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Our mission is to share a wide variety of approaches to healing and happiness.

The Katonah Study Group (KSG) was founded over 20 years ago.

Founders Mark Banschick, a psychiatrist, and Cindy Blum, a clinical hypnotherapist specializing in past life regression, began holding enlightening and mind-expanding presentations in northern Westchester County, New York in 1999.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we work — in 2020 we stopped in-person meetings and suspended our membership program. As a result, KSG has gone global.

With virtual programming, we’ve enabled a diverse community from around the world to attend — and also present. Whether you are a medical professional, a nurse, a therapist, a holistic practitioner, or a curious member of the general public — everyone is invited to attend KSG events.

We share 10 presentations from September through June. Each event…

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Announcing our presentations for the 2023-2024 season:

A Conversation With Jake Samoyedny, The Compassionate Medium

September 26, 2023 from  6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern


Understanding the Potential of Artificial Intelligence with Avi Olitzky, Consultant, Coach & Speaker

October 18, 2023 from  6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern


Strategies for Difficult Relationships with Lisa Twerski, LCSW

November 15, 2023, from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern


Sacred Psychoactive Plants & Near Death Experiences – Lessons from Antiquity

December 20, 2023, from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern


Gates to the Numinous: An Archetypal Understanding of Dreams, with Jungian Analyst, Michael Conforti, PhD

January 10, 2024, from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern


Please join us for a special presentation in collaboration with the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

How Our Work As Therapists Changes Us As People with Andrew Klafter, MD

February 21, 2024, from 7 pm – 9:00 pm Eastern


The Artist & Healer Within with Caren Sacks, Creative Art Therapist

March 20, 2024 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm Eastern


Save these additional dates for our 2023-2024 season:

  • April 17, 2024
  • May 15, 2024
  • June 19, 2024

(All dates are tentative at this time. Stay tuned!)

Past Events

Wondering what we’ve offered in the past? View Past Events