Living Unconditional Positive Regard: A 12-Week Journey of Transformation
How to See, Accept, and Elevate Yourself and Others Through Unconditional Positive Regard
What would change if you truly saw yourself and others: without judgment, without condition, and without fear?
The Living UPR Certificate Course is more than a course; it’s an invitation to transformation. Over twelve weeks, we’ll journey through the Four Layers of Transformation—the conscious, pre-conscious, unconscious, and existential; learning how Unconditional Positive Regard (UPR) reshapes every dimension of human experience: from how we act and think, to how we connect, lead, and live.
Each 1-hour session integrates:
• Science and Soul: Grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and existential thought.
• Practice and Presence: Real-world exercises, micro-practices, and reflective dialogue.
• Connection and Growth: A learning community ready to live UPR, not just understand it.
What You’ll Gain
• A deep understanding of UPR as a framework for healing and leadership.
• Tools for applying UPR across personal, professional, and systemic contexts.
• The ability to bridge insight to implementation, cultivating sustainable transformation.
• Renewal of your compassion, authenticity, and presence.
“When we regard without condition, we set ourselves and others free.”
Join us for twelve transformative weeks—to live from empathy, lead from authenticity, and love without condition.
Start Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
End Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Time: 6pm-7pm (EST)
Duration: 1 hour weekly for 12 weeks
Format: Live on Zoom
CEUs: 1
Facilitator: Lorie A. Meiselman, LCSW-R, LPC, ACS
Ms. Meiselman is the clinical director of Counseling Services Inc. She is a Licensed clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, a Professional Mediator. Ms. Meiselman also has 17 years of Modern Psychoanalytic Training. Ms. Meiselman has been providing psychotherapy for more than 30 years.
A graduate of Brooklyn College, and both New York University and Fordham University, Ms Meiselman has been actively involved in providing psychotherapy services,both in private practice and as an on staff member of some of the country's most prestigious psychiatric hospitals and learning institutions.
She has collaborated with some of the most distinguished minds in her field that have helped to advance her discipline, and the policies of the institutions with which she is affiliated.
A distinguished lecturer in her own right, among the landmark papers she has presented are: To Express or suppress: Issues of Censorship and The Expressive Art Therapies, which she read as part of a conference sponsored by the National Association of Drama Therapy, To Connect or Disconnect, Moving through the Social Isolation of Chronic Mental Illness, her presentation in the combined bodies of the National Association of Drama Therapy and the American Dance Therapy Association.
12-Week Certificate Course: Living Unconditional Positive Regard
Week 1 (December 2, 2025) – The Invitation: Rediscovering What It Means to See and Be Seen
• Focus: The essence of UPR; its human and healing power.
• Objectives: Understand UPR’s definition and psychological roots.
• Activity: 'Moments of Regard' reflection – recall a time you felt unconditionally accepted.
• Tool: Reflection prompt + commitment journal.
Week 2 (December 9, 2025) – Carl Rogers and the Roots of Radical Acceptance
• Focus: Historical foundations and the 3 Core Conditions.
• Objectives: Examine empathy, congruence, and UPR as a therapeutic stance.
• Activity: Triad role-play (speaker, listener, observer).
• Tool: Client-Centered Triangle Infographic.
Week 3 (December 16, 2025) – The Neuroscience of Feeling Valued
• Focus: Brain-body connection; UPR’s effect on safety and regulation.
• Objectives: Understand mirror neurons, oxytocin, and the social engagement system.
• Activity: Pair sharing—what shifts physiologically when you feel accepted?
• Tool: 'UPR and the Brain' infographic.
Week 4 (December 23, 2025) – The Four Layers of Transformation
• Focus: Conscious → Preconscious → Unconscious → Existential.
• Objectives: Map change processes through each layer.
• Activity: Identify one behavior, belief, or emotion at each level.
• Tool: 4-Layer Model visual + worksheet.
Week 5 (December 30, 2025) – UPR and the Self
• Focus: Self-awareness, self-compassion, and internal dialogue.
• Objectives: Practice UPR toward oneself as the foundation for offering it to others.
• Activity: Guided self-dialogue exercise ('If I could see myself with regard…').
• Tool: Tree of Acceptance infographic.
Week 6 (January 6, 2025) – Breaking Free from Self-Judgment
• Focus: Understanding the inner critic through the lens of UPR.
• Objectives: Reframe judgment into curiosity and care.
• Activity: Transform one recurring self-criticism using the 'Rewriting Dialogue' method.
• Tool: Self-Judgment to Self-Compassion flow chart.
Week 7 (January 13, 2025) – UPR in Relationships
• Focus: Applying UPR in friendships, love, family, and work.
• Objectives: Explore the 4 Rs – Respect, Recognition, Reciprocity, Resilience.
• Activity: Pair work – identify how UPR changes one relationship dynamic.
• Tool: 4 Rs of UPR in Relationships framework.
Week 8 (January 20, 2025) – UPR in Leadership and Teams
• Focus: Creating cultures of safety, trust, and collaboration.
• Objectives: Learn how UPR fosters engagement and innovation.
• Activity: Leadership scenario reflection (UPR vs. directive control).
• Tool: 'UPR Pyramid of Innovation' infographic.
Week 9 (January 27, 2025) – UPR in Community and Social Justice
• Focus: Regard as a social force; activism with compassion.
• Objectives: Explore UPR’s role in justice, advocacy, and inclusion.
• Activity: Group dialogue: 'How does UPR shift power dynamics?'
• Tool: Torch of Liberation infographic.
Week 10 (February 3, 2025) – Navigating Conflict with UPR
• Focus: Regard as a bridge from hurt to understanding.
• Objectives: Use UPR to de-escalate tension and restore dialogue.
• Activity: Conflict bridge exercise (One Side: Hurt → Other Side: Understanding).
• Tool: 'Bridge of Regard' visual.
Week 11 (February 10, 2025) – UPR and Resilience
• Focus: How acceptance strengthens adaptability and courage.
• Objectives: Reframe setbacks through the lens of self-regard.
• Activity: Create your 'Tree of Resilience.'
• Tool: Growth infographic – roots (UPR), trunk (self-worth), branches (courage), leaves (growth).
Week 12 (February 17, 2025) – Integration: Living UPR Every Day
• Focus: Bringing it all together—embodied, relational, systemic practice.
• Objectives: Create a personal or team action plan for sustained UPR.
• Activity: 'Ripple Effect' vision mapping – how will you carry UPR forward?
Tool: UPR Ripple Effect infographic + Reader Integration Toolkit.
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