PSI Seminars is a

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that offers

large-group awareness training The term large-group awareness training (LGAT) refers to activities - usually offered by groups with links to the human potential movement - which claim to increase self-awareness and to bring about desirable transformations in individuals' pers ...

(LGAT) seminars for

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and

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. Programs are held in many locations in the U.S., Canada, Japan and worldwide. There are PSI Seminars offices in major cities throughout North America.

History and background

PSI Seminars is the oldest continuously operating personal and professional training company in the U.S., with over 500,000 graduates of the Basic Seminar. Based in Clearlake Oaks, California, it was founded in 1973 by Thomas and Jane Willhite. They also founded the

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PSI World, based in Clearlake Oaks, which provides free training seminars, offers trainings to at-risk youth and organizes volunteer service projects such as building a new soccer field for an elementary school. In 1983, Thomas Willhite died when his private plane crashed in a field at the company headquarters. Since that time his widow, Jane C. Willhite, has run the company as CEO. ''The Unity Movement'' cited PSI Seminars as one of nine growth organizations that grew out of Mind Dynamics. Other groups also cited by Vahle as having been influenced by Mind Dynamics include The Forum and Lifespring. As such, PSI Seminars was an early example of the companies providing

Large-group awareness training The term large-group awareness training (LGAT) refers to activities - usually offered by groups with links to the human potential movement - which claim to increase self-awareness and to bring about desirable transformations in individuals' pers ...

(LGATs) associated with

humanistic psychology Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that arose in the mid-20th century in answer to two theories: Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory and B. F. Skinner's behaviorism. Thus, Abraham Maslow established the need for a "third force ...

Evaluations and reviews

Debra Holland, PhD, took the classes and then studied participants in the PSI Basic Seminar to determine the effects a year after taking the Basic class. Of 268 people who took the seminar, 202 people completed questionnaires before the seminar and 89 completed follow-up questionnaires or telephone interviews a year later. She found that: PSI Seminars has been favorably cited by authors of books on self-improvement. Examples include Jack Canfield's '' The Success Principles'', Chérie Carter-Scott's ''If Life Is a Game... These Are the Stories'', Mark Chussil's ''Nice Start'', and Rich Fettke's ''Extreme Success.'' In an episode of ''

Larry King Live ''Larry King Live'' was an American television talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was the channel's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly. Mainly aired from CNN's Los Angeles ...

'', guests Michael Beckwith, author Bob Proctor, and John DeMartini announced that they would be working together for two weeks at PSI Seminars. Bob Proctor stated, "Dr. Martini, Michael Beckwith and myself, are going to eworking together next week – is it two weeks – at PSI Seminars. I don't own the company, but it is the best course I've ever seen."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Psi Seminars 1973 establishments in California Business services companies established in 1973 Companies based in Lake County, California Large-group awareness training

History and background

Evaluations and reviews

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