Agenda

Sunday December 14, 2025

• 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

  Ethical Principles and Processes in the Complex Real-World Practice of Psychotherapy: An Experiential Case-Based Conference (Part I)

  • Speaker
    • Bruce LiesePhD
• 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

  From Apps and Pixels to Progress and Outcomes: The Evolution of Digital Tools in Mental Health

  • Speaker
    • Saundra JainMA, PsyD, LPC
• 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

  Break

• 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

  Ethical Principles and Processes in the Complex Real-World Practice of Psychotherapy: An Experiential Case-Based Conference (Part II)

  • Speaker
    • Bruce LiesePhD
• 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

  Anxiety in Adolescents and & Young Adults: What's Working and What's NOT

  • Speaker
    • Lynn LyonsLICSW
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM

  Break

• 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM

  New & Returning Attendee Orientation

Monday December 15, 2025

• 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM

  The End of Mental Illness

  • Speaker
    • Daniel AmenMD
• 9:00 AM – 1:45 PM

  Exhibit Hall Open, Re-Opening for Reception at 6 PM

• 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM

  Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

  What's Sex Got to Do With It? Addressing Underlying or Co-occurring Sexual and Gender Issues in Psychotherapy

  • Speaker
    • Eli ColemanPhD
• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

  Intimacy as Insurrection: Love in an Unloving World

  • Speaker
    • Terry RealLICSW
• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

  Encouraging Hindsight in Advance: Looking Ahead to Get Ahead

  • Speaker
    • Michael YapkoPhD
• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

  The Thin Line Between Genius and Madness: Exploring the Link Between Mood Disorders and Creativity

  • Speaker
    • Kay JamisonPhD
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM

  Break

• 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

  Creative Mind: The Integration of the Two Human Mind/Brains

  • Speaker
    • Stephen GilliganPhD
• 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

  No Time To Waste: The Keys to Active, Instructive First Sessions with Parents

  • Speaker
    • Lynn LyonsLICSW
• 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

  What Lies Beneath: Complexities in Treating the Young Adult

  • Speaker
    • Claudia BlackPhD
• 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

  Speech with Dr. Kay Jamison

  • Speaker
    • Kay JamisonPhD
• 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM

  Lunch in Exhibit Hall

• 1:45 PM – 4:45 PM

  Transforming Relationships: The Nuts and Bolts of Relational Life Therapy

  • Speaker
    • Terry RealLICSW
• 1:45 PM – 4:45 PM

  Treating Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Illustrating a Sex Positive and Integrated Model of Treatment

  • Speaker
    • Eli ColemanPhD
• 1:45 PM – 4:45 PM

  Activating Creative Mind: A 7-Step Process

  • Speaker
    • Stephen GilliganPhD
• 1:45 PM – 4:45 PM

  What If Mental Health Was Really Brain Health? A Revolutionary New, More Effective Paradigm for Psychiatry and Psychology

  • Speaker
    • Daniel AmenMD
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM

  Break

• 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

  What “Expert” Therapists Do: Core Tasks of Psychotherapy

  • Speaker
    • Donald MeichenbaumPhD
• 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

  Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Tuesday December 16, 2025

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

  Session Details Coming Soon!

• 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

  Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

• 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall Open

• 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

  What Lies Beneath, Part II

  • Speaker
    • Claudia BlackPhD
• 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

  Conversation Hour with Dr. Donald Meichenbaum

  • Speaker
    • Donald MeichenbaumPhD
• 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

  Speech with Dr. Peter Levine

  • Speaker
    • Peter LevinePhD
• 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

  Session Details Coming Soon!

• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

  Break

• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  Sleight of Mouth: How Words Create Worlds

  • Speaker
    • Robert Dilts
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  Confrontation Without Defensiveness: 6 Skills Leading to Growth, Authenticity and Transformation

  • Speaker
    • Ellyn BaderPhD
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  Solution Focused Brief Therapy: An Approach as Lasting as a Diamond

  • Speaker
    • Elliott ConnieMA, LPC
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  Clinical Demo with Dr. Peter Levine

  • Speaker
    • Peter LevinePhD
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

  Lunch in Exhibit Hall

• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  The Transformational Power of Integrating Levels of Learning and Change

  • Speaker
    • Robert Dilts
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  The Relational Slot Machine: Dynamics and Impacts of Narcissistic Relationships:

  • Speaker
    • Ramani DurvasulaPhD
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  A Live Demonstration of Solution Focused Brief Therapy

  • Speaker
    • Elliott ConnieMA, LPC
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  PACT: Repairing Partner Betrayal

  • Speaker
    • Stan TatkinPsyD, LMFT
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

  Break

• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

  Introversion and Its Discontents: Working Clinically with Clients with Schizoid Psychologies

  • Speaker
    • Nancy McWilliamsPhD, ABPP
• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

  Working with Clients Experiencing Betrayal in Narcissistic/Antagonistic Relationships

  • Speaker
    • Ramani DurvasulaPhD
• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

  Couples Say "We Can't Communicate!" Here is Why...

  • Speaker
    • Ellyn BaderPhD
• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

  In-Session Couple Attachment/Trauma Assessment Using Physical Movement

  • Speaker
    • Stan TatkinPsyD, LMFT
• 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM

  Break

• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

  Helping Couples Connect

  • Speaker
    • Harville HendrixPhD
    • Helen LaKelly-Hunt

Wednesday December 17, 2025

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

  Personality and Wholeness in the Cultivation of Well-Being

  • Speaker
    • Daniel SiegelMD
• 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

  Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

• 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall Open

• 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

  Mind, Self, and Consciousness - IntraConnected: Integrating Identity and Broadening Belonging as MWe

  • Speaker
    • Daniel SiegelMD
• 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

  Hendrix & LaKelly Hunt Conversation Hour

  • Speaker
    • Harville HendrixPhD
    • Helen LaKelly-Hunt
• 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

  Evocative Approaches to Psychotherapy

  • Speaker
    • Jeffrey ZeigPhD
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

  Break

• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  Was Epictetus Right? Do Cognitions Actually Cause Emotions? Or Is It the Other Way Around?

  • Speaker
    • David BurnsMD
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  Personality in Therapy

  • Speaker
    • Daniel SiegelMD
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  Video of a Therapy Session with a Man with Central Schizoid Dynamics

  • Speaker
    • Nancy McWilliamsPhD, ABPP
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

  Lunch in Exhibit Hall

• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  Wise Effort: Integrating Therapist Wisdom and Processes of Change to Have BIG, Meaningful Impact on our Client's Lives

  • Speaker
    • Diana HillPhD
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  Therapist’s Emotions and their role in Psychotherapy

  • Speaker
    • Camillo LoriedoMD
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  Testing: A Boring Topic with Extraordinary Implications!

  • Speaker
    • David BurnsMD
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  Connected: Understanding the Allure and Impacts of Online Gaming

  • Speaker
    • Dustin WeissmanPsyD
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

  Break

• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

  Network Modeling: A Bio-Psycho-Social Approach to Case Conceptualization

  • Speaker
    • Diana HillPhD
• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

  Using Hypnosis with Families

  • Speaker
    • Camillo LoriedoMD
• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

  Back to Reality: Empowering People with Online Gaming Addiction to Re-Engage IRL

  • Speaker
    • Dustin WeissmanPsyD
• 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM

  Break

• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

  Session Details Coming Soon!

Thursday December 18, 2025

• 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

  The Discriminating Therapist: Helping Clients Make Better Decisions by Making Better Distinctions

  • Presenter
    • Michael YapkoPhD
• 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

  An Introduction to Hypnosis: An Ericksonian Orientation

  • Speaker
    • Jeffrey ZeigPhD
• 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

  How to Talk with Anyone About Anything

  • Presenter
    • Harville HendrixPhD
    • Helen LaKelly-Hunt