Existential Summit

2025 Emotions & The Hidden Language of the Soul

Cambodia

March 2-10, 2025
25 Continuing Education Credits

Join Dr. Leslee Brown and world renowned existential psychologist Dr. Alfried Längle on MBP’s 2025 Existential Summit in Cambodia, a land of ancient wonders and a vibrant culture, a tapestry woven with history and nature. This year, our seminar explores the power of emotions and emotionality for our personal growth, and the profound interplay of emotions in our lives, relationships, value systems and professional endeavors.

Cambodia is a place many dream to visit. For me, it conjures, images of ancient landscapes and awe-inspiring architecture. Its vibrant culture brings the theme of emotionality close to the surface, as we all respond to foreign environments uniquely. The depth of emotions evoked by new cultures and the meeting of minds from around the world, helps us explore this unique country through an existential lens.

Emotionality in existential psychology refers to the complex interplay of feelings, emotions, and their significance in human existence. It encompasses a broad range of experiences, from basic affective states to more nuanced and complex emotions like joy and sadness. Through daily, interactive seminars and excursions, each traveler will have the opportunity to develop tools to enhance their understanding of the role of emotionality in existential psychology. Those in mental health professions will be able to provide a more compassionate, supportive, and effective therapeutic experience for their clients.

With Mind Body Passport, your travels become a powerful platform for personal growth and self-discovery. Our carefully curated itineraries combine immersive experiences with thought-provoking seminars, creating a harmonious blend of learning and exploration.

Key Themes:

  • The role of emotions in human existence.

  • Accessing emotions in mental health or wellness professional contexts.

  • The interplay of emotions, values, and relationships in our personal and professional lives.

  • The power of being in tune to one’s feelings for personal growth.

 

Who is this for?

- World and life learners
- Those interested in existentialism and philosophy
- Psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors
- Physicians or social workers

No prior knowledge or experience required to attend!

 
 

What will you gain?

- Discuss and define the forms of emotions and their relevance in the existential framework.

- Describe how feelings can emerge and how they can be intensified or calmed down, within personal and therapeutic contexts.

- Discuss how feelings are connected with well-being and authenticity through case examples with feeling emotions and issues that arise.
- Discuss and apply the concepts of Social Dreaming and how to utilize The Social Dreaming Matrix in psychotherapeutic settings.

 
 

What’s Included?

- All seminars
- 4-star, shared accommodations in Phnom Penh, the Kampong Chhnang Farmhouse resort & spa and the Siem Reaptrpical resort (a single room supplement is available for an additional fee).
- All breakfasts, 2 group lunches and 3 group dinners.
- All excursions with private guides and entrance fees.

 

Lecturers

 

Dr. Leslee Brown, PhD

Dr. Brown is President and Director of Mind Body Passport Inc. designing and leading international trips for adult professionals, offering continuing education credits worldwide. Dr. Brown's interests are multi-faceted, engaging topics of psychology, culture, art, psychoanalysis and social dreaming. She is passionate about weaving many disciplines and interests together and creating an atmosphere of growth and learning. Travel opens ones mind and creates change bringing new perspectives on living life. She also served as The Director of International Seminars and Gastprofessor at Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. International psychology and developing “psychologists without borders” has become her focus. Dr. Brown has been in private practice for over twenty years, has been a research psychologist for The Neurologic Institute and has served on faculty at UCLA Medical School teaching psychology and rapport building techniques to medical students. Dr. Brown was also assistant professor at The Chicago School and Director of Centers for International Studies. Leslee lives and works part time in in Los Angeles, part time in Paris, and the rest of the time is traveling the world.

 
 
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Dr. Alfried Längle, MD, PhD, Dr. h.c. mult

Alfried Längle is a professor of psychotherapy, born in 1951 in Austria, studied medicine and psychology, and works in private practice in Vienna as a psychotherapist. Close collaboration with Viktor Frankl from 1983 to 1991. Founder of the International Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (Vienna) and its psychotherapeutic training program. Constant lecturer at Austrian Universities and since 2000 of Moscow, Mendoza, Santiago de Chile. Since 2004 faculty member and professor of applied psychology (psychotherapy) at Moscow’s HSE-university and guest professor at Vienna’s Sigmund Freud University (2011). Vice President of the International Federation of Psychotherapy (IFP – 2002-2010) and past President of the International Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, Vienna. Over 300 publications, and five honorary professorships.

 

Itinerary Highlights

  • Witness the breathtaking spectacle of Angkor Wat bathed in the golden hues of sunrise. Explore the intricate bas-reliefs and towering spires of this UNESCO World Heritage Site, a testament to the Khmer Empire's grandeur.

  • Escape the crowds and experience the tranquility of Kampong Chhnang, a lesser-known province that offers a glimpse into rural life and sustainable tourism initiatives. Our eco-friendly farmhouse resort and spa, supports local communities, contributing to a more sustainable future.

  • Explore rice paddies and floating villages via cruise through the Tonle Sap River, where communities live and work on platforms built over the water. Marvel at the vast rice paddies that stretch across the countryside, offering a peaceful and picturesque landscape.

  • Pass the time in a local family’s home. Over a fresh coconut juice, get to know the family, engage in discussions, and gain a better understanding of the countryside lifestyle in Cambodia.

  • Partake in a special Buddhist tradition, where local monks impart wishes of good luck and success in a solemn, age-old ceremony.

  • Cast off onto the Tonle Sap and Mekong Rivers for a sunset cruise, returning to shore at dusk, just in time for dinner.

  • Get to know Phnom Penh, a vibrant city steeped in history.

  • A special farewell dinner awaits you at a charming private villa, just west of the ancient city of Angkor Thom, where we will indulge in a private fine dining experience by candlelight, surrounded by rice paddies.

  • A daily Social Dreaming group.

Costs

Boarding’s open! Save $300 when you join us in Cambodia and pay in full!

Price: $4198 / regular price $4498

Payment Plan: $750 deposit with 6 monthly payments of $625

A single room supplement is an additional $895. If there are no double-shared rooms available, you will need to incur the single room supplement.

Need a custom payment plan? Email us at info@mindbodypassport.com

Want to earn $100 – or more? Refer a friend or colleague who signs up, and we’ll send you $100 for each referral.

Want your trip for free? Gather six people who sign up for the same course, and we’ll give you yours for FREE!

Questions? Contact Dr. Leslee Brown at info@mindbodypassport.com for a free one-on-one consultation.

Mind Body Passport is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. Mind Body Passport maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  

Mind Body Passport Inc. is also recognized as a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider. Certificate awarded upon successful completion.

CE credits are calculated based on actual lecture/seminar time. Outside activities, tours, and cultural programs are not included.

Health & Safety

Returning to travel in 2022 is our greatest passion and desire. The safety and well-being of Mind Body Passport Inc. participants (as well as our team, suppliers and others) is of paramount importance to us.
For admission to our courses, Mind Body Passport Inc. requires all participants be fully vaccinated with CDC approved vaccines.

Refunds

Travel medical insurance is mandatory. We recommend insurance that includes Covid- related delays and changes.Your insurance must cover personal injury, medical treatment, repatriation, and evacuation expenses. We also recommend that the insurance cover personal property and trip cancellation.  Trip cancellation insurance may be the only means of receiving reimbursement for flights and other non-refundable expenses in the event the Trip is cancelled, postponed, interrupted, rescheduled, for any reason, by you or us. Please note that most companies offering travel insurance require the policy to be purchased within 14 days after the initial trip deposit or payment in order to cover pre-existing conditions or to provide for “cancel for any reason” coverage.

Once fees are paid, absent Mind Body Passport’s approval in its sole discretion, no refunds will be issued. MBP reserves the right to cancel any trip or any portion thereof for any reason it deems appropriate including but not limited to, low enrollment numbers, political instability and/or health concerns.