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an appropriate stage of recovery, the therapist
will help patients glean better insight and ac-
ceptance of the roles they may have played
in the situation. As Riddell explains, “People
sometimes experience very terrible things...
whether that’s through a job loss, relation-
ship crisis or domestic violence. When we
can transition from the perspective of being
a victim, to better understanding our part in
whatever may have happened, it is easier to
progress to a state of healing.”
For Riddell, the distractions and mis-
guided messages too often iterated by media
has allowed many to lose sight of humanity’s
true purpose – “To just live life, love openly
and experience everything that comes our
way without our ego, or fear, controlling our
reactions ... our fears and egos often stand in
the way of our passions and our intention
to experience and feel something different,
something greater from life.”
At present, the Transformational Arts
College of Spiritual and Holistic Training
is looking toward its operational future as
well as the future needs of students consis-
tent with the regulatory requirements to
be established through the new College of
Registered Psychotherapists. Riddell says
the college is currently busy updating and
expanding literature and materials used in
courses. He also says the college will move
toward the implementation of online learn-
ing resources, requiring special residency
programs. He notes that the online learning
components have to be adapted to impart the
very same learning aspects that occur in the
classroom setting. That’s a tricky proposition
given that large components of the Transfor-
mational Arts’ approach is experiential, it is
more than just an instructor talking about it,
but students actually participating and ex-
periencing. Riddell and his team are hyped
by the potential; with plans in place to over-
come such problems. Given the college’s ca-
pabilities in manifesting and progressing in
the possible, the Transformational Arts Col-
lege is positioned for further growth.
To learn more about the programs and
events sponsored by Ontario’s Transforma-
tional Arts College of Spiritual and Holistic
Training, visit the college website at www.
transformationalarts.com.
