Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference - My Schedule

I am at the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference in Anaheim, CA, just up the street from Disney Land (the happiest place on Earth, or something like that).

There is so much to do and learn - and some of it overlaps. Some of the biggest names in psychotherapy over the last 30 years are speaking here, including Otto Kernberg, Albert Bandura, Gerald Edelman (1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine), Donald Meichenbaum, Judith Beck (daughter of Aaron Beck), Herriet Lerner, Ernest Rossi, Cloe Mandanes, Irvin Yalom, and Bessel van der Kolk, as well as some younger stars, such as Mary, Pipher, Francine Shapiro, Daniel Siegel, Stephen Gilligan, Peter Levine, and Steven Hayes.

Anyway, here is my schedule for the conference.

WEDNESDAY

8:30-9:30 - Keynote 1: Anaheim Convention Center

GERALD EDELMAN, MD, PHD - FROM BRAIN DYNAMICS TO CONSCIOUSNESS:  How Matter Becomes Imagination Arena

10:00-1:00 - DANIEL SIEGEL, MD - MINDFULNESS, MINDSIGHT AND THE BRAIN: What is Mind and Mental Health? - Hilton - Pacific Ballroom

2:30-5:30 – OTTO KERNBERG - TRANSFERENCE FOCUSED PSYCHOTHERAPY (TFP) OF SEVERE PERSONALITY DISORDERS - Marriott - Platinum 6-10

THURSDAY

8:30-11:30 – JEFFREY ZEIG, PHD:  HYPNOSIS: Advanced Techniques for Beginners - Marriott - Platinum Ballroom 1-5

1:00-4:00 – STEPHEN GILLIGAN, PHD - THE THREE POSITIVE CONNECTIONS: NEEDED FOR CREATIVE CHANGE - Marriott - Platinum Ballroom 6-10

4:30-5:30 – DANIEL AMEN, MD - BRAIN WARS: How Not Looking at the Brain Leads to Missed Diagnoses, Failed Treatments and Dangerous Behaviors - Hilton - California Ballroom

5:45-6:45 – MICHAEL GAZZANIGA, PHD - UNITY IN A MODULAR WORLD - Anaheim Convention Center - Arena

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 – Daniel Siegel, MD - The Wheel of Awareness and the Integration of Consciousness (Live) - Anaheim Convention Center - Arena

9:20-10:20 – Robert Dilts - Accessing and Applying Archetypal Energies as Resources for Change and Healing (Live) - Hilton - California Ballroom

10:40-11:40 – PANEL: Posttraumatic Disorders - Jack Kornfield, PhD, Peter Levine, PhD, Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, and Mary Pipher, PhD, Moderator: Annellen Simpkins, PhD - Hilton Pacific Ballroom

12:00-1:00 – BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, MD - FRONTIER OF TRAUMA TREATMENT - MODERATOR: ANNELLEN SIMPKINS, PHD - Hilton - California Ballroom

2:30-3:30 – Stephen Gilligan, PhD - Generative Trance and Transformation (Live) -

Anaheim Convention Center Arena

3:50-4:50 – PANEL: Transference/Countertransference Otto Kernberg, MD, Peter Levine, PhD, and Erving Polster, PhD, Moderator: Michael Munion, MA - Marriot Grand Ballroom

5:10-6:10 – Ernest Rossi, PhD - The Mind-Body Healing Experience (MHE) (Live) - Anaheim Convention Center Arena

SATURDAY

8:00-9:00 – Steven Hayes, PhD - Compassion and Perspective Taking in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Video) - Marriott Grand Ballroom

9:20-10:20 – Donald Meichenbaum, PhD - Treatment of a Suicidal Patient with a History of Victimization: A Constructive Narrative Perspective (Video) - Hilton - Pacific Ballroom

10:40-11:40 – ALBERT BANDURA, PHD - ON SHAPING ONE’S FUTURE - MODERATOR: ALEXANDER SIMPKINS, PHD - Anaheim Convention Center Arena

12:00-1:00 – PETER LEVINE, PHD - SPIRITUALITY AND TRAUMA, MODERATOR: ALEXANDER SIMPKINS, PHD - Anaheim Convention Center Ballroom ABC

2:30-5:30 – BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, MD - THE BODY KEEPS SCORE: Integration of Mind, Brain, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma - Hilton California Ballroom

7:00-9:00 – IRVIN YALOM, MD - TEACHING PSYCHOTHERAPY THROUGH NARRATIVE - Anaheim Convention Center Arena

SUNDAY

8:00-9:00 – Steven Hayes, PhD - SELF, COMPASSION, AND PEACE OF MIND: The Implications of Evolution Science, Moderator: Betty Alice Erickson, MS - Marriott - Platinum Ballroom 6-10

9:15-11:15 – MICHAEL D. YAPKO, PHD - REALITY IS NEGOTIABLE: Absorbing People in Positive Possibilities - Marriott - Platinum Ballroom 1-5

11:30-12:30 – AARON T. BECK—COGNITIVE THERAPY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PATHWAYS: Cognitive Therapy Past, Present and Future Pathways: A DISCUSSION WITH CHRISTINE PADESKY, PHD - AARON BECK, MD INTERVIEWED BY JUDITH BECK, PHD - Anaheim Convention Center Arena

12:30-1:30 - MARTIN SELIGMAN, PHD - POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: NEW DEVELOPMENTS - Anaheim Convention Center Arena