9:00 AM - 3:00 PM ~ Creativity Day - Full Day Intensive Deep-Dive Workshops
(Opportunities for Ethics CE and Cultural CE workshops!)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ~ Main Stage: Special Symposium Opening Keynote Address
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM ~ Grand Opening of the Symposium Exhibit Hall & Conference Bookstore!
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM ~ Special Welcoming Event: Marriage in an Age of Individualism
Historically, marriage—a forever commitment—has played a central role in our individual lives and societal structures. But these days, the very concept seems to be under revision. What does “forever” look like in an age that prizes independence and personal happiness? How do we help clients discern whether marriage is right for them? And perhaps the biggest question of all: what’s the purpose of marriage in today’s world anyway?
In this groundbreaking panel, three of today’s most influential voices on love, boundaries, and self-growth bring fresh perspectives to the evolving landscape of marriage. Alexandra Solomon, a clinical psychologist, professor, and author, has pioneered the field of relational self-awareness, guiding countless couples and individuals toward more conscious and compassionate love. Diego Perez, known to millions as yung pueblo, is a New York Times bestselling author and poet whose writing on self-discovery and emotional growth has made him one of the most resonant voices of the “healing generation.” And Nedra Glover Tawwab, therapist and author of the bestselling Set Boundaries, Find Peace and Drama Free, is a leading authority on boundaries and healthy relationships, with a global following that turns to her for practical, transformative guidance.
Together, they’ll chart a new vision for what marriage can mean today—not as a rigid tradition, but as a conscious, flexible, and deeply human commitment.
Parts work offers an intuitive way of understanding our complexity and developing self-compassion. Although many clinicians incorporate it into their work, they may be missing the opportunity to do it using creative processes that can effectively and experientially lead to greater internal safety, insight, inner peace, and self-compassion. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to help clients access dominant and non-dominant parts that “show up” to provide them with strength, abilities, and protection. And you’ll have opportunities to experience mapping and voicing parts. You’ll discover:
Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD, is an organizational and clinical consultant and the director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships.
Becoming a racially and culturally sensitive therapist isn’t simply a matter of “learning the material.” It’s an ongoing process that requires actively and deliberately engaging in a dialogue with yourself and being continuously open to an expanding version of that self. In this didactic, interactive, and experiential workshop, we’ll go beyond the usual content-focused approaches to developing cultural sensitivity. Instead, using a Self of the Therapist framework, you’ll learn by doing as we explore processes of relational engagement, racial risk-taking, and critical self-reflection. You’ll walk away with concrete tools for promoting racial and cultural sensitivity that you can use with clients and trainees. And you’ll discover:
Terry A. Casey, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist who conducts CE programs on ethical, legal, and practice issues across the country and has taught ethics in professional counseling at the graduate level for 17 years. He also maintains a private consulting practice near Nashville, Tennessee.
The ethical and legal landscape of private practice is complex, and the consequences of missteps can be costly. What many therapists don’t realize is that some of the most common ethical and legal pitfalls are the ones they’re least likely to anticipate. As a private practice owner, the stakes are higher—you’re responsible not only for the wellbeing of your clients but also for the long-term success and security of your business. In this advanced workshop, you’ll gain practical insights into identifying and avoiding both common and obscure risks that threaten the integrity of your practice. You’ll leave with a clear action plan to protect yourself and your clients, ensuring that your practice thrives without the looming worry of legal complications. You'll discover to:
Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, is a double board-certified physician in preventive and addiction medicine, as well as a certified functional medicine practitioner with training in Somatic Experiencing and Instinctual Trauma Response, and a trainer in Relational Trauma Repair. Her recent book, The Biology of Trauma, explores the science of how the body experiences trauma, why it holds on to it, and the biology for healing.
Luis Mojica is a nutritionist and the founder of Holistic Life Navigation, a company that helps people learn what their cravings are telling them about their unmet needs, as well as how to use food as a form of therapy to recover from stress, trauma, and addiction. He works internationally, offering webinars, podcasts, courses, and retreats. He’s the author of Food Therapy.
When is a snack not just a snack? Most therapists know that when it comes to trauma treatment, the body can be an invaluable resource. But rarely do we consider our clients’ relationship with food as part of the work. In this workshop, you’ll learn a revolutionary approach that shows what your clients’ eating habits and food choices reveal about their nervous system, activation patterns, and unmet emotional and biological needs. Together, we’ll zero in on how chemicals like adrenaline and cortisol drive eating behaviors, and through interactive exercises, somatic practices, and live demonstrations, you’ll learn practical tools that will help you better address your clients’ trauma symptoms and their relationship with food—even if you’re not a nutritionist! You’ll also learn:
7:30 AM ~ Morning Yoga and Movement Sessions with Paul Denniston
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM ~ Welcome & Morning Keynote
11:00 AM - 1 PM ~ Morning Clinical Workshops
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM ~ Luncheon Keynote
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ~ Afternoon Clinical Workshops
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM ~ Special Evening Activities and Movement Sessions
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ~ Evening of Comedy Event
8:30 PM ~ Symposium Dance Party
Few people have done more to promote awareness and advance public understanding of the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) than Nadine Burke Harris, California’s first Surgeon General and the founder of San Francisco’s Center for Youth Wellness, which uses groundbreaking, evidence-based strategies to treat ACEs and toxic stress. According to Burke Harris, any trauma treatment is incomplete without understanding how ACEs can affect brain development, the immune system, hormonal systems, and even the way our DNA is read and transcribed. They cause lifelong harm to our mental and physical health, manifesting in poverty, abuse, depression, and much more, a point she’s brought to life in interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Ezra Klein, and Dax Shephard.
In this eye-opening keynote, Burke Harris will break down what science can teach us about mitigating the effects of ACEs as well as what we can do to change the future of integrative care.
In this timely and provocative keynote, renowned psychiatrist and trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk will explore the deep psychological wounds that are currently eating away at the heart of American and global societies—and the implications for psychotherapists today. Drawing from decades of clinical work, neuroscience, and cross-cultural research, he will make the case that healing personal trauma is inseparable from addressing the current erosion of our social systems that make a great society. Through a blend of clinical insight and cultural reflection, this keynote will offer a powerful reminder of the social role of therapy—and the impactful role we can all play in a country and a world that has disconnected from the heart of what makes life great.
After a long day of honing your clinical skills, kick back with your friends and colleagues for an evening of comedy thrills with comedy sensation Danny Jolles!
Danny Jolles is an LA-based multi-hyphenate comedian best known for playing George in the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Additional credits in the acting space include spots on Ramy, Corporate, Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun, and Ted. His debut stand-up special titled Danny Jolles: Six Parts was recognized as one of the Best Comedy Specials of 2021 by the New York Times and made the list of Paste Magazine’s Top 10 of 2021. The follow-up was his interactive stand-up special You Choose: An Interactive Comedy Special, which earned rave reviews from Forbes, Vulture, and the New York Times.
Let’s face it: therapy is hard work. And while the insurance companies may not recognize a bad case of Comedy-Deficiency Disorder, we sure do! So it's okay to leave your notes, your DSM, and your inhibitions behind for tonight. We won’t tell.
Dan Siegel, MD, is the founder and director of education of the Mindsight Institute and founding codirector of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, where he was also coprincipal Investigator of the Center for Culture, Brain and Development and clinical professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine. An award-winning educator, he’s the author of five New York Times bestsellers and over 15 other books. As the founding editor of the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), he’s overseen the publication of over 100 books in the transdisciplinary IPNB framework.
Sally Maslansky, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and author whose lived experience with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) profoundly informs her clinical work and writing. Diagnosed in her mid-30s, she worked in therapy with Dan Siegel, receiving treatment grounded in Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), Attachment Theory, and mindful awareness practices
How can you bring a transformative combination of hope, healing, and personal reinvention to your therapy practice? These are cornerstones of the revolutionary, multidisciplinary approach known as interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB), and in this workshop, you’ll learn how to bring these qualities to your own work, guided by psychotherapist and author Sally Maslansky and her former therapist, IPNB developer Dan Siegel. Through moving stories of survival and recovery, they’ll share the different sides of a therapeutic journey from a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder to healing and a fuller sense of self. They'll explore how dynamic IPNB approaches can treat trauma and dissociated self-states not from the perspective of symptom management, but from a place of flexibility and hope. You’ll learn:
Arielle Schwartz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, teacher, certified Kripalu yoga instructor, who specializes in treating PTSD and complex trauma. She’s the author of eight books, including Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga and The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma.
Rebecca Kase, LCSW, is a therapist, author, and national trainer known for her work integrating Polyvagal Theory with EMDR. She’s the author of Polyvagal-Informed EMDR, The Applied Polyvagal Flipchart, and The Polyvagal Solution.
Many of our clients who enter therapy feel overwhelmed, shut down, or emotionally dysregulated. From the very first moment we begin our work with them, embodied, attuned interventions can mean the difference between healing and retraumatization. This workshop integrates Polyvagal-informed interventions through a phase-based trauma recovery model, offering a neuro-informed roadmap to help our clients heal from trauma. You’ll learn to translate the science of safety into interventions that help clients foster stabilization, deepen their capacity for resourcing, and support memory reprocessing and integration. Whether you’re in the early stages of developing a therapeutic relationship or further along, these tools provide a grounded clinical compass for working with clients recovering from complex trauma. You’ll discover how to:
Vienna Pharaon, LMFT, is one of New York City’s most sought-after relationship therapists. She’s practiced therapy for more than 15 years and is the founder and owner of the group practice Mindful Marriage and Family Therapy. She's been featured in The Economist, Vice, and Motherly, and has led workshops for Peloton and Netflix, among others. She’s the author of the national bestseller The Origins of You.
We often focus on helping couples navigate conflict, pain, and disconnection in relationships—but what about moments of tenderness, joy, and goodness? For many clients, intimacy, kindness, and vulnerability feel deeply threatening and unfamiliar—even more uncomfortable than “negative” feelings and experiences. This workshop explores the protective function behind many clients’ tendency to reject or sabotage goodness in relationships, whether they’re giving or receiving it. You’ll learn how to help clients build the capacity to receive and give goodness in romantic relationships (as well as other relationships). You’ll discover how to help clients:
David Kessler, MA, RN, FACHE, is one of the world’s foremost experts on grief and the founder of Grief.com. He leads grief certification programs for professionals and online groups for those in grief. He’s the author of seven books, including Finding Meaning and his newest, Finding Meaning Workbook: Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering with Love, as well as the coauthor of several books with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Louise Hay.
Paul Denniston, RYT 500, is the founder of Grief Yoga, which he teaches to counselors, psychologists, and healthcare professionals. He certifies other yoga teachers in the Grief Yoga Teacher Training. He’s also the author of the bestselling book Healing Through Yoga: Transform Loss into Empowerment.
As we grow older, change often arrives as a slow accumulation of losses: empty nests, ending careers, changing roles, health shifts, and fading friendships. Grief lives here, in the daily aches and pains, in the moments we feel left behind, and in the first time we say, “I can’t do this anymore.” And yet, this grief often goes unspoken, dismissed as a natural process of living and aging. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to name, recognize, and guide your clients through the often-unacknowledged grief that comes with growing older. Along the way, you’ll learn how to bring presence, permission, awareness, and concrete tools to your work with transitions that don’t often receive rituals, recognition, or repair. With strategies and spaciousness, you’ll learn how to name what’s hard and honor the quiet grief of aging. You’ll also explore:
7:30 AM ~ Morning Yoga and Movement Sessions with Paul Denniston
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM ~ Welcome & Morning Keynote
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ~ Morning Clinical Workshops
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM ~ Luncheon Keynote
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ~ Afternoon Clinical Workshops
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM ~ Special Evening Activities and Movement Sessions
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ~ A SYMPOSIUM DINNER EXCLUSIVE: The Therapist’s Cut
For decades now, Bruce Perry has illuminated how early relational experiences literally shape the architecture of the brain—building resilience or creating vulnerabilities that can echo across a lifetime. But the good news, Perry argues, is that the brain remains malleable, and carefully attuned therapeutic moments can spark deep and lasting change.
Perry—child psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and coauthor with Oprah Winfrey of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You?—is internationally recognized for transforming how we understand trauma and healing. His groundbreaking Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics has reshaped clinical practice, education, child welfare, and even sports programs worldwide. With decades of research, bestselling books (The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Born for Love), and clinical innovation behind him, Perry brings unparalleled insight into how therapists can integrate neuroscience and relational wisdom to create conditions for recovery and growth.
In this keynote, he’ll show how therapy works not just in theory, but in the living moment—where neuroscience meets empathy, and where even clients suffering the deepest trauma can rediscover their capacity to heal.
How to help narcissistic clients, and even whether you can make meaningful progress with them, is one of the hottest and most misunderstood topics in psychotherapy today. And it’s bumping up against a massive cultural movement that aims to shed light on the dynamics of narcissistic abuse.
No one has been more focused on this survivor-focused movement than Ramani Durvasula, who in many ways has led the charge on introducing narcissistic abuse into our cultural lexicon. With almost 40 years of clinical experience, several New York Times bestselling books, and countless media appearances—from TEDx and SxSW to YouTube and Instagram, where her videos have accumulated tens of millions of views—she’s changed the way we view the effects of narcissism on others.
Joining her this keynote conversation is world-renowned therapist Craig Malkin, who specializes in the challenging work of treating narcissists, covert and grandiose alike. A Harvard Medical School lecturer and a New York Times bestselling author, whose book Rethinking Narcissism was twice named by the Oprah Winfrey Network as one of the most important books on narcissism, he’s added deep insight and necessary nuance to what we think we know about this antagonistic personality style. In calling attention to the "narcissism epidemic," he’s helped us ground narcissism in universal human motives and recognize the value of “healthy” narcissism.
As they meet for the first time in this can’t-miss clinical discussion, they’ll share how their work overlaps and where their views diverge. You’ll discover why dynamics matter more than diagnosis, how to understand narcissism on a spectrum of self-enhancement, and why many abusive people are unlikely to change and what this means for their partners.
Join us for an intimate and unforgettable evening with Dr. Orna Guralnik, the acclaimed psychoanalyst and star of the groundbreaking Showtime series Couples Therapy. In this exclusive dinner event, Dr. Guralnik will share clinical insights and behind-the-scenes stories from the show that’s redefined how millions view psychotherapy.
More than just a television figure, Dr. Guralnik brings decades of clinical experience, a fierce intellect, and a deep curiosity about the human condition to every couple she treats.
This is a rare opportunity to connect with her in an intimate setting, explore the nuances of relational work, and get your questions answered directly. Seating for this exclusive dinner event is VERY limited for this special evening—reserve your spot early to be part of this unique experience at the heart of the 2026 Symposium.
Frank Anderson, MD, is a world-renowned trauma treatment expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and psychotherapist. He’s the acclaimed author of Transcending Trauma and coauthor of Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual. As a global speaker on the treatment of trauma and dissociation, he’s passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the Internal Family Systems model of therapy.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy continues to evolve as a leading approach for trauma treatment, supported by growing neuroscience and clinical evidence. It’s among the most effective, targeted approaches to help clients find safe ways to connect to early childhood emotions, tapping into their innate wisdom, and transforming negative beliefs to help them achieve lasting change. In this dynamic workshop, you’ll learn how to integrate IFS with neurobiological and trauma-informed care to deepen your understanding of parts work—whether you’re a seasoned IFS practitioner or just getting started. Blending didactic teaching and clinical demonstrations, we’ll walk through emerging techniques for working with extreme protectors, dissociation, and complex trauma, examining the latest research on memory reconsolidation and polyvagal integration in the process. You’ll learn how to:
Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC, is a therapist, author, educator, masterful interpreter of Attachment Theory, and an Architect of Emotional Connection. She’s the author of Secure Love and the creator of The Secure Relationship, a platform that has reached millions worldwide, with a mission to dismantle the barriers that keep people from experiencing the joy of deeply connected, secure relationships.
Grounded in attachment theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), this workshop offers a clear, practical roadmap for helping couples build lasting, secure bonds. Therapists will learn to identify insecure attachment patterns, guide partners toward emotional responsiveness, and interrupt destructive cycles with language and interventions that foster connection rather than conflict. You’ll walk away with scripts, session structures, and therapeutic mindsets to help couples move from disconnection to attunement. This session emphasizes therapist attunement, co-regulation, and emotionally corrective experiences as essential to transforming relational distress into secure functioning partnerships. You’ll discover:
Terri Cole, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and the author of Boundary Boss and Too Much! For over two decades, Terri has worked with a diverse group of clients that includes everyone from stay-at-home moms to celebrities and Fortune 500 CEOs. She reaches over a million people weekly through her blog, social media platform, courses, and podcast, The Terri Cole Show.
Not all clients come to us in crisis; some come to us in control. These clients are composed, competent, and high achieving, yet beneath the surface, they’re over-functioning in every area of their lives: fixing, managing, caretaking, and producing at an exhausting, relentless pace. This over-functioning pattern is rarely flagged as codependent because it presents as hyper-responsibility or “just being helpful.” But it often comes at a high cost: burnout, resentment, anxiety, and emotional disconnection. In this workshop, you’ll explore a clinically informed approach to help clients break this pattern of high-functioning codependency by building healthy boundaries, shifting from compulsive doing to conscious being, and engaging in sustainable self-care. You’ll discover practical interventions to reframe what healthy “helping” looks like by helping clients:
Sally Spencer-Thomas, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in suicide prevention and postvention. She’s the cofounder of United Suicide Survivors International and has led pioneering efforts to engage lived experience in mental health solutions. Her eight-session clinical model, Navigating the Tsunami After Suicide, is built upon years of collaboration with researchers, survivors, and global leaders in postvention.
Supporting clients who’ve been impacted by suicide—whether they’ve lost a loved one, survived an attempt, or live with chronic suicidal thoughts—requires more than good intentions; it demands deep ethical reflection and culturally attuned practices. But the intense isolating and traumatizing experience that accompanies suicide can leave clinicians feeling overwhelmed, and liability fears and unconscious bias can silently compromise the therapeutic alliance. In this workshop, we’ll explore the evolving ethical landscape of suicide-informed care, drawing from contemporary ethics frameworks, cultural humility practices, and lived experience perspectives. By the end, you’ll walk away with tools that will help you safely, respectfully, and competently give support. You’ll also learn:
Modern relationships are in crisis—not because we want too much, but because we’ve been trained to settle for too little. In today’s world, where people crave deep, soulful connection more than ever, we’re still saddled with a cultural legacy that glorifies individualism, patriarchy, and emotional repression. The result? We’re longing for intimacy in a world that teaches us to protect, not connect.
Terry Real, New York Times bestselling author of Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship and founder of Relational Life Therapy (RLT), has spent over 30 years challenging the cultural forces that erode our capacity for authentic love. Known for his fierce compassion and groundbreaking work in men’s issues, Real brings both clinical wisdom and raw humanity to the deepest questions of how we live and love.
In this talk, with honesty, humor, and a deep understanding of what brings us close (and what tears us apart), he’ll guide us into a radical vision of love as nothing less than an act of insurrection—a rebellion against the disconnection we’ve inherited, and a conscious choice to live relationally in a fractured world. This is not just a new map for intimacy—it’s a call to action for therapists, partners, and anyone yearning to love well in a culture that makes it hard.
Terry Real, LICSW, New York Times bestselling author of Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship and founder of Relational Life Therapy (RLT), has spent over 30 years challenging the cultural forces that erode our capacity for authentic love. Known for his fierce compassion and groundbreaking work in men’s issues, Real brings both clinical wisdom and raw humanity to the deepest questions of how we live and love.
Desirae Ysasi, LPC-S, is a licensed professional counselor and board-approved supervisor, with nearly two decades of clinical experience. She’s the founder and director of a thriving group practice specializing in relationship counseling. A Certified Relational Life Therapist since 2018, she now serves as the Director of Training & Certification at the Relational Life Institute, where she oversees the global certification program and trains clinicians and coaches worldwide in Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy (RLT) model.
Authentic connection is every client’s birthright—yet trauma, shame, and rigid relational stances so often block the path. This workshop will guide you through the transformative roadmap of Relational Life Therapy (RLT) to help clients find authentic connection. You’ll discover how the integration of loving confrontation, deep trauma work, and actionable skills creates the rapid, lasting breakthroughs RLT is known for. Through live teaching and demonstrations, you’ll learn how to help clients move out of destructive cycles and into profound, sustainable intimacy. You’ll learn:
Ellyn Bader, PhD, is a psychologist, codirector of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California, and co-creator of The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy. She’s one of the early founders of couples therapy, as well as a recognized thought leader and trailblazer in relationship therapy. She coauthored the award-winning textbook In Quest of the Mythical Mate and Tell Me No Lies: How to Face the Truth and Build a Loving Marriage with her husband, Dr. Peter Pearson. She’s been featured on Nightline, Good Morning America, and NPR, as well as in O Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and the Wall Street Journal.
Roughly one in three clients comes to individual therapy seeking help with stress in their romantic relationship. Often their partner never even sets foot in your office! So how do you work with these clients’ pain, depression, disillusionment, and convictions that their partner is the problem without that partner present to give you a fuller picture of their conflict? In this workshop, you’ll learn how to avoid one of the biggest risks when working with just one partner: hearing and validating only one side of the story. The answer lies in being incisive in uncovering what your client is doing that is undermining the love they want. Through a live clinical demonstration, you’ll learn how to illuminate the invisible developmental forces shaping your clients’ struggles, and you'll receive tools designed to promote growth in your individual client and enable them to spark growth in their relationship as well. You’ll also discover how to:
Catherine Pittman, PhD, HSPP, is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychology professor at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, who’s spent over 30 years treating anxiety and brain injuries. She’s the author of Taming Your Amygdala, and trains therapists in neurologically informed CBT.
Anxiety sends our brains into overdrive. But how often do our therapy approaches actually address what’s happening in our anxious clients’ brains? Whether your clients are struggling with anxiety stemming from OCD, PTSD, or GAD, this workshop will walk you through a clear, neuroscience-backed approach. You’ll learn to address symptoms like distress and avoidance, as well as promote neuroplasticity and change as you help clients set concrete goals and take steps toward building happier, less burdened lives. In addition, you’ll explore the different parts of the brain and their role in anxiety, and the hows of actual treatment as we walk through evidence-based techniques borrowing from CBT, mindfulness, and more. You’ll discover how to:
Chantelle Thomas, PhD, is the executive clinical director of Windrose Recovery and Integrata. She's a clinical health psychologist certified in both MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), who specializes in the treatment of addiction and trauma. Her podcast, “Blind Spots: Exploring What We Cannot See," explores therapeutic blind spots in both established and novel treatments for substance use and trauma-related conditions.
In the world of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, ketamine elicits polarizing reactions despite its high safety profile, versatility, and accessibility. On the one hand, it’s seen as the unpredictable chameleon of the psychedelic world because it can have vastly different effects. And on the other hand, it’s mistakenly viewed as a silver-bullet to healing for the “treatment resistant.” In fact, under optimal conditions, ketamine can provide tremendous therapeutic opportunities for internal resourcing while also supporting exploration, connection, and healing. In this workshop, you’ll gain a clear understanding of how ketamine works, who it helps, and when it may not be an appropriate treatment choice. You’ll learn how to make informed decisions about integrating ketamine into your practice and collaborate with ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP) providers in a safe, intentional, and trauma-sensitive way. You'll also discover:
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Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, PhD, is a leading voice in somatic psychology and an internationally acclaimed educator, as well as the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy. She’s senior faculty at Somatic Experiencing International, bringing over three decades worth of experience to her somatic teaching and clinical interventions.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Abi Blakeslee maintains a private practice and is the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy, co-founder of Relationship Repair and maintains a private practice. She has employment relationships with Somatic Experiencing International and Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee receives a speaking honorarium and product royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Abi Blakeslee is a member of the American Association for Marriage Family Therapists, the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, the Women in Neuroscience, and the Society for Neuroscience.
Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, is a double board-certified physician in preventive and addiction medicine, as well as a certified functional medicine practitioner with training in Somatic Experiencing and Instinctual Trauma Response, and a trainer in Relational Trauma Repair. Her recent book, The Biology of Trauma, explores the science of how the body experiences trauma, why it holds on to it, and the biology for healing.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Aimie Apigian is the owner and CEO of Trauma Healing Accelerated. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Aimie Apigian has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Alberta (Alby) Gyimah-Boadi, MA, LCPC, ATR-BC, is a trauma-informed art therapist with over six years of experience providing individual, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. She has significant experience in international, community-based, school, and medical settings. She currently works at Children’s National Medical Center and in private practice at Mosaic Therapy Services in the DC area.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Alberta Gyimah-Boadi has employment relationships with Common Threads Project, Dignity Beyond Borders, Tracy’s Kids (CNH), and Mosaic Therapy Services, LLC. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Alberta Gyimah-Boadi is a contributing author with Psychotherapy Networker.
Alex Iantaffi, PhD, MS, SEP, CST, CST-S, LMFT (they/he/lui) is an award-winning author, WPATH certified gender specialist, AASECT certified sex therapist, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, clinical supervisor, mentor, and podcast host. They have researched, presented nationally & internationally, and published extensively on gender, disability, sexuality, trauma, relationships, and spirituality. Alex is the author of Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma, editor of the anthology Trans and Disabled, and coauthor of multiple books with MJ Barker, including Life Isn’t Binary.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Alex Iantaffi is the co-owner of Edges Wellness Center LLC and Kinship LLC and has employment relationships with Pink Therapy and the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca. They receive royalties as a published author. Dr. Iantaffi receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. They have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Alex Iantaffi is a member of the American Association for the Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors & Therapists, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
Alexandra Solomon, PhD, is adjunct faculty at Northwestern University, a therapist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University, host of the podcast, Reimagining Love, and the author of Loving Bravely and Taking Sexy Back.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Alexandra Solomon maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Northwestern University. She receives royalties as a published author and is the podcast host of Reimaging Love. Dr. Solomon receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Alexandra Solomon is a thought leader for Heleo, a founding expert for the Mine'd app, and an ambassador for The Relationship School. She is an ad hoc for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc. Dr. Solomon is a member of the American Psychological Association, and the American Association for Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.
Alexia Rothman, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and international speaker and trainer for the Internal Family Systems model. She is a former adjunct professor at Emory University and Agnes Scott College, and co-hosts the IFS-based podcasts, Explorations in Psychotherapy and IFS Masters.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Alexia Rothman maintains a private practice. She is co-hosts of the podcasts IFS Masters and Explorations in Psychotherapy. She is a paid trainer with the IFS Institute, and she receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Dr. Rothman receives compensation as a consultant. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Alexia Rothman is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Georgia Psychological Association, and the National Register of Health Service Psychologists.
Aliza Scharf-Bendov, LCSW-C, is a psychotherapist and family therapist with over 18 years of direct practice experience. Certified in Somatic Attachment Therapy and as an Integrative Mental Health Practitioner, her current therapeutic focus is on parent support and guidance, trauma-informed interventions, and building resiliency in children and families. She also facilitates workshops on themes of spirituality and Jewish thought as well as antisemitism awareness and clinical competency. She’s the author of A Jewish Holiday Reader; Lessons on Healing from a Psychotherapist's Perspective.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Aliza Scharf-Bendov maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Thinking Tree Psychology. She receives royalties as a published author. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Aliza Scharf-Bendov is a contributing author with Psychotherapy Networker.
Andrew Tatarsky, PhD, is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, and trainer who’s worked with people who struggle with drugs and their families for over 40 years. He’s the developer of Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP) for risky and addictive behavior. He’s the author of Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems. He has a psychotherapy practice in New York City and has consulted and trained in 20 countries. He’s an advisor at Silver Hill New York, where he supervises, consults, and trains on harm reduction-informed treatment.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Andrew Tatarsky maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Freedom Institute. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Tatarsky receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Andrew Tatarsky is a member of the American Psychological Association and the New York State Psychological Association. He serves on several journal review boards, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc.
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