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Invited Keynote by UK Author, Trainer and Therapist Charlotte Sills
Healing Relationships in a Complex World

I am excited by the conference theme: Healing Relationships Everywhere. It is both an aspiration and a description of fact. Never before has the need been stronger to find a healing connection in the face of the relentless explosion of internet information, e-mail overload, social networking and the myriad other forms of disembodied communication.

Advances in neuroscience and post-modern understanding are revealing to us the truth of what some have said for hundreds of years - from Lewin and Einstein to the Buddha. It is the truth of our intrinsic connectedness - social and global and ecological. This connectedness highlights both an opportunity and an urgency to work for healing relationships – in our organisations, communities and society as well as in our consulting rooms. Berne said 'Intimacy is the only completely satisfying answer………' (1964). What does this mean and how can we bring the power of TA into our work and our lives with love, resilience and challenge?

Charlotte Sills is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, senior tutor at Metanoia Institute and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University. She is also co-director of the Coaching Course at Ashridge College, UK. She is widely published in the field of counselling, therapy and coaching including, with Phil Lapworth, An Introduction to Transactional Analysis (Sage 2011 second edition) and with Helena Hargaden Transactional Analysis: a relational perspective. (Routledge 2002), chapters from which won the Eric Berne Memorial Award in 2007.

WORKSHOPS and PRESENTERS

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Continuing Education Credit has been approved for workshops as listed below. To check whether a workshop has been approved for your profession, look for the initials APA (American Psychological Association), ASWB (Association of Social Work Boards, or ACE), and NBCC (National Board of Certified Counselors) on the workshop description. More Information on CE Credit.

Please note: All licensed professionals are urged to check with their licensing authorities to determine which CE Credits will qualify for license renewal.

Friday, October 28, 2011

10:30 - 12:00

IS IT LOVE OR IS IT ADDICTION? APA, ASWB, NBCC

Based on the new edition of Is It Love or Is It Addiction? this workshop will distinguish between three types of addictive love: Love Addiction, Romance Addiction, and Sex Addiction and explain why it is important for therapeutic success to know the difference. Too often they are lumped together or misdiagnosed. New brain research and imaging now support that our attachments, attractions, and sexual drives are unique and explain how they can be used individually or together to self medicate pain or attempt to heal past trauma. Twenty characteristics of each process addiction will be presented. We will explore the many complex reasons why addictive love exercises a powerful hold over people, why it is not easily given up, and how to get to mature love and intimacy via a seven-stage treatment model. Just as there is a roadmap into addictive love there is a roadmap out. Some therapeutic strategies will be highlighted.

Brenda Schaeffer is a licensed psychologist, certified addictions specialist, clinical member ITAA, international speaker and bestselling author of Is It Love or Is It Addiction?. Dr Schaeffer has a Minneapolis-based practice where she conducts therapy, training and workshops.

LEARNING AND GROWING FROM PAINFUL ENDINGS AND TRANSITIONS IN RELATIONSHIPS APA, ASWB, NBCC

A model dealing with disappointments, painful ending, death and transitions in personal and professional relationships will be presented for discussion and personal reflection and applications. The non-blame model invites participants to grow and learn from relationship problems, endings and transitions in preparing for new beginnings and new awarenesses. Tools for managing endings and transitions will also be presented.

Felipe Garcia, M.A. LMFT, LPC, TSTA, is a practicing marriage and family therapist, psychotherapist and consultant in human relations. He has been training professionals in the US, Europe and Latin America for 35 years. He has specialized in effective communication, cooperative conflict resolution, multiculturalism and cohabitation techniques.

AIT – REDECISION THERAPY ON THE ENERGETIC LEVEL APA, ASWB, NBCC

Advanced Integrative Therapy is an integration of Jungian psychodynamic therapy and energy psychology. It works with the major energy centers in the body to clear trauma that is stuck in the body in order to free the person for new behavior. It uses a similar process to Redecision Therapy but on the energetic level.

Vann S. Joines, Ph.D., TSTA is President and Director of the Southeast Institute in Chapel Hill, NC, an Approved Supervisor of AAMFT, and Licensed as a Psychologist and a Marriage and Family Therapist.

THE ENHANCEMENT MODEL: THE COUNSELOR’S WAY OF DOING PSYCHOTHERAPY APA, ASWB, NBCC

The Enhancement Model developed by Dr. Krieger has become the philosophical underpinning of the mental health counseling field and underlies much of the counseling certification in TA. The Enhancement Model questions the medical model, the psychological model and the humanistic model of mental illness and proposes that pathology is ineffectiveness in some or many areas of your life. Come prepared to laugh a lot, learn a lot and to start using what you learn.

William Krieger, EdD is a past president of AMHCA and was named national Clinical Counselor of the Year. He is a past chair of the Academy of Clinical Mental Health Counselors. He served 6 years as Editor of The Script and has served on the boards of both ITAA and USATAA. He is a Clinical Transactional Analyst. He is retired and enjoying his life with Enid. Come see what a "used to be" has to offer a "wanna be" or a "currently are."

HEALING PTSD WITH BASIC HUMAN NEEDS APA, ASWB, NBCC

In our daily lives, how well we meet our basic human needs affects how well we solve our individual, relationship, and family issues. We all are wounded by traumas of all types. Some of these traumas we carry with us into our problem-solving style. This workshop is designed to help you meet your basic needs so that you will bring your best to the resolution of self and relationship issues.

Chuck Holland has been in private practice as a counselor since 1972. He encourages self- actualizing soul art while emphasizing Basic Human Needs. Chuck attended training at Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy in 1973 with Bob and Mary Goulding. As a retired USAFR Colonel whose field was Aircraft Maintenance and Logistics he knows management of people at every level. Chuck is also the Founder and Innovation Catalyst of the 7Institute, an institution that leads training and think tanks for peaceful/visionary people.

MY WHOLE LIFE IS PLAN B – LEARNING TO BE, TO THINK, AND TO ACT WITH RESILIENCE APA, ASWB, NBCC

Learning to be, think and act with resilience is the "name of the game" in this ever-changing world. Personally, if my parents hadn't "screwed up," I'd not have had such a rich, fulfilling life. Grateful among the aggravations, a flexible vision helps me make lemonades out of lemons.

Valerie Lankford has been a Clinical Teaching Member for too many years to count. In Eric Berne's San Francisco TA Seminar, she learned to love TA, take it seriously and live with it playfully.

THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE AND INTIMACY: PRE-SESSION VIDEO SCREENING

Bob Avary

See afternoon for workshop description. Participants are invited to attend this video screening in preparation for the workshop.

1:30 - 3:00

THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE AND INTIMACY ASWB, NBCC

Many believe there are ONLY two feelings that we feel and express; Love and Fear. In this program we will examine the long term effects of both. In the first part of the program we will examine and experience our personal skills in the art of loving and experiencing intimacy and expressing love. (As a preparation for this workshop, participants are invited to view a video by Dean Ornish, M.D. on "The Healing Power of Love and Intimacy," offered in the preceding session).

Bob Avary, President and founder of Avary Growth Institute, Inc., is a regular presenter at the International Transactional Analysis conferences. His training material and articles are used in teaching Transactional Analysis in the U.S. as well as Australia, England, Canada, China, France, Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.

WHAT DO YOU SAY AFTER YOU SAY I DO? APA, ASWB, NBCC

Healthy, committed relationships are not accidental, and are not maintained without attention. In this talk, we will identify seven principles practiced in a healthy, committed relationship, and discuss how consistent practice of these principles increases emotional intimacy and decreases gaminess. They are: Honesty, Equality, Autonomy, Life, Emotional Availability, Responsibility, Sexual Fidelity and Fulfillment.

Rebecca Warren, LCSW, has over 35 years experience in psychotherapy, specifically TA and Redecision Therapy. She trained with the Gouldings and others, becoming a Clinical Member of ITAA in 1974. She is in private practice in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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3:15 - 4:45

HEALING COUPLES RELATIONSHIPS APA, ASWB, NBCC

Couples who are coming for therapy often do not know what the real problem is regarding the difficulty they are having so the therapy with them is partly education and partly helping them experience a more satisfying and fulfilling way of relating. We will describe the process we use in accomplishing this and give examples.

Vann Joines, PhD, TSTA is President and Director of the Southeast Institute in Chapel Hill, NC, an Approved Supervisor of AAMFT, and Licensed as a Psychologist and a Marriage and Family Therapist.

Jo Lewis, Psy.D is co-founder and director of the Center for Cooperative Change in Decatur, GA. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, and a Certified Transactional Analyst and Clinical TSTA in the International Transactional Analysis Association. She is a psychotherapist to individuals, couples, and groups, and an organizational and corporate consultant, trainer, and coach.

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1:30 - 4:45

Three-Hour Workshops

1:30 - 4:45

HEALING FACTORS IN THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP – A TA/GESTALT APPROACH APA, ASWB, NBCC

We will continue the rich tradition of integrating these two approaches, started by Bob and Mary Goulding. After summarizing the key elements of a healing therapeutic relationship, according to the outcome research, we will invite participants to engage in exercises and experiments to explore how a contemporary blend of TA and Gestalt can embody those key therapeutic elements to the benefit of practitioners and their clients.

Phil Joyce is a Gestalt psychotherapist, supervisor and tutor at Metanoia Institute UK and is co-author with Charlotte Sills of Skills in Gestalt Counseling and Psychotherapy(Sage 2010). He is also an accredited EMDR practitioner.

Charlotte Sills teaches at Metanoia Institute and Ashridge College UK. Publications include with Phil Lapworth An Introduction to Transactional Analysis (Sage 2011) coauthored with Phil Lapworth, and an edited book: The Relationship in Executive Coaching (Libri:2011) coauthored with Erik de Hann.

UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF INJUNCTIVE MESSAGES AND HOW THEY ARE RESOLVED IN REDECISION THERAPY APA, ASWB, NBC

I will present material on 25 separate Injunctions (referred to as "Injunctive Messages"). The classic list of Injunctions numbers 15, so this workshop will include 10 newly identified Injunctions. The handout will be a five page document dividing the 25 Injunctions into five categories. Those five categories are: SURVIVAL, ATTACHMENT, IDENTITY, COMPETENCE, and SECURITY. The general theme that resolves the Injunctions in each category will be presented.

John R. McNeel, PhD is a licensed psychologist in clinical private practice in Palo Alto, CA and a CTM of ITAA for over 35 years. He was on the faculty of the Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy for 20 years. He was Editor of the TAJ from 1980-83 and is a Founding Member and current Vice-President of the Redecision Therapy Association.

YOU REMIND ME OF SOMEONE I KNOW – USING BERNE’S THEORY OF GROUP IMAGO IN THE HEALING OF RELATIONSHIPS APA, ASWB, NBCC

Berne’s theory of group imago adjustment offers us tools for understanding both our own perceptions of self in relationship to others and other people’s ease or discomfort with us. Explore your own imago and trace a relationship through Berne’s stages of imago adjustments. This is an interactive workshop.

It is a new way of thinking about imago adjustment.

Jean Illsley Clarke is a longtime TA educator and author of books about group leadership and parenting. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Human Development. Jean has been awarded two honorary doctorates. The first, an Honorary Doctor of Human Services from Sierra University and the second, an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Concordia University, St. Paul, in the Spring of 2003. She is a teaching and supervising member of the International Transactional Analysis Association and a Nationally Certified Family Life Educator.

CODEPENDENCY, SYMBIOSIS, RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY: HOW DO THEY FIT TOGETHER?

APA, ASWB, NBCC

The process of the development of a relationship is parallel to the process of individual development and individual scripting about attachment and autonomy. This shapes the way each member of the couple deals with the inevitable changes that occur over time. The potential for locking in dysfunctional codependent patterns exists at every stage, as does the potential for script release, deepened communication, and mutually supportive individuation.

Jonathan B. Weiss, PhD, TSTA and Laurie Weiss, PhD, TSTA have worked together as psychotherapists, marriage counselors, coaches, TA trainers and management consultants since 1971. They are known for their use of regressive treatment techniques in an outpatient setting. They are the authors of Recovery From CoDependency: It’s Never Too Late to Reclaim Your Childhood. Laurie has authored four additional books.

Saturday October 29, 2011

10:30 - 12:00

PRACTICE FORUM: For People Who Treat Clients with PTSD APA, ASWB, NBCC

In this participatory forum, people will be asked to describe their work using TA or other methods in treating PTSD. Both invited presenters and those attending will have the opportunity to discuss case examples and address crucial issues in treating PTSD right now, such as

how trauma is experienced differently by people depending on their ability to process events, and their feelings about these events
how reliving trauma can actually lead to a resolution of events beyond what the person could control. We will look at the book "Emotional Intelligence" as a source.
veterans' experiences, and how substance abuse becomes a secondary trauma

Time is reserved at the end for summaries of what has been covered in the session. People are encouraged to continue their conversations with each other over lunch or throughout the day.

Gaylon Palmer, MSW, LCSW has been in private practice in Fair Oaks, CA for 30 years. She has served on the Coordinating Council of USATAA in the 1990's, and is a recipient of the M and M Award. She is currently President of the Board of Mental Health America, Northern California which is an advocacy non-profit agency serving five counties.

John Heath is the current ITAA President. He began his career as an Educational Psychologist and began formal TA training in the 1980’s. He has been training and supervising in TA since the late 1990’s, where he developed an interest in somatic process. In addition to private practice, he now works part time in a local hospital offering specialist psychotherapy for people experiencing chronic pain.

Vern Masse MA, LMFT, has worked with war veterans for 30 years, as well as with survivors of sexual trauma and other crimes. He is currently retired and volunteering with the American Red Cross and the Veteran's Administration's Modesto, CA Veteran's Center facilitating Anger Management and Sleep Improvement classes.

Chuck Holland, MA, CTA, has been in private practice as a counselor since 1972. He encourages self actualizing soul art while emphasizing Basic Human Needs. As a retired USAFR Colonel whose field was Aircraft Maintenance and Logistics he knows management of people at every level. Chuck is also the Founder and Innovation Catalyst of the 7Institute, an institution that leads training and think tanks for peaceful/visionary people.

MINISCRIPTS AND DRIVER BEHAVIOR: A POWERFUL THERAPEUTIC TOOL APA, ASWB, NBCC

It has been over three decades since Taibi Kahler first introduced his award-winning theory of Miniscripts and Drivers. This theory added a new dimension to our understanding of Scripts. We will be exploring its structure and uses in therapy and personal growth. A specific focus will be on getting quick results in bringing about client change.

Ray Quiett, PhD is Professor Emeritus of ECU, in private practice in Ada, Oklahoma and former President of the Oklahoma Counseling Association. He served 3 four year terms on the Licensed Professional Counseling Board for Oklahoma and 7 years on USATAA Coordinating Council. Ray has practiced TA for over 30 years.

A DEMONSTRATION OF BRIEF ERICKSONIAN SOLUTIONS AND REDECISION TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS APA, ASWB, NBCC

This presentation will demonstrate the utilization of the Ericksonian position on change within the framework of Redecision Transactional Analysis. Permission, co-creating a unique response, developmental meaning of symptoms and creating new responses to the environment will be illustrated using volunteers attending the program.

Janet Lee O’Connor, EdS, LISAC, LPC is a psychotherapist in private practice as well as a consultant and educator. Along with her training partner, Del Worley, she offers training for students and professionals through the Southwest Institute for Group & Family Therapy. Janet is an internationally known presenter and trainer, having achieved recognition as a Diplomate in Redecision Therapy. She is an instructor in Prescott College’s Master of Counseling Psychology Program and was recently appointed USATAA’s Rocky Mountain Regional Representative.

Del Worley, MC, LISAC, LPC is a psychotherapist in private practice. She is a clinician, consultant and educator. She is internationally recognized as an addictions specialist and has achieved recognition as a Diplomate in Redecision Therapy. Del teaches at Pima Community College in Tucson, AZ as well as in the Counseling Psychology Program at Prescott College. She is the current President of the Redecision Therapy Association.

LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF IN YOUR OWN BUSINESS WORLD NBCC

Drawing from his personal experience growing up scripted in a Texas entrepreneurial family and teaching entrepreneurship 35 years in Southeast Georgia, the presenter will explain and demonstrate experientially how people can better understand their business scripts and problems using transactional analysis and how they can conduct game-free case method discussions.

Richard John Stapleton, PhD, CTA is an emeritus professor of entrepreneurship and small business at Georgia Southern University. His latest book Business Voyages: Scripts, Schemata and Tools for Discovering and Co-Constructing Your Own Business Worlds was first published in 2008. Deborah Coleman Stapleton, MSOR is the co-presenter.

HELPING CHILDREN GET RID OF THE BUMPS IN THE NIGHT AND OTHER SCARY THINGS APA, ASWB, NBCC

With changes in health care law, insurance companies will require concise treatment plans demonstrating tangible results. Using Transactional Analysis with parents and their children suffering from anxiety disorders can produce dramatic, positive results in a timely manner. Transactional Analysis's simplistic language allows children to change their thoughts, feelings and behaviors regarding a disturbing situation.

Kimberly McClelland, LCSW is currently in private practice. In her nearly 30 years of practice, she has helped clients with a wide variety of issues, including working with children experiencing anxiety.

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1:30 - 3:00

TA AND THE TREATMENT OF PTSD APA, ASWB, NBCC

This workshop will describe treatment of PTSD from a TA/Redecision perspective. Techniques used to help survivors improve their sleep and change nightmares into dreams, resolve past traumas, and treatment alternatives for other PTSD symptoms will be described. Participants will be encouraged to discuss cases.

Vern Masse, MA, LMFT has worked with war veterans for all for 30 years, as well as survivors of sexual trauma and other crimes. He is currently retired and volunteering with the American Red Cross and the Veteran's Administration's Modesto, CA Veteran's Center, facilitating Anger Management and Sleep Improvement Classes.

CULTURE’S IMPACT ON ETHICAL PRACTICE APA, ASWB, NBCC

To be certain that standards of ethical behaviors are practiced, persons in authority need to be aware of how their own cultural beliefs can discount cultural beliefs of those they are helping. Responsible examination of those beliefs invite new decisions for appropriate, respectful, and empowering interactions. (1.5 Units of Ethics Continuing Education)

Ken Taber, MSW, M.Div., MS (abt), TA Practitioner consults, coaches, and counsels corporate-sponsored clients. His practices in TA psychotherapy, Episcopal clergy leadership, and sociology instruction converge in this presentation. He has been a member of ITAA since 1974.

3:15 - 4:45

USING TA IN YOUR COACHING PRACTICE NBCC

Join experienced coaches who will explain specific TA concepts that enhance their practice with clients. We will examine how the coaching profession has grown to address individual and organizational learning needs, as well as the role of TA and the human potential movement in laying the groundwork for this evolution.

Pat Allen, PhD is the founder of WANT INSTITUTE. She is a TransactionalAnalyst and has been a Marriage, Family and Child Therapist for 38 years. Dr. Allen is also a nationally renowned lecturer and the author of the best-selling books Getting to "I Do," Staying Married & Loving It, The Truth About Men Will Set You Free... andConversational Rape.

Catherine O'Brien, MFT is an Associate Director at the WANT Institute with Dr Pat Allen. Her background is in Organizational Training and Development. Catherine is the Pacific Regional Representative on the USATAA Council.

Lucy Freedman, CTA, has been using TA as a coach for decades in both personal and organizational settings. She has trained hundreds of technical professionals and managers as well as coaches and facilitators. Lucy is the developer of the Syntax model of effective communication and is a co-founder and member of the USATAA Council.

Carole Gesme (to be confirmed)

DUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN TA TRAINING PROGRAMS: HAZARDS AND SOLUTIONS APA, ASWB, NBCC

CTA counselors are taught to minimize dual roles with their clients, but are they similarly protected as ‘clients’ while learning TA concepts? This presentation addresses this question about the blurring of roles. It will also offer numerous strategies to develop an ethical training program with respect to managing dual relationships. The ITAA code of ethics is referenced. (1.5 Units of Ethics Continuing Education)

Dawn McBride, PhD is an associate professor/psychologist who has won numerous teaching awards. She is a student of TA under supervision. She teaches graduate counseling courses

HEALING WORDS: USING ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE APA, ASWB, NBCC

Both Freud and Eric Berne understood that great literary writers had a vital capacity to explain humanity and present new perspectives on human challenges. Janice will describe the ways in which she uses healing words, fiction, prose, and poetry to connect with the mythopoetic functions for growth and change, to aid people in making the personal changes and new decisions they want to make.

Janice Dowson has served as a Board member of the Canadian and British Columbia TA Associations, and currently as peer reviewer for the Editorial Board of the TA Journal. Teaching TA concepts for facilitating personal change in Canada for over 35 years, Janice combines her appreciation for the simplicity and depth of TA with her passion for literature and writing in her clinical work.

1:30 - 4:45

Three-Hour Workshops

1:30 - 4:45

RECONNECTING TO SELF AND OTHERS: INTRODUCING LOGOSYNTHESIS APA, ASWB, NBCC

Participants will learn basic principles of this unique energy psychology, and how and when to apply it in their work with themselves and others. The principles and method of this innovative system for dissolving self-limiting patterns will be discussed and demonstrated. These techniques facilitate healing, personal change, and re-connection to self and others,

Mary Goodman, Ph.D., PTSTA, has been a Certified Transactional Analyst since 2000. In addition to maintaining a private clinical practice in Halifax, Canada, she teaches Transactional Analysis, Logosynthesis, and Focusing in a variety of settings and locales.

Patricia North, M.Ed., is a certified and experienced Logosynthesis trainer and supervisor, as well as a TA-trained psychotherapist in private practice in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is the Director of the Logosynthesis Training Centre of the Americas, based in Halifax.

TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP NBCC

This workshop which has been successfully implemented with hundreds of CEO’s and employees, is a simple model for leading at work and home. It uses the concept of “Structure and Strokes” which in combination are key to implementing new programs and also leading successfully. It will focus on establishing rapport by stroking appropriately and diplomatically confronting when needed.

Abe Wagner Abe has been a TSTA for around 20 years. He has trained in 35 countries and 48 states in the corporate and non profit world. He is the author of: The Transactional Manager and Say It Straight or You’ll Show It Crooked. His DVD “Breaking the Communication Barrier” is one of the ITAA-listed DVDs. He often combines NLP with TA. His seminars are filled with excellent content and hilarious humor.

UNDERSTANDING THE SOMATIC AND UNCONSCIOUS FOUNDATIONS OF INTERPERSONAL PATTERNS APA, ASWB, NBCC

“Protocol” was one of Eric Berne’s rich but underdeveloped concepts. As a body-centered transactional analyst, the idea of protocol has deeply enhanced my understanding of how the nonverbal structures of familial and cultural patterns underlie our sense of well-being or vulnerability and the script patterns that subsequently develop. This workshop will present a theoretical exploration of protocol, followed by experiential exercises to help participants develop techniques for working with clients at this level of somatic and interpersonal structure.

Bill Cornell is a psychotherapist in an independent private practice. He is an author, trainer, and consultant interested in drawing on multiple models to enhance therapeutic efficacy.