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The connection between inner peace and world peace will be is explored in a lecture and discussion sponsored by the University of Houston College of Education. Featured speaker Natalie Rogers is the founder of the Person Centered Expressive Therapy Institute in California, which uses the arts and other creative expressions to help individuals find balance and stability in their lives. Her lecture, Person Centered Expressive Arts: A Path to Wholeness, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, in room 214 of Farish Hall. The lecture is open to the public and free to those who pre-register by emailing cindyhayes@cmcdmail.coe.uh.edu. Registration at the door is $25. “Person centered education is about creating safe learning environments,” H. Jerome Freiberg, professor at the college of education, said. “Natalie Rogers is building on the work of her father, Carl Rogers, who pioneered the work of person centered psychotherapy.” Rogers is the author of “The Creative Connection: Expressive Arts as Healing, and Emerging Woman: A Decade of Midlife Transitions.” In nearly two decades of operation, her Institute has hosted hundreds of participants from all over the world. For additional information, please call 713.743.8753.
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