CE Credits for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs**
Beyond Identification
“The Resonant Heart”
Saturday, October 10, 2026,
Zoom
9:00am – 11:00am (PT)
Raja Selvam, Ph.D.
Program Description
This year’s Beyond Identification program considers the heart as a locus of connecting with the relational field. The spiritual heart can be conceptualized as vehicle that transcends the duality of the self-object relationship, facilitating both perception and influence beyond the ordinary limits of three-dimensional consensus reality. The heart has been recognized as a center of awareness in many spiritual traditions since ancient times. Many healing traditions also recognize that the heart plays a central role growth and transformation.
Building on the framework of Morphic Resonance presented by Rupert Sheldrake at last year’s presentation, the field effects of resonance are considered in the context of the psychotherapeutic relationship. As a construct, resonance has gained increasing traction i as a therapeutic factor in models of psychotherapy that include both spiritual and somatic dimensions of human experience. Our featured presenter, Raja Selvam, Ph.D., is both a clinician and educator at the cutting edge of recent developments in psychotherapy and healing. His presentation will focus on s the science-backed method of embodying emotions as an effective practice for not only keeping one’s heart open, resilient, and resonant but also for cognitive, emotional, behavioral, relational, and spiritual development.
What You Will Learn
- The concept of embodying emotions.
- How embodying emotions supports resonance.
- How resonance is a tool of psychotherapy.
- How somatic practice can support can support clients’ resilience and development.
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this retreat participants will be able to:
- Describe the concept of resonance.
- Describe the relationship between embodying emotions and resonance.
- Demonstrate one practice for embodying emotions.
- Name three ways that embodying emotions can benefit clients in terms of resilience and cognitive, emotional, behavioral, relational, or spiritual development.
For more information please call (415) 499-1115 or email spf@ias.org.
**International Association of Sufism is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs, LMFTs, and LEPs, Provider number: 95354. IAS maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Continuing Education grievances and request for refunds, disability accommodations, copies of CEU certificates or other records should be directed to spf@ias.org. For our policies pertaining to these matters, please go to the policies page.