The Promise and the Paradox", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2006.
* Staff Writer. "Pure Blues of Guy Davis – on Stage", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Monday, April 3 2006.
* Robelin, Giselle. "Festival of the Healing Hearts", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Monday, May 15, 2006.
* Filax, Gloria. "Singing for Ourselves, Singing for Others, Singing for KIDZPOSITIVE", Gabriola, BC: ''The Sounder'', Tuesday, May 23 2006.
* Staff Writer. "Interview With Dan Millman", Vancouver, BC: ''Common Ground'', March 2007.
* Adams, Linda. "Trust Outlines Agenda for Public Meeting", Bowen Island, BC: ''Bowen Island Undercurrent'', Friday March 9, 2007, p. 05.

==External links==

*[http://www.haven.ca The Haven Institute webpage]
*[http://haven.ca/us/founders.html Haven Founders: Jock McKeen & Bennet Wong]
*[http://www.havenfoundation.org/index.html The Haven Foundation]

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