o-founded by Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte Kaufman, The Option Institute provides life-changing training, based on the premise that happiness is a choice. Participants from all over the world have experienced remarkable transformations after completing the revolutionary courses at The Option Institute. Over the last 28 years, The Option Institute has helped people struggling with depression, eating disorders, low self-esteem, fears and phobias, grief, and anger issues. The workshops and seminars at The Option Institute provide proven tools and individual attention, enabling both professional and personal success. The Happiness Option Weekend at The Option Institute teaches students to challenge their initial reactions to difficult events. This program shares techniques to end self-criticism, increase confidence, and challenge the beliefs that lead to unhappiness. Individuals struggling with self-doubt benefit from The Option Institute’s Optimal Self-Trust course. This groundbreaking class helps participants let go of poor past decisions, rely on their own instincts, release the need to receive approval from others, and find the courage to make difficult choices. Power Dialogues, one of The Option Institute’s core programs, helps people identify hidden beliefs that lead to unhappiness and ineffective choices. Other courses at The Option Institute include Calm Amid Chaos, Wide Awake, Empower Yourself, Inner Strength, Fearless, Exceptional Women, and Radical Authenticity. A leader in autism recovery, The Option Institute runs The Son-Rise Program through the Autism Treatment Center of America. This innovative system teaches parents to work with their children for improved communication, development, and learning. Unlike other autism recovery methodologies, The Son-Rise Program views the disorder as neurological, not behavioral. Over the past 28 years, The Option Institute has aided families from more than 78 countries by emphasizing the power of social relationships. To learn more about The Option Institute’s Son-Rise Program, visit www.autismtreatmentcenter.org.