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| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2006 |
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7:45 – 9:45 AM |
Resilience in Development: The Power of Ordinary Magic |
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Ann S. Masten, Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnightUniversity Professor, University of Minnesota, Institute for Child Development |
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Dr. Masten draws on her own research and the world literature on risk and resilience. She discusses the meaning of resilience, findings on what makes a difference and implications for practice and policy. |
| 10:00 – 12:00 Noon |
Changing the Odds: A Resilience Framework for Prevention & Intervention |
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Ann S. Masten, Ph.D. |
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This workshop emphasizes the ways resilience can be translated into improving prevention and intervention efforts among high-riskyouth and families. |
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Self-defeating Behaviors: Where They Come From; How and Why They’re Perpetuated |
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Gregg Boothroyd, Ph.D.,CAC IIProfessor Emeritus - Western Michigan University, co-author, Going Home - A Positive Emotional Guide |
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Self-defeating behaviors, while initially disguised for protection and psychic relief, they betray us and create the suffering they were originally designed to replace. |
| 12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM |
Lunch (On Your Own) |
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1:15 – 3:15 PM |
Self-defeating Behavior Elimination: The Roadmap |
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Gregg Boothroyd, Ph.D., CAC II |
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The elimination of self-defeating behaviors and replacement with life-generating behaviors can be accomplished by following a practical, clear, concise roadmap. |
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Internal Family Systems Model: Releasing the Self:
Integrating Spirituality & Psychotherapy |
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Dick Schwartz, Ph.D.
Author, Internal Family Systems Therapy,
Founder, Center for Self-Leadership, Oak Park, IL |
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| THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006 |
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7:45 – 9:45 AM |
Making Safe Places |
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Peter Alsop, Ph.D.
Certified experiential therapist, nationally known singer/songwriter, lecturer, and humorist |
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With hilarious sing-alongs and stories, Dr. Alsop helps us understand how to create emotionally safe places for our children, students, co-workers, clients, families, and ourselves. |
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A New Way to Understand & Treat Trauma |
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Dick Schwartz, Ph.D. |
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Applications of the Internal Family Systems Model. |
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10:00 – 12 Noon |
The Marriage of the Future |
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Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
Author, Getting the Love You Want, co-founder, Imago Relationship International
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The traditional marriage is dying. The contours of the “new” marriages are visible. This lecture describes the causes and features, the power of the new marriage for personal healing. |
| 12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM |
Lunch (On Your Own) |
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1:15 – 3:15 PM |
Imago Relationship Therapy: A NEW Couples Therapy |
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Harvill Hendrix, Ph.D. |
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Couples fall in love, fall out of love and live in conflict, or parallel lives, or divorce. Imago Therapy offers another solution, a conscious marriage that heals the wounds of childhood behind most conflicts and helps couples achieve the marriage of their dreams. |
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Emotional Trauma and the Price We Pay |
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Shelley Uram, M.D.
Psychiatrist, The Meadows, Wickenburg, AZ |
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| FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006 |
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7:45 – 9:45 AM |
Understanding Self-injury |
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Wendy Lader, Ph.D.
Co-founder, clinical director, S.A.F.E. (Self Abuse Finally Ends) Alternatives,
co-author, Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers |
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In the past decade, self-injury has grown from an obscure psychiatric symptom to a mainstream problem. This presentation helps participants understand why we are experiencing a dramatic increase in body focused self-injurious behaviors. |
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10:00 – 12 Noon |
Treating the Self-injurer |
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Wendy Lader, Ph.D. |
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This workshop provides an understanding of the goals of treatment and how to have an organized treatment protocol. |
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The Addicted/Traumatized Family System Model |
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Tian Dayton, Ph.D.
Author, The Living Stage: A Step by Step Guide to Psychodrama, Director, N.Y. Psychodrama Training Institute at Caron, Former Professor of Psychodrama, New York University |
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Learning how to use the social atom, as a paper and pencil technique or moved into sculpting and/or psychodrama enactment. |
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12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM |
Lunch (On Your Own) |
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1:15 – 3:15 PM |
Filling Your Toolbox: Tools to Deal with Difficult Situations |
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Peter Alsop, Ph.D.
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Stories and strategies to use music, humor, “sculpting with people” to overcome emotional roadblocks. |
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The Addicted/Traumatized Family System Model
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Tian Dayton, Ph.D. |
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Experiential Techniques Made Easy: Experiential Techniques for Groups in Recovery |
| 7:00 – 8:00 PM |
Peter Alsop Concert – Kids, Parents & Professionals |
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A good time for all with songs, while singing along to some healthy living ideas. |
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| SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2006 |
| 7:45 – 9:45 AM |
Complex Psychological Trauma: Connecting BPD to Post Traumatic Stress |
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John Briere, Ph.D.
AssociateProfessor of Psychiatry & Psychology, USC, School of Medicine
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110:00 – 12 Noon |
Treating Complex Post Traumatic Stress |
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John Briere, Ph.D. |
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Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis: Discovering Core Skills |
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Michael Yapko, Ph.D.
Author, Breaking the Patterns of Depression; Hand-Me-Down Blues; Trancework (3rd edition), Clinical Psychologist, San Diego, CA |
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Hypnosis enhances the efficacy of other approaches, most notably cognitive-behavioral approaches. How hypnosis meshes with and even underlies various psychotherapies is well articulated in this session. |
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12:00 Noon – 1:15 PM |
Lunch (On Your Own) |
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Hand-Me-Down Blues: Depression & Trans-Generational Risk Factors |
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Michael Yapko, Ph.D. |
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The child of a depressed parent is three to six times more likely to suffer from depression. Depression, in a sense, is contagious. Risk factors for depressed marriages are identified and discussed with an emphasis on how therapists can intervene effectively. |
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