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http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/wviih/ West Virginia Initiative for Innate Health (formerly the Sydney Banks Institute for Innate Health) at the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University
http://www.sydneybanks.org/ The person who had the original insights. "Peace of mind is just one thought away… if you can find that one thought."
The site for Health Realization, Inc., which is a training organization started by Roger Mills, the author of Realizing Mental Health, and one of the psychologists who, along with George Pransky, helped turn the insights of Syd Banks into an applied psychological model.
The site for George Pransky, PH.d, and his organization. He is a psychologist and does counseling and business consulting. He and Roger Mills helped to turn Syd Banks' teachings into a teachable model. He is the author of The Relationship Handbook and The Renaissance of Psychology.
International Human Relations Consultants: Robert Kausen was a chemical engineer turned corporate trainer who changed his entire approach to helping clients once he discovered Syd Bank's, Roger Mill's and George Pransky's work. He was originally a partner in Health Realization, Inc. (see above). He found the 3 principles approach tremendously useful in the corporate world. His organization helps executives and anyone else who profits from leadership training, stress reduction, human relationship improvement, etc. He is the author of We've Got to Start Meeting Like This!.
Dimension 4 Consulting: This was originally the "Psychology of Mind Resource" (POM) site started by John Woods on his own initiative, in Australia (partly administered in Oregon). He is a businessman who got interested in POM/HR (the "HR" standing for Health Realization) and eventually started the Resource Center in 1997, doing classes, professional coaching, and made available for sale and download POM-related materials over this web-site as a service to the community. (They later changed their name to "Philosophy of Living Centre"). This site was for many the introduction into the field.
3PHD is the company started by Elsie Spittle and her husband Ken. Elsie was a friend and neighbor of Syd Banks, who eventually was asked to teach "the understanding". She has been involved with this field since the mid 70s and is a pioneer in the training if it.
Richard Carlson's web site. He was a counselor who has written many popular books with a popularized version of the health realization model, the most successful being the Don't Sweat series.
Joe brought a psychological/spiritual health model into the work place, especially healthcare. He helps organizations appreciate the importance of the mental well-being of their employees and managers in order to create healthy and productive organizations. This approach was used as a model, by Joe and other faculty members, to create “The Inner Life of Healers” program at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where Joe was an adjunct faculty member. Please also see: http://www.csh.umn.edu/programs/inner_life/home.html
Senn-Delaney Leadership is a business consulting organization that uses the HR approach. Some articles by George Pransky can be found on their site here: http://www.sdlcg.com/sdlsite/Articles/reenter.htm
This used to be the AEquanimitas Foundation, which was an educational organization that was involved in the annual POM conferences, but in any case it is now a networking organization and website. The board members are counselors and founders of clinics based in Hawaii with a long hisotry of working wiht the 3 principles approach.
Annika Hurwitt Schahn, Ph.D's POM/HR-based practice in Martha's Vineyard, Maine.
"Wisdom at work". A New Zealand-based organization applying the health realization model to business environments.
