THURSDAY SCHEDULE December 24, 2015 7:15 AM Shachris I 8:00 AM Shachris II 8:30 AM- 9:30 AM 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM 12:30 PM- 2:00 PM 2:00 PM- 2:15 PM 2:20 PM- 4:55 PM 2.5 CEU Mother-Infant Interaction and Predictions Of Secure and Insecure Attachment Phyllis Cohen, Leaning In: When One Plus One Equals Three. Promoting Secure Attachment Bonds and Co-Regulation in Couples Treatment (PART I) Evelyn Rappoport, Right Here, Right Now: Creating Change in Couples Treatment Using EFT Elana Katz, Treating Tourette Syndrome and Tics in Clinical Practice Meir Flancbaum, Registration Coffee and Cake Poster Sessions CASAC: Practicing in the Present An Introduction To Mindfulness-Oriented Psychotherapy David Kohn,, CASAC Parents, Kids, The Family; How Do We Juggle All of These Approaches in Play Therapy? Allan Gonsher, LSCSW Mincha Healing Intergenerational Wounds: A Systemic- Neurobiological Approach Mona Fishbane, Awareness and Interventions For Adult Males Sexually Victimized as Children Barry Horowitz, Fundamentals of Forensic Psychology Jeffrey Singer, EARLY PROFESSIONAL TRACK Competencies and Proficiencies for Beginning Clinicians and Students Marcy Davidowitz, Anxiety, Opportunity and Hope: Navigating Through the Early Years of a Career in Mental Health David Katzenstein, Deborah Marchuck, Barry Horowitz,, Lisa Twerski, From Insanity To Serenity: The Art and Science of Treating Addictions Binyamin Tepfer, CSAT-S Depression and Women s Reproductive Health Issues with a Focus on Infertility Hindie Dubin, When Sex is No Longer Fun? Sexual Dysfunction in the Jewish Community Dr. Dee Dee Shiller, DO
5:05 PM- 6:30 PM Leaning In: When One Plus One Equals Three. Promoting Secure Attachment Bonds and Co-Regulation in Couples Treatment (PART II) Evelyn Rappoport, From Kollel to Career: Facts, Fantasy, Data and Interventions Tzvi Pirutinsky, Forensic Evaluation and Evaluation in Custody Battles Martin Friedlander, PC Infant Attachment- Fundamental Principles, Methods and Clinical Approaches Meredith Weiss, Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Attention-Getting Behavior or a Dance with Death? David Brent, 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM 8:00 PM- 8:15 PM 8:20 PM- 10:00 PM 10:00 PM- 11:30 PM An Experiential Workshop on Joy as a Therapeutic Intervention Ed Yisroel Susskind, Behavioral Addictions: How to Help Your Religious Clients Yaakov Siegal, Anatomy of a Helpline Chaya Mermerstein, Dinner Maariv Work the Network
FRIDAY SCHEDULE December 25, 2015 7:30 AM Shachris I 8:15 AM Shachris II 7:00 AM- 9:00 AM 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM Loving with the Brain in Mind: Integrating Neurobiology In Couple Therapy Mona Fishbane, Intergenerational and Attachment Trauma: Healing the Wounded Self and Repairing the Parent/Child Connection Rivki Jungreis, ADHD in Adults: A Practical Overview Binyomin Goldman, Registration Breakfast Poster Sessions Seeking The Perfect Mate? Shidduchim, Dating and OCPD Jonathan Schwartz, Engaging the Resistant Adolescent with Maladaptive Behaviors Rozi Wax, MA, LMFT, LMHC START 10:30AM/ 2 CEU Looking Through the Peephole Before the Doors Close and Gates Open Judith Guedalia, Early Identification and Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents David Brent, Early Identification and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents Harvey Kranzler, 12:30 PM- 1:30 PM
1:30 PM- 3:00 PM Learning from Our Therapeutic Mistakes Janice Goldfein, LMSW Intergenerational and Attachment Trauma: Healing the Wounded Self and Repairing the Parent/Child Connection Rivki Jungreis, Depression, Self-Doubt, and Bad Relationship Choices - Themes In The Aftermath of Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and Neglect. Rachel Lowinger, 4:16 PM Candle Lighting 4:27 PM Mincha / Kabbalos Shabbos 5:45 PM- Seudas Shabbos 8:00 PM 8:00 PM- 9:30 PM ) ADHD Across the Life Cycle: Impact on Education, Future Employment and Marriage Questions Barry Holzer, Seek and You May Or May Not Find: Psychological Challenges and Realities in The Search for Contentment in Orthodox Jewish Religious Life Rabbi David Fox, Rabbi Avrahom Union Yitzi Horowitz, 9:30 PM Oneg Shabbos and Tisch
SHABBOS SCHEDULE December 26, 2015 7:00 AM Hashkama Shachris 7:00 AM- Breakfast 10:00 AM 8:30 AM- 11:15 AM 11:30 AM- 1:30 PM 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 2:35 PM- 3:40 PM 1 CEU Ma Hu Rachum...Ma Hu Chanun.. Emulating Our Creator Aviva Biberfeld, Wounded Healers of the Soul: Exploring the Psyche, Strengths, and Struggles of The Helping Professional Binyamin Tepfer, CSAT-S, CMAT Shachris Menuchas Shabbos "As If Forced by a Demon": Abnegation and Sensuality in Jewish Sexual Ethics and Psychology Rabbi Simcha Feuerman, -R (PENDING CME APPROVAL) Ethical Dilemmas and Religious Questions for General Physicians Edward Reichman, (PENDING CME APPROVAL) Informing on Others for Violations of the Secular Law Nachum Klafter, 3:50 PM- 4:15 PM Mincha 4:15 PM Seudas Shlishis 5:49 PM Maariv / Havdalah 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM Rising from Divorce (FILM) Mark R. Banschick, Hindie M. Klein, Norman Blumenthal, 8:30 PM Melaveh Malka Latest Advances In Medical Science And Their Halachic And Psychological Ramifications Genetics (Including Genetic Testing), Reproductive Technology, Organ Donation Etc. Edward Reichman,
SUNDAY SCHEDULE December 27, 2015 7:00 AM Shachris I 8:15 AM Shachris II 7:00 AM- Breakfast 9:00 AM 8:00 AM Registration Poster Sessions 8:30 AM- 9:30 AM 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM 12:30 PM- 2:00 PM Radical Concern for the Needs of the Patient: Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Integration Karen Starr,. Religion vs. Psychotherapy Nachum Klafter, Ilana Rosen, MFA, Yehuda Krohn, Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Principles to Forge Secure Attachment in a Unique Group Setting Mary E Stacy, MSW Lea Koplowitz, -R Enchanting Therapy: Hypnosis in Contemporary Clinical Practice Hillel Zeitlin, -C EARLY PROFESSIONALS TRACK Supervisors and Supervisees: An Uncensored Discussion from Both Sides Nosson Solomon, Yeta Solomon, Aviva Biberfeld, Marc J. Diener, Chavie Rabinowitz, LMHC (PENDING CME APPROVAL) The Changing Face of Drug Abuse in America and How to Intervene Howard Forman, The Pharmacologic Treatment of Depression in Primary Care Naalla Schreiber,
2:00 PM- 2:15 PM Time Mincha EARLY PROFESSIONALS TRACK (PENDING CME APPROVAL) 2:20 PM- 5:30 PM We Have Data! Prevalence and Impact Data of Male Sexual Abuse Gavriel Fagin, ACT, Mindfulness and Judaism Moshe Zev Lamm, Isaac Schecter, Jonathan Feiner, Treating Sexual Problems Through the Lens of Attachment: Integrating EFT Techniques and Sex Therapy Pamela Klein, Trauma, Abuse, Neglect, Aggression, or Abandonment What Are the Common Themes Play Therapists Need To Address? Allan Gonsher, LSCSW 5:30 PM Maariv Yeshiva Bochur Burnout: Understanding and Treating the Distressed Overachiever Dov Finkelstein, When It s Over: The Post Termination Period in Psychodynamic Treatment Sarah Jofen Miller, MA Management of Neuropsychiatric Complications of Dementia Alessandra Scalmati, Treating the Anxious Patient: Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder in the Primary Care Population Renata Sanders,