Drs Agnes and Bijan Ghaznavi are skilled trainers with decades of experience in the field of people development. They have been teaching and consulting extensively in China for nearly ten years.  They will lead Seed2Tree’s ‘Managing stress by building your inner resources’ workshop on April 12 & 13 in Beijing. 

Dr Bijan’s 17 years of professorship, that saw him train and supervise a large number of psychotherapists, followed by 22 years in private practice with Dr Agnes, at their own psychology clinic in Switzerland, have given them a unique perspective on helping people help themselves.    

Agnes and Bijan's ability to create rich learning environments and interest in fostering people's innate styles have helped educators, psychology professionals and university students around the globe increased personal and professional effectiveness.  Recognized for their trust-building style, their programs are designed and delivered with a focus on conflict-resolution, education, relationships and parenting, based on underpinnings in psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, education and NLP.   

Both Drs hold the European Certificate of Psychotherapy, a certificate conferred to professionals with recognized competency only, by the European Association of Psychotherapy  Dr Bijan received his PhD from La Jolla University, USA in 1989 and has postgraduate diplomas in NLP, hypnosis, health and stress management.  . 

Dr Agnes is an M.D who specialized in psychiatry and psychotherapy and trained in sexology, from the School of Medicine, Zurich & Lausanne Universities, Switzerland.  She wrote two books, one on the family, the other on sexuality, relationships and growth. They were published in England and were later translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. 

Drs. Agnes and Bijan co-authored ‘Mystery of childhood’, published in Chinese and awarded China’s ‘BingXin ErTong ZuoPin Jiang’.  Their new book on ‘learning difficulties’ will be published this summer in Chinese, and a book on ‘Character’ is in preparation.

China’s switch from a planned to market-economy; its one-child policy and urbanization of the population, amongst other major life-changing policies and trends, have had serious repercussions on today’s modern Chinese lifestyles.  The sense of displacement and elevated levels of stress to meet the changing pressures from the outside world exacerbated by the never-ending chase of (and ever-increasing need for) material wealth has led many to feel anxious, depress, helpless and even hopeless.