4 NBCC approved hours: Post-Pathology: Applying the Human Experience Labyrinth to Mental Health Practice

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Post-Pathology: Applying the Human Experience Labyrinth to Mental Health Practice

I'm thrilled to announce that I am now offering live continuing education for Mental Health Providers approved by NBCC. The live, in person option will be held at the Human Experience Hub dome in Corbett, with an option to sauna, soak, walk the labyrinth and connect with each other after the workshop.

There are also several online options: October 23rd, November 13th, and December 4th.

In-Person Time & Location

Nov 06, 2026, 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Bawb's Acres, 3500 SE Mannthey Road Corbett, OR 97019

About the event

Live, Real-Time Continuing Education Program | 4.0 NBCC Hours

Date November 6th, 2026

Time 9:00-1:30

Location: Bawbs Acres: 3500 SE Mannthey Road Corbett, Oregon 97019

*optional sauna/soak after the workshop. By appt: www.bawbsacres.com

Registration Deadline

- Early registration (30 days in advance): $79

- Standard registration: $99

- Student/associate rate: $69

Must register 3 days in advance of training date

Program Description

The Human Experience Labyrinth is an integrative framework that helps mental health professionals conceptualize psychological distress within the broader context of human development, relationships, embodied experience, culture, suffering, transformation, and meaning-making. The framework presents human growth as nonlinear and explores seven interconnected layers of experience, including fear and duality, common suffering, ego structures, relational dynamics, embodied awareness, integrated knowledge and wisdom, and meaning. During this interactive program, participants will examine ways the framework may complement clinical mental health practice. The training includes reflection, case application, workbook exercises, discussion of nervous-system resourcing and embodied awareness, intervention pathways, and consideration of cultural and community context. The framework is presented as complementary to established clinical treatment, including therapy, medication when necessary, crisis care, and evidence-based interventions.

Post-Pathology: Applying the Human Experience Labyrinth to Mental Health Practice has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. Dr. Tiffany Ryan is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-5492.

*Workbook included.

Learning Objectives

● Describe the seven layers of the Human Experience Labyrinth and explain how the framework conceptualizes psychological distress, human suffering, growth, integration, and meaning-making as parts of a nonlinear human experience.

● Differentiate between clinical interventions focused on immediate stabilization and symptom reduction and interventions that support longer-term integration, relational connection, embodied awareness, and

meaning-making.

● Analyze a client presentation using the Human Experience Labyrinth to identify relevant dimensions of fear and duality, common suffering, ego structures, relational functioning, embodied awareness, integration, and meaning.

● Assess how nervous-system resourcing and embodied awareness may influence a client’s capacity to move from reactive responses toward greater reflection, choice, and integration.

● Apply the Human Experience Labyrinth to a clinical case example and formulate potential intervention

pathways that complement psychotherapy, psychoeducation, somatic interventions, community resources, and other appropriate forms of care.

● Evaluate the cultural and contextual relevance of the framework and identify ways that community practices, spiritual traditions, collective healing approaches, and culturally specific understandings of suffering can inform its use with diverse populations.

Presenter

Dr. Tiffany Ryan, PhD, MSW, LMT, RYT, has more than 15 years of experience in adult education, mental health, social work, advocacy, and mind-body approaches to wellbeing. She holds a PhD and Master of Social Work and has experience teaching graduate-level social work courses and providing professional education to mental health and helping professionals. Her interdisciplinary training also includes massage therapy, yoga, somatic and embodied practices, and integrative approaches to wellbeing. Dr. Ryan is the developer of the Human Experience Labyrinth, the framework presented in this program, and author of Post-Pathology: A New Orientation to Mental Health. Her work examines psychological distress within the broader context of common human suffering, nervous-system regulation, relationships, embodied experience, culture, integration, and meaning-making. She has developed and facilitated trainings, workbooks, reflective practices, and professional education based on this framework, including training with mental health practitioners internationally. Her experience developing and applying the Human Experience Labyrinth provides the foundation for this continuing education program.

NBCC Hours

Participants who meet the completion requirements for this live, real-time program will be awarded 4.0 NBCC Hours.

Registration Requirements

Continuing Education Credit: NBCC continuing education hours are awarded only to participants who meet the program's attendance and completion requirements. Registration or payment alone does not guarantee continuing education credit.

After registration, you will receive a confirmation email with further details.

Email: tiffany@drtiffanyryan.org with questions.