Invitation to Change
Since 1983, the Option Institute® has helped thousands of people live their very best life – heightening day-to-day happiness, deepening their closest relationships, increasing inner strength and personal effectiveness, and overcoming life’s biggest challenges. Our unique workshops and individual support services have helped people to master issues that have plagued them for years.
Learn MoreE-Learning Training Courses
LIVE via Zoom
Experience our LIVE dynamic training courses without ever having to leave the comfort of your own home. You will learn practical tools to address your own unique challenges, alongside a group of others, who just like you, are dedicated to make meaningful changes now.
Learn MoreExperienced Teachers
& Staff
Our staff bring together diverse backgrounds and broad reaching experience within the fields of education, health, human behavior, applied science, the arts, and corporate and entrepreneurial business. Their unique knowledge and expertise help drive our initiatives forward.
Learn MoreIf there were a Nobel Prize for love, I’d want the Kaufmans to be the first to receive one.

Dr. Wayne Dyer
Author, Excuses Begone!
Barry Neil Kaufman’s work is the science of love, compassion, and insight which will transform the world.

Deepak Chopra
Author, Quantum Healing
My experience at The Option Institute has been so exciting. It has helped me recognize and take a hard look at the areas in my life I’d always been ‘meaning’ to change, but never had, and understand why I’ve made the choices I’ve made. It helped me become comfortable, at peace and confident about decisions I’ve made, that prior to The Option Institute, filled me with worry and doubt. I feel refreshed, alive, and excited to face the day and everything and everyone in it! From all of my heart, thank you.
Pessy Goldman
Teacher, California
I came with an open heart and willingness to really look deeply at myself. I have had a smile on my face and in my heart all week! I had so many ‘wow’ moments whereby I came to the true realization that I am in charge of my own destiny and am able to see the world and the people in it in a new light—one of acceptance and love. I will do it to make myself feel good. I choose to live my life in a more positive way and make happiness my priority.
Teresa Grannell
Administrator, England
I had been depressed for 20 years, with only some minor relief using medications. I was at rock bottom, my marriage had broken up, and I thought and wished that my life was over. I decided to attend an Option Institute weeklong program and did four Option Process® Dialogues right before the program — my depression was already lifting. By the third day of the program when asked about my depression, I calmly exclaimed, ‘What depression!’ This has been the best week of my life.
Tom Cunningham
C.P.A., Virginia
I came to the Option Institute dragging my past and wanting someone to fix me. Each course that I have taken has helped me get in touch with a piece of myself. I am now waving my arms in the air and so happy to be alive knowing that my “fix-it kit” is right inside me! I can take this knowledge with me everywhere I go. Deep, deep gratitude to all the spectacular teachers.
Gerty Handelman
Retired, Canada
Upcoming Programs
Say YES to Yourself
How to Hear Your Own Voice and Make Decisions with Confidence & Clarity
June 12th – 15th, 2023
Session Times: 12pm – 2:30pm EST
WIDE AWAKE MASTER CLASS SERIES
A Graduate E-Learning Training Program
June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 19, 26, August 2 & 9, 2023
LEARN MOREMake All Relationships Easier
With Friends. With Family. With Co-Workers. With Significant Others.
June 26, 27 & 29, 2023
Session Times 12pm – 3:00pm EST
Emotional Fitness Training
Creating Personal Happiness and Peace of Mind RIGHT NOW
July 17th, 18th, 20th, 2023
Session Times: 12pm – 2:30pm EST
Calm Amid Chaos
How to Stay Comfortable… NO MATTER WHAT!
August 7th – 11th, 2023
Session Times: 12pm – 3pm EST
5 Days to Live: Defying A Terminal Cancer Prognosis
With Determination and Love – No chemo/No radiation
August 21st – 24th, 2023
First Session, 12 – 4pm EST
All other sessions, 12 – 3pm EST
Option Process Mentor Certification
Master the Art & Science of Personal Transformation
THE NEXT MENTOR CERTIFICATION BEGINS JUNE 2023
LEARN MOREMake A Donation To Give The Gift Of Hope!
Create change in the lives of others. Please consider donating to the Option Institute® and
Autism Treatment Center of America®. Your tax deductible contribution allows us to help thousands of families and individuals worldwide.

