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Windhorse Dialogues
The Windhorse Dialogues are a series of talks designed to unite distinguished mental health-care practitioners together with local mental health professionals, persons in recovery, and their families in an effort to increase the general knowledge on topics related to mental illness, treatment, models of care, and recovery. These events are free to the public.
Past topics have included:
- Mood Disorders, Environment & Recovery with Dr. Antonio Wood
- Recovery From Schizophrenia – Past, Present & Future with Dr. Richard Warner
- The Evolution of the Community Mental Health Movement with Phoebe Norton
- The Importance of Work in Recovery from Mental Illness OR Why Work Works! – Panel Presentation
- Recovery as Collaboration: Hearing All the Voices – Consumer/Survivor, Families and Mental Health Professionals.
Windhorse Dialogue #7: A Veteran's Truth
When:
Wednesday, June 29, 4-6pm
Where:
Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater
1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, CO 80302
A panel composed of a WWII carrier pilot, a Vietnam medic, and a young non-combat soldier will share their military experience, reintegrating into civilian life and how they cope with trauma. A short clip from the HBO Documentary War Torn will be shown. A question and answer period will follow.
Who Should Attend:
Veterans • Veteran families and friends • Social service providers • Educators • Health Care professionals • Clergy • Therapists • Civic leaders • Law enforcement • Business ownvers • Anyone interested in veteran family issues
All are welcome to attend and no preregistration is required. For more information about the talks and services for veterans and veteran families, please contact us. The dialogue will be moderated by Trisha Dittrick, LPC, a therapist specializing in helping veterans and their families.
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For more information, contact:
Trisha Dittrick, LPC
303.638.0358
trishadittrick.com
Windhorse Guild, a nonprofit located in Boulder County, is dedicated to helping persons with mental health challenges by awarding treatment grants, cultivating communication networks, offering free educational forums, and effecting progressive change in treatment through research. The Windhorse Dialogues are a series of talks designed to unite distinguished mental health-care practitioners, persons in recovery, their families, and the general public in an effort to increase the general knowledge on topics related to mental illness, treatment, models of care, and recovery.
Windhorse Guild Dialogue #6
The Dialogue was held at the Boulder Public Library Theater, 1000 Canyon Blvd. on November 19, 2008.
This event included the Boulder County premiere of the documentary film "Someone Beside You" and Q&A with internationally renowned therapist Eric Chapin. This groundbreaking international documentary from Switzerland reveals new insights into mental illness, featuring Boulder County therapists Ed Podvoll and Eric Chapin.
A great success across Europe, this film tells of the human mind going through crises. The filmmaker focuses on showing the mind's gradual emergence from the state of mental breakdown rather than the process of disintegrating and spiraling into madness. This was possible by focusing on a visionary approach currently found in Boulder County that draws on ancient knowledge to derive a new outlook and new ways of dealing with all kinds of extreme mental states - that ultimately concerns every one of us.
This event promoted a dialogue between Western psychology and Eastern spirituality where a message of hope emerges: It is always possible to regain mental clarity no matter how severly confused a mind may have become.
Board Members Published
 In the book, Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry, Anne Marie DiGiacomo (along with Michael Herrick and Scott Welsch) wrote the chapter “The Windhorse Project.” This chapter provides a well-rounded explanation of the history of Windhorse and its approach to treatment. This book can be obtained through www.peter-lehmann-publishing.com.
University of the Rockies Press has recently published the book, Brilliant Sanity: Buddhist Approaches to Psychotherapy. Chuck Knapp’s chapter, “Windhorse Therapy: Creating Environments that Arouse the Energy of Health and Sanity” provides an in-depth explanation of the Windhorse treatment approach. In the chapter “Psychotherapy as an Expression of the Spiritual Journey Based on the Experience of Shunyata,” Ed Podvoll, with Jeff Fortuna, shares his path related to “The encounter of Buddhist meditation practice with Western psychological treatment.” 
From the Book Cover – Brilliant Sanity
When Chöygam Trungpa started to train psychotherapists in Buddhist meditation more than thirty years ago, he envisioned a new therapy that would be informed by wisdom, compassion, and scholarship. This collection captures this vision. It brings forth the heart of Buddhism as applied to the contemporary practice of psychology.
—The Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche,
author of Turning the Mind into an Ally and Ruling Your World.
Endowment Fund
This fund was established upon the generous commitment of a $250,000 donation. This financial gift, received over a three-year period, is being used for the purpose of ensuring the continuing works of the Guild and to award treatment grants to those who cannot afford their mental health treatment costs. As of the end of 2007, over $35,000 in grants have been awarded.
Treatment Grants
Windhorse Guild, Inc. provides treatment grants to those experiencing mental health challenges that impact recovery and who meet eligibility guidelines. The board of directors reserves the right to use its discretion to consider special cases.
Three main treatment grants are given out on an annual basis, in June of each year. The Guild also provides smaller treatment grants throughout the year that can assist with a variety of services that can further foster an individual’s recovery process. These can include attending classes, obtaining supported employment services, etc.
To receive more information, and or to apply for a treatment grant, please email your request to: rene@windhorseguild.org.
You can also download the application forms here and mail them to: Windhorse Guild, Inc., Attn. Treatment Grants Committee, 1503 Yarmouth Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304.
Archive Project
This is a project dedicated to securing and organizing our extensive intellectual heritage as a resource for scholarly research, teaching, and publishing our approach to recovery from serious mental disorders. The project includes digitizing these materials and developing a web-based library for international use. To learn more, please click on the Archive Project tab.
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