Introduction to MCT
Imagine an approach to well-being that dynamically, intuitively, and creatively integrates cutting-edge psychotherapy, bodywork, relational dynamics, and spirituality with extraordinary effectiveness and efficiency.
Imagine that this approach does not rely upon nor operate from any preset methodology, but rather allows structure/direction to arise in fitting accord with your real needs, whether in individual or couples contexts.
Imagine that this approach is as vital as it is subtle, as empowering as it is sensitive, as expansive as it is grounded, as liberating as it is practical, as emotionally and psychologically literate as it is spiritually attuned. Put all of this together, add a large dose of compassion, and you’ll have something approximating Robert and Diane’s way of working.
Robert and Diane work in very close conjunction — as befitting their unusually close relationship — teaching the art of awakened, optimally functioning intimacy/relationship not just with significant others, but also with every aspect of our being.
Transcendence and quick fixes are not the priority; intimacy and healing and awakening are. (The more intimate we are with our anger, for example, the more likely it is that we won’t use it in life-negating ways. This means not a bypassing or meditating-away of anger, but an up-close exploration/illumination of it and our history with it.)
Robert and Diane occupy a unique place in the field of healing and awakening, bringing together the psychological, physical, emotional, energetic, sexual, and spiritual in an intuitive, deeply empowering integral manner.
Robert is also an award-winning author, with his writings coexisting in fitting parallel with his work. His books include Transformation Through Intimacy, Darkness Shining Wild, and Divine Dynamite. His most recent book is the highly praised, groundbreaking Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us From What Really Matters.
Diane is an accomplished singer and songwriter, as well as a highly skilled and deeply compassionate psychotherapist and energy-worker. Her latest CD is a compilation of original contemporary chants entitled Emergence.
Robert’s work, developed over the past 33 years (he has worked worldwide), is a highly creative art, intuitive and integral, an ultra-efficient psychospiritual approach emphasizing embodiment, authenticity, deep shadow work, emotional literacy, spiritual deepening, and the development of relational maturity. Through his method-transcending “compassionate laser” way of working, Robert deals just as deeply with the personal and interpersonal as with the transpersonal.
He and Diane now primarily offer individual and couple private intensives (usually 3-4 days in length), along with one or two longer groups each year. Those who work with them are taught, among other things, how to turn toward and enter their pain so that they might pass through it, rather than rising above, spiritually bypassing, or otherwise avoiding it.
This is not about finding freedom from limitation, but rather through limitation. In Robert and Diane’s work, our dragons are seen not as obstructions on our path, but rather as part of our path, to be encountered and known from the deep inside, so that we are rendered far more capable of appreciating and making wise use of the treasure they are guarding.
In Robert’s words: “At essence the work Diane and I do is about becoming more intimate with all that we are — dark and light, high and low, shallow and deep,neurotic and transcendent, dying and undying. Such intimacy is at the very heart of the healing we need, bringing us into the intrinsic wisdom, compassion, humor, and joy of Being.”
How To Use This Site
Here are our suggestions about how to get familiar and make the most of the Masters Center For Transformation website.
1) Home Page ( http://www.masterscenter.net/home )
The best place to begin each session on the Masters Center for Transformation site is the ‘Home’ Page.
When new content is added to the site it will automatically appear on this page. Your MCT ‘Home’ page will display the latest Library posts, the most recent Forum Discussions, and a list of upcoming in-person workshops.
2) Library ( http://www.masterscenter.net/category/library )
We then suggest that you browse the Library Articles, Audio & Video to find content that interests & inspires you. We will be updating this section most weeks with new content.
3) Community Forums ( http://www.masterscenter.net/forum )
When you find Library content that inspires questions or comments, and you want to discuss it with Robert, Diane and other members of the MCT community, we invite you to participate in the Community forums and start a discussion “thread” or contribute to an existing conversation.
To search any discussion thread in the community forums go to “Community” and click the “Search” link beside the little magnifying glass icon, just above the forum topics. Then enter the search request.
5) Live Events & Workshops ( http://www.masterscenter.net/category/events )
Once you have become familiar with the site navigation, we encourage you to register for an in-person intensive or workshop. This will complement everything you are learning at the Masters Center and catalyze deeper healing and transformation.
6) Counseling/Consulting/Coaching ( http://www.masterscenter.net/sessions)
If you are facing challenges in your life and require some additional support or if you would like to take what you are learning on our site to a deeper level, please feel free to contact Robert for a private phone session, or arrange to come to Ashland to work with both Robert and Diane in person.
We will be uploading new content most weeks, so please visit the site regularly & participate to whatever degree you wish!