"Learning the Intensive Journal method greatly enriched my personal development and gave me the means to discover new spiritual insights..."

"Clergy self-care is so important when it comes to being an effective leader of a congregation. I’ve always enjoyed journaling as a way to 'keep my head above water,' but it was through the Intensive Journal program that my skill at reflective writing deepened and blossomed. Now I am able to use the Intensive Journal method for my spiritual growth and development as I recognize connections I hadn’t noticed before – relationship patterns, recurring themes, ongoing struggles. I feel more connected to my inner being and that frees me to experience my connectedness to other people and to God in a much more responsive way."

"I began using Ira Progoff's Intensive Journal Process while a student at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, in 1975. For over thirty years, I have continued to rely on this nonjudgmental method of meditation and journaling in my spiritual growth and professional life."

 "I took my first Intensive Journal Workshop almost 30 years ago. Since then, I have used its techniques to contact the deep wellsprings that feed my soul. It is one of the most practical and best tools for personal and spiritual growth that I have ever experienced."

"What a gift! The Intensive Journal method is a wonderful tool that has provided me with the opportunity to call to mind significant and meaningful experiences and life lessons from the past and, additionally, it has profoundly impacted my ongoing spiritual, psychological and intellectual development. I highly recommend the Intensive Journal method to anyone interested in exploring and discovering the riches to be found within the human experience."

"What I appreciate most about the Progoff Intensive Journal process is the way it has helped me connect the dots between my personal, my spiritual, and my vocational life."

"I have personally worked with the Intensive Journal process for nearly twenty five years recommending it to friends and parishioners over the years and sponsoring workshops these past seven years. 
"This work has been a stimulus for discernment in my personal and professional life. The meditative practices the Journal nurtures have repeatedly resulted in rich insights or powerful images for sermons and a wide variety of writing projects. 
"I have recommended this for some individuals as a pastoral aid for their own struggles or for continuing education and formation."

"Using the Intensive Journal method has helped me through numerous life changes and circumstances. The process draws me forward into new opportunities to learn and grow in a profoundly meaningful way, sensing the thread of continuity in where I've been and where I am moving to in my life. Dr. Progoff's ministry takes one into the "depth beyond the doctrines" where we experience the profound inner movements of our lives. I am very grateful for this program and strongly recommend this path of personal development."

"The Intensive Journal method is an invaluable life tool for reflection, enhancing the creative process, and seeking direction from my own life and others whose lives integrate with my own. The method has provided me with a way to examine my work in the world, spiritual life, life transitions, health and family issues, personal life and more in a very productive and positive way! I highly recommend it to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and the Spirit at work in their lives."

"The Progoff Intensive Journal method is more than a record of events, thoughts, plans, and dreams. This process has captured my hopes, helped to heal wounds, and given me a deeper understanding of who I am and who I am meant to be. I have discovered loving acceptance of people and situations in both the past and present.
"The Progoff structured framework frees my heart and mind. Reclaimed joys and rediscovered gifts emerge from the pages, and healthy connections are more obvious. The Progoff method documents and inspires my spiritual journey. I have often felt God’s presence in those quiet moments and experienced His kingdom in new ways."