AWARE CONFERENCE 2003
February 28 and March 1
Arizona State University
Memorial Union
Tempe, AZ


Our first conference was a great success!
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AWARE CONFERENCE 2003...


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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Featured Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona Author, Coyote Medicine: Lessons from Native American Healing
Dr. Kathleen Noble Author, Riding the Windhorse: Spiritual Intelligence and the Growth of the Self
Dr. Gary Schwartz Author, The Living Energy Universe, The Afterlife Experiments

Friday 2/28

8:30-12:30
Registration

9:00-10:20 YOGA (with Jeff Martens)

10:30-12:00 Opening Ceremony and Brunch
Keynote Address: Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D.

12:15-1:45 Concurrent Workshops:
1. Integrating Buddhism and Psychotherapy: Part I, Maxine Norris, MSW
2. Current Issues in CAM: Implications for Mental and Behavioral Health,
Moderator: William Mermis, Ph.D., Panelists: Rena Gordon, Ph.D., Maria Napoli, Ph.D., CISW, Sue Roe, DPA, RN, Eileen Lourie, M.D., MPH, Jonathan Zuess, M.D.

2:00-3:30 Concurrent Workshops:
1. Integrating Buddhism and Psychotherapy: Part II, Maxine Norris, MSW
2. Bodywork and Psychotherapy, A Panel Discussion, Moderator: Dr. Pam Pappas

3:45-5:00 Keynote Address: Kathleen Noble, Ph.D.

 

Saturday 3/1

7:30-8:50 YOGA

9:00-12:00 Concurrent Workshops
1. Drumming and Shamanic Healing, Michael Winkelman, Ph.D
2. Intuition, Empathy, and Insight: Let your Spiritual Intelligence be Your Guide,
Mary Delaney, Ph.D.

12:15-1:50 Networking Lunch
Keynote Address: Gary Schwartz, Ph.D.

2:00-5:00 Concurrent Workshops:
1. Counsciousness and the Development of Spiritual Intelligence,
Barbara Kerr, Ph.D., and John McAlister
2. Speaking Our Shadows into Light: Symbolic Uses of Healing Ritual,
Sarah Amira de la Garza, Ph.D., D.Min

 

OUR FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

LEWIS MEHL-MADRONA, M.D., Ph.D. graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1975, and completed residencies in family practice and in psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He is board-certified in family practice, psychiatry, and geriatrics. . Dr. Mehl-Madrona is the author of Coyote Medicine (Scribner, 1997), a book about his efforts to integrate his Native American heritage with his conventional medical training. At the Continuum Center for Health and Healing, he is the Clinical Program Director.. His clinical practice includes acupuncture, botanical and nutritional medicine, homeopathy, manipulative (hands-on) therapies, mind-body medicine (especially hypnosis, visualization, biofeedback and cognitive therapy), community therapies including ritual and ceremony, and spiritual medicine. His practice is inspired by Native American philosophy.

KATHLEEN NOBLE, Ph.D.is the Halbert and Nancy Robinson Professor and the Director of the Robinson Center for Young Scholars at the University of Washington. She is also an Associate Professor of Women Studies and a licensed psychologist. She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in 1984 from the University of Washington. Her books include The Sound of the Silver Horn: Reclaiming the Heroism in Contemporary Women's Lives (1994); Remarkable Women: Perspectives on Female Talent Development (1996, co-edited with K. Arnold and R. Subotnik); and Riding the Windhorse: Spiritual Intelligence and the Growth of the Self (2001). She has published numerous articles and given over 50 invited lectures about the psychology of talent development and the effects of educational acceleration on the social and emotional development of gifted adolescents.

GARY E. SCHWARTZ, Ph.D. is professor of psychology, medicine, neurology, psychiatry and surgery at the University of Arizona and director of its Human Energy Systems Laboratory. After receiving his doctorate from Harvard University, he served as a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Yale University, director of the Yale Psychophysiology Center, and co-director of the Yale Behavioral Medicine Clinic. He has published more than four hundred scientific papers, edited eleven academic books, and is the co-author, with Linda G. Russek, Ph.D., of The Living Energy Universe.

 

Suggested Accomodations in Tempe

Courtyard by Marriott
601 S. Ash Avenue
480-966-2800

Twin Palms Hotel - Tempe, ASU
225 E. Apache Blvd.
480-967-9431

Tempe Mission Palms Hotel
60 E. Fifth St.
480-894-1400

Fiesta Inn
2100 S. Priest Dr.
480-967-1441

Travelodge
1005 E. Apache Blvd.
480-968-7871

 

Conference Leadership Committee

Christy Hofsess and Dan Rosen
Conference Co-Directors

Executive Committee:

Jessica Tartaro, Chair
Sharon Zygowicz, Chair
Kate Koester

Heather Okvat
Tonya Fleck
Virginia Cowen
Jamie Bludworth
Lesley Bludworth
Amy Harkins
Paty Perez
Tiffany Rice
Allision Reuter
Joan Zecherle

Eddie Ableser


Special Thanks To:

Aaron Hartley, Graphic Design
Aaron Bommarito, Photography
Garth Patil, Web Design


 

 





   

 

 

 

 



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