Meet Our Featured Speakers

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Thursday Evening Welcoming Event

Jeffrey Zeig Therapy as an Evocative Art A well-known hypnotherapist and founder and director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Jeffrey Zeig is fascinated with the parallels between the expressive and healing arts. Using a range of artistic media, he’ll lead an experiential journey through the emotional and cognitive states that are vital to the healing process.

Friday Morning

David Whyte The Edge of Discovery Poet David Whyte has been likened to a modern-day wandering bard for his ability to make the “dangerous truths” of poetry accessible to all kinds of audiences. He’ll show how to transcend a limited, autobiographical perspective to expand the story of our lives.

Friday Luncheon - Helen Fisher

Helen Fisher Why Him? Why Her?: The Secret Code of Attraction Anthropologist Helen Fisher’s groundbreaking work has helped determine the neurophysiological basis for such seemingly unquantifiable states as romantic love, attraction, and long-term bonding. She’ll discuss the roles temperament and personality type play in romance and offer her scientific insights on dating, love, and marriage.

Friday Dinner - Mary Pipher

Mary Pipher Reflections of the World’s Worst Buddhist Since her groundbreaking bestseller Reviving Ophelia, no one in our field has done more to illuminate the impact of American culture on children, families, and communities than Mary Pipher. She’ll share her thoughts about the journey through middle age, the subject of her newest book, Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the World’s Worst Buddhist.

Saturday Morning Keynote

Susan Johnson The Experience of Connection Susan Johnson, the originator of the empirically validated Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, will explore how to use our increasing understanding of the science of love to help couples rekindle intimacy and experience true connection.

Saturday Luncheon Address

Louis Cozolino The Brain through the Lifespan Louis Cozolino’s latest book, The Healthy Aging Brain: Sustaining Attachment, Attaining Wisdom, focuses on the growing evidence that, in certain respects, our brains get better with age. He’ll explore the changes that occur in the brain throughout life and highlight how psychotherapy can work in tandem with its natural development.

Dinner Event

Salvador Minuchin From Revolution to Evolution At 87, Salvador Minuchin who transformed the vision of the tools and perspective a therapist needs to produce change, remains one of psychotherapy’s genuine icons. In this interview with Networker editor Rich Simon, he’ll reflect on the highlights of his career and the evolution of therapy practice over the past five decades.

Sunday Morning Keynote

Marsha Linehan Toward a Mindful Technology of Change With her Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Marsha Linehan was one of the first practitioners to show how East and West could meet in the consulting room. She’ll address how critical it is that psychotherapists strive for both the well-being of our clients and the scientific validation of our methods.