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began with Gentle Teaching…

Hi, I’m Tony McCrovitz.

From the earliest days of my counseling career, I’ve been integrating the social vision and relationship-building framework of Gentle Teaching into my practice, and it continues to be the heart of my work.

The Quality of Life Institute began with myself and other interested colleagues who were also practitioners of Gentle Teaching. In the world of caregiving and the providing of direct services, we recognized a need for increased valuing and practical support for caregivers, and began creating and supplementing educational, recreational, and funding resources that could enrich their quality of life and, ultimately, their professional practice.

In 2012, the Institute was officially incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Research, writing and publishing became important to the overall goals of The Institute. This began with creating Gentle Teaching-based curriculum materials and professional tools for competence and certification training to benefit the professional development of caregivers. The Institute has utilized resources within the community, including funding scholarship and retreat opportunities and advancing research and technology integration to support their overall quality of life and their practice of mentoring a spirit of gentleness with Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

From 1995 – 2025, an Indiana agency (Globe-Star, llc) served families and communities as a way to cultivate and demonstrate the principles, practice, and promise of Gentle Teaching with others. A foundational premise of the agency was to create a professional learning culture, working toward quality-of-life solutions and outcomes with a Gentle Teaching vision and framework. Providing direct services inevitably presented real-life situations and challenges to navigate. Not only did this work provide foundational situations for our case studies and the deepening exploration of quality-of-life values and outcomes, it also brought about global encounters and dialogue from groups and other organizations who were seeking to cultivate a more holistic practice of counseling and mentoring others with the relationship-building framework of Gentle Teaching. This dedicated journey of learning together greatly expanded applications into other areas of mental health and well-being that were supported by the research and work at The Institute.

Today the Quality of Life Institute continues to evolve and expand with quality of life programs designed to support and benefit mental health and well-being for all. A Gentle Teaching framework naturally expands in its holistic approach to quality of life, cultivating meaning and value while unifying the connections of head, heart, and body. Ongoing research and technology integration accelerates quality of life outcomes in (1) cognitive growth and awareness, (2) social-emotional learning, and (3) physical vitality.  Collaborative research and projects support our efforts to identify, articulate, and curate resources. The Institute participates in training forums and speaking engagements, and offers a growing variety of programs and counseling resources for the health and well-being of both the client and the professional.

Agencies of care worldwide are welcome to access and utilize the Institute’s research and resources for a Quality of Life Model™. The QOL model is designed to create the support and professional tools for mentoring a spirit of gentleness in counseling interactions and quality of life programs and outcomes.

Dr. Anthony M. McCrovitz, LMHC, HSPP, BCPC, IMH-E® (II), DAPA
Executive Director, Quality of Life Institute, Inc.
President, Indiana Professional Counseling Foundation (IPCF)

 

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