Bence Gánti

Program Director of the Center for World Spirituality (USA, California) - since 2011

Founder and director of Integral Academy in Europe (Hungary) - since 2006

Bence has excellent initiative capacities and community facilitator skills, a creative intellect coupled with warmheartedness. He has international experiences in teaching integral psychology and leading workshops in the field. Bence has deep empathy for cultural and spiritual diversity.

A teacher of Integral Theory for 11 years. Licensed clinical psychologist. Private praxis for 8 years
Transpersonal, integral, holistic approach. Long-time vipassana meditator. Spiritual musician.

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Degrees Earned

Nov. 2009 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
At DEOEC UNIVERSITY of Debrecen, Faculty of Clinical Psychology, a post gradual 4-year program. Hungary.

June 1999 PSYCHOLOGIST (MA)
At ELTE UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary

Master of Arts (MA).
Thesis on: Transpersonal psychology, integral psychology, system of Ken Wilber.

Other post gradual Studies

2003-2006 European Psychotherapeutical Post gradual Education, at Tündérhegyi Psychotherapy School. Psychodynamic approach, short-dynamic therapies.
2004-2006 Integrative Hypnotherapy at Integrative Psychotherapeutic Association, Budapest. Including: hypnosis, NLP, Leuner, and ego-state therapy.

Further Educational Experiences

2005-2006 The 1-year international YOGIC STUDIES 1., at SATYANANDA YOGA ACADEMY EUROPE.
2005 INTEGRAL PSYCHOTHERAPY Supervision Group with Integral Institute.
2004 INTEGRAL PSYCHOTHERAPY Course with Ken Wilber and Integral Institute at Westminster, Colorado, USA.
2002-2004 Alternative massage- and movement therapy, licensed by the Institute for Basic and Continuing Education of Health Workers (ETI), Hungary.
1999-2000 ST.JOHN’S UNIVERSITY OF QUEENS, courses in Hungary on art history, philosophy, history, and film esthetics.
1997-1998 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Studies at ELTE UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Cultural Anthropology in Budapest.
1991-1993 Graphology studies at the FIRST HUNGARIAN SCHOOL OF GRAPHOLOGY.

Work Experiences

As a psychologist, therapist:

Since 2003 - Counseling and therapy in a private praxis, with integral approach.

• Gives breathwork workshops

Since 2005 - Gives workshops on Therapeutic Communication (training people to become therapist)

As a lecturer, and teacher of integral psychology:

Since 2003 Teaches Wilber’s Integral Theory at

• Integral Academy – 2009-ongoing
• Kogart Academy – 2009-ongoing (occasional)
• Szintezis University – 2007-ongoing (occasional)
• Monasz Adult-education Institute – 2004-2009
• Transpersonal Pyschology- and Breath Institute – 2004-2008
• Holistic Education Center – 2005-2006
• Psychological and psychotherapeutical conferences
• Spiritual and alternative health centers
• Writer of „Way Magazine” – a psychological magazine

In bodywork:

2000-2008 Teacher of Hatha Yoga at BUDAPEST ZEN CENTER, and Surya Yoga- and Health Center and OTHER PLACES.
2004 Body work – traditional Thai massage at Surya Yoga- and Health Center.

In meditation:

1999-2004 Co-Organizing 10-day Vipassana Meditation Courses as thought by S.N.Goenka (volunteer work).

Public and Media

2005-2010 Regular guest in one of the main radios in Hungary, Radio Café, FM96.8.
Topic: spirituality and psychology, integral theory.
2009 Live Conference with Ken Wilber and 110 guests, in Budapest, via conference call (with Wilber) – organized and translated by Bence Ganti at Integral Academy, hosted in Corvine Economical University, Budapest.
2007-2009 Regular guest of the main national TV (TV2) as a psychologist, in program „Válaszd a tudást!” („Choose wisdom!”)
2009 Guest of another national TV  - „RTL Klub” - speaking of altered states of consciousness, in the morning talk show.
2005 Discussion of Wilber’s Grace and Grit in Hungarian National Radio Kossuth.
2004 Club of Budapest, roundtable discussion on Cooperation among initiatives.
2004 National Radio Kossuth, conversation on the film „Samsara and meditation”.
2004 Roundtable discussion on the movie „Samsara”, at Shambhala Tibet Center, Budapest.
2003 Radio Extreme talk show - an afternoon with Bence Gánti, on „trans, altered states of consciousness, and meditative breathwork.
2003 Harmonet – Internet Magazine, an ancient healing method: traditional Thai masasage.
2002 Kiskun TV, Hungary, interview on a 10-day vipassana retreat.
2002 MTV1, Hungarian Television, interview on Vipassana meditation.
2000 TV Scotland, Hungarians at the Angel Conference in Findhorn, Scotland.
1999 Essay on transpersonal psychology. Journal of Science and Soul.
1998 Retreat in a Tibetan Buddhist Center, at Tar. Youth Magazine interview. 

Computer Skills

MS Office; Photoshop; Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla, webdesing: Dreamweawer, online designs (yoomla, etc), audio and video editing skills. Online working groups - Google groups and yahoo groups - group emails, group file sharing, group calendar sharing File transfers and FTP - Windows Commander, Windows Explorer. Maintenance - Disc Cleanup, Defrag, Antivirus, backup copies, system and software installation

Languages

English: fluent;   German: fluent;   Spanish: lower-intermediate;   Hungarian: fluent, native; Russian - basic

International Experiences

EUROPE

• Home Country (1975-2009): Hungary.
• Visited most countries in Europe.

US

• Regularly visits US since 2003 – won a green card on a green card lottery in 2006 – now he is a lawful permanent resident of the United States, fully eligible to live and work in the US. Since 2010 he relocated himself to the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
  

• Visited India 4 times as a meditator, tourist and pilgrim
• Spent time in Burma (Myanmar), in Buddhist monasteries;
• Learned from spiritual healers in North-Thailand.