Santa Fe, August 2-6, 2010

26 Hours of Continuing Ed

We are pleased to announce The Program for our August 2-6, 2010 Creativity and Madness Conference in Santa Fe, NM.

Monday August 2, 2010

8:25 am Welcome. Amy Panter-Vail, PsyD. & Jacqueline Berz Panter MA MS HC

8:30 A Psychological Study of Georgia O’Keeffe “No one sees a flower really….” Diane T. Marsh, PhD.
9:30 Puccini, Madame Butterfly & Oedipus. Barry Panter, MD.
10:45-12:45 Chopin at 200: His Mind And His Music. Presentation with Piano, Richard Kogan, MD.

Discussion Groups Monday-Thursday 2:30-4:30

Tuesday August 3

8:30-10:30 Art, Creativity and Self Psychology: Aesthetic Gesture in the Arts, Self Experience and Psychoanalysis. George Hagman, LCSW, Carol Press, EdD, Julia Schwartz, MD, Leslie Hogan, DMA, David Shaddock, PhD.
10:45-12:45 The More I Cried, The More I Sang. Presentation and Performance Eileen Pola, MFT.

Wednesday August 4

8:30 Transforming Mental Illness through Creativity: Integrating Analytic Group Work with Fine Art. Diana Semmelhack, PhD & Emma Wood, MA.
9:30 The Relationship of Buddha’s Five Hindrances to Creativity and Madness. Renee Leff, J.D.LMFT, FSCIPP.
10:45 To Be or Not To Be: Art, Literature and a History of Suicide. Alan Hasegawa MD & Cora Hasegawa.
11:45 Transformation Ignited: Isolde’s Sexual Rage and Elizabeth’s Agony in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde & Tannhauser, Pilar Montero, PhD.

Thursday August 5

8:30 Healing the Mind With Story: The Promise of Narrative Psychiatry, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD.
9:30 A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dream Warriors: The Inadequacy of Negative Coping Roy Hamilton, PhD.

10:30 Delving into the Darkness; the Mahabarata and Krishna’s Guidance in Clinical Work, Patricia Speier, MD.

Friday August 6

8:30 The Rage of the Predator and The Power of Instincts, Linda J. Etim, MSW, LICSW.
9:30 Methodology for the Mapping of Personality, Chandrama Lynne Anderson, MFT.
10:30 You Will Rescue Objects from Oblivion: The Death of Iris Chang, Mike Alvarez.

Optional Workshops  (2-5pm)

Tuesday, Art, Creativity and The Self, George Hagman LCSW and others. $50
Wednesday and/or Thursday, Law & Ethics, $50 (3 Hrs each day CE Ethics), Renee Leff, JD, LMFT, FSCIPP.
Wednesday and/or Thursday, Healing the Self Through Self Portraits, $50 (3 Hrs each day CME), Amy Stein, MFA.
Friday Afternoon & Saturday August 6 & 7. Native American Ceremony and Ritual for The Modern World ($195, 10 Hrs of CME), Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD PhD.

About our Speakers…

Richard Kogan, MD. International touring concert pianist and psychiatrist in practice in NYC. Renowned for lecture/performances that explore the psychological forces that influence creative genius. “Exquisite playing…eloquent and compelling,” The New York Times. Director Human Sexuality Program Weill Cornell Medical Center NY.

Diane T. Marsh, PhD. Professor of Psychology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Greensville, PA

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD. Director of the Psychopharmacology Program for Argosy University Hawai’i. Associate Professor of Psychology. Adjunct professor of Anthropology at Johnson State College in Vermont. Author Coyote Healing: Miracles from Native America and Coyote Medicine: Lessons for Healing from Native America, and  Narrative Psychiatry: Healing Mind and Brain in a Social World.

Mike Alvarez is pursuing an Individualized M.A. at Goddard College. He is studying the relationship between suicide and creativity.

Chandrama Lynne Anderson, MFT. Individual and Couples Counseling, Palo Alto, CA

Linda J. Etim, MSW, LICSW. Founder and CEO of The Creative Express. Award Recipient from: The Minnesota Psychological Association, The Association of Black Psychologists for Outstanding Contributions as a Mental Health Practitioner of African Descent. Author: 5 Steps To Developing A Millionaire Mind; A Broke Man; A Woman’s Guide To Wealth. In process: The Rage of The Predator–Basic Instincts.

George Hagman, LCSW, is a psychoanalyst in private and public practice in New York and Connecticut. He is the author of Aesthetic Experience: Beauty, Creativity and the Search for the Ideal (Rodopi, 2005) and The Artist’s Mind: Creativity, Modern Art and Modern Artists (Routledge, 2010)

Roy Hamilton, Ph.D, HSP-P, Staff Psychologist/Training Coordinator, The Univ NC at Greensboro, NC.

Alan Hasegawa MD. Private Practice of Psychiatry, Tulsa, OK

Cora Hasegawa, Eight Grader, Tulsa OK

Leslie A. Hogan, DMA. Composer, pianist & educator. Faculty Creative Studies UC Santa Barbara.

Renee Leff, JD, MFT, FSCIPP. Individual, Couples, Family Therapy. Forensic Work. Woodland Hills, CA

Pilar Montero, PhD. Private Practice of Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis (C.G. Jung Institute) San Francisco, CA. International consultant for groups and organizations. Lecturer and author on the psychology of composers, their music and their era; sacred rituals and groups. Singer in the San Francisco Choral Society and Festival Chorus (Grand Tetons).

Jacqueline Berz Panter, MA, MS, HC Educator. Former School Principal LAUSD. Masters in Educational Psychology, Masters in Administrative Leadership. Los Angeles, CA

Amy Panter-Vail, PsyD. Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice, Tahoe City, CA

Barry M. Panter, MD. PhD. Co-Author and Co-Editor Creativity and Madness—Psychological Studies of Art and Artists Volumes 1 and 2, and Thirty Three Poems for Mary Lou. Los Angeles, CA.

Eileen Pola, MFT. Private Practice, Encino, CA

Carol Press, EdD. Choreographer, performer, scholar, and teacher. Author The Dancing Self: Creativity, Modern Dance, Self Psychology and Transformative Education, Faculty in Theater & Dance UCSB.

Diana Semmelhack, PhD. Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine at Midwestern University and a Nationally Certified Group Psychotherapist, Creative Director/Producer is a clinical psychologist working with clients with severe mental illness in long- term care facilities in Illinois.

Julia M. Schwartz, MD. Training and supervising analyst Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Nationally exhibited artist. Co-author with Robert D. Stolorow Ph.D., Worlds of Experience: Interweaving Philosophical and Clinical Dimensions in Psychoanalysis. Private Practice Los Angeles.

David Shaddock, PhD. Poet and psychotherapist, Recipient of the International Peace Poem prize and the Power of Poetry Prize. Author: From Impasse to Intimacy, Contexts and Connections; Dreams Are Another Set of Muscles, and In This Place Where Something’s Missing. And two papers for Psychoanalytic Inquiry.

Patricia Speier, MD. Clinical Professor Department of Psychiatry, UCSF. Child, Adolescent and Adult analyst. Member C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco with expertise in the areas of play and creativity.

Amy Stein MFA. Diplomate ACP MHP. Award Winning Portrait Artist. Santa Fe, NM

Emma Wood, MA, BA. Creative Director, Doctoral student of Clinical Psychology Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL.

The Mary Lou Panter Scholarship

The winner will receive complimentary registration to this conference, 6 nights accommodations, transportation to and from Santa Fe, and $500. Applications accepted until March 14. The winner —The Mary Lou Panter Scholar 2010, will be notified on April 14 and his or her name will be on our website, www.aimed.com, on that date. Applicants, please send an essay telling us how art has enriched your life. Please limit your application to 4 pages, double-spaced. Please mail applications to The Mary Lou Panter Scholarship, c/o Amy Vail, PsyD. POBox 242, Tahoe City, CA 96145 or email to DrVail@exwire.com.

General Information

Registration Fee: $495
Fee for Accompanying Person (both earn CEU’s) $445
All Registrations at the door: $545

The Conference will be held at The Santa Fe Convention Center, 502 West Marcy Street, one block from the Plaza.

Cancellation: $50 fee if received before July 16. No refunds thereafter. No returns or refunds of opera tickets after July 16.

Accommodations

Please call the desired property and mention that you are with The Creativity and Madness Conference. Our rooms are for registrants of the conference only.

• La Fonda on the Plaza Pool Restaurant. Lobby Entertainment (800) 523 5002.
• Eldorado Hotel 800-955-4455. 1 block from the conference. Lobby entertainment, pool, spa.
• Inn of The Governors 800-234-4534. Breakfast included.
• Old Santa Fe Inn, 2 blocks from Plaza, (800) 734-9910.
• Territorial Inn 1 Block to Plaza. (505) 989-7737‎.
• Hotel Plaza Real, 1/2 block to Plaza. 877-901-7666 or 505 988 4900
• Hotel Santa Fe 6 blocks to Plaza. Pool. 800 825 9876.
• Garrett’s Desert Inn 2 blocks to Plaza, Pool, 800 888 2145.
• Sage Inn 5 blocks to Plaza & Conference. Clean and Neat. 866-433-0335.
• The Lodge at Santa Fe 888-563-4373
• The Marriott Courtyard 4 miles to Plaza. Pool, Spa, Sauna, Shuttle to and from the conference, 800 777 3347.
  *St. Francis – 800-529-5700   One block from the Plaza and 2 from Conference Ctr
  *Fort Marcy Suites – 800-796-8194  1/2 mile. 1 and 2 Bedroom Condominiums
  *Hilton Hotel – 505-988-2811 One block from the Plaza and 2 from Conference Ctr

Santa Fe Opera Tickets

Conference attendees may also purchase tickets here or by mail for The Santa Fe Opera at $28, $107, or $188: If you are purchasing tickets on line, the base price is $28. If you are purchasing the $107 tickets it adds $79/ticket; for the $188 tickets add $160/ticket.

Madame Butterfly, Monday August 2

Tales of Hoffmann, Tuesday August 3

The Opera begins at 8:30pm. Shuttle available. $12 round trip.
For additional Opera information, www.santafeopera.org.

Registration

By Mail or Phone

Please enclose deposit of $250/adult. The balance is due by June 15th.
You may, if you prefer, charge to your Visa, MasterCard or Discover Card.
Registrations will be accepted as long as we have space available.
If paying by check please make it payable to and mail to:

The American Institute of Medical Education
3255 Cahuenga Blvd West #111
Los Angeles, CA 90068

Online Registration

$250 per person registration deposit:

For security reasons we do not keep your credit card on file, therefore If you are charging the deposit only, we will contact you for further information regarding payment of the balance.

General registration paid in full (you will have the opportunity to register a second person):

For additional information please call AIMED (800)348 8441 or  (323) 874 5500.

Confirmation

Confirmation, additional Information regarding Santa Fe, the opportunity to register for the optional workshops, and a reading list will be mailed to you upon receipt of your registration. No partial registrations.

Travel Information & Assistance—discounted air tickets, car rental. Please call Paul at The Travel Station, 800 990 2282.