Logo for Shadow & Soul Summit with two mirrored profiles of women with leafy halo designs, blue background, and event tagline about healing and resilience.

JOIN US IN NEW ENGLAND DURING PEAK FALL FOLIAGE WEEK
October 5 - 7, 2025

A woman with bright red hair styled in a high ponytail, wearing makeup, a light blue turtleneck, and black earrings, smiling indoors.

Sunday Night Keynote
Danielle Massi, LMFT

The Therapist’s Shadow: Unlocking Growth Through Self-Awareness in Practice
Join Danielle Massi, LMFT, bestselling author of Shadow Work, for an enlightening keynote, “The Therapist’s Shadow: Unlocking Growth Through Self-Awareness in Practice.” In this talk, Danielle will explore how therapists’ own unconscious biases, emotional triggers, and blind spots—their shadow—shape the therapeutic process. Through practical tools, real-world examples, and self-reflective exercises, participants will learn how embracing their shadow can deepen empathy, enhance therapeutic effectiveness, and model vulnerability for clients within therapeutic contexts. This session offers all counselors and therapists the opportunity to integrate shadow work into their personal and professional lives, creating lasting growth for themselves and those they serve.

Meet Your Presenters

A smiling older woman with short gray curly hair, wearing black round glasses, earrings, a bold black statement necklace, and a bright yellow shirt with black doodles, standing in front of green ivy leaves.

Mindy Jacobson-Levy
MCAT, ATR-BC, LPC, LPAT

Anne Mills
MA, ATR-BC, LPC, LCPAT

Smiling elderly woman with gray hair and glasses, wearing a teal top and black sweater, sitting on a beige couch.

Jennifer Lefebre
PsyD, TCTSY-F, RYT-500

A woman with curly blonde hair smiling in an indoor setting with plants and patterned curtains in the background.

Nancy Scherlong
LCSW, PTR, CJT, M/S

A woman with long, curly blonde hair smiling outdoors in a green park, wearing a light pink blouse and hoop earrings.

The inaugural Shadow & Soul Summit provides a continuing education opportunity inviting healers and caring professionals to engage in over two full days of powerful hands-on workshops and thought-provoking discussions led by prominent mental health specialists. Immersive arts-based experiences will foster deep personal exploration. 

The concept of Shadow, introduced a century ago by psychologist Carl Jung, refers to the hidden, often suppressed, aspects of our psyche — the parts of ourselves we may have neglected, feared, or rejected. Contemporary Shadow work using the expressive arts incorporates art making, creative writing, embodied practices, and other creative disciplines. It is designed to provide healers and seekers alike with a variety of potent tools for accessing those aspects of Self deemed to be unacceptable. Once identified, understood, and befriended, we are free to incorporate and celebrate these formerly disowned parts. Participating in this process within a mindful community typically leads to enhanced healing and resiliency, cultivating Soul and enlivening the Spirit.

All are welcome!
No artistic talent or previous expressive therapies experience is required.

Four Points Sheraton Wakefield Boston

A collage of autumn scenes and indoor settings. It includes a forest with colorful fall foliage, a lake surrounded by trees, a hotel lobby, a living room with a fireplace and red chairs, a cozy seating area next to a window, and a sailboat on the water.

1 Audubon Road
Wakefield, MA 01880
Outside Boston

Book through our link* to get the
Special Summit Rate of $219/night
Book by September 15, 2025