CAMFT's 45th Annual Conference: Rendezvous Connections and Renewal

CAMFT's 45th Annual Conference:

Rendezvous: Connections and Renewal

April 30 - May 3, 2009

The Fairmont Hotel
San Jose, CA

 

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Saturday
Schedule At-A-Glance
May 2, 2009
(9.5 CE hours possible)

6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CAMFT Conference Registration
6:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. (STC) “Daily Renewal—Tai Chi” with Betty Lue Liber, Ph.D. (1 CE hour—not applicable to Psychologists or RNs)
7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.. Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall and Self Esteem Shop Bookstore
Exhibitor Move-out 6 p.m.
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (2 CE hours—not applicable to Psychologists or RNs)
(ABM) Annual Business Meeting & Legislative and Regulatory Update with Mary Riemersma, MBA, CAE
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. A Peaceful Place (Get-Away Room and Afternoon Meditation)
Saturday Morning Workshops
10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
(2 CE hrs)
(S1) “Sense & Sensibility” Lori A. Schwanbeck, M.A.
(S2) “Holding Theory Lightly: Valuing Complexity in Psychotherapy” with
Ann H. Margulies, M.A.
(S3) “Yes, Your Teen is Crazy: Working with the New Millennium Adolescent” with Michael J. Bradley, Ed.D.
Saturday - All - Day Workshops
10:15 am. to 4:15 p.m.
(4 CE hrs)
(S4) “Intakes & First Sessions: Making An Impact While Collecting Information” with
Marty Klein, Ph.D.
(S5) “Functional Family Therapy” with Thomas L Sexton, Ph.D.
(S6) “Is It Anger or Abuse? A Case for Assessment” with Alyce M. LaViolette, M.S.
Saturday Lunch
12:15 p.m. to 2 p.m.
(1 CE hr/not applicable to Psychologists or RNs)
(Tickets are $45. Speaker begins at 12:45 to 1:45)
(SL) The Psychotherapist as a Creator of Outcomes, Hopefully Legal Ones (Legal and Ethical Issue) with Dave Jensen, J.D.
(EDUL) 12:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. (1 CE hour) MFT Educational Forum and Luncheon (Free for MFT Educators. $45 for all other interested parties) (EDUL) Facilitated by Patrick Healy, M.A.
Saturday - Afternoon Workshops
2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
(2 CE hrs)
(S7) “I Know There’s a Book in Me: Writing for Therapists” with Dennis J. Palumbo, M.A.
(S8) "I want you in the house just not in my room... unless I ask you." –The Plight of the Avoidantly Attached in Couples Therapy with Stan Tatkin, Psy.D.
(S9) “When a Parent Dies: Adult Grief and the Evolution of a New Identity” with Fredda Wasserman, M.A.
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. (1.5 CE hrs) (SAP) Afternoon Plenary
“Bad and Good Couples Therapy: Best Practices They Didn’t Teach You in Graduate School” with William Doherty, Ph.D.
6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. (.5 CE hour—not applicable to Psychologists or RNs)
(SAM) “The Practice of Loving Kindness Meditation” with Suzanne Fried, M.A.
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Dinner “Dutch Treat”

7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. (TS) Saturday Night’ “Therapists Got Talent!” Show
Cash bar