Kairos Institute
Healing in a World of Need
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Tuition 2025/26
For enrolled Kairos Art Therapy students only
Total for the year: $4,100.
Includes the following:
- All Online Classes + Online Studios + Online Seminars/Office Hours
- Spring 2026: Art Therapy Residency in Keene, NH
- April 24 – 30
- Summer 2026: Emergency Pedagogy Module 11 Residency in Wilton, NH
- July 5 – 10
Please note: Tuition does not include materials / art supplies.
10 month payment plans of $410/month are available and payable either by credit card (3 % processing fee) or by mailing in 10 predated paper checks.
Individual online seminars: open to all
Fall 2025
Sunday 9/14 at 1:30 – 3:30 PM EST
Fee: $50
Orland Bishop
Orland Bishop is the founder and director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, where he has pioneered approaches to urban truces and mentoring at-risk youth that combine new ideas with traditional ways of knowledge. ShadeTree serves as an intentional community of mentors, elders, teachers, artists, healers and advocates for the healthy development of children and youth. Orland’s work in healing and human development is framed by an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies, primarily those of South and West Africa.
Tuesdays, September 23 & October 14 at 7:30 – 9:30 PM EST
- Children from Violent Homes, 9/23
- Children Suffering from Sexual Abuse, 10/14
Fee: $150 for 2 sessions
Jinsook Song
Dr. Jinsook Song is a licensed marriage and family therapist and an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) approved supervisor. She joined AUNE as the Director of the clinical training for CFT MA and PhD programs in 2021 after previously serving as an adjunct instructor and supervisor. Dr. Song received her master’s in Music Therapy from New York University and PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy from AUNE. She brings many years of clinical experiences working with children, adults and older adults in school settings, integrated primary care settings, a community mental health agency and private practice. Her clinical and research interest areas are medical family therapy, trauma informed therapy, intergenerational trauma, child-parent psychotherapy, use of creativity in trauma work, community engagement in treatment, multicultural and feminist issues, cultural identity, supervision, and strengthening family relationships. She serves on the educational committee for NHAMFT.
Tuesdays, September 30, October 7 & 28 at 7:30 – 9:30 PM EST
- Cosmic and Earthly, Chapters 1 & 2; 9/30
- Blood and Nerve, Chapters 5 & 6; 10/7
- Point and Periphery, Chapters 3 & 4; 10/28
Fee: $150 for 3 sessions
Note: These sessions are studios, not lectures
Patricia Gans, MD
Patricia Gans, MD, graduated from UC Davis with the highest honors and the department's special honors for research in cell biology. She then graduated with honors from UC San Francisco School of Medicine and continued her residency in the Bay Area, where she trained in Anthroposophic medicine in Switzerland. During a sabbatical, Dr Gans completed Psychosynthesis Counseling Certification, including courses in guided imagery. She then co-created The Pleiades Center, an Anthroposophic Medical Clinic in Sebastopol, CA, which also offers therapeutic eurythmy, speech, music, and rhythmical massage.
Dr Gans worked full-time for one year as a Waldorf Preschool assistant and later as a kindergarten assistant giving her invaluable experience with the Waldorf approach to early childhood education and development. She completed the Waldorf Teacher Training Foundation year. She acted as an ASL interpreter for Deaf teachers in the Waldorf teacher training, Nurturing Arts training, and participating in the first Kolisko conference. She worked as a School Doctor for Summerfield Waldorf School and, more recently, Waldorf School of the Roaring Fork in Carbondale, CO. She taught Anthroposophic medicine courses for the Center for Renewal of Education teacher training and has given many lectures for various faculty, charter schools and parent education groups.
Dr Gans has a special interest in children with special needs, especially deafness. She is fluent in American Sign Language. She is a founder and board member of the Trillium Deaf Program and has been involved with many initiatives attempting to bring Waldorf pedagogical ideology to the Deaf community and access Waldorf education, pedagogy, and biodynamic farming for Deaf children.
Dr Gans also has the American Board of Integrated and Holistic Medicine (ABIHM) and Advanced Wilderness Expedition Provider (AWEP) Certifications. She enjoyed practicing Wilderness emergency medicine as needed while sailing remote islands of the South Pacific for ten years and as a remote Lighthouse Keeper in Alaska. She is now located high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and continues to offer anthroposophic medicine consultations.
Tuesdays, November 4, 11, & 18 at 7:30 – 9:30 PM EST
Fee: $150 for 3 sessions
Through rich archetypal pictures, stories can show us how to deal with fear and trauma, take care of one another, and heal one another.
In this workshop, Gleice da Silva will share her experience of restoring balance through writing and telling healing stories to those in need of care of the soul.
Gleice da Silva
Gleice is a curative educator with a passion for travel, stories, people, dance, and anthroposophy. She lived and taught at The Camphill School (Beaver Run) in Pennsylvania for 12 years and now lives and works at Camphill Communities California as a resident coworker, a member of the Camphill Academy core faculty, as well as a lecturer and advocate for healing stories.She has a BA in Biology from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, a diploma in Curative Education through the Camphill Academy, and an M.Ed. in Healing Education from Antioch University New England.
Exploring Karma: Obligation, Fulfillment & Sacrifice
Understanding Destiny Through the Lens of Rudolf Steiner
Tuesday & Wednesday December 9 & 10 at 7:30 – 9:30 PM EST
Fee: $150 for 2 sessions
What if the challenges and relationships in your life weren’t random—but carried deeper meaning? In this two-part course, we’ll dive into Rudolf Steiner’s profound insights into karmic obligation, karmic fulfillment, and karmic sacrifice, exploring how each can shape the unfolding of our life path.
Together, we’ll reflect on questions such as:
- How can we recognize the difference between a karmic debt and a karmic gift?
- In what ways do sacrifice and service connect with our personal destiny?
- What are the signs that we’re fulfilling—or resisting—our life tasks?
These sessions continue the evolving karma studies offered through Kairos, but new participants are warmly welcomed. Whether you're deepening an ongoing inquiry or stepping into this work for the first time, you'll find a space for reflection, insight, and shared exploration.
Torin Finser
Torin M Finser, PhD, has served Waldorf education for over four decades, as class teacher and faculty chair at the Berkshire Waldorf School, director of teacher education at Antioch University, General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society and a founder of the Center for Anthroposophy. His innovative efforts led to many new programs, including most recently Building Bridges and Waldorf Leadership Development.
He is the author of 15 books, the most recent: Listening to our Teachers - Advocacy through Research (2024). Some of his other books have been translated into Portugese, Mandarin, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, and next year School as a Journey will appear in Greek. Torin and Karine are now enjoying nine grandchildren.
Every Wednesday from 10/8 through 11/19 at 7:30 – 9:30 PM EST
Fee: $400 for 7 sessions
Patrick Stolfo, M.A.
Patrick has taught and mentored in numerous Waldorf schools and adult education centers across North America since 1981. As a long time faculty member at Hawthorne Valley School in New York, he has taught in grades 5 through 12, primarily in the sculptural arts and the History of Art and Architecture. He has filled various school leadership positions, including high school faculty chair. Since 2004 Patrick has been a co-director and instructor at the Alkion Center for Waldorf Teacher Education at Hawthorne Valley. As a freelance sculptor and graphic artist, his artwork has been commissioned and/or shown in NY, MA, CA, England, and Sweden.
CfA teaching: Waldorf high school teacher education (sculpture, high school arts and art history seminars, mentoring).
Financial Aid
Limited Financial Aid is available upon request. To inquire, please fill out and submit the form below.
Financial Aid
Kairos Financial Aid Application
Attention Canadians:
You will be able to claim your currency exchange rate discount at checkout. Please be on the lookout for the discount code at registration.
Cancellations & Refunds
Registered Kairos participants may withdraw from the program prior to its beginning by emailing our administrator:
milan@
When such a request is received at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the program, tuition and materials fees (less $75 cancellation fee) will be refunded.
No refunds are possible when cancellation is received within 30 days of the program start date.
Should changed life circumstances prevent participants from completing the program, a timely withdrawal request must be made by email to: milan@
