Guillermo Cuéllar,
Ed.D., President
and Co-Founding Director of the Center for Creative Consciousness (CCC), has
28 years of experience in the fields of art, creative behavior, and Gestalt
and family therapies. He is an organizational development consultant to
Fortune 500 companies and others addressing such issues as long-term
cultural change, multicultural development, creativity and innovation,
managing diversity, and facilitating conversions to worker-owned
organizations. He provides professional services in both English and
Spanish.
Guillermo has blended his many interests into his consulting activities.
He completed his undergraduate degree with a double major in biology and
art. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a master's degree in counseling from
the University of South Florida in Tampa, and holds a doctorate in
organizational development from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Guillermo has been a life-long photographer, sculptor, and
painter. He has practiced yoga
and meditation for the past 35 years, and taught yoga from 1971 to 1990.
His vision is to support individuals and organizations to align actions,
personal dilemmas and challenges in life to their integrity led him to
develop the
Life Learning ModelTM
The model is the framework for a process that explains how to
release fear-based survival patterns and embrace creative, proactive,
results-oriented patterns.
Dale Schwarz,
M. Ed., ATR, LMHC,
is the Co-Founding Director of the Center for Creative Consciousness (CCC)
established in 1998. Since 1976, Dale has been coaching individuals and
facilitating groups to develop creative behaviors, based on a unique method
she designed. In 1991 Dale began providing organizational development and
management services to both public and private sector clients.
Dale is a Registered
Art Therapist, in practice for over 30 years and works with people of all
ages. In 1981 with Guillermo Cuellar, she co-founded the New England Art
Therapy Institute. NEATI is now a division of CCC and offers therapy, supervision,
workshops and training. Dale also taught creativity and art therapy courses
for 14 years at Salem State College and had been a guest lecturer at
numerous Colleges and University’s.
A unique aspect of
Dale’s work is helping people use metaphor and images to enhance
communication and bring forth their talents. She is skilled in helping
individuals and groups create supportive learning environments that
encourage risk-taking and moving beyond pre-conceptions.
Recently, in
collaboration with Anne Davidson, Dale developed and co-leads the
Facilitative Coach workshop. It is offered through Roger Schwarz
& Associates, a consulting and training firm based in Chapel Hill, NC, where
Dale is an associate. Dale has written and published articles about
coaching and incorporating visual expression within organizations. She
co-authored with Anne Davidson a chapter about their
coaching model
in the
newly published
The
Skilled Facilitator Fieldbook.
Dale received her Bachelor of Science degree from
New York University where she studied social sciences and a humanistic
approach to art and education. At Lesley University she earned a M. Ed.
degree in Expressive Therapies specializing in art therapy. She is a
member of The American Art Therapy Association. Dale also studied
organizational development at Antioch College and is a Licensed Mental
Health Counselor.
Throughout her life Dale has been an artist. She
creates collages, paints watercolors, and exhibits her work.
Guiding Principles and Methods
The Center for Creative
Consciousness was born out of a
passion
for helping individuals and
organizations discover a renewed sense of integrity, authenticity and
effectiveness by harnessing their creative power. That passion continues
to be the basis of our guiding principles and methods.
Our work is founded on the
premise that every individual has the innate capacity to create. We define
creativity in a broad way. We believe is the gift that empowers us to make
choices. Our power to make choices enables us to shape our life, work and,
ultimately, our communities and our world.
A hallmark of our work is
developing supportive, collaborative, and challenging learning environments,
conducive to exploration and discovery. We do this with a commitment to
compassion, integrity and respect for each individual and the learning process.
Our methods at the Center are
based on the principles of innovation and creativity. Using an approach designed
by
Dale Schwarz,
we help our clients discover symbols and metaphors to readily identify and
surface significant issues that are not easily articulated through language
alone. We help clients expand their ways of knowing and tap into their innate
wisdom, through visual expression and reflective writing.
The basis for our proven approach to decision making
and change is
Guillermo
Cuellar’s work - the
Life Learning
ModelTM
-
which we integrate into our
workshops, coaching sessions and consultations.
We support each individual’s
ability to go beyond short-term superficial approaches to make fundamental
changes that are sustainable over time. We welcome clients who are prepared to
look deeply at their current patterns and make substantial changes to fulfill
their purpose and vision.
We customize our programs and
services to address the unique needs and challenges of individuals and
organizations in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.
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