Marie Grace Brook, PhD, LCSW, Cert. Spiritual Director

2022 Power Point of presentation at the Annual Conference for Spiritual Awakenings International Integrating Spiritually Transformative Experiences. 2022 SAI Integrating STEs

2022 Power Point of workshop presented at the Annual Conference for Spiritual Directors International in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Emergencies. 2022 SDI Spir Direction for Spir Emergency

2022 Video presentation of Evidenced-Based Practice for Integrating Spiritually Transformative Experiences at Annual Conference for Spiritual Crisis Network, London, UK 2022 SCN Research Conference

2021 Research article published by Spiritual Directors International (SDI) Presence Journal: Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Emergencies MGB article Presence Journal 2021

2021 Research study published by American Psychology Association (APA) Journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Struggles Reported Integrating Intense Spiritual Experiences: Results From a Survey Using the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences Inventory (ISTEI)  Brook 2021, APA Journal PRS, Integration of STEs Inventory.

2018 Short video interview of summary of presentation at American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (ACISTE) annual conference in Chicago, IL: Interview by ACISTE

2018 Power Point of Research Presentation on Survey Results from Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences Inventory presented at ACISTE conference in Chicago, IL: PPT ISTEI Research Study

2017 Dissertation published by ProQuest: Recovering Balance after the Big Leap: Overcoming Challenges Integrating Spiritually Transformative Experiences. MGB Dissertation 2017

2015 Research Presentations at American Psychology Association (APA) Div. 36 Conference in Utah, US, International Congress for Complementary and Integrative Medical Research in Jeju, South Korea, International Conference in Indonesia for Humanities and Transpersonal Psychology in Bali, Indonesia, and European Transpersonal Association Conference in Milan, Italy entitled Qualitative and Quantitative Exploratory Research in Therapeutic Ritual Healing: HandsOnHealing research poster coupled with Human Activation via Therapeutic Ritual as the mechanism of action for the Placebo Response: Biofield, Healing, and Placebo research poster

2015 Power Point Research Presentation of cross-cultural research in progress at the International Transpersonal Conference for Humanities and Education in Bali, Indonesia entitled Cross-Cultural Research Study on Assistance in Integrating
Spiritually Transformative Experiences: PPT Cross-cultural Research of Assisting STEs

2015 Workshop presented at the International Conference of Association of Transpersonal Psychology in Salvador, Brazil entitled Exploratory research on therapeutic ritual healing: Applying scientific protocol to conduct experimental study of spiritual hands-on-healing: ExperientialWorkshopTherapeuticRitualHealing

2014 research article published in International Journal of Transpersonal Studies A Possible Mechanism of Action for the Placebo Response: Human Biofield Activation Via Therapeutic Ritual: Hands-on Healing, Biofield, and Placebo Response

2012 Video of Presentation at Institute of Transpersonal Psychology conference in Palo, Alto, CA of research in hands on healing (aka Kathleen Marie Epp): The Therapeutic Impact of Spiritual Presence: A quantitative and qualitative pilot study of spiritual hands-on healing.