About The Process
Hoffman Institute Programs
Emotional learning that occurred early in our lives largely shapes
our adult experiences. Whether we are aware of it or not, our very
sense of self is more strongly influenced by early life conditioning
than most of us ever imagine. This includes our capacity to have
happy and successful relationships, career, health and spiritual
well being. The negative aspects of this conditioning produce unwanted
outcomes and self-defeating behaviors in our adult lives.
Our programs are designed for you to release this negative conditioning
and access your untapped resources of power, wisdom and creativity.
You can discover your best self and make the changes you really
want.
The Hoffman Institute provides extraordinary experiences for adults
who are looking for transformational change in their lives.
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The Hoffman Quadrinity Process (HQP)
The HQP is the foundation of everything we offer. In this eight-day
residential course each participant is afforded the privacy and
confidentiality to do their work while participating in a vital
and energetic group environment. The HQP is conducted at a scenic
retreat site where your needs are taken care of, ensuring that you
can focus on your personal growth and learning.
With one teacher for every seven to nine students, our teaching
team provides you with the kind of individualized attention that
inspires powerful personal change. By studying a very thorough questionnaire
that you complete prior to arrival, the teaching staff is able to
begin an in-depth understanding of your requirements even before
meeting you.
The HQP brings into awareness the counterproductive beliefs, perceptions
and emotional needs that have been adopted from parents and others
who shaped our early life experiences. These distortions of reality
- the result of The Negative
Love Syndrome—block our capacity to be fully present and
open to life's opportunities. The HQP provides the possibility and
tools you need to finally let go of what is not working and to then
move naturally into being the primary creative force in all aspects
of your life.
The HQP is conducted with integrity, loving concern and respect
for the dignity of each student. Step-by-step, you will develop
confidence and certainty that is working for you.
Our methodology of "infused teaching" addresses all dimensions
of your being: intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual.
We call the integration of these four aspects of self the "Quadrinity."
It is precisely this integration of our whole self that creates
powerful forward motion and establishes the framework for being
a more loving, mature, creative and balanced person.
To learn more about the core principles underlying The Hoffman Quadrinity
Process, we recommend The
Negative Love Syndrome and the Quadrinity Model by Bob Hoffman
(You may also download this
document as a PDF file.)
Please
visit our registration page for more information »
To contact our enrollment manager directly,
call 800/506-5253, or
email registration@hoffmaninstitute.org.
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Leadership Path
The Leadership Path is designed for individuals who operate in
fast-paced professional environments where navigating change while
generating excellence is the norm. This program is for leaders who
understand the necessity of transforming unproductive modes of thought
and behavior into personal excellence.
Commitment, curiosity, courage, and a desire to move forward are
the only prerequisites. The Leadership Path is rigorous and demanding,
inspiring, fun, and uplifting. Over a span of six to nine months,
you participate in activities wherein your commitment combines with
our expertise to bring you forth as the primary creative force in
your life.
Everything changed after the Hoffman Quadrinity
Process, because I then understood the obstacles to my full potential
and how to deal with them and create the potential for love and
fulfillment in my life. I’ve seen that it has had the same
sort of effect on friends and colleagues who have taken it. It
presents a powerful combination of practical approaches that have
been honed to a package (taught by exceptional teachers) of incredible
power that stays with you — I did the Process over a quarter
century ago and I still am benefiting from that experience. Any
accomplishments that someone might list after my name came largely
because of this experience.
Michael Ray
Professor Emeritus of Creativity, Innovation & Marketing
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Palo Alto, CA
Objectives
Drawing on the expert leadership coaching skills of our faculty and
the documented excellence of our transformational learning programs,
you will acquire the wisdom, self-awareness, and personal authenticity
to confront and manage challenges with boldness and compassion. You
will learn to:
- Increase your Emotional Intelligence
- Balance personal life and career commitments
- Optimize the balance between risk assessment and action
- Develop and implement a powerful professional and personal vision
- Respond to challenges more effectively and with less stress,
anger, and anxiety
- Inspire and motivate yourself and others more powerfully
- Take trust, empowerment, and delegation to higher levels
- Expand your influence in the workplace
Curriculum
Our curriculum uniquely integrates the guidance of long-term expert
coaching with participation in our two life-changing residential programs.
Together they create the conditions for transforming your decision-making
processes and implementing change that lasts. Components include:
Leadership Coaching
Our Leadership Coaching (done by telephone in 10 one-hour sessions)
supports you to fully implement into your life the transformational
learning from our residential retreats. The result is a level
of positive change that you had only previously dared to envision,
in all aspects of your life.
Participation in the Hoffman Quadrinity Process
(HQP)
The eight-day residential HQP is the primary vehicle for transformational
learning by which you come to an extraordinary new possibility
for your life. Proven over 35 years, and the subject of numerous
research studies, the HQP is a thoroughly documented program of
extraordinary transformational change.
Participation in the Graduate Intensive
(Q2)
The Q2 Graduate Intensive (6-9 months after the HQP)
is a three-day residential weekend designed to produce even deeper
insights, breakthroughs, and powerful strategies for your future.
The finishing touch.
Registration
Tuition is $6,450 and includes leadership coaching (10 one-hour sessions),
participation in the HQP and Q2 Graduate Intensive, materials,
and room and board. Our cancellation policy is based on a non-refundable
and non-transferable deposit of $1,500.
For More Information or to register, please call: 800/506-5253
or email us at: registration@hoffmaninstitute.org
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Continuing Education Units
The Hoffman Institute is an approved provider of Continuing
Education Units in California. The Hoffman Quadrinity Process fulfills
the requirements to satisfy 34 hours of continuing educational
units for MFT and LCSW licensure. Further information regarding
the Hoffman Institute's status as an approved provider can be found
on the website of the Board of Behavioral Sciences, www.bbs.ca.gov.
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What people say about the HQP:"The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership
in a person."
—Ken Blanchard, Ph.D.,
 Chairman,
Blanchard
Training and Development, Inc.,
best-selling
author, One
Minute Manager series. Read more quotes about how the Hoffman Process will support you in your
personal journey toward spiritual
healing and/or career
change »
Read interviews
with Hoffman Process graduates »
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Articles About the Process
Harvard Fellows Participate in the Hoffman Leadership Path: Pilot
Program Focuses on Personal Leadership Development
Read the article
»
An Inner Journey: Alison Rose Levy speaks on rediscovering your shining
self
(PDF 292KB) »
The Therapy That Changed My Life: Joan Borysenko attests to
the effectiveness of the Hoffman Process
(PDF 1MB) »
It's a quick-fix residential course that's proven to beat anxiety
and depression:
Oliver James finds the Hoffman Process is as good as its word.
Read the article »
Scared of living with intimacy: Ruthie Henshall turned to the
Hoffman Process to help her to understand the pattern of her relationships.
Read the article »
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Our Faculty
Hoffman Process teachers bring remarkable skills in group facilitation
as well as expert coaching. They include therapists, educators,
clergy, executives, scientists, consultants, and artists who share
a common "calling" to assist and guide others through
the “journey” of the Hoffman Quadrinity Process. Learn
more about our faculty »
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Lasting Benefits
Since 1967, more than 50,000 people worldwide have participated
in the HQP and used this process as a catalyst for achieving extraordinary
personal change. Benefits of the HQP includes:
- Freedom from self-defeating negative behaviors
- Being more free, open, loving and spontaneous
- Forgiveness—for self and others
- Deep connection to your own best self
- More than 25 tools and techniques for daily application
You may also want to read about research
results that underscore the strong lasting results of the Hoffman
Quadrinity Process, or read
an interview with University of California researchers Michael
Levenson, Ph.D. and Carolyn Aldwin, Ph.D.
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