Santa Fe! August 2-6, 2010
26 Hours of Continuing Ed
Please note that there is a change of Venue. The conference will be held in the Ballroom of La Fonda Hotel. 100 East San Francisco Street, which is on The Plaza.
We have added an additional Workshop: Get Creative and Go Mad in Workshops with
Robert Rivera, World-famous Gourd Artist. For more information please see below and Mr Rivera’s website http://www.torresgallery.com/
Diane Marsh unfortunately will be unable to attend and present. Jacqueline Berz Panter will give a presentation on Veronica Franco: The Psyche of The Courtesan Unveiled.
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 Veronica Franco: The Psyche of the Courtesan Unveiled Jacqueline Berz Panter (Dr. Marsh is unable to attend and give her presentation on Georgia O’Keeffe)
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)
Monday and/or Tuesday Creativity and the Art of Working with Gourds Robert Rivera $100 each day. 3 hours each day
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.
Jacqueline Berz Panter, MA, MS Retired School Principal. Masters in Educational Psychology. Masters in Administrative Leadership.
Los Angeles, CA.
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 in the Ballroom of La Fonda Hotel 100 East San Francisco Street, on 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
We are sold out of opera tickets.
Please check with the Opera Box Office: http://www.santafeopera.org/tickets/index.aspx (800) 280 4654
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.
Needs and Objectives for the Presentations
The American Institute of Medical Education
SUMMER CONFERENCE
City of Santa Fe Convention Center – Santa Fe, NM
August 2 – 6, 2010
COMMERCIAL DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
The American Institute of Medical Education wishes to inform all participants of this conference that unless you are advised at the time of a particular presentation, none of the faculty members have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization that has offered financial support or educational grant for their presentation. Signed faculty disclosure forms are on file in the AIMED corporate office. Further, our faculty is aware of the responsibility to inform participants of off-label uses if discussed during any presentation.
NEEDS, OBJECTIVES and OUTLINES
Monday, August 2
8:35 am
Title: Veronica Franco: The Psyche of the Courtesan Unveiled
Speaker: Jacqueline Berz Panter
Needs: The clinician needs to be aware of the difficulties encountered by women as they strive for recognition, education, and the ability to advance in society.
This is illustrated by the life of Vernonica Franco, a 16th century in Venice.
At that time, the only roles available for women were as wives, which meant subjugation to her husband, housework or management, and no education. Or, courtesan. Courtesans were the most educated women of the time. The participated in the men’s world of politics, philosophy and letters. Veronica Franco was one of the most accomplished people in her world at that time. She was well educated, wrote volumes of poetry and letters. She is an example of a woman’s rise in a world that made such accomplishments very difficult.
Objectives: At the end of the presentation the registrant will:
* be more aware of the difficulties encountered by women as they strive for education, recognition, and authority.
* be better able to counsel women encountered in practice when their aspirations are being thwarted.
*be better able to counsel men to encourage them to provide opportunities and assistance to the important women in their lives
Format: Lecture, with powerpoint. Followed by Discussion Q and A
Evaluation: Onsite observation and follow up written questionnaire
9:30 am
TITLE: Puccini, Madame Butterfly & Oedipus
NEEDS: Participants will better understand how childhood experiences determine the course of profession and other choices made in adult life. The clinician needs to be aware of the various responses to tragedy, adaptive as well as maladaptive responses to life’s events.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to:
• Demonstrate how Puccini’s loss of his father, in his childhood led to a need to pursue many women throughout his life.
• Demonstrate how this led to many emotional and marital difficulties for him.
• Enable the physician to understand how childhood conflicts and experiences can lead to maladaptive choices in life.
• Counsel patients who suffer in a similar manner
SPEAKER: Barry Panter, M.D., Ph. D Psychiatrist and Author of
Creativity & Madness – Psychological Studies of Art and Artists, Volumes One and Two and Thirty-Three Poems for Mary Lou.
FORMAT: Didactic lecture enhanced by PowerPoint presentation
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
1. Tragedy
a. Definitions
b. Clinical examples from practice
c. Example of Puccini
i. Childhood loss
ii. Emotional trauma
iii. Relationship challenges
2. Conclusions
10:45 – 12:45
TITLE: Chopin at 200: His Mind and His Music
NEEDS: Many patients in a health care professional’s office suffer from seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and the clinician has the responsibility to help the patients cope. The Polish composer Frederic Chopin was forced to live his entire adult life in exile from his beloved homeland and he had chronic severe respiratory illness, which resulted in death from tuberculosis at age 39. He transcended his challenges through extraordinary acts of creativity.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to understand the:
• Impact of physical illness on psychological health
• Traits that allow some individuals to cope successfully with adversity
• Importance of music and creative expression in reducing symptoms of psychic distress
SPEAKER: Richard Kogan, M.D.
FORMAT: Didactic lecture and piano recital
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
ABSTRACT: An examination of Chopin’s life can provide clinicians with a different perspective and ways to nurture the quality of resilience in our patients.
Various aspects of Chopin’s life will be examined and woven in with his works as illustrations of this creative genius.
2:30 – 4:30 PM
TITLE: Afternoon Discussion Group
NEEDS: This interactive discussion group will give the participants an opportunity to share and discuss on a deeper and more detailed level the important psychosocial lessons taught in the morning lectures. Additionally, the participants will broaden their clinical knowledge base to help remove obstacles they might face in treating their patients. The Discussion Groups will be used to actively involve the participants in handling the concepts and principles presented, and to allow for greater elaboration and refinement of points made earlier.
SPEAKER: Richard Kogan, M.D. and Barry Panter, M.D., Ph.D.
FORMAT: Interactive Group Discussions
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
Tuesday, August 3
8:30 am – 10:30 am
TITLE: Art, Creativity and Self Psychology: Aesthetic Gesture in the Arts, Self Expression and Psychoanalysis
NEEDS: Many patients encountered in psychotherapy practice are either amateur or professional artists. Issues of creativity and art-making are often important in the treatment of these patients. This presentation will provide participants with an in depth understanding of the role of the body and creative gesture in the arts and analytic therapy. Through the combination of theoretical discussion, psychobiography, original poetry, dance performance and music participants will learn to appreciate creative gesture not as a single thing but as a complex and diverse human phenomenon.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation participants should have an understanding:
• Have a clear understanding of the dynamics of creativity in several art forms.
• Understand the role of gesture in the making of art.
• Recognize the psychological dynamics involved in art making.
• Understand the implications of art and creativity for the treatment of creative persons.
• Have additional skills in emphasizing with artistic clients and supporting their creative efforts.
SPEAKERS: George Hagman, LCSW; Carol Press, Ed.D.; Julia Schwartz, M.D.; Leslie Hogan, D.M. and David Shaddock, Ph.D.
FORMAT: Presentation enhanced by PowerPoint presentation and performance
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Theory: The presentation will begin with an introduction and overview of psychoanalytic theory of aesthetic gesture given by Mr. Hagman.
II. Basic concepts from contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives of art and creativity will be introduced. Then the specific issue of the body and gesture will be discussed. Importantly the complexity and diversity of meaning and manifestations of aesthetic gesture will be emphasized throughout the workshop.
III. Painting: Dr. Schwartz will show slides of her work and discuss her methods and creative process.
IV. Poetry: Dr. David Shaddock will discuss his creative process and read his poetry inspired by experiences of gesture, body, and the aesthetic pull to create.
V. Dance: Dr. Carol M. Press will present a theoretical discussion amplified then by her performing an original modern dance, accompanied by an original musical score by Dr. Hogan, emphasizing the differences and continuities between visual and movement arts.
VI. Music: Dr. Leslie Hogan will talk about creative process for composers, drawing on her personal experience as a composer and educator.
VII. Summary and Conclusions
10:45 am – 12:45 pm
TITLE: The More I Cried, The More I Sang
NEEDS: The love for one’s child is very different than any responses we have to another relationship. It is the only relationship in which we are willing to love and get nothing back. Just loving and bonding with our child makes healthy parents feel good. In contrast, the death of a child creates an unwavering overwhelming emptiness resulting in chronic pain. The desire to nurture has been aborted since it is the expectation in the order of nature that parents predecease their children.
It is important to know that grief, which is French, means to carry a burden of sorrow. As Deborah Morris Coryell says in Good Grief, “Grief is an experience of not having anywhere to place our love, of losing a connection, an outlet for our emotion. To heal grief we have to learn how to continue to love in the face of loss.”
OBJECTIVES: By the end of the presentation, attendee will be able to:
• Discuss the meaning of grief.
• Discuss how the mother-child secure connection affects us in later years.
• Discuss the emotional impact of the death of a child and why it’s such a profound loss.
• Know how do men and women differ in the grieving process.
• Understand the difference in grieving in the 50’s and 60’s, as compared to the 90’s.
• Understand how singing, art, music, dance, or playing the piano measure feelings.
• Discuss how you know you have recovered or healed from grief.
SPEAKER: Eileen Pola, MFT
FORMAT: Presentation and Performance
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
ABSTRACT: This presentation and performance, consisting of personal stories from the heart, interwoven with songs from the American Song Book, which I learned as a child and lived as an adult. These are based on personal and professional experience regarding how one responds to the death of a child. I will address grieving a child, from the parental as well as the sibling point of view. I will also speak about the differences in the way men and women grieve and how without help it can destroy the relationship and/or the marriage.
2:00– 5:00 pm Optional Workshop
TITLE: Art, Creativity and The Self
NEEDS: When working with artistic patients in psychotherapy, it is important for therapists to understand the artist’s experience of creativity and art- making. This workshop will expand on the morning panel presentation and provide participants with an in depth understanding of four artists’ experiences of their own creative process as illustrated by four different mediums: painting, poetry, dance and music. These artists will lead participants through experiences of exploration in all these art forms, followed by discussion to illuminate connections between understanding creative artistic endeavors and working as therapists.
OBJECTIVES : At the end of this presentation participants will:
• Have a clear understanding of the creative process as illustrated by the experience of four different artists in as many art forms.
• Understand the role of self-expression and gesture in the making of art.
• Understand some common aspects of art-making and psychotherapy with creative persons.
• Explore how one’s own creative artistic endeavors can affect psychotherapy practice.
• Gain additional skills in clinical work with artistic patients and supporting their artistic ambitions.
FACILITATORS: George Hagman, LCSW; Carol Press, Ed.D.; Julia Schwartz, M.D.; Leslie Hogan, D.M. and David Shaddock, Ph.D.
FORMAT: Artistic/theoretical presentation, creative explorations by attendees and discussion.
OUTLINE:
I. Warm Up: Workshop will begin with a participant exercise in body movement and creative gesture.
II. Introduction: Mr. Hagman will present a brief overview of the morning presentation and an introduction to the workshop format. The link between art and therapy will be highlighted.
III. Creative Explorations: Attendees will be divided into groups and led through creative explorations by Drs. Schwartz, Shaddock, Press, and Hogan. The groups will also give participants the opportunity to ask genre-specific questions stemming from the morning presentation.
IV. Discussion: Presenters will facilitate a discussion among workshop participants exploring the implications of creative work for psychotherapy.
V. Summary and Conclusions
2:30 – 4:30 PM
TITLE: Afternoon Discussion Group
NEEDS: This interactive discussion group will give the participants an opportunity to share and discuss on a deeper and more detailed level the important psychosocial lessons taught in the morning lectures. Additionally, the participants will broaden their clinical knowledge base to help remove obstacles they might face in treating their patients. The Discussion Groups will be used to actively involve the participants in handling the concepts and principles presented, and to allow for greater elaboration and refinement of points made earlier.
GROUP LEADER: Led by Members of Faculty
FORMAT: Interactive Group Discussions
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
Wednesday, August 4
8:30 am
TITLE: Transforming Mental Illness Through Creativity: Integrating Analytic Group Work with Fine Art
NEEDS: Contrary to widespread opinion that severely mentally ill clients reap no benefit from deep psychological processing our research suggests otherwise. Our study supports the conclusion that under certain conditions these clients do benefit from deep psychological processing. This lecture will highlight a 16-week analytic group program that successfully built self-efficacy, cohesion and self-esteem in a group of mentally ill institutionalized individuals. A three-year implantation of the group model resulted in a rendition of the ballet, The Rite of Spring. This conclusion offers hope given the intense needs of this often highly talented and yet isolated and neglected population.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation the participants will be able to:
• Understand the theoretical underpinnings of the Group-as-a-Whole model (Tavistock Model).
• Identify specific modifications to the model necessary with severely mentally ill populations living in long-term care facilities.
• Understand how the creative arts can be used to help severely mentally ill, institutionalized adults to regain access to their creative sense of self (individually and with respect to the group-as-a-whole).
• Understand the potential therapeutic value of the model in building cohesiveness, self-efficacy and harnessing an innate sense of creativity in the severely mentally ill population.
• Gain a sense of how the severely mentally ill population of adults in the United States is underserved.
SPEAKER: Diana Semmelhack, Ph.D. and Emma Wood, M.A.
FORMAT: Didactic lecture enhanced.
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Theoretical Underpinnings of the Model
A. Description of the group-as-a-whole model
B. The interpretive process in group-as-a-whole work
C. A discussion of the stigmatization of the mentally ill and the limited treatment options available to them in institutional settings (primarily medication management).
II. Introduction of the Creative Arts Component to the Model
A. A discussion of the connection between creativity and ”madness”. Artists, writers and thinkers such as Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Vincent Van Gogh, etc. have been deemed to be mentally ill.
B. The introduction of the creative arts (specifically movement) as an expression of the self within the group-as-a-whole framework.
C. The role of projective identification in processing group affect.
D. A discussion of how the creativity can be harnessed in work with severely mentally ill consumers to improve their sense of self-image, mastery and cohesion with others. The work of Winnicott, Jung, Lacan and others will be addressed.
E. A discussion of a 16-week creative arts program utilizing group-as-a-whole work, with photographs and examples of real people and real projects. This section will how art, literature, dance and music were utilized to facilitate self- expression.
9:30 am
TITLE: You Will Rescue Objects from Oblivion: The Death of Iris Chang
NEEDS: Individuals who experience secondary trauma as a result of their work—such as historians, (photo)journalists, and war correspondents who rescue from oblivion the darkest moments in human history—pose serious challenges to clinicians when they enter psychotherapy. Much dissonance is experienced by such persons: they are involved in meaningful and creative social justice work that, nevertheless, colors their perceptions a terrifying red. Iris Chang, the historian who revealed to the world the gruesome atrocities of Japanese soldiers in the Pacific theater during World War II, exemplifies the most disastrous sequel of secondary trauma. She committed suicide at the peak of her career, after prolonged confrontation with the many faces of human evil. An understanding of secondary trauma, and the factors that place individuals at risk, will be of value to clinicians who treat patients traumatized by their work.
OBJECTIVES: By the conclusion of this presentation, participants will:
• Draw a firm distinction between primary and secondary trauma.
• Identify factors (including personality traits) that put individuals at risk.
• Better understand the deleterious consequences of prolonged exposure to unimaginable human violence.
• Recognize impediments to the treatment of such patients.
SPEAKERS: Mike Alvarez, M.A.
FORMAT: Didactic lecture enhanced by PowerPoint presentation.
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Definitions
II. Primary and Secondary Trauma
a. The worldview of the traumatized individual
b. The “photographic inventory of ultimate horror”
c. The contagion effect
d. Examples from the lives of creative individuals
III. Risk Factors
IV. The Life and Death of Iris Chang
a. Commitment to social justice in youth
b. Commitment to social justice in adulthood
i. The Rape of Nanking
ii. The Bataan Death March
c. A darkened perception of the world
d. The fierce struggle to undo her own dying
V. Implications for Treatment
VI. Summary and Conclusions
10:45 am
TITLE: To Be Or Not To Be: Art Literature and a History of Suicide
NEEDS: In the field of mental health, understanding the phenomenology of suicide is paramount. In this presentation, suicide will be explored from a historical perspective citing works of art and literature that both reflect and changed the Western perspectives of suicide over time.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation the participants will have an increased understanding of:
• The historical context of suicide
• The cultural context of suicide
• The religious context of suicide
SPEAKERS: Alan Hasegawa, M.D. and Cora Hasegawa
FORMAT: Didactic lecture enhanced by PowerPoint, followed by Q&A.
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Introduction
II. The Bible and Suicide
III. Dante’s Inferno and suicide
IV. Shakespeare’s Hamlet and suicide
V. Modern perspectives and suicide
VI. A brief look at “To be…”
11:45 am
TITLE: Transformation Ignited: Isolde’s Sexual Rage and Elizabeth’s Agony in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde & Tannhauser
NEEDS: Within a psychotherapy practice with individuals and couples, people most often ask for help when they feel assaulted by a major life event that triggers confusion, anxiety and a deep fear of loss. Death, illness and spiritual and family crises are common but the vicissitudes of romantic love, particularly unrequited love, are useful for the study of transformation that is the subject of this talk. Faced with the exigencies of love in their practice, clinicians place emphasis on solving relational problems. Depth analysis adds the larger perspective of transformative opportunity.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation the participants will be able to:
• Teach about the role of transformation in psychotherapy and depth analysis.
• Provide learning about conflict resolution in couples using artistic situations, specifically as portrayed in Wagner’s great operas Tannhauser and Tristan and Isolde.
• Enhance familiarity with archetypal processes as they relate to love and death.
SPEAKERS: Pilar Montero, Ph.D.
FORMAT: A One-Act Play
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
ABSTRACT: Using two examples of the extremes of love from Richard Wagner’s operas, Tannhauser and Tristan and Isolde in order to amplify my didactic aim. Wagner himself was haunted with obsessions and used his music dramas to work through his issues. His art focused on transformation and the heroines in both Tannhauser and Tristan and Isolde are brilliant examples of how transformation fails and succeeds. The excerpts I have chosen place the magnifying glass on the transformation as it happens showing that the line between pathology and creativity in love relationships can be very slim indeed. Clinicians need to know what they are dealing with and how to handle these extreme states of being which could lead to a healthy individuation.
2:00– 5:00 pm Optional Workshop
TITLE: Ethics in Clinical Practice – Part 1
NEEDS: This workshop is therapist-focused, designed to stimulate your inquiry process and apply to ongoing clinical work behind your door. Intricacies of the interaction, tracking therapeutic themes, identifying and understanding diversions from treatment goals and managing the conclusion of treatment are professional therapist responsibilities.
Applications of ethical practice in the clinical setting can extend beyond the individual level, to the family and community, even broader societal responsibilities on patient advocacy, ethical values, social justice and renewal of this world. Though there are limits to what each of us can control, all share a responsibility to choose appropriately and make our unique contributions as trusted and respected professionals.
OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Know factors influencing improved patient outcomes and the specific role of the psychotherapist.
• Use a model of clear and direct communication skills between peers and faculty that applies to patient interactions.
• Understand and develop a list of effective therapist behaviors influencing treatment outcomes.
• Develop understanding of what can and cannot, should and should not be done in clinical interactions.
• Apply new learning to continuing clinical work with patients and family members.
OUTLINE: There are six topics spread over six hours:
I. Daily challenges in ethical practice.
II. Accurate definition of patient problems:
a. Shared agreement on treatment method and goals
III. Getting the patient into treatment.
IV. Keeping the patient in treatment.
V. Termination issues.
VI. Societal responsibilities.
VII. What is required of the therapist.
FACILITATOR: John R. Graham, MD CM FRCPC FAPA
FORMAT: Didactic and Personal Interaction
2:00– 5:00 pm Optional Workshop
TITLE: Discovering the Self through Creativity: Transforming Madness into Creative Performance through Analytic Group Work
ABSTRACT: This workshop will highlight the efficacy of integrating group-as-a-whole work (based on the Tavistock model) with the creative arts in treating severe mental illness. Through lecture, artistic expression, group processing and demonstration participants will learn the basic principles of this group model, which highlights the fact that any given member can express thoughts, feelings and fantasies on behalf of themselves as well as the whole group. Members will engage in a creative project “Shedding Light” which demonstrates how creativity can be therapeutically harnessed to improve severely mentally ill individuals self-esteem, self-efficacy and sense of group cohesion. The workshop will culminate in a 26 minute DVD presentation of Transformation: The Rite of Spring, created, performed and filmed by severely mentally ill individuals who are part of an ongoing creative development group. This ballet is a rendition of the original Rite of Spring choreographed by Nijinsky and composed by Stravinsky (both highly talented artists who were diagnosed with mental illness). It suggests that creative performance (of any kind) can be healing and transformative.
FACILITATORS: Diana Semmelhack, Ph.D. and Emma Wood, M.A.
FORMAT: Didactic and Personal Interaction and processing
2:00– 5:00 pm Optional Workshop – La Fonda Hotel
TITLE: Healing the Self Through Self Portraits
NEEDS: The goal of this optional workshop is to help find your inner artist/healer, with an exciting and eye-opening step-by-step approach to drawing portraits. Overcome the “I can’t draw” syndrome. No previous art experience is necessary. Through a combination of drawing skills, visualization, and guided imagery, we reach deep parts of ourselves previously unavailable. Together we create striking and meaningful works of art.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation participants will be able to:
• Find your inner artist
• Draw a self portrait from within
• Develop and discover the artist that you never knew existed
• Recognize the barriers that block success
• Understand art as being helpful and useful in everyday life
SPEAKER: Amy Stein, MFA
FORMAT: 3-Hour Experiential Workshop – Didactic and Personal Interaction
2:30 – 4:30 PM
TITLE: Afternoon Discussion Group
NEEDS: This interactive discussion group will give the participants an opportunity to share and discuss on a deeper and more detailed level the important psychosocial lessons taught in the morning lectures. Additionally, the participants will broaden their clinical knowledge base to help remove obstacles they might face in treating their patients. The Discussion Groups will be used to actively involve the participants in handling the concepts and principles presented, and to allow for greater elaboration and refinement of points made earlier.
GROUP LEADER: Member of Morning Faculty
FORMAT: Interactive Group Discussions
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
Thursday, August 5
8:30am
TITLE: Healing the Mind With Story: The Promise of Narrative Psychiatry
NEEDS: Recent advances in neuroscience have shown us that the default mode of the brain is to construct stories. We then tell these stories to ourselves through our internal dialogue and to others through external dialogue. Neuroscience is showing us that the stories we tell ourselves actually change the structure of our brains. Understanding the storied nature of the brain and the power of story to heal or harm and to restructure the brain will help the clinician and mental health professional treat patients more effectively.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
• Have a clear understanding of the structure of narrative.
• Understand how narrative emerges through human interaction.
• List several brain areas involved in the comprehension and production of story.
• Have an awareness of adaptive and maladaptive aspects of the telling of story.
• Have a better understanding of treatment modalities that fall under the heading of narrative psychiatry and psychotherapy.
• Describe three techniques for changing story for the better.
SPEAKER: Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Family Medicine University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Canada; Author Coyote Healing: Miracles in Native Medicine; Coyote Wisdom: Healing Power in Native American Stories and Coyote Medicine: Lessons from Native American Healing.
FORMAT: Didactic Lecture enhanced by PowerPoint presentation.
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Definitions
II. Default mode of brain operation
- Mesial inferior prefrontal cortex
- Default condition to run simulations of social situations and evaluate those situations.
- Social developmental formation of narrative through mother-infant interaction.
- Physiological effects of narrative on brain structure and function.
- Neuroplasticity
III. Bridging biomedical and indigenous cultures
- How neuroscience and indigenous wisdom are catching up to each other.
IV. Case studies of narrative healing
- Healing Voices
- Healing Visions
- Replacing bad stories with good stories
V. Summary and Conclusions
9:30am
TITLE: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dream Warriors: The Inadequacy of Negative Coping
NEEDS: People enter psychotherapy to shore-up coping strategies that are no longer working, and to develop new coping strategies because old ones have failed. Negative coping strategies though initially effective, ultimately fail to provide the foundation for the creativity and growth that is necessary for adaptive functioning, A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors demonstrates the temporary effectiveness of negative coping, and how strategies involving the use of communication to build trust in others, and an understanding of underlying issues can provide effective strategies for living. Understanding the lure of negative coping can assist therapists to help patients who stubbornly resort to negative coping even after it repeatedly asserts its inadequacy.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation, participants will:
• Understand the structure of negative coping
• Understand the reinforcing qualities of negative coping
• Recognize symptoms that negative coping is being used
• Identify common negative coping strategies
• Identify common positive coping strategies
• Have a framework to create positive coping strategies with their patients.
SPEAKERS: Roy Hamilton, Ph.D., HSP-P
FORMAT: Didactic Lecture with PowerPoint presentation
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Horror and the slasher subgenre.
a. Definition
b. Theories
c. Archetypes
II. The Nightmare on Elm Street story
III. Positive and negative coping
a. Definition
b. Empirical support
IV. How A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dream Warriors provides a fable demonstrating the inadequacy of negative coping.
10:45am
TITLE: Delving Into The Darkness: The Mahabarata and Krishna’s Guidance in Clinical Work
NEEDS: Many patients encountered in psychotherapy practice are overly identified or stuck in an idealized narrative, which interferes with their ability to enjoy life and be more functional in relationships and work. As Krishna demonstrates in the lives of the Pandavas brothers, effective psychotherapists must be willing to help patients challenge their idealized narratives, change behaviors and tolerate the loss of their ego ideal. Comparable to the work that Klein describes in moving from the Paranoid-Schizoid to the Depressive Position, the patient has to accept his or her own “dark” side in order to become more integrated and whole.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
• Understand and describe the difference in Klein’s schema between the Paranoid-Schizoid Position and the Depressive Position.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the early stages of Klein’s Depressive Position and the importance of identification with the “good” object.
• Understand and describe how over-identification with the “good”, the ego ideal, can hinder a person’s relationships and work.
• Recognize their own over-identifications with the “good” and demonstrate an understanding of how this can be a blind spot in their psychotherapeutic work.
• Understand how accepting our own “darkness” can be useful in helping patients to be more accepting of themselves.
SPEAKER: Patricia Speier, M.D.
FORMAT: Didactic lecture enhanced by Power Point presentation with Q & A
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
ABSTRACT: Working in psychotherapy, therapists repeatedly encounter patients’ self-narratives, many of which are too idealized. The unreality of these narratives frequently hampers psychological growth and more effective functioning. The patient may be stagnating because they are over-identified with an ego-ideal.
The epic story, The Mahabharata, can be instructive in helping therapists work more effectively with patients caught in this bind. Krishna’s role in The Mahabharata is particularly useful in working with this problem. The story centers on the Pandavas, five brothers, sons of gods and the story’s heroes, who are at war with their cousins, the Kauravas. Pulled by the forces of war, they must eventually betray their identifications with their own godliness (their own ego-ideal), in order to end the conflict. Krishna, their friend, and an avatar, or manifestation of Vishnu (the Supreme Being), acts as both catalyst and advisor in the crisis that develops. For us as therapists, Krishna’s attitude both puzzles and inspires. He pushes for the Pandavas to break the rules of the war, and to break their own rules of what makes them “good”. Helping a patient break through unreal aspects of their own narratives and helping them let go of their ego-ideal is often necessary for them to live a more authentic life.
2:00– 5:00 pm Optional Workshop
TITLE: Ethics in Clinical Practice – Part 2
NEEDS: This workshop is therapist-focused, designed to stimulate your inquiry process and apply to ongoing clinical work behind your door. Intricacies of the interaction, tracking therapeutic themes, identifying and understanding diversions from treatment goals and managing the conclusion of treatment are professional therapist responsibilities.
Applications of ethical practice in the clinical setting can extend beyond the individual level, to the family and community, even broader societal responsibilities on patient advocacy, ethical values, social justice and renewal of this world. Though there are limits to what each of us can control, all share a responsibility to choose appropriately and make our unique contributions as trusted and respected professionals.
OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Know factors influencing improved patient outcomes and the specific role of the psychotherapist.
• Use a model of clear and direct communication skills between peers and faculty that applies to patient interactions.
• Understand and develop a list of effective therapist behaviors influencing treatment outcomes.
• Develop understanding of what can and cannot, should and should not be done in clinical interactions.
• Apply new learning to continuing clinical work with patients and family members.
OUTLINE: There are six topics spread over six hours:
I. Daily challenges in ethical practice.
II. Accurate definition of patient problems:
III. Shared agreement on treatment method and goals Getting the patient into treatment. Keeping the patient in treatment.
IV. Termination issues.
V. Societal responsibilities.
VI. What is required of the therapist.
FACILITATOR: John R. Graham, MD CM FRCPC FAPA
FORMAT: Didactic and Personal Interaction
2:00– 5:00 pm Optional Workshop – La Fonda Hotel
TITLE: Healing the Self Through Self Portraits
NEEDS: The goal of this optional workshop is to help find your inner artist/healer, with an exciting and eye-opening step-by-step approach to drawing portraits. Overcome the “I can’t draw” syndrome. No previous art experience is necessary. Through a combination of drawing skills, visualization, and guided imagery, we reach deep parts of ourselves previously unavailable. Together we create striking and meaningful works of art.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation participants will be able to:
• Find your inner artist
• Draw a self portrait from within
• Develop and discover the artist that you never knew existed
• Recognize the barriers that block success
• Understand art as being helpful and useful in everyday life
SPEAKER: Amy Stein, MFA
FORMAT: 3-Hour Experiential Workshop – Didactic and Personal Interaction
2:30 – 4:30 pm
TITLE: Afternoon Discussion Group
NEEDS: This interactive discussion group will give the participants an opportunity to share and discuss on a deeper and more detailed level the important psychosocial lessons taught in the morning lectures. Additionally, the participants will broaden their clinical knowledge base to help remove obstacles they might face in treating their patients. The Discussion Groups will be used to actively involve the participants in handling the concepts and principles presented, and to allow for greater elaboration and refinement of points made earlier.
GROUP LEADER: Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D.
FORMAT: Interactive Group Discussions
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
Friday, August 6
8:30 am
TITLE: The Rage of the Predator – “The Power of Instincts”
NEEDS: As professionals in the area of human services many of us have watched for years as women in abusive/predatory relationships seek routine help from domestic abuse centers and watch in dismay as many of them return to their predators or attract another predator.
This presentation is offered to help those in the human service profession to assist women across all cultures who have fallen prey to predator to understand that there exist predators of the human kind and how they can repair their instincts and set themselves free from this predatory cycle.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this presentation, participants will increase their insight and awareness regarding:
• A predator and the difference between a predator and an abuser.
• The psyche of a predator.
• The dance between predator and prey and why women really stay.
• The vulnerable spots in a woman’s psyche
• How to repair a woman’s damaged instincts.
• How to detach from a predatory relationship.
• How to change one’s relationship blueprint and break the predatory cycle.
SPEAKER: Linda Etim, MSW, LICSW
FORMAT: Didactic presentation enhanced by PowerPoint
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Defining a predator vs. abuser
II. The psyche of a predator – an exploration of the psychological, religious, folklore and animal kingdom in defining predators.
III. The dance between predator and prey and why women really stay.
IV. A woman’s vulnerable spots.
V. How to repair one’s damaged instincts.
VI. The power of release in letting go of this romantic attachment to the predator.
VII. Changing one’s relationship blueprint and moving beyond the predatory cycle.
9:30 am
TITLE: Methodology for the Mapping of Personality
NEEDS: Many clients encountered in psychotherapy practice suffer from repeating patterns that are obtained genetically as well as through childhood, life experience, and inter-generational behaviors. These patterns, and the repetitious cycle, often cause great difficulty and distress in the client’s life and in their interpersonal relationships. The methodology of mapping one’s own personality, writing accompanying process notes, and jointly interpreting those maps will help the clinician/mental health professional treat clients. Additionally, the process helps build trust and rapport, and provides a wealth of information to all parties.
OBJECTIVES: In this presentation, participants will be able to:
• Have a clear understanding of the goals and use of Personality Mapping.
• Understand how it can be used with individuals, couples, and families, and contraindications to use.
• Recognize the value to clinician and client(s).
• Have an awareness of adaptive and maladaptive aspects of a client’s inherent coping mechanisms and the root of those strategies.
• Have a better understanding of treatment options for clients based on their Personality Maps and process notes.
• Recognize personal bias and assumptions the therapist might have in regard to this type of process.
FORMAT: Brief didactic lecture enhanced by case presentation of Personality Maps SPEAKER: Chandrama Anderson, M.A., MFT.
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Definition, Goals and Use
II. Personality Mapping
- Overlays
- Process Notes
- Interpretation
- Neural Pathway changes/behavior changes
- Integrates into any theoretical orientation
V. Contraindications to Use
VI. Case Presentations
- In Vivo
- Family
- Relationship Difficulty
- Summary and Conclusions
10:45 am
TITLE: NIETZSCHE: Übermensch or Kind – A Study in the Failure to Individuate
NEEDS: A very large percentage of clients in psychotherapy suffer from a pattern of poor relationships with themselves and others. Great distress and hopelessness are the result of these poor relationships. The core of their adult pain is often poor individuation from their formative relationships.
Friedrich Nietzsche in both his life and his work exemplifies a life long failure to individuate, ending in madness. Understanding his journey and writings will help the professional in diagnosis and treatment of clients with this issue.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:
• Have a clear understanding of the construct of individuation
• Have a clear understanding of the relational experiences necessary for successful individuation
• Have a clear understanding of the developmental hindrances to successful individuation
• Recognize the symptoms of failure to achieve successful individuation
• Recognize the intra and inter-personal costs of failure to reach successful individuation
• Translate the process of individuation into the psychotherapeutic alliance
SPEAKER: Dick D. Jones, M.A., Ed.Sp., Ph.D.
FORMAT: Didactic lecture enhanced by Power point Presentation
EVALUATION: Standard Evaluation Form
OUTLINE:
I. Definitions – Individuation
II. Brief Bio of Nietzsche
III. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
a. Art: Poetry, Prose and Satire
b. Psychology, Philosophy and Mysticism
IV. Big and Little – The struggle for Individuation
a. The Übermensch
b. Will to Power
c. Women
d. Men
V. Summary and Conclusions
a. Nietzsche alone with his pain
b. Nietzsche tied to his unresolved individuation issues
c. Treatment and Pharmacological aids
Optional Workshop
2pm – 5pm Friday and 7 hours on Saturday (10 additional hours)
TITLE: Native American Ceremony and Ritual for the Modern World
NEEDS: Native American techniques have much to offer in the treatment of illnesses not responding to traditional western medicine. The clinician needs to be aware of these techniques to better serve his or her patients.
OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of the program the participant will:
- Better understand the therapeutic effects of group therapy.
- Better understand the use of group therapy in helping patients identify and work through pathological beliefs.
- Be better able to treat patients suffering from a variety of psychosomatic and emotional illnesses that have not responded well to western medicine.
SPEAKER: Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., and Ph.D.
Dr. Mehl-Madrona is also a highly respected Lakota Shaman
FORMAT: 2-Day Experiential Workshop
EVALUATION: Intra Group processing of experiences
OUTLINE:
I. Introduction to the sweat lodge
II. Ceremonies
o Rituals
o Benefits
III. Contraindications
IV. Construction of the sweat lodge
V. Ceremonies conducted in the sweat lodge
VI. Clinical vignettes from participants
VII. Summary and conclusions
