Poetics of Life Work | Saturday, November 19, 2011
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8:00 – 8:30 AM • REGISTRATION • COFFEE • EXHIBITS
Poetics of Design Exhibit – Arianne Gelardin
8:00 – 9:00 AM • POSTER SESSIONS
Ann Marie Davis, Nancy Thompson
8:30 – 8:45 AM • ARTS PERFORMANCE
Songs from A New Wrinkle – Gaea Yudron
8:45 – 9:00 AM • OPENING
Introductions – Nader Shabahangi, Sally Gelardin
9:00 – 11:45 AM • KEYNOTE
Living Well with Metaphors – Norm Amundson
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM • WORKSHOP
(EHI Certificate) Thirteen Interventions for an Existential-Humanistic Therapist – Bob Edelstein
10:30 – 11:45 AM • WORKSHOPS
Forgiveness and Self-Forgiveness: Keys to Effective Family Communications Across Generations – Katharina Dress, Janice Wallace
Sandtray, Aging, Self, and Dementia – Linda Cunningham
(EHI) Dance/Movement Therapy-Based Nonverbal Communication Training for Caregivers – Meg Chang, Donna Newman-Bluestein
12:00 – 1:00 PM • LUNCH BREAK
Book Signing
1:00 – 3:15 PM • KEYNOTE
Infusing Hope into Life and Career – Norm Amundson
3:15 – 3:30 PM • BREAK
Book Signing
2:00 – 3:15 PM • WORKSHOPS
(EHI-Certificate) The Nature of Contact – Sonja Saltman
(EHI) Open To Not Knowing: Humanistic and Transpersonal Approaches to Psychotherapy for Elders with Dementia – Matt Spalding, Puran Khalsa
Legacy: What Do I Want to Pass on to the Next Generation? – Bill Ryan
3:15 – 4:30 PM • WORKSHOPS
What the Great Masters of Art Can Teach Us About Living with Creativity, Vitality and Meaning in the Second Half of Life. – Fred Mandell
Cultivating the Elder Body of Wisdom – Don Hanlon Johnson
(EHI-Certificate) In Search of the Inner Elder: The Challenge of Adding Wisdom Besides Years – Sonja Saltman, Candice Hershman
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Adapting Laughter Yoga for Older Adults – Carmela Carlyle, Tommy Westerfield
4:30 – 5:15 PM • ENTERTAINMENT
Sneak preview of the World Premiere Comedy/Drama Counter Attack – Joan Holden
5:15 – 6:00 PM • CLOSING
Moving into the Circle – Hanna Takashige
Closing – Nader Shabahangi, Sally Gelardin