ABOUT OUR COURSES

We offer various online courses, workshops, groups tailored to gifted personal and professional development and training. Our courses are generally offered on a wait-list basis, meaning that once we have a full group, we schedule the course. If you're interested in joining any of our courses below, send us an email at connect@intergifted.com to let us know and we'll contact you for registration as soon as we are ready to schedule. For information on our upcoming Gifted Mindfulness Community offerings, visit our GMC Events page.

For information on Jennifer Harvey Sallin's Gifted Profiling Training course starting Marc 2021, visit her course page.

GIFTED PSYCHOLOGY 101 COURSE

These gifted-specific professional training courses are offered by InterGifted's founding director Jennifer Harvey Sallin. They are specially designed for coaches, therapists, psychiatrists and other helping professionals who want to specialize in, or have better tools for, supporting gifted clients. They are combination courses which allow space for your own growth and reflection as a gifted person and gifted professional, while providing you with the theoretical knowledge, practical insight, case studies, and peer feedback to start your gifted-specific practice or bring your existing practice to a new level.

There are two versions of this course: a one year (12-session) version for coaches or to-be coaches who are not trained in psychology, and a 6 month (6-session) version for psychologists, psychiatrists and other professionals already trained in basic psychology. Jennifer also offers individualized training for professionals. For detailed course information, logistics and registration, visit our Gifted Psychology Training Page.

GIFTEDNESS PROFILING COURSE (FOR THERAPISTS & COACHES)

This gifted-specific professional training course is offered by InterGifted's founding director Jennifer Harvey Sallin. It is focused on teaching therapists & coaches how to help their gifted clients better understand their giftedness profiles – including giftedness level, areas of intelligence, overexcitabilities, twice-exceptionalities, intersectionalities/trauma/other blocks to giftedness expression & thriving. Though the aim of this training is not to qualify you or certify you to become a formal giftedness assessor, it will provide you with basic knowledge of gifted profiling which you can use as a tool in your gifted therapy or coaching practice. The course combines theoretical training, pre-reading & case study preparations, small group case study presentations, and group discussion time; it takes place over three 3.5 hour group sessions, over 3 months. Our next offering for this course starts in March 2021. You can learn more on our gifted profiling course page.

WHOLENESS-BASED RELATING COURSE

This four-part course with InterGifted coach and community leader Karin Eglinton explores the dynamics of self-relationship and relationship with others, as a gifted minority. It prepares you to embody mature self-leadership as a strong foundation for cultivating your extended social ecosystem of connection both with the gifted and non-gifted people in your life. The course is taught in four 3.5 hour sessions, over four months. Modules include: The Relationship with Self; Cultivating our Relational Ecosystem; How Connection Fuels Maturity + Development; and Communication, Negotiation and Agreements. You can learn more about the course in our course overview. Sessions cost 300 euros each.

Karin also provides individualized coaching for gifted adults working on relational issues and building up their self-leadership and relationship skills. You can email Karin to get on her course waitlist or schedule a coaching session with her.

LEGITIMIZING YOUR GIFTED NEEDS WORKSHOP

This workshop with InterGifted coach and community leader Karin Eglinton is designed to help you take inventory of your gifted needs and to fully legitimize them and learn to meet them. You will explore how your gifted-specific needs have been minimized or unmet by others (and maybe sometimes yourself!); how you can get a better understanding of these uncommon needs; how you can get these uncommon needs met in a non-gifted dominant world; and how you can better communicate your gifted needs so that others can respond in positive ways. In addition to the material presented, these sessions hold rich, thoughtful and insightful group exercises, small group discussions with your gifted peers, Q+A, and resources and practices for you explore and to take into your daily life. The workshop is held on zoom.us for 3.5 hours. It is often followed up by an "Advanced Gifted Needs Workshop" for participants who want to take the concepts presented further in their personal integration process. Cost is 200 CHF.

Karin also offers gifted needs legitimization coaching & support for gifted people on an individual basis. If you're interested in exploring the possibilities with her, or getting on the wait list for our next offering of this workshop, email her.

GIFTED AUTISTIC WOMEN'S GROUP

This group, led by our InterGifted coach Marissa Casey, is a self-development peer group for gifted and autistic women. Through six facilitated discussion sessions, you will explore together with your gifted autistic peers how have you integrated your knowledge of autism in your life; separating out what is autism, what is giftedness and what is trauma and how/where they overlap; what autistic trauma is and how to heal from it / how you have been healing from it; developing authentic and autistic-friendly self-care routines and schedules; how you can authentically connect with others, given your unique profile; and how you can cultivate generativity in your life, given your profile, values, relationships and resources. Sessions are once a month for six months, and last 2 hours.

Marissa is also available for autism discovery and integration coaching on an individual basis. If you're interested in exploring the possibilities with her, or getting on the wait list to join the next group, email her.

GIFTED MEN'S GROUP

This group, led by our coach and InterGifted leader Merlin Györy, mixes the concept of a men's group and an incubator, aimed at covering fundamental self-development topics such as leadership, self-leadership, self-reflection and self-development. It's a space to learn to trust and support other gifted men on a peer level; to practice skills of relating and regulating; to cultivate safety and awareness for our own process. Sessions include prompts, discussion and resources on the following themes: moving things collectively that we can't move alone; creating a space to be heard in one's unique challenges and sense of meaning as a gifted man; transforming the restrictive "normative culture" mold of what it means to be a man; developing relational skills and finding a path to healthy self-empowerment.

Merlin is also available for self-leadership coaching for gifted men on an individual basis. If you're interested in exploring the possibilities with him, or getting on the wait list to join the group when it reopens to new members, email us.

GIFTED MULTIPOTENTIALITES GROUP

This 7-month group course with InterGifted Coach Marion Kee addresses the challenges and opportunities that come with being a gifted multipotentialite. Via course preparation and live discussion, you'll explore common career/job/school/relational gifted multipotentialite issues and solutions and how to envision and shape a balanced and fulfilling life as a gifted multipotentialite. Each monthly session of two hours incorporates a reading-in-advance and a Q&A/group discussion based on that session's theme. The atmosphere is a cooperative, engaged group of dedicated individuals excited to make progress in their lives. You can learn more about the course content on our multipotentialite course page and via Marion's Gifted Multipotentialites Course Syllabus (2019).

Marion also offers multipotentialite and career coaching & mentoring for gifted people on an individual basis. If you're interested in exploring the possibilities with her or getting on the wait list for our next offering of this course, email Marion.

GIFTED WRITERS WORKSHOP

This 5-session workshop with InterGifted coach Jan Provoost is for gifted people who would like to develop their unique, gifted writing voice and touch readers in a truthful and authentic way. Each participant embarks on a writing adventure and via the online sessions, you discuss your projects and give mutual, constructive feedback on each other’s texts. In addition, we cover topics such as: understanding the writing process for gifted people; finding inspiration; experimenting with structure, language, style, and perspective; finding your audience; and submitting and publishing.

Jan also offers writing support for gifted writers on an individual basis. If you're interested in exploring the possibilities with him or to get on the waiting list for the next offering of this course, email us.

MINDFULNESS FOR GIFTED ADULTS: A PRIMER WORKSHOP

This 2.5-3 hour workshop is led by Kelly Pryde of our partner The Gifted Mindfulness Collective. It is designed for gifted and twice-exceptional adults who want to learn basic meditation techniques and mindfulness theory in a gifted-relevant way: what mindfulness is, how to practice it safely, how to develop core skills using versatile techniques, and how it can support your unique inner experience as a gifted person. This workshop is ideal for those who would like to participate in the other Gifted Mindfulness Courses, but don’t have basic training in meditation. More detailed information on this course (and other GMC courses) is available on the Gifted Mindfulness Collective website.

Kelly also offers gifted mindfulness coaching on an individual basis. To get on the workshop waitlist or schedule an individual session, email Kelly at connect@giftedmindfulness.com

6-WEEK IMMERSIVE GIFTED MINDFULNESS FOUNDATIONS COURSE

This is an immersive 6-week online course with Kelly Pryde of our partner The Gifted Mindfulness Collective. It combines weekly group instruction and practice sessions, personal practice, community practice and individual mindfulness coaching for anyone starting or getting ready to deepen their understanding of a gifted-specific mindfulness practice. In this course, you will understand mindfulness within the context of the gifted brain; learn core techniques for strengthening attention and inner stability, and for disentangling intensity; work skillfully with difficult feelings common to gifted people using core techniques and somatic experiencing; cultivate wise compassion for yourself and sustainable compassion for others; (re)discover intimacy with your authentic gifted self; and cultivate positive mind states that foster creativity, flow and intuition. For more detailed information on this course, go to our Gifted Mindfulness Collective website.

Kelly also offers mindfulness coaching for gifted people on an individual basis. To get on the waitlist for this course or to schedule an individual session, email Kelly.

EMBODIED MINDFULNESS COURSE FOR GIFTED PEOPLE

This 4-week course is facilitated by Kelly Pryde of our partner The Gifted Mindfulness Collective. It is designed for gifted adults who want to learn mindfulness-based body integrative approaches to support their intensities as well as their personal growth and healing. Supporting our intensities and being able to hold the fullness of our gifted selves requires (re)integrating and (re)sourcing both the gifted mind and body. You will understand the neurobiology of the gifted mind-body connection; develop embodied boundaries; feel more grounded and self aware to navigate relational challenges common to gifted people; cultivate embodied intuition along with deeper joy and authenticity of gifted living; learn resourcing strategies for supporting overexcitabilities and healing gifted shame and trauma; and harness your innate capacity for growth, healing and wholeness. For more detailed information, visit our Gifted Mindfulness website.

Kelly also offers mindfulness coaching for gifted people on an individual basis. To get on the wait list for this course or to schedule an individual session, email Kelly.

Jen’s Giftedness Profiling Course immediately improved my work with clients. Learning in a community of peers was invaluable and inspiring (and fun!). I loved the opportunity to utilize a whole-person approach to helping clients understand their gifted consciousness. The perspective I gained from this training sharpened/broadened how I understand and communicate each clients’ experience of their giftedness. It resulted in an evolutionary jump for my counseling and coaching practices.

Gordon Smith - US

Jen’s Gifted Profiling Training was a great next step for me following the Gifted Psychology 101 course. It built on what I had learnt in more tangible ways as we applied what we knew to specific case studies. This was so much fun and I have gone on to advanced profiling training following it. I would highly recommend the course for anyone who wants to learn how to see and support their clients through multiple lenses.

Sam - UK

Jen’s Giftedness Profiling Training provided a good framework for helping both me and my clients conceptualize their areas of giftedness and how those impact the client’s life. Having this framework allows me to provide more personalized therapy to my clients and honor their unique giftedness profile in our work. Clients feel they understand themselves and their needs better. The training itself was structured well and I really enjoyed practicing the skills by creating a profile for one of my favorite authors!

Marissa - US

I embarked Silver’s GiftedxAutistic Womens’ Group with the idea to find out what I am not aware of yet, what else there is to learn and embrace for myself and to learn more about other women and how they experience being on the spectrum and how it is for them to learn about their autistic thinking, how they deal with resistance and embrace their gifts. And I have indeed learned so much! I loved every session.

Fabienne - Switzerland

Jennifer’s Gifted Profiling Training, through a stimulating combination of readings, lectures, questions and answers, case studies, interactions with other gifted people, and exercises, greatly clarified InterGifted’s model of giftedness and deepened my understanding not only of myself, but of gifted psychology and the wonderfully diverse gifted people I encounter and read about. Through this deeper understanding, I am a more effective worker, a better friend, and more responsible citizen. In addition, for practicing therapists, coaches, teachers, and tutors, it can set you on a course to better understand and even profile your clients or students.

Glen - US

Thank you for a great course on Giftedness Profiling Training. This was exactly what I needed for taking my coaching to the next level, after finishing the Gifted Psychology 101 Course for Coaches last year. I am much more confident in assessing clients’ gifted profiles, their strengths and overexcitabilities – and I got a much better understanding of my own profile as a valuable by-product as well.

Elisabeth

I recently attended Karin’s Legitimizing Your Gifted Needs Workshop. It had a good pace, variety, and rhythm, some lecturing (which I enjoyed and was informative), some questions and answers, and then the breakout sessions which were quite nice since I got to talk one on one with some of the other participants and get to know them a little: they were all interesting people and strikingly different, but obviously talented and passionate. The written material too is extremely helpful. Karin’s leadership throughout the workshop was open, good-humored, and affirming but steady and kept things moving. Thank you for all your hard work with InterGifted, it is an organization that has helped me a lot in understanding myself and pursuing self-development.

G.M. - USA

I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed Karin’s Legitimizing Your Gifted Needs Workshop and how immensely helpful it was for me. I had many insights and clarity on some things I’ve been struggling with for a while. I also really liked breaking off into pairs as it was so validating to talk to someone who I had so much in common with. Everyone I was paired up with felt like an old friend and instantly we were on the same wavelength. I’ve taken many online workshops but none impacted me like yours. I could have gone six hours no problem. To have that kind of mirroring was amazing. I’m looking forward to more in the future.

M.D. - USA

Jen’s Gifted Psychology 101 course for coaches gave me everything I was looking for in terms of getting both conceptual and applied understanding in the foundations of gifted/neurodiverse psychology. As an autodidact and twice-exceptional individual, I’ve always struggled with the insularity and fragmentation found in traditional educational systems and design. Since this course is expertly designed for the gifted, by the gifted, I was easily able to create the necessary context and connect the dots on integral themes/concepts as well as the whole picture and its frame—what a gift! Jen orders the modules in such a way that they compound understanding, and the “self as subject” approach to the homework and practice gave me both a meta view and embodied response to the content as well. This led to a strong foundation and depth of understanding that I can now draw from in my own continued self-development work, as well as in practice with clients.

Rachel - US

What I find in Merlin’s Gifted Men’s Group is validation and companionship of a sort nearly impossible to find among men elsewhere. We are all on different journeys, but we travel with the same intensity, focus, and complexity so that we can help and support each other as we go along. It is an experience I recommend to gifted men everywhere.