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HISTORY AND MISSION STATEMENT
The Institute of Thought was founded by Dr. Joseph Costa and Joni Wilson in 1980. The Institute of Thought Mastery Program is a system of classes and courses designed to serve individuals who desire to accelerate their soul's self-growth and to balance their lives.
In the beginning of the 1990's Gisela Sommer joined the Institute of Thought and their training program, and went on to assist Dr. Costa in refining the Basic and Advanced transpersonal hypnotherapy certification program and mastery classes. Gisela has been involved in publications of IOT books, booklets and tapes.
The Institute of Thought branched out to Berkeley, CA in the mid 1990's. Maggie van Staveren, LCSW, CHT became the Bay Area IOT extension director from 1996-1999.
In 1999 Christine Bartlett PT, CHT joined Maggie and Katherine Dresser to form a clinic called the Better Life Teaching and Counseling Center, designed as a teaching and counseling clinic based on the principles of the Institute of Thought in San Diego. The BLTCC offers Basic and Advanced hypnotherapy certification through the lOT, ongoing self mastery courses, and one-on-one counseling.
In early 2000, a new, easy method to reach the Inner Dimension for divine healing and enlightenment was developed by Dr. Costa and Joni Wilson. This process was called the "The 15th Step".
From early 2000 to the present, the Institute of Thought in conjunction with the Better Life Teaching & Counseling Center in Berkeley, have expanded the 15th Step program and teaching to include satellite teaching centers in Los Angeles, CA and Seattle, WA with other 15th Step satellite sites being developed around the world.
Headquarters for the hypnotherapy certification and training program is the Institute of Thought (IOT) in San DiegO, CA. The director of IOT is Joseph Costa, Ph.D.
Headquarters for the 15th Step certification and training program is the Better Life Teaching & Counseling Center in the Bay Area of Northern California. Officers are Joseph Costa Ph.D., Christine Bartlett, PT, CHT and Maggie van Staveren, LCSW, CHT.
The mission of the Institute of Thought and Better Life Teaching and Counseling Center is to offer facilities and therapists that provide the highest level of teaching and counseling based on aspects of transpersonal psychology and mastery training, to include hypnotherapy and 15th Step training and certification programs.
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