The Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI) - subprogram of Pacific Institute - will be holding its 2nd annual conference from November 13 through 15, 2008 at the First Unitarian Univeraslist Church & Center in San Francisco. Inspired by Saybrook Graduate School's Dr. James Bugental, the EHI offers training that utilizes some of the foremost existential therapy instructors in the country. These seasoned instructors have trained extensively with such masters as Rollo May, James Bugental, and Irvin Yalom.
Objectives & Goals of the Conference:
1. To learn the basic assumptions underlying existential-humanistic (EH) psychotherapy;
2. To connect EH assumptions to therapeutic interventions as illuminated through "live" work with active cases, demonstrations, video, and the use of literature and metaphor;
3. To learn how to effectively work in the here and now with yourself,your client, and in the relation between, as well as with your working environments and the world;
4. To learn the art of using EH principles as the guiding focus of your style of relating to yourself and the world.
*Cost of Attendance:*
*Professional Fee + CEUs**
$350 Entire Conference (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)
$50 Opening/Welcome Sessions (Thursday only)
$150 1 Workshop Day (Friday or Saturday)
$300 2 Workshop Days (Friday and Saturday)
*Student Fee + Diploma*
$250 Entire Conference (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)
$50 Opening/Welcome Sessions (Thursday only)
$100 1 Workshop Day (Friday or Saturday)
$200 2 Workshop Days (Friday and Saturday)
Approved by BOP and MCEP Accrediting Agency
10 CEUs offered for MFTs, LCSWs, and Psychologists
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Thursday – November 13, 2008 |
Time |
Activity |
Topic & Presenter |
3:00pm – 6:00pm |
Registration & Check-In |
Pacific Institute Administration |
5:30pm – 7:00pm |
Opening Session & Welcome |
EHI Directors & Dr. Elizabeth Bugental (Keynote Speaker) |
7:00pm – 8:30pm |
Opening Poster Session |
- Meaning–Making and Hope (Alexander M. Bacher, Stacie L. Cooper)
- Reflections on the Existential-Humanistic Approach in Working with the Elderly (Rochelle Suri)
- Humanistic Approach in Organization Psychology (Taylere Joseph)
- Aging Women in Search of Meaning (Tamar Shirinian)
- Open to Not Knowing: Existential and Process-Oriented Approaches to Therapy with Elders and Dementia (Puran Khalsa, Matt Spalding)
- Through The Circle - Artists and their Mandala Drawings: How Differential Dementia Diagnosis Reflect Behaviors as Seen Through the Making of the Mandala (Rev. Patti Goldstein, MA)
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7:30pm – 9:00pm |
Cocktail Reception |
All presenters, staff and VIP guests |
Friday – November 14, 2008 |
Time |
Activity |
Topic & Presenter |
9:00am – 10:30am |
Morning Plenary |
The Daimonic & Existential Depth of Psychology: Putting the Punch Back into Therapy
(Stephen A. Diamond) 1.5 CEU |
10:45am – 12:15am |
Concurrent Workshops |
Existentialism & Taoism
(Benjamin Tong) |
The Use of Therapeutic Enactment in Experiential Supervision (Kevin Keenan, Shawn Rubin) 1.5 CEU |
The Power of Now: Innovative Approaches to Cultivating Personal and Relational Presence in the Therapeutic Encounter (Orah Krug) 1.5 CEU |
12:30pm – 1:45pm |
Lunch Break |
2:00pm – 3:30pm |
Concurrent Workshops |
Applying Existential Therapy in a Culturally Sensitive Manner
(Louis Hoffman) 1.5 CEU |
Existential Integrative Psychology: The Art of “Being With”
(Kirk Schneider) 1.5 CEU |
Poetically the Human Being Dwells – Psychotherapeutic Applications of a Heideggerian-based Psychology
(Nader Shabahangi) 1.5 CEU |
3:45pm – 5:00pm |
Afternoon Plenary |
On What is Hidden: The Limits of Knowledge
(Edward Mendelowitz) 1 CEU |
5:30pm – 7:00pm |
Special Activity |
EHI; Student Lounge; Film |
Saturday – November 15, 2008 |
Time |
Activity |
Topic & Presenter |
9:00am – 10:30am |
Morning Plenary |
A Shaking of the Foundations
(David Elkins, Alexander Bacher, Stacie Cooper, Dave Fischer, Pernilla Nathan) 1.5 CEU |
10:45am – 12:15pm
(**please note extended time of 1 workshop) |
Concurrent Workshops |
To See and To Be Seen
(Bill Staudenmaier, Bruce McBeath) 1.5 CEU
**extended workshop: 10:45am-1:45pm |
Existential Orientation Survey
(Tom Greening, Scott Kiser) |
Beyond Therapy: Bearing Witness to Will-Expression, Self-Generation, and Social/Cultural Engagement in the Pursuit of Optimal Living
(John Galvin) 1.5 CEU |
12:30pm – 1:45pm |
Lunch Break |
2:00pm – 3:30pm |
Concurrent Workshops |
Polarization: Unlocking Impasses in Couples Therapy
(Louis Dangles, Christine Armstrong) 1.5 CEU |
Kinesthetic Imagining
(Ilene A. Serlin) 1.5 CEU |
Authenticity & the Play of Unconditioned Presence: From Resolute Search Process to Natural Release
(Kenneth Bradford) 1.5 CEU |
3:45pm – 5:00pm |
Closing Plenary |
EHI Directors & Keynote Speaker |
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November 13-15, 2008
