### Program Description 🌞

**Concept Clinic is a behavioral health studio and experimental test lab for cutting edge wellness practices.**

At Edge Esmeralda our aim is to stimulate field-building by bringing together a diverse range of mental health clinicians and wellness experts, cross-pollinating information and techniques.

Concept Clinic at Edge Esmeralda will:

* Provide free Enlightenment Therapy services to visitors and residents throughout the program, bookable through Telegram (t.me/hamdinsula)

* Host 2 larger modality-based activations for larger groups. We’ll be collaborating with Joe Edelman and Ellie Hain for a **Values Exploration** event, and Catarina Brazao and Markus Pesonen for a **Somatic Sound Journey.**

* Host 1 larger unconference for 25-40 participants on the theme of bringing together clinicians and innovative community leaders to address **social wellness**.

Our goal is to foster dialogue and skill-sharing about integrative care work with communities, and building interprofessional collaboration.

### About the organizer

I’m Toby Shorin. Currently I work as a mental health researcher and entrepreneur. I’ve studied online communities and subcultures for over a decade, and previously founded the crypto research institute [Other Internet](https://otherinter.net/).

My new research project, Care Culture, (<https://careculture.is>) documents my explorations of different health & wellness cultures. Concept Clinic is a test lab where I implement novel combinations of behavioral health, wellness, and cultural healing modalities.