Online Programme Speakers

Catherine has been teaching 3 Principles Programs to a wide range of people in many different environments throughout the world for the past 25 years.

Catherine has implemented a Principle Based Resiliency Program in the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and a Principles Program in Santa Clara County Corrections Facilities for both adults and juveniles, San Jose, California. She has conducted trainings in the UK, Spain, Belgium, Israel, Finland, Norway and Russia.

Persons wanting to advance their consulting/coaching careers also seek her out for her mentoring services. Many of the environments that Catherine has consulted in include: Fortune 500 Corporations, i.e.: Dow Chemical, BAE Defense Systems, Chlorox, and Boston Scientific. Medical Centers, State and County Government organizations, Adult and Juvenile Criminal Justice Systems (including San Quentin Prison), Law Enforcement, Educational Institutions (Elementary through College), Psychiatric Residential Facilities, and Addiction Treatment Programs, and Social Services Agencies.

Catherine’s passion and vision are to reignite the resiliency and wisdom in all persons in any environment through the understanding of the 3 Principles. She currently lives in San Jose, California.

Chip and Jan had the honor of being mentored by Sydney Banks from 1975 until 2009. From 1994 to 2004 they conducted retreats with him in Europe and North America. His guidance during these events about sharing in as deep and simple a manner as possible, guides their work to this day. Over the years, Chip and Jan have created and conducted extensive programs in corporate, not for profit, educational, community and correctional settings, including a state prison, county jails and residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers. They currently share their understanding though speaking engagements, retreats and webinars worldwide. From their base on Salt Spring Island, they offer one on one Skype sessions as well as retreats for individuals, couples, and groups. The books and recordings of Sydney Banks are fundamental to all their work, helping countless people find happiness and understanding after being touched by those original materials. Chip is President of the Three Principles Foundation, and in 2008, co-founded the Three Principles School on Salt Spring Island, dedicated to sharing the simplicity and purity of the Three Principles, “As discovered and taught by Sydney Banks”.

Christine Heath, LMFT, CSAC, MAC
Christine is a licensed marriage and family therapist in both Hawaii and Minnesota, and is the co-founder and executive director of the Hawaii Counseling and Education Center, Inc.

Her passion is to help people to realize that they are able to recover from any trauma or mental distress. They can save their marriages and create healthy families.

Christine has been a trainer in work involving the Three Principles for over 30 years. In addition, she provides training and supervision for professionals, and is a consultant and trainer worldwide for social services and health care agencies, businesses and special education professionals.

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Dr Mark Howard is a Mentor and Coach who first brought the Three Principles into the mental health field. Mark is one of the original professionals who studied with Sydney Banks. Since 1982, Dr Howard has been teaching clients, families, business professionals, mental health practitioners and coaches about these principles. He has developed a trainer of trainer program in both the US and the UK. Dr Howard has now dedicated himself to mentor and coach anyone who would like to share the principles with impact and love.

William F. Pettit Jr., M.D., is co-owner with his wife, Dr. Linda Pettit of 3 Principles Intervention, LLC. Dr. Pettit presented the Three Universal Principles of Mind, Consciousness and, Thought as the essence of his psychiatric practice from 1983 until his retirement from clinical psychiatry in 2019. Since then, Dr. Pettit has been serving individuals, groups and organizations, nationally and internationally as a Three Principles-based Mental Health Educator. 

Dr. Pettit is a graduate of Creighton University, Omaha, NE and the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL. After graduating from Medical school in 1969, he completed two years of General Surgery residency at Rush – Presbyterian St. Luke Hospital in Chicago IL. He was drafted into the U.S. Navy and after completing the six-month course at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola FL., he served for two and one-half years as a general physician for Navy squadron personnel.

Dr. Pettit is certified for life by The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry, and was previously certified in Adolescent Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Pettit was twice certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Pettit has had an illustrious career and has achieved many accomplishments, you can read his full bio here.

Dr. Pettit is a recognized educator in the Three Principles Understanding, and has presented at many national and international conferences and consulted to numerous clients and organizations.

Dr. Pettit is a co-author on two Three Principle based articles recently published in peer reviewed psychiatric journals.  All of his programs, sessions and courses are available at thedrspettit.com.  Since June, 2017 Dr. Pettit has enjoyed living in Phoenix Arizona.

Dr. George Pransky is one of the two professional founders of the understanding of The Principles of Mind, Thought and Consciousness. He has taught the Principles for over thirty years to individuals, couples, businesses and colleagues. Dr. Pransky is the author of The Relationship Handbook and over fifty audio recordings. During his career, he has served on the faculty of three graduate universities and continues to pioneer this understanding in new industries. Currently, he is a partner at Pransky and Associates and on the executive committee of the Three Principles Global Community.

Linda Pransky went to graduate school at The University of Washington in 1975. She specialized in psycho-social nursing, because she had an interest in learning how people change. She learned techniques and approaches to helping people, but nothing seemed long lasting and beneficial. When she met Sydney Banks in 1976 she saw a way for people to really change. Her vision became one of helping people seek real and long lasting change. Linda is currently on the executive committee of the Three Principles Global Community, recent faculty member for the One Thought Institute and Partner at Pransky and Associates.

Chana is originally from Israel and moved to the UK in 2001 when she married her husband Shaul. Together they are blessed with eight beautiful children and five grandchildren.

Chana has been working and sharing the Three Principles for close to a decade. Chana originally trained in family counselling before coming across the Three Principles in 2011. Seeing this approach as revolutionary, she turned her focus in this direction completely. She graduated from the One Thought Professional Institute in 2012 and was a faculty member from 2013 – 2019. Chana has been mentored by many of Sydney Banks’s students, including Dr George and Linda Pransky and Elsie Spittle.

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Currently, Chana is the Director of CR Practice. Since 2012, CR Practice has shared the Three Principles understanding with packages specifically designed for different sectors of the community including youth, students, educators, individuals, couples, parents and families.

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Chana has also developed and facilitated an eighteen-month Training Programme for the Rabbinic Training Academy in London and is the Wellbeing Director of Better World Charity. She is also the Director of the CR Practice Wellbeing Clinic where she mentors and develops new practitioners who are looking for a deeper understanding and more experience in sharing the Three Principles.

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Chana is a regular presenter at seminars around the world and speaks annually at the 3PUK conference in London.

Batya graduated the Rabbinic Training Academy (RTA) program and was very fortunate to be mentored by 3 Principles teacher Dr George Pransky authour of "The Relationship Handbook." Gaining an understanding of The 3 Principles turned my marriage around dramatically. I am extremely passionate about sharing The 3 Principles understanding with everyone, especially those struggling with relationships. It is my great pleasure to see how easy it is for people to change just from having more understanding of how we humans work emotionally, psychologically and spiritually.

Shaul grew up in Liverpool and still supports the best team in football. Shaul founded Aish UK in 1993 and Tikun in 2006. He is known for his dry wit and engaging talks. He enjoys most things in life, believes in a world of wisdom, spiritual growth, love of humanity and a commitment to building a better world. Being a Rabbi with plentiful experience as a spiritual mentor and counsellor of mental and emotional wellbeing, Shaul’s understanding of the human experience – coupled with his unique sense of humour – makes for a hub of wisdom and insight. Shaul and his lovely wife Chana reside with their 8 beautiful children in London, UK.

Judith A. Sedgeman, EdD has been dedicated to sharing the Principles of Mind, Consciousness and Thought professionally for more than 30 years. Dr. Sedgeman has worked with many other practitioners of the Three Principles throughout the United States and around the world, She has been a consultant, a University professor, an Institute Director, and a mentor to individuals and groups, always dedicated to awakening health and well-being across diverse populations. She is the author of a book about that journey, It All Started with a Bird, as well as co-producer of a Podcast called Psychology Has it Backwards. You can learn more about her at her website, three-principles.com.