Conference

Hidden
Wounds
of War
Pathways to Healing

General $200
Student w/ ID $100

On site registrations
cash or check ONLY

May 16 – 18, 2008
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel

Featuring Nationally Recognized Experts

Keynote Speakers

Jonathan Shay, MD, PhD

Psychiatrist, VA Outpatient Clinic, Boston Author: Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming
MacArthur Fellow 2007		 Honorable Bob Filner

Member of Congress, Calif. 51st CD Chairman, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Other Speakers

Harriet Katz Zeiner, PhD - Lead Neuropsychologist, Polytrauma Rehabilitation Unit, VA Palo Alto
Jimmy Castellanos - OIF Veteran, student at Claremont McKenna College
Paula Domenici, PhD - Deployment Behavioral Psychologist, Center for Deployment Psychology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda. Co-Author - Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returnng from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families
Helena Young, PhD - Clinical PTSD Program Manager, VA Palo Alto
William Saltzman, PhD - Professor, Educational Psychology, Administration & Counseling, California State University Long Beach; Assistant Director, Project Focus Program, UCLA

Rates
General $200 On site Registration (Cash/Check ONLY)
Student with ID $100 On site Registration (Cash/Check ONLY)

 

Panel Discussions

  • The Impact of the War on the Soldier
  • The Impact of War on the Family
  • Challenges for the Therapist

Workshops (partial list)

  • How to launch a Soldiers Project-type program
  • Combat stress  
  • Traumatic Brain Injury  
  • Healing the mind, body and spirit
  • Military Sexual Trauma
  • When a family member goes to war
  • Homecoming/marital issues
  • Other pro bono programs helping soldiers and families

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More Information

Contact Judith Broder, M.D.
www.thesoldiersproject.org
Phone: 818-761-7438 or toll-free 877-576-5343
email:

12 CME/CEU credits provided

The Soldiers Project provides free mental health services to members of all uniformed services who have served or are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan as well as to their extended families.

Conference costs partially supported by grants from the International Psychoanalytic Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association and The Verbena Foundation.

Great hotel, special savings

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, deemed a landmark in Los Angeles, is located in the center of a vibrant community rich with Los Angeles history. Central to all Southern California attractions by six converging freeways and 400 miles of subway and light rail track. Over 20 restaurants and lounges include Top of Five rooftop dining, the revolving Bona Vista Lounge and Flower Street Bar for sports and Karaoke.

Hotel Parking

Valet Parking is available at the Hotel for a reduced rate of $16/day and there is parking at the City National Parking Garage at 4th St. and Flower (directly across from the hotel) at $10/day.

How to register for a room in the Bonaventure:

There are only two ways to register for the SPECIAL Conference Rate ($135.20 plus tax and charges) we’ve arranged for May 16 to 18 for those attending:

1) ONLINE: Follow the hotel link here, follow the instructions, leave the "SET" number 347065 unchanged and complete the registration form.

2) BY PHONE: Call Central Reservation Office (800-937-8461) or hotel registration (213-624-1000) and provide "SET Number 347065."

For both methods, you MUST PROVIDE THE "SET" NUMBER.

For government/military discount, call the hotel directly.


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