Phoenix Rising:

Futures of Humanistic Psychology

Join us at USC for AHP's Multi-day Winter Event, on February 22nd through 24th!  9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.

(6 CE Hours or Training Hours per day) 

AHP is proud to present:

Friday

**(LIMITED SEATING FRIDAY:  TUTOR CAMPUS CENTER, ROSEN FAMILY SCREENING ROOM.  TICKETS FOR FRIDAY AND 3 DAY PACKAGE CLOSE ONCE CAPACITY IS REACHED FOR THIS DAY.)**

Check in:  (8:15-8:45)

Welcome: 8:45

Steven Hayes:  (9:00-10:30 pm)  Founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Dr. Hayes will open AHP's Phoenix Rising Conference with an open challenge to Humanistic Psychology to rejoin the scientific dialogue and knowledge-building around the very principles that Humanistic Psychology first espoused, such as therapist presence, therapeutic alliance, and the necessary conditions for change. Dr. Hayes will provide a brief overview of ACT and its theoretical underpinning (Relational Frame Theory, or RFT); provide some experiential exercises; present some research findings that ironically show how ACT/RFT research underscores and furthers some foundational principles of humanistic psychology; and elucidate the challenge that lies before Humanistic Psychology as a discipline.

John Slaughter:  (10:45-12:15 pm)  Former President of Occidental College, Professor in the Rossier School of Education at USC will discuss the use of Humanistic Approaches to Leadership in Education. Leaders in higher education have many challenges in this environment of economic uncertainty, globalization and tumultuous demographic changes.  The principles of Humanistic Psychology can be of importance to those leaders in dealing with these critical issues.  A chronic concern is that America’s systems of higher education have made significant progress over the past several decades in enrolling and graduating underrepresented minority students but very little has been achieved in increasing the number of African Americans, Latinos and American Indians on the faculties of colleges and universities, especially America’s flagship and research universities.  While many institutions profess to be concerned about their ability to attract and retain underrepresented minority faculty members, it appears that few make a conscientious effort to do so.  This disparity between what is said and what is done has become and remains a blight on the performance of American higher education that must be removed if we are to meet the demands of this and future generations.  Courageous leaders who believe in the importance of inclusive and pluralistic communities that foster creativity and shared benefits will be needed to develop and sustain such communities.  These communities can serve as an example for the nation as it copes with momentous cultural and social change.

1. Attendees will identify 
   1. Attendees will identify the requirements for effective leadership of education communities.
   2. Attendees will identify roles that diversity and equity play in creative educational environments.
   3. Attendees will identify how the principles of Humanistic Psychology be employed in educational settings.

Lunch (12:15-1:00)

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang:  (1:00-2:30 am)  USC Assistant Professor, and NSF Career Award Winner, and “Rising Star” award recipient from the Association for Psychological Science.  From moments after birth, people develop within social relationships—we come to the world biologically ready to engage with other people, and the emotions we feel in social contexts shape how we feel about ourselves and how we experience our own lives. In this talk, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang will discuss the neurobiology of social emotions like compassion, admiration and gratitude, including their deep visceral roots in the feeling and regulation of the body and consciousness, and their propensity to heighten one’s own subjective sense of self awareness. By examining neuroimaging data from young adults alongside creative and scientific works by children, she will argue that children’s early thinking is grounded in the feeling of emotions that foster social connectedness and self awareness, and is driven by an inherent desire to make culturally appropriate meaning of one’s experiences in the world.

1. Attendees will identify parts of the brain involved in empathy and meaning making.
2. Attendees will cultivate understanding of the mind-body connection in empathy and meaning making.
3. Attendees will identify possible applications of this research in to their practice.

Break (2:30-2:45)

Kristin Neff:  (2:45-4:15 pm)  Author of Self-Compassion Scale, Associate Professor of the University of Texas, at Austin. In the decade since Dr. Neff first operationally defined and measured self-compassion for research purposes, over 200 journal articles and dissertations have examined the construct. Today, Dr. Neff will introduce the construct of self-compassion and explain its importance for clinicians, clients, and others, with a particular focus upon care-givers. She will include an experiential component to demonstrate how to access and nurture the three components of self-compassion (mindfulness, self-kindness, and common humanity).

1. Attendees will describe self-compassion and its three factors (self-kindness/self-judgment, mindfulness/over-identification, and common humanity/isolation).
2. Attendees will explain the research-supported importance of self-compassion for self-worth and for psychotherapy
3. Attendees will demonstrate some ways of nurturing self-compassion in themselves and others.

Announcements (4:15-4:30)

Adjuourn for the day (4:30)

Saturday

Check in:  (8:15-8:45)

Welcome: 8:45

Gerald Corey: Professor Emeritus of Human Services and Counseling at California State University at Fullerton. He is a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology; a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Counseling Psychology); a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; and a Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW).

Check in:  (8:15-8:45)

Welcome: 8:45

John Briere: (9:00-12:00)  Director of Psychological Trauma Clinic, LAC+USC Medical Center, Associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC; 

Associate professor of psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences- John is the co-founder, along with Cheryl Lanktree, of Integrated Treatment of Complex Trauma (ITCT). John will be discussing the elements of trauma, who is most at risk, and how trauma can be treated.  His approach to trauma treatment is informed by Rogers' approach to psychotherapy, along with Buddhist psychology, and Cognitive approaches to psychotherapy.  

1. Attendees will identify the elements that mediate the effects of trauma on clients.
2. Attendees will identify necessary elements to treating trauma.
3. Attendees will identify the effects of complex trauma.

Lunch (12:00-1:00)

Danny Fisher: (1:00-2:30)  Coordinator of the Buddhist Chaplaincy Department, University of the West. As the head of the world's largest English language masters program in Buddhist Chaplaincy, Dr. Fisher has been called "[One of the] 12 Buddhists on Twitter You Should Be Following" by the Huffington Post, and "visionary and cool" by Jack Kornfield. As a segue into the Los Angeles Non-Profit Speakers Bureau, Dr. Fisher will address how Humanistic and Buddhist Psychologies intersect with social justice. 

Break (2:30-2:45)

Non Profit Speakers Bureau (2:45-4:15)  Representatives from various Non Profit groups will discuss how Humanistic Psychology is infused with the work they do in the community.  Paths toward non profit development will be discussed, as will tips for reaching out to the community of interest.

Closing (4:15-4:30)

Adjourn Conference (4:30)

Join us for the Phoenix Rising Conference of the Association for Humanistic Psychology Feb 22-24.  We will host speakers who will discuss the state of the art of Humanistic Psychology and its foundations in empirical science today, as well as speakers who will discuss how to incorporate Humanistic Approaches into your life and practice.    

**NOTE:  The Friday program will be held in a lower capacity room, so buy your tickets now, as we will have to close that option as soon as we reach our limit.

Previous 2012 AHP Conference Attendees get a discounted rate for Weekend and 3 Day packages only, not on Daily rates.**

The event will be held at USC, University Park Campus.  The event will be held in Taper Hall of Humanities (TTH 101) on Saturday and Sunday, and in the Tutor Campus Center:  The Rosen Family Screening Theater.  

Parking:  You will enter campus from Jefferson Blvd and McClintock Ave (the northern side of campus, near Vermont).  Take McClintock south through campus, and park in Structure A, near Exposition, on your right. Both the Friday, and the Sat-Sun venues are Northeast from Parking Structure A.  

Friday:  The Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) is located at the center of Campus, at :

3607 Trousdale Parkway  

From Structure A, head North on McClintock.  Make a Right (East) on Child's Way.  The Ronald Tutor Campus Center is just past the Bookstore, on the right (but before you reach Tommy Trojan).  Turn right from Child's way into the dining patio (called the Commons).  Enter the Ronald Tutor Campus Center at the South End of the Commons, and head upstairs, to your right, to the Rosen Family Screening Theater on the Second Floor.

Saturday and Sunday:  The Mark Taper Hall of Humanities (THH 101) is located at: 3501 Trousdale Parkway

From Structure A, head North on McClintock.  Make a Right (East) on Child's Way.  Take Child's Way to the Tommy Trojan statue on Trousdale Parkway, and make a Left (north).  Take Trousdale past Bouvard Auditorium, past Founders Park, and Taper Hall will be the next building on your Left.  Enter from the North End of the building near 34th Street, and THH 101 will be immediately on your right.

Should you need help locating the room please contact Koorosh Rassekh (pronounced: Core-'Roosh) at 310-926-3719 

**Please bring laptops, IPads, or Smartphones for on site registration, and for pre-registration discounts for future conferences.** 

 6 Hours of CEU credit per day offered for MFTs, LCSWs, RNs, and Psychologists  

Directions:  From the Harbor Freeway (110) South or North, exit at Exposition Blvd. Continue WEST on Exposition; turn RIGHT onto Vermont; turn RIGHT onto Jefferson; turn RIGHT at McClintock into GATE 6. Head back south toward exposition on McClintock, Park in Parking Structure A, which will be on your right. Parking will be $8 (typically). Signs will be posted.

Other parking options are:  Parking Structures X or D, near corner of Figueroa and Jefferson. Gate 3, off of Figueroa, leads to Parking Structure X (across from the Radisson, Enter off of Figueroa Street at McCarthy Way), or Gate 4, off of Jefferson, leading to Parking Structure D (off Jefferson at Royal Street, across from the Shrine Auditorium).

Food:  No food or drink is provided in order to keep our costs low.  Please bring your own waters and snacks.  In the Tutor Center located just North of Harris hall, there is a Coffee Bean and Teal Leaf open 9am-3pm (not before we start, so make a Starbucks run), California Pizza Kitchen open 12pm-6pm, and Seeds Market (sandwiches, fruit, water, salads) open 9am-5pm.  There are additional cafes surrounding the Radisson, across Figueroa, if you are interested in having a sit down lunch

Should you need help locating the room please contact Koorosh Rassekh (pronounced: Core-'Roosh) at 310-926-3719

Link to Printable Campus Map: http://visit.usc.edu/uploads/upc_map_2010.pdf

CEs for psychologists are provided by The Spiritual Competency Resource Center which is co-sponsoring this program and is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SCRC maintains responsibility for the program and its content. For questions about CE contact, visit www.spiritualcompetency.com or contact David Lukoff, PhD at david.lukoff@gmail.com or (707) 763-3576. 

CEs for MFTs, LCSWs, and RNs are provided by the Association for Humanistic Psychology.  AHP is a Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS), Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), and (NBCC) provider, and is providing the CEs for MFTs, LCSWs, and Nurses for this event. Questions about CEs should be directed to M.A. Bjarkman at mabahp@aol.com.

This event is brought to you by the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and organized by Ginger Clark, Ph.D., Koorosh Rassehk, M.M.F.T., Hiro Sasaki, Ph.D., University of the West, M.A. Bjarkman, and Stan Charnofsky, Ed.D.-­‐-­‐all board members of AHP.  Lauren Ford, MMFT, Doctoral Candidate, Pepperdine University, Monique Chabra, MMFT--both Associate Board Members

Registration Fees:

Registration Fees For Phoenix Rising Conference :

Daily Rates:

• Students/Interns/Pre-licensed Professionals:  $55 Daily

• Students/Interns/pre-licensed Professionals Groups of 4+:  $45/per person  Daily

• Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals:  $85  Daily

• Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals Groups of 4+: $65/per person  Daily

 Combination Package--Multiday purchase saves More!

3 Day Package 15% Discount

• 3 Day Package Deal--Students/Intern/Pre-licensed Professionals:  $114.75  

• 3 Day Package Deal--Students/Intern/Pre-licensed Professionals, who have attended previous 2012 AHP Conferences:  $104.75

• 3 Day Package Deal--Students/Intern/Pre-licensed Professionals Groups of 4+:  $89.25

• 3 Day Package Deal--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals:  $216.75  

• 3 Day Package Deal--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals, who have attended previous 2012 AHP Conferences:  $206.75

• 3 Day Package Deal--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals Groups of 4+: $165.75

Weekend Package (Saturday/Sunday) 10% Discount

• Weekend Package Deal--Students/Intern/Pre-licensed Professionals:  $81.00  

• Weekend Package Deal--Students/Intern/Pre-licensed Professionals, who have attended previous 2012 AHP Conferences:  $71.00

• Weekend Package Deal--Students/Intern/Pre-licensed Professionals Groups of 4+:  $63.00

• Weekend Package Deal--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals:  $153.00  

• Weekend Package Deal--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals, who have attended previous 2012 AHP Conferences:  $143.00

• Weekend Package Deal--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals Groups 4+:  $117.00

• Existing AHP Members’ Conference Rates

• AHP Members--Students/Interns/Pre-licensed Members--One Day:  $40.00

• AHP Members--Students/Interns/Pre-licensed Members--3 Day:  $102.00

• AHP Members--Students/Interns/Pre-licensed Members--Weekend:  $72.00 

• AHP Members--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals Members--One Day:  $75.00

• AHP Members--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals Members--3 Day:  $191.25

• AHP Members--Personal Growth and Licensed Professionals Members--Weekend:  $135.00

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