January 14, 15, & 16, 2027

8:00 AM–2:30 PM Pacific Time

Live online instruction with experiential activities and opportunities for reflection and practice.

Invigorate your connection with self, others and the world through experiential learning designed to increase your knowledge of self and gain skills to support others in transformational change. Participants will gain significant personal and professional growth through experiential learning, journal reflections, and demonstrations.

In this course, participants will:

• Through self-reflection and experiential practice, participants will use the lens of Transformational Systems Theory to:

  • Examine ways of perceiving the world, ourselves, and our clients
  • Identify meta goals of therapy
  • Explore the essential elements of transformational change
  • Understand Satir’s use of self
  • Experience Satir’s iceberg metaphor
  • Survival coping patterns
  • Working in trios to integrate knowledge and practice skills

Who Can Attend?

This course welcomes therapists, counselors, coaches, helping professionals, organizational leaders, and anyone interested in personal growth, relationships, and human interactions.

Course Completion Requirements

After the classroom time, participants will be required to submit learnings from trio practice and reflections on written questions to complete the course.

Meet Your Instructors

Bonnie Lee, M.S., LPC

Bonnie Lee is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She holds master’s degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy and Community Counseling from John Brown University. Bonnie found her true place as a therapist through her training in the Satir Model with Satir of the Pacific. She has completed Levels 1–Advanced training and is currently completing the Training for Trainers program. Bonnie has completed Level 3 training in the Gottman Method, with additional Gottman training in treating trauma and affairs. She has also trained in EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).

Bonnie is especially drawn to working with adults who have experienced domestic violence, childhood sexual assault, or neglect. The Satir Model guides her work with individuals and couples as they navigate “the stuff of life.” In her counseling and teaching, Bonnie invites people to become more fully who they were created to be.

Julie M. Thompson, M.ed, RCC

Julie is Registered Clinical Counsellor practicing in Victoria, Canada with a Masters of Education in Counselling Psychology (2008).  She has trained extensively with the Satir Institute of the Pacific, completing Levels 1-3, Sculpting, Addiction, Family Reconstruction, and Training For Trainers as well as delivered workshops on the model.  She has clinical experience with those struggling with substance use, mental health issues, impacts of trauma, low self esteem, and relationship patterns. She works as an individual and group therapist, facilitating process and interactive psychoeducational groups in therapeutic and community settings. 

Julie relishes connecting with people and providing a chance for folks to experience themselves and the world in new ways growing toward their own version of a fulfilling and expansive life. She is an impassioned presenter and practitioner of Satir’s model as it deepens her connection to herself, and her family, invigorates her work, and has welcomed her into an incredible global community of practitioners.

Nicole Burgess, MA, RCC

Nicole holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) living on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. She has studied the Satir Model extensively through the Satir Institute of the Pacific, including completion of Advanced Applications, Sculpting, Family Reconstruction and the Training for Trainers program. She is also trained in EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT &EFIT).

Nicole began her career as a music therapist, working primarily in palliative and end-of-life care. Working in both non-profit and private practice settings, she has supported individuals and families navigating challenges including abuse and trauma, grief and loss, addiction, caregiving, and significant life transitions. She is also a contributing author to the book The Art of Grief.

The Satir Model provides the foundation for Nicole's work as a therapist, clinical supervisor and educator. She currently works in private practice with individuals, couples and families, and is passionate about supporting others in their journey towards healing and growth.