People House Professional Development Series

Starting this year, new DORA regulations require all licensed Mental Health practitioners in Colorado to complete 40 hours of Continued Professional Development every two years. In response, People House is proud to announce the launching of the Professional Development Series (PDS). The offerings will enable mental health professionals to meet these DORA requirements with a series of monthly workshops, each conducted by an outstanding professional guest lecturer and each will provide 4 or 8 hours of Continuing Professional Development Credit.

Tuition for each class is $100. Times for each Friday class are 8:30am-5:30pm. Tickets for all PDS workshops may be purchased by clicking on the "Buy Now" button beneath each workshop description.

Michael Drake Brown, Sponsor

Sponsor of the Professional Development Series is Michael Drake Brown, an attorney with substantial experience representing health care professionals before DORA and the State of Colorado Office of Administrative Courts. Michael frequently lectures at Regis University about ethical dilemmas which confront health care professionals during their practice. His phone number is 303-422-6882.

Yolanda Esatai, Chairperson

Chairperson for the series is Yolanda M. Esatai, M.Ed., LPC. An experienced psychotherapist, Yolanda provides counseling services to children, adolescents, adults, families and couples. In addition, she has extensive experience managing clinical treatment programs, as a clinical supervisor for Masters level practitioners, and in developing and maintaining professional working relationships with other mental health, educational and legal system providers. Her email address is yolanda@yolandaesatai.com.


Rev. Lori Ohlson, MA, LPC


MAY – "The Enneagram in Therapy, Healing and Growth"

Introducing the Enneagram system of spiritual psychology as a powerful therapeutic tool to enhance all methods of therapy and change. Focus will include: habitual mental and emotional patterns, character structure, adaptive strategies, transference themes, relationship issues, psychological blocks and spiritual path plus interventions and discovering how your own Enneagram strategy influences your healing work with others.

The Enneagram is a profound an elegant system of spiritual psychology, which shines the light of awareness on personality, revealing habitual mental and emotional patterns that can limit the development of our human potential. But the Enneagram is so much more than a mere "typology"; it clarifies underlying motivations and contains a path of transformation that is both gentle and powerful.

Suitable for all healing arts professionals, this workshop will introduce the Enneagram as a therapeutic tool to enhance all methods of therapy and change, including:

Some basic knowledge of the Enneagram system will maximize learning. Call Lori for recommendations.

Visionary director of People House, Rev. Lori Ohlson has conducted hundreds of workshops nationwide. She brings a profound spirituality to every endeavor she undertakes.

Date/Time: Fri. May 18; 8:30am-5pm

Presenter: Rev. Lori Ohlson, MA, LPC; 303-525-3038; loriohlson@comcast.net


Please continue to monitor this website to learn more about the growing list of other presentations taking place during 2012 or call Yolanda at 303-480-5130 for more information.