About CorStone

In the U.S. and around the world, CorStone helps people deal with conflict and crisis.

We support individuals facing and recovering from setback, trauma and adversity.

We provide training to help people communicate effectively, yet peacefully, in difficult situations. 

We help people find commonality with others despite great differences.

Our goal is to develop and support emotional resilience – the ability to function competently, powerfully and peacefully under stress. Emotional resilience reinforces people’s confidence that they can help themselves and others. It enables individuals, families and communities to face challenges, develop and maintain a positive attitude, make healthful choices, and solve problems on every scale.

Since its inception, the organization has provided trainings and workshops in over 50 countries to thousands of adults and children facing life-threatening illness, conflict and adversity.

Vision

CorStone works toward a world that chooses love over fear, compassion over indifference, and forgiveness over blame in the face of crisis.

Mission

CorStone develops and supports emotional resilience in children, families and communities to better deal with challenge, conflict or crisis.

History

Formerly known as the International Center for Attitudinal Healing,the organization was founded in 1975 by Gerald Jampolsky, M.D., renowned psychiatrist and author. Shortly thereafter he was joined by Diane Cirincione, Ph.D. and together they continue to be involved in CorStone’s outreach programs and growth.

In 2008 we changed our name to CorStone. Our goal is to build upon our history and past successes while also applying other low cost/high impact, accessible, and scalable evidence-based methods, interventions and support systems to vulnerable individuals and communities in the U.S. and abroad. In our aspiration to become a leading provider of emerging systems, programs, research and best practices aimed at dealing with conflict and crisis, we wanted our name to reflect the full range of expertise we offer.

The name CorStone is derived from “Cor” which is Latin for “heart,” and “Stone,” which connotes a strong base or foundation – as in “a strong foundation for the heart”.  For us, this concept perfectly captures the notion of emotional resilience. It also reflects our continued commitment to innovation and best practices in mental and community health, social-emotional learning, and communication skills development.