Sunday Morning Keynote One of the most popular speakers in our field today, Daniel Siegel is celebrated for his contributions over the past two decades in bringing the once exotic subject of brain science to the attention of a generation of therapists. His vast knowledge of the subject is important, of course, but what keepsRead More…
Saturday Luncheon Address A pioneer in the integrative healthcare movement and the author of the groundbreaking Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, Joan Borysenko is also something of a polymath—a licensed psychologist with a doctorate in medical sciences from Harvard Medical School, a postdoc in cancer cell biology, another in behavioral medicine (under famed researcherRead More…
Saturday Morning Keynote William Doherty is one of psychotherapy’s most prominent media commentators on family and social issues. An acclaimed and inspired multitasker—researcher, couples therapist, consultant, author, professional gadfly, and community organizer (which recently included creating a group called “Citizen Therapists Against Trumpism,” a response to what he perceives as a growing and dangerous antidemocraticRead More…
Friday Luncheon Address Perhaps no one in our field has brought so much clinical curiosity, iconoclastic spirit, and sheer chutzpah to the treatment of trauma as Bessel van der Kolk. A classically trained psychodynamic psychiatrist, van der Kolk early on challenged the therapeutic establishment’s standard method of treatment—all talk therapy, all the time. Instead, heRead More…
Friday Morning Keynote Brené Brown has made it her life’s work to dispel the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness, arguing that, instead, it’s our most accurate measure of courage. In a culture where “never enough” dominates, vulnerability is uncomfortable and even a little subversive. But nothing is as uncomfortable, or dangerous, as stepping backRead More…
