ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Our 4th International Conference is devoted to the theme of psychotherapy of acute trauma, cumulative neglect and chronic stress. Some of the topics to be presented are: psychotherapy of grief, postpartum depression and stress, resolution of intergenerational neglect and trauma, schizoid process, relational group psychotherapy, cumulative trauma, spirituality and mindfulness, psychotherapy of traumatized children, compassion fatigue, working with imagery and music, therapist burnout and much more. The conference theme will be attractive to professionals of different psychotherapy orientations who are dealing with stress, trauma and neglect. 

ORGANIZATION

The conference is organized by International Integrative Psychotherapy Association (IIPA)
The International Integrative Psychotherapy Association is a non-profit educational organization that facilitates international communication among professional psychotherapists who use the concepts of Integrative Psychotherapy. The host of the conference in Slovenia is Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy and Counseling, Ljubljana (Institute IPSA).

ABOUT BLED, SLOVENIA

With immense natural beauty, Bled, together with its surroundings, ranks among the most beautiful alpine resorts, renowned for its mild, healing climate and thermal lake water. The beauty of the mountains reflected on the lake, the sun, the serenity and the fresh air arouse pleasant feelings in visitors throughout the year, guaranteeing an ideal base for a relaxing break or an active holiday.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Workshops include an hour of formal teaching, a live demonstration, and an hour of discussion and reiteration of concepts.

Thursday AM - 0900 - 1300, 3.5 hours (coffee break 10:30 - 11:00):

1. Fundamentals Course – all day:  Lindsay Stewart (Canada), Sandra Watson (United Kingdom), Sharon Kalinko (South Africa), Wayne Carpenter (United States).

This all day fundamentals course provides an overview of the theory and methods of Integrative Psychotherapy. It is an excellent introduction for those new to the model, as well as a valuable review for those already familiar with the model.  Major topics that will be included are:
 
1. The History and Philosophy of Integrative Psychotherapy
2. The Theories of Motivation, Personality and Methodology
3. The Principles of Inquiry, Attunement and Involvement

We will also address the concepts of Life Script, Relational Needs, Ego States and Transference, Contact and Interruptions to Contact.  All are welcome.

Lindsay Stewart is a Clinical Social Worker living in Vancouver, Canada, where he runs a private practice. Lindsay has over 25 years of experience in the psychotherapy field and extensive training in Gestalt, Integrative Psychotherapy and EMDR. In addition, he has provided therapist training for the past 17 years and is a founding member and trainer with the IIPA.

Sandra Watson is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist who is a Director, Program leader and Tutor of Matrix College of Integrative Counseling & Psychotherapy in the UK. She originally trained as a Psychodynamic counselor and then as a Gestalt Psychotherapist. She is a Certified International Integrative Psychotherapy Trainer and Supervisor (IIPA) and a Founding Member of IIPA.

Sharon Kalinko (MA Couns Psych, UED, TTA, Integrative Psychotherapist, lives and works as a psychotherapist and teacher of Integrative Psychotherapy as well as Transactional Analysis, in Johannesburg.  She is the director of the Egoli Psychotherapy Training Institute and the current Chair of the South African Transactional Analysis Association.  She has been in private practice as a psychologist for 29 years and has been a TA trainer for 19 years.  Her approach to psychotherapy and training is relational and integrative.

Wayne Carpenter has been practicing and teaching psychotherapy for over 30 years.  Wayne is a Clinical Member of AAMFT and a Certified Trainer and Supervisor at the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association of which he is a founding member.  Wayne lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife and sons.

2. Advanced Training Institute - all day: Alba Payas (Spain): “Integrative Psychotherapy of Grief and Trauma. Bereavement and Posttraumatic Growth.”

Based in the integration of several generic perspectives as attachment theory, cognitive stress, psychobiological theories and posttraumatic growth, I place the more specific bereavement models recently developed as the Dual Model of coping, and the Phases and Task perspective. I present a theoretical frame that offers clues to help us understand and identify complicated grief processes that will need a specialized intervention. I describe in a practical and experiential manner the therapeutic treatment based in the Integrative Psychotherapy model.

Alba Payás was trained around death, dying and bereavement with Dr. Kubler-Ross. She graduated in Integrative Psychotherapy in Metanoia Institute. At present is the director of the Bereavement Service in Girona, Spain.

3. Carol Merle-Fishman (USA) - “An Integrative Therapy of Postpartum Depression, Anxiety & Stress.”

Becoming a mother is a time of transition, transformation and sometimes trauma. The immediacy of meeting the needs of an infant, combined with the immediacy of becoming a mother, often collide to produce depression, anxiety and stress. Shame, confusion, isolation and cultural expectations often prevent women from seeking the help they need, leaving lasting scars and unresolved trauma. Drawing on concepts from Integrative Psychotherapy, Transactional Analysis, attachment theory and trauma theory, this workshop will offer a unique way to understand and approach postpartum adjustment.

Carol Merle-Fishman, M.A., LCAT, LMHC is an Integrative Psychotherapist, licensed in Mental Health Counseling and Creative Arts Therapy, and Certified in Clinical Transactional Analysis and Music Therapy. She is in private practice in New York, and is a Trainer /Supervisor for IIPA.

4. Landy Gobes (USA) - “Psychotherapy of Introjections: the Resolution of Intergenerational Neglect and Trauma.”

Unresolved trauma and neglect, partially repressed by a person in one generation, can reappear in various forms in the personalities of that person’s children and grandchildren. There is a healing psychotherapeutic process that we can use to help our clients resolve this introjected trauma, neglect, and stress.In this workshop I will teach the theory of introjection and demonstrate (by working with a volunteer) the techniques of psychotherapy with the introjected parents and grandparents of our clients.
Landy Gobes is a Teaching and Supervising Integrative Psychotherapist. Her private practice of psychotherapy and training is located in West Hartford, CT, USA.

5. Lison Robichon-Bussiere and Chantal Sautriau Fouilland (France) -
“Psychotherapy of the ‘Malicious’ Child: Psychodynamics and Therapeutic Methods”.

In this workshop the following questions are addressed: What is nastiness? What makes a child’s behavior perceived as aggressive and malicious? How is this handled by the family circle? To which aspect of the child’s development is the aggressiveness linked? How to treat it in psychotherapy?  Through psychodynamic models of comprehension, illustrated by examples from our professional practice (children, adults and families) we will widen our frames of reference, consider aggressiveness in a different way, and propose therapeutic interventions.

Lison ROBICHON-BUSSIERE, psychotherapist, works with children in therapeutic groups, adults and families in family therapy in private practice in Paris.

Chantal SAUTRIAU FOUILLAND, psychotherapist, trainer and consultant of teachers and educationalists, has worked for 30 years with children and adults in Grenoble.

Thursday PM - 1500-1830, 3.5 hours (break time determined by group):

1. Fundamentals Course  - continued:  Lindsay Stewart (Canada), Sandra Watson
(United Kingdom), Sharon Kalinko (South Africa), Wayne Carpenter (United States).

2. Advanced Training Institute - continued: Alba Payas (Spain):
“Integrative Psychotherapy of Grief and Trauma”

3. Brigitte Rota (France) -
“Compassion, Attunement and the Schizoid Process: The Search for the Hidden Self”

Brigitte will present a clinical situation within the framework of Integrative Psychotherapy: from splitting to consolation. She will speak of compassion as attunement, as a therapeutic method used, and the way she integrates these concepts into her treatment plan of the schizoid process. She will use paintings as aids for projections, invitations to contact and meet with the universe of the real Self. Compassion as attunement is a way to be in emotional resonance with the client: to accompany and suffer with him; to look and see together; a shared glance into a shared culture.

Brigitte Rota is clinical psychologist, psychotherapist since 1987. She is a trainer and supervisor in IIPA and coaches people from medical and educational systems. She uses corporals mediations and arts and works with groups and individuals in a private practice in Marseille, France. Atelier de Ressources Humaines.

4. Elena Guarrella (Italy) - “Traumatic Relationships after Trauma”

After a theoretical presentation, a psychodrama group will work through aspects which are the result of controlling efforts of the inner pain of interruption in relationships. Lies, manipulation, rigidity, lack of empathy and of respect, sexual diversions are some perverse aspects as consequences and produce pseudo intimacy instead of full contact in relationships. IP methods are significant in dealing with these symptoms which are a defense of the trauma providing illusion of connection, protection, security, potency, hope.

Elena M. Guarrella is a Psychologist, psychotherapist, IIPA International Trainer and Supervisor, PTSTA of ITAA, 30 years of work with individuals, couples and groups. Responsible of Training Area of IANTI, (Istituto di A. T. Integrativa) since 1995, and Didactic Director of the Integrative Counseling Course and Integrative Psychotherapy Master. Homepage: www.ianti.it  email:  eleguarrella@hotmail.com

5. Jose Manuel Martinez Rodriguez (Spain) -
“Chronic Stress and Crisis: An Integrative Psychotherapy Perspective”

The workshop will address the impact of long lasting stress over relational needs and the defenses used to face suffering. Acknowledgement, validation and support in the context of a psychotherapeutic relationship helps the individual to come to terms with memories and feelings that have been warded off for a long time, and which are being stimulated by the current problem. This relational approach reduces internal psychic pressure and stops the development of a crisis which could be expressed as somatic symptoms, anxiety, depression, or psychosis, and sometimes ends up with hospital admission.

José Manuel Martínez Rodríguez, M.D. is a Psychiatrist and an International Integrative Psychotherapy Trainer and Supervisor (I.I.P.A.). Transactional Analyst (P.T.S.T.A., E.A.T.A. and I.T.A.A.). He is Head of the Mental Health Services in Castilla y León and runs the Transactional Analysis and Integrative Psychotherapy Institute in Valladolid, Spain.

Thursday Evening - 18:45 - 20:15:  Welcoming Cocktail Party For Everyone, And Celebration For Our Newly Certified Members.

Friday AM - 0900-1300, 3.5 hours (coffee break 1030-1100)

1. Gregor Zvelc (Slovenia) - Keynote speech: “The present moment in Integrative Psychotherapy”

Gregor Žvelc is psychotherapist and doctor of clinical psychology (University of Ljubljana). He is integrative psychotherapist and Certified Transactional Analyst. He was trained in several other psychotherapy schools (psychoanalytic therapy, cognitive-behavioral, EMDR). Gregor is also International Integrative Psychotherapy Trainer & Supervisor, IIPA and a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, PTSTA. He is director of the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy and Counseling in Ljubljana, where he has a private practice and leads trainings in Integrative Psychotherapy and Transactional Analysis. He is a guest trainer at the psychotherapy training Institutes in Great Britain, Spain and Bosnia.
Homepage: www.institut-ipsa.si e-mail: gregor.zvelc@guest.arnes.si

2. Aleksandra Franic (Serbia): "Resolving Trauma: True Magic of Therapy"

Aleksandra Franic, MD was born in Belgrade, Serbia. She is English- Serbian bilingual and attended an American high school in Pakistan, Islamaba. She is a graduate of the Belgrade University Medical School, 1995; a psychiatry residency was done from 1997 to 2001. She is currently employed as a psychiatrist in the Youth Counseling Center, working with children and adolescents. She started Integrative Psychotherapy training in Slovenia with Gregor Žvelc this year.

3. Richard Erskine (USA): “Relational Group Psychotherapy: the Prevention and Cure of Stress”

Richard G. Erskine, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychoanalyst and Clinical Psychologist. His background includes client-centered, Gestalt therapy, Transactional Analysis, and Contemporary Psychoanalysis training. He is the Training Director of the Institute for Integrative psychotherapy, N.Y. City, and the author of numerous publications on the theory and methods of Integrative Psychotherapy.

Friday PM – 1500-1830, 3.5 hours (break time determined by group):

1. Amaia Mauriz-Etxabe (Spain) - “Trauma, Resilience and Life: “The Little Flowers Grow
Through the Asphalt”

This workshop is an experiential learning space where we will explore the concept of resilience as a common human capability. We, working as psychotherapists, and making our way through life, know that resilience is there. Here we will explore together how the development of resilience depends on relationships with others and depends, more specifically, on the satisfaction of certain relational needs; we will explore the path from resilience to integration and life. We will use Psychodrama for an experiential inquiry, for creating an attuned group atmosphere and to promote involvement with the whole group.

Amaia Mauriz-Etxabe is a Clinical Psychologist, Certified Trainer and Supervisor of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association, Transactional Analyst (PTSTA), and Psycho dramatist. She is very much involved in spreading Integrative Psychotherapy in the Basque Country (Spain) where she works as a teacher, supervisor and psychotherapist in Bilbao, and runs the Bios Institute.

2. Mariella Guisti (Italy) - “ Trauma Seen Through the Eyes of a Child and Remembered with the
Mind of an Adult”

This workshop will demonstrate how our knowledge of child development, its phases and related therapies, facilitates our work with the adult. It will be easier to work with the adult by imagining what he was like as a child and tuning into the age that he is experiencing emotionally at a given time. Since cumulative trauma is less recognizable or less notable because it is not manifest, fundamental elements that can lead us to identify it often escape our analysis. Our direct knowledge of children, as they live through “their small and big traumas”, helps us in our task, because we can imagine what those same children will be like when they have become adult. We can work towards prevention or maximum understanding, so as to provide adequate involvement.

Maria Assunta Giusti is Psychologist / Psychotherapist – TSTA. Head of the Autism Section, Medaglia Miracolosa Centre, Arezzo. Academic Director of the Masters for Childhood, Centre for Psychotherapy, Turin. Teacher and Supervisor with various schools of Psychology and Rehabilitation Centers. Joint Teacher and Head with Dr. E. Guarella for the Counseling Course in Integrative Transactional Analysis (Rome and Arezzo). She works with children and adults.

3. Hélène Cadot (France) - “How to Cure Fixated Hopes? Integrative Psychotherapy Process with
People Suffering from Cumulative Trauma”

Hope is often a self-protective creation that these patients are unaware of; its existence and contents may be concealed like a treasure. How can the therapist carefully foster the awareness, transformation of the fixated hopes into goals articulated in here-and-now reality? How can the intrapsychic function of these hopes be acknowledged? During the workshop several case studies will be presented and analyzed with the participants. Examples of specific issues, turning points and pitfalls in the therapeutic relationship will be analyzed, and attention given to the supervision process: how to address the pain involved in this therapeutic process?
Hélène Cadot has been a clinical psychologist and therapist for 25 years. She is a Certified Integrative Trainer & Supervisor working in France, Romania and Slovenia. Helene translated several Integrative books & articles into French. Currently she is a member of the TSC of IIPA & of the Editorial board of the Integrative Psychotherapy Journal. She plays the violin.

4. Wayne L. Carpenter (USA) - “Neglect, Stress and Resentment in Couple’s Therapy”

As with individuals, couples struggle with neglect, stress and resentment. In this workshop you will learn an integrative theory for working with couples, which will help you distinguish between transference and transactions within couple relationships. You will learn how to distinguish between chronic regression (transference) and that which is needed in the here and now (transaction). A method of teaching clients to confide rather than avoid or become adversarial will be taught as a method for transacting about transference, in order to promote contact, intimacy and respect in place of contempt and dependency.

Wayne Carpenter has been practicing and teaching psychotherapy for over 30 years. Wayne is a Clinical Member of AAMFT and a Certified Trainer and Supervisor of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association of which he is a founding member. Wayne lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife and sons.

5. Carol Merle-Fishman (USA) - “Music and Imagery in Integrative Psychotherapy”

The combination of music, imagery and Integrative Psychotherapy offers a unique partnership of verbal and nonverbal modalities for working with cumulative stress.  Music can provide a powerful form of empathy, inquiry and attunement; which allows imagery to emerge leading to possibilities for integration often not accessible through words alone. This experiential workshop will offer participants the opportunity to engage in a live music and imagery session. 

Carol Merle-Fishman, M.A., LCAT, LMHC is an Integrative Psychotherapist, licensed in Mental Health Counseling and Creative Arts Therapy, and Certified in Clinical Transactional Analysis and Music Therapy. She is in private practice in New York, and is a Trainer /Supervisor for IIPA.

Friday Evening - 18:45 – 20:15:  IIPA Talent Show

Peter Bourquin (Spain), Cezara Desu (Bulgaria), Annie Dufrenay (France), Landy Gobes (USA),
Milena Lipovšek (Slovenia), Sylvie Monin (Switzerland), Lindsay Stewart (Canada).
Progam Director: Lindsay Stewart. Master of Ceremonies: Joshua Zavin (USA).

Saturday AM - 0900-1300, 3.5 hours (coffee break 1030-1100):

1. Marye O’Reilly-Knapp (USA) - “Inquiry, Attunement & Involvement in the Psychotherapy of
Trauma and Neglect”

This workshop will present an in-depth analysis of the theory and methods of Integrative psychotherapy – Inquiry, Attunement, Involvement. These concepts guide the process in the therapeutic relationship. Where trauma and neglect are part of the person’s narrative, the establishment and maintenance of a therapeutic relationship requires approaches that foster self-discovery and integration of the personality for a deeper connection with oneself and ultimately, with others. Therapeutic interventions for working with a person who has a history of trauma and neglect will be explored.

Marye O’Reilly-Knapp, CNS, is an associate professor in the School of Nursing, Widener University, Chester, PA where she coordinates the graduate program in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. She has presented and published on Integrative Psychotherapy. She has a private psychotherapy practice and is a consultant with the TA Psychotherapy Seminar in Moscow, Russia.

2. Lise Small (France) - “The early relationship and the therapeutic relationship: Daniel Stern’s
Child Developmental Theory applied in Adult Psychotherapy”

A key element in the therapist-patient relationship is the importance of the early formative relationship that structures personality. An understanding of this process is essential when working with transference and counter-transference. I will show how I use aspects of Daniel Stern's model of the development of the sense of self. Stern provides a rich base for work with accumulative trauma and early neglect. We can learn how the patient's problems in the present reflect the early unmet needs. This workshop is aimed at showing the application of this concept using case studies.

Lise is a Trainer and supervisor in the IIPA and a Clinical member of ITAA. She was Vice-president of EATA, on the Ethics Committee and the editorial boards of the TAJ and Les Acualités Lise works with English and French speaking clients, teaches and runs a training program in Integrative Psychotherapy.

3. Mario Salvador (Spain) - “The Impact of Acute Trauma, Cumulative Neglect and Chronic Stress on the Brain and Body ”

We will explore the dialogue between mind and brain and will discuss foundations for understanding the impact of acute and chronic traumatic stress exposures on children and adults. This workshop will build an understanding of the biological, physiological, and neurological impact of trauma exposure and the extended trauma response. We will consider the somatic legacy of trauma, focusing on trauma and the body, providing a theoretical framework for the autonomic dysregulation that accompanies trauma exposure.

Mario C. Salvador is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, an International Integrative Psychotherapy Trainer & Supervisor by IIPA, a Provisional Trainer & Supervisor Transactional Analyst by EATA-ITAA, and a Clinician in EMDR. Director of ALECÉS, Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy (Lugo-Spain).

4. Masa Zvelc & Gregor Žvelc - (Slovenia): “Loss and Regain of “Now”: Transforming Trauma
through Mindful Processing”

One of the basic posttraumatic reactions is avoidance of internal and external stimuli associated with the trauma. In the workshop, we will be discovering how to overcome the avoidance with the help of mindful processing to get in contact with self, others and living itself. People who suffer from traumatic stress often avoid their feelings and body sensations because they are afraid to re-experience deep pain and death like anxiety. They are not in contact with themselves; it is hard for them to be present. Being here and now- in contact with oneself- seems for such person too threatening. In this workshop, we will present a mindfulness-based intervention, ‘mindful processing’. This intervention invites the client to become aware of the moment-to-moment subjective experience. We will demonstrate the technique through experiential exercises and videotapes.

Maša Žvelc is a psychologist, has a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology (University of Ljubljana) is a certified Integrative Psychotherapist (EAIP). She is co-director of the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy and Counseling, Ljubljana (Slovenia), where she has a private psychotherapy practice and leads the training Integrative Psychotherapy. Homepage: www.institut-ipsa.si e-mail: masa.zvelc@institut-ipsa.si

Gregor Žvelc is a psychotherapist and Doctor of Clinical Psychology (University of Ljubljana). He is an Integrative Psychotherapist and Certified Transactional Analyst. He was trained in several other psychotherapy schools (psychoanalytic therapy, cognitive-behavioral, EMDR). He is director of Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy and Counseling in Ljubljana. Homepage: www.institut-ipsa.si e-mail: gregor.zvelc@guest.arnes.si

Saturday PM – 1500-1830, 3.5 hours (break time determined by group):

1. Sally Openshaw (UK) - “Sexual Dysfunction: A Reflection of Emotional Neglect and Relational Trauma”

This workshop will provide a range of learning opportunities to consider how emotional neglect and relational trauma may predispose an individual to develop sexual dysfunctions. Together, we will explore how this situation is then maintained through further breaks in contact in the couple relationship using case examples of vaginismus and erectile dysfunction. Discussion will focus on why people are motivated to make sexual contact, the structure of sexual contact, the stimulus of sexual contact and relational needs. 

Sally Openshaw is a Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist working with couples and individuals with a wide range of sexual problems.  She is Chair of the British Association of Sexual and Relationship Therapy. 

2. Marty Walrath (USA) - "Meditation, De-stressing and Spirituality in Psychotherapy"

Integrative Psychotherapists are increasingly recognizing the importance of, and inevitability of, addressing the client’s spiritual issues. In addition, the therapist’s own spirituality and spiritual needs an integral dimension of the therapeutic relationship.  Working at the Spiritual Level is to address how our souls meet, shape and support the course of therapy. Theory will be enhanced by experiential methods which will also be a source of renewal for participants. This, with a live demonstration, will engage us in discussion for furthering integration in our clients.

Martha Walrath, RN , LCSW, is a teaching/supervising member of IITA. She has been a practicing therapist for 30 years and on a life-long spiritual journey. She has long been exploring and practicing the integration of the spiritual in psychotherapy.

3. Antoinette Morrison (USA) & Anthony Jannetti (USA) - “Relational Group Process”

In this workshop we focus on relational group psychotherapy and its healing qualities. The methods of inquiry, attunement, and involvement, basic constructs in Integrative Psychotherapy will be considered along with relational needs. The 8 relational needs, identified by Richard Erskine (1997), are discussed as a framework for identifying unmet needs in the here-and-now process of group therapy. In a live group demonstration, discussion of the work will center on relational needs. Following, we will summarize the interventions of a relational group process. An exchange of ideas by participants will follow.
 
Antoinette Morrison, M.A., L.P.C. , Certified Transactional Analyst, Teaching and Supervising member of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association has a private practice in Charleston, West Virginia and is a participant in the Professional Development Seminar in Kent.

Anthony Jannetti, Ph.D. is an International Integrative Psychotherapy Trainer and Supervisor. He is a member of the Professional Development Seminar, Kent. Anthony maintains a private practice in San Francisco, California, and he is a Medical Center Psychologist. He also does consulting for the Northern California Latino Commission.

4. Belinda Harris (UK) - “The Prevention and Cure of Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma and Therapist Burnout: An experiential workshop”

This experiential workshop will offer participant’s opportunities to explore and examine the emotional, physical and relational impact of their work with traumatized clients. Through their engagement with a range of multi-sensory activities participants will attend to their own well-being and identify ways of integrating self-soothing and self-nourishing practices into their working week. The workshop will be supported by reference to the literature and research findings and seek to develop an integrative framework for supporting stressed, traumatized and burned out therapists.

Belinda Harris is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and Associate Professor for Counseling and Human Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK. She teaches postgraduate programs in Counseling, Trauma Studies, Leadership and Human Relations

5. Peter Bourquin (Spain) - “The Family Constellations: Working with Systemic and Personal Trauma”

The Family Constellation work is a recent therapeutic method that has its roots in the phenomenological and systemic approach, working mainly with systemic and personal trauma. It is a powerful therapeutic intervention that often has a clearing and profoundly moving effect in the client. I will demonstrate, explain and discuss my personal integration of Family Constellations with Integrative Psychotherapy.

Peter Bourquin lives in Spain, where he is the Director of the “Institute for Family Constellations.” He has presented about 250 weekend workshops and written a popular book about his work. He is the guest trainer in various Institutes in Spain, Italy and Colombia.  Homepage: www.ecosweb.net;
email: peterbourquin@telefonica.net

Saturday Evening – 20:00: Banquet (For All - By Reservation)
21:30: Midnight: Saturday Night Dance Party (For All Conference Registrants and Guest)

Sunday AM – 1000-1300

Landy Gobes (USA) - Keynote speech:
“The Search for Clues”

Landy Gobes, MSW started her training with the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy in 1977 when she attended the first Ten Day Workshop given by Richard Erskine in Stamford, CT. She had clinical, supervisory and teaching training in the groups run by the Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy, New York City. She has been a member of the Professional Development Seminar since the seminar began in 1980.

Lise Small (France) - Keynote speech:
“How I Got From There to Here: A Psychotherapist’s Journey”

Lise Small, MA, is an Integrative Psychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor in Paris, France where she conducts a private psychotherapy and supervision practice. She is also a certified Transactional Analyst and has conducted numerous workshops and conference presentations demonstrating how concepts of child developmental theory and research can be effectively used in the psychotherapy of adults.

Joshua Zavin (USA) - Keynote speech:
“Fundamental Optimism: Is Psychological Change Really Possible?"

Joshua Zavin, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist in New Jersey, U.S.A.  He has a private practice working with individuals, couples and groups.  Joshua has subspecialties working with substance abuse and mind-body approaches to psychotherapy He is on the Board of IIPA and currently serves as The Director of Communications. He has been involved with the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy since 1979.

Awards - Marye O’Reilly-Knapp

Closing Ceremony - Richard Erskine