Practical Intuition:
Activating Your Inner Consultant

September 14 & 15, 2007
Mill Valley, California

Cost:
Cost: $225 to $450 *see below

Workshop Description

We are all more intuitive than we know. Despite the cognitive emphasis of our training, clinical intuition often plays a decisive role in the excellence of care. This workshop is an opportunity to examine different ways of knowing; to evaluate and explore the range and power of your intuitive capacity and integrate intuition more deliberately into your clinical work. Rachel Remen will enable you to legitimize the realm of clinical intuition and offer you basic strategies for strengthening and developing intuitive insights through the tools of imagery, symbolism, narrative, ceremony and dream work. Come prepared to mobilize your inner consultant to benefit your patients and yourself.

Participants will be enabled to:

• Recognize and evaluate their innate intuitive capacities
• Recognize 3 ways intuition can be used professionally
• Recognize ways they already use intuition in their work
• Identify existing attitudes towards intuition
• Learn 2 strategies for developing intuitive insight
• Become familiar with some basic intuitive tools including symbolism, imagery, ritual, dreamwork
• Identify personal barriers to accessing intuition
• Learn a method of using intuition in decision-making
• Learn a method of using intuition in problem solving
• Develop strategies of deliberately accessing intuition

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Define intuition in a professional setting
• Explore the use of intuition in health care work
• Validate intuitive insights in the presence of professional peers
• Recognize the connection between the intuitive process and the creative process
• Learn ways to deliberately use intuition in professional work

Who should attend: Physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologists, therapists, counselors, social workers, pharmacists, and others in the healing professions.

About Rachel Naomi Remen, MD: Dr. Remen, the Founder and Director of The Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (ISHI) at Commonweal, is a professor of clinical medicine at UCSF School of Medicine and the nationally known author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings. For the past twenty-five years her presentations, writings and workshop programs have enabled health professionals to remember their calling and revitalize their work. The innovative approaches in this workshop have proved helpful to thousands of health professionals and serve as an introduction to ISHI's professional programs.

CME credit: This is an activity offered by the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal, a CMA-accredited provider. Physicians attending this course may report up to 12 hours of Category 1 credits toward the California Medical Association's Certification in Continuing Medical Education and the American Medical Association's Physician's Recognition Award.

CEU credit for nurses: 12 hours of CEU credit for nurses is available. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10064. 12 hours of CEU credit is available for licensed California nurses.

CEU credit for other health professionals: This is an activity offered by the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal, PCE Number 3244. This course meets the qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. You must be a licensed California MFT or LCSW to receive these credits. Also, California licensed psychologists can get CEU credit for a course that is CME approved - contact the California Psychological Association to confirm your eligibility for credit.

Workshop Logistics

Location: Acqua Hotel, 555 Redwood Highway, Mill Valley, California
Dates: September 14 & 15, 2007
Hours: 9:00 am - noon and 1:30 - 5:00 pm
Cost:
$450 for physicians (CME credit included) Pre-registration required.
$325 for RNs (BRN-approved CEU credit included) Pre-registration required.
$325 for other health professionals (California MFTs, LCSWs, and social workers as well as licensed California psychologists are eligible for CEU credit) Pre-registration required.
$225 for residents (CME credit included) Pre-registration required.

Registration & payment: Pre-registration is required. To register online click here or to download a registration form you can mail in click here. We will accept payment by credit card (online only) or check. If you have questions or problems, please contact Corrie at or call 707-575-6801.

Refunds: Due to the constraints of budget planning and administration, no refunds will be issued after August 14. However, you may reassign or transfer your registration at no charge.

Cancellation Policy: A full refund (less processing fee of $25) will be issued for cancellations BEFORE August 14.

Work exchange & scholarships: This workshop is a fundraising effort for the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (ISHI) at Commonweal, a nonprofit organization. We regret that we are unable to offer work exchange or scholarships for this event.

Lodging: A special room rate has been negotiated for workshop attendees at the Acqua Hotel in Mill Valley, California, the workshop site. Call the Acqua Hotel's toll-free reservation line at (888) 662-9555 to reserve one of these rooms, which are available on a first come, first serve basis. You MUST request the account name "RACHEL REMEN WORKSHOPS 2007" at the time of booking by phone in order to get the special rate. You can also reserve these rooms (with special room rate) online, by following these directions:
Go To: www.acquahotel.com
Click: Reservations
Click: Corporate Rate
Enter: RNRWORKSHOPS

To confirm reservation, follow search prompts for date availability, rates & room choice. Based on availability at the time of request, guests can then select their preferred reservation date and room type. Rate changes may occur during a guest stay, based on day and length of stay. Daily rate details will be noted on each hotel confirmation notice. All reservations are accepted based on space availability. A two-night minimum may be in effect on selected weekends.
Note: the RACHEL REMEN WORKSHOPS 2007 "corporate rate" link must be clicked to view discounted rates.

Transportation to site: Many participants fly in from all over the country to attend our workshops. If you are arriving by plane and will be renting a car, either the San Francisco or Oakland airport are recommended. The SF airport is approximately an hour south of the Acqua Hotel; the Oakland airport is around 90 minutes - it depends on the time you fly in and traffic, which can be quite heavy during morning and evening rush hours. We suggest participants fly in the evening before a workshop, and leaving the morning after it's over - and leave plenty of time to get to either airport.

If you don't plan to rent a car, we recommend flying into San Francisco International and taking the Marin Airporter shuttle service that has a stop very near the Acqua Hotel (Seminary Dr/Mill Valley).

Additional lodging: We can provide names of alternative accommodations in a range of prices in the immediate vicinity of the event. Click here for this list.

Meals: There will be 90 minutes available to eat lunch each day, from approximately noon to 1:30 pm. You may choose to either pre-order (when you register) a catered box lunch that will be served onsite during the workshop, or opt to eat out at one of the many restaurants in the immediate area (in which case, you will need a car as there is no easily accessible public transportation). The box lunches cost $14.00 (inc. tax) per person, per day, and must be pre-paid. They will vary each day, and you may choose either vegetarian or regular (meat) lunch. For example::

• Box Lunch #1: Grilled chicken focaccia sandwich, pesto pasta salad, biscotti
• Box Lunch #2 (veggie): Grilled vegetables focaccia sandwich, pesto pasta salad, biscotti

Note: If you are on a special diet or cannot eat carbs, we recommend that you eat lunch at a restaurant where you can be sure to have your needs met.

To pre-order a lunch online, please go to the online registration form. If you are registering by mail, be sure to checkmark the desired lunch(es) when you send in the form and include payment with the form. The Acqua Hotel does not have its own restaurant; however they do offer a very good continental breakfast for hotel guests staying with them. There are only a couple restaurants within walking distance for lunch or dinner. We offer the option of ordering a box lunch each day of the workshop. However, if you are not local and arrive via airport shuttle, you may need to call a cab to get to restaurants for dinner. In the past, many participants have opted to go out to eat together, making impromptu plans during the workshop.

A list of local restaurants is available, click here.

Map: Area map and directions are available, click here.