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

The Schedule

Friday, May 16  
3:00 – 5:00 pm Registration
6:30 pm Welcome:
Thomas Helscher, PhD – President of Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies
6:45 pm Live Theatre Performance:
The Sandstorm – Stories From the Front- written by Sean Huze (ex-Marine) and acted by veterans.
8:30 – 10:00 pm Opening Reception – Live music
   
Saturday, May 17  
8:00 – 8:30am Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:40am Welcome
8:40 – 9:30am Opening Keynote Speaker:
Jonathan Shay, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist – Department of Veterans Affairs
9:30 – 10:00am Questions and Answers
10:00 – 10:15 am   Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:30am Panel Discussion: The Impact of War on the Soldier
  • Callie Wight, Women Veterans Program Manager – Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center
  • Jimmy Castellanos, Veteran, Author
  • Helena Young, PhD, Clinical Psychologist – Department of Veterans Affairs
11:30 – 12:00pm Questions and Answers
12:00 – 1:15pm Workshops: The Treatment of Mind, Body and Spirit
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Spiritual Issues
  • Military Sexual Trauma
  • Meanings of PTSD Symptoms       
  • Addictive Behaviors
1:15 – 2:15pm    Lunch (provided)
2:15 – 3:30pm Panel Discussion: The Impact of War on the Family
  • William Saltzman, PhD – Assist. Director Project Focus
    Program, UCLA
  • Tonia Sargent – Marine wife and veteran advocate
  • Paula Domenici, PhD – Author “Courage After Fire”
3:30 – 4:00pm Questions and Answers
4:00 – 4:15 pm Coffee Break
4:15 – 5:30pm Workshops: Here at Home
  • Coming home – fantasies/realities
  • “My how you’ve changed”– marital issues
  • When a family member goes to war – Separation and loss
  • Building resilience – Inside and Out
 5:30 – 7:00pm Reception – Live Music
   
Sunday, May 18  
9:00 – 10:30am Round Table: Challenges for the Therapist
  • Judith Broder, MD
  • Bonnie Engdahl, PhD
  • Barbara Schochet, PhD
  • Harriet Zeiner, PhD – Palo Alto VA, Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist
  • Don Mauro, MFT
10:30 – 11:00 am Questions and Answers
11:00 – 11:15 am Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 pm Workshops
  • How to set-up and run a mental health pro-bono project
  • Other approaches by pro-bono organizations
  • Peer consultation groups: “The Experience of the Soldiers Project" including Transference/counter-transference issues
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Getting your questions answered (for families)
12:45 – 3:00 pm Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Congressman Bob Filner, Chair House Committee on Veterans Affairs