PA Online Symposia are one or two-day events focused on specific parapsychological topics and chaired by PA Professional Members. Currently these symposia take place quarterly. Register for the following upcoming symposia:
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Chair: Erika Pratte
May 20-21, 2023
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This symposium focuses on the exceptional experiencer (ExEr) in counseling and psychotherapy. Practitioners will speak on their professional experiences and/or research regarding the topic. Furthermore, ExErs will speak on their personal stories of their time in counseling or in other types of mental health support. Thus, attendees will hear from both professionals and those with lived experiences to be a part of a well-rounded dialogue on a topic that extends beyond parapsychology and into other domains such as mental health, well-being, and access to appropriate care.
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This symposium is appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this symposium, participants will be better able to:
- Describe differing factors between exceptional experiences and psychosis
- Discuss a differential diagnosis in regards to psychosis and exceptional experiences in terms of voice hearing phenomena
- List several ways therapists can respond to children’s exceptional experiences, such as imaginary friends, seeing spirits, etc.
- Use their own Exceptional Experiences as guidance to better understand how to work with the Ex-Er client
Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals
• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes.
•For questions about receiving your Certificate of Attendance, contact office@parapsych.org
For questions about CE, contact Spiritual Competency Academy at info@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.
You can find the abstracts, public videos and videos with Q&A (members-only) of our past symposia here:
Ecology, Nature & Parapsychology
Chair: Renaud Evrard
November 21, 2020
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos with Q&A
Public Videos (YouTube)
Advances in Mediumship Research
Chair: Helané Wahbeh
February 27, 2021
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos with Q&A
Public Videos (YouTube)
The Spectrum of Mind-Matter Interactions
Chair: Peter Mulacz
May 15, 2021
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos with Q&A
Public Videos (YouTube)
Parapsychology and the Study of Religion and Spirituality
Chair: Everton Maraldi
August 28-29, 2021
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos with Q&A (coming soon)
Public Videos (YouTube)
Exceptional Death-Related Experiences
Chair: Michael Nahm
November 20, 2021
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos (coming soon)
Theories of Psi
Chair: Peter Bancel
March 26, 2022
Event Replay
High Strangeness and Parapsychology: Exploring the Deep Weird
Chair: Jack Hunter
May 21, 2022
Event Replay
The Simulation Hypothesis, Savant Syndrome, and Psi
Chair: Diane Hennacy
May 21, 2022
Event Replay
Women and Parapsychology Revisited
Chair: Gerhard Mayer
November 19, 2022
Event Replay
Shared Deviance: The Interrelations of Psi & UAP
Chair: Michael Nahm
February 25, 2023
Event Replay