First Annual Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association Conference
“Being Fully Human in the 21st Century”
Conference Schedule
February 9
Pre-Conference Workshop:
Humanistic Approaches to Working with Individuals from Oppressed & Marginalized Groups
Nathaniel Granger, Jr., Louis Hoffman, Beit Gorski, Francis J. Kaklauskas, Lisa Vallejos, H. Luis Vargas, & Ian Wickramasekera
6 CEs
Location (Note: The preconference workshop (Friday) and conference (Saturday) will be at different Naropa University Campuses):
Friday – Preconference
Nalanda Campus, Naropa University
6287 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, CO
Room 9235 (Upstairs)
| 9:30-10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-12:30 | Morning Session |
| 12:30-2:00 | Lunch Break |
| 2:00-5:30 | Afternoon Session |
February 10 (Conference)
Location: (Note: The preconference workshop (Friday) and conference (Saturday) will be at different Naropa University Campuses):
Saturday – Conference
Paramita Campus, Naropa University
3285 30th Street (Between Gleenwood & Iris)
Boulder, CO
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00-11:00 | Opening Ceremony
Opening Remarks Reconsidering Humanistic Psychology for the 21st Century (Presidential Address)—Louis Hoffman, PhD (Watch on YouTube) Indigenous Wisdom, Contemplative Perspectives, and Neuroscience as ways of Attracting and Empowering New and Diverse People into Humanistic Psychology (President-Elect Address)—Ian Wickramasekera 2 CEs |
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| 11:00-12:00 | Breakout Session 1:
Intentionally Inclusive Practices: Creating Safe Spaces for Minority Clients Lisa Vallejos, PhD 1 CE |
Breakout Session 2:
The Mystical, PanCultural & Transhuman Self of the 21st Century: An Ecstatic Drumming Journey for NonShamans Denise Curtis, MA, NBCC |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30-2:30 | Breakout Session 1:
Fluid: Spiritual and Clinical Considerations Working with Sexually Fluid Persons Jason Hays, PhD 1 CE |
Breakout Session 2:
Mitigation of Social Cooperative Emotional States on Well-Being: The Intersection of Embarrassment, Guilt, Shame, and Wellness Jason Rose, LPC, LAC, & Andrea McGrath, LPC, LAC |
| 2:30-3:30 | Breakout Session 1:
Working with Sexual Issues in Therapy from an Existential-Humanistic Framework Louis Hoffman, PhD, & Melissa Racho, PhD 1 CE |
Breakout Session 2:
Being Fully Human Through Appropriate Use of Humor in Counseling Claire Critchlow, EdS, LPC, NCC, Connie Couch, MEd, LPC, & Allie Hauck, MA, LPCC |
| 3:30-4:30 | Breakout Session 1:
Eroticism in Group Jenna Noah, MA, PhD (Cand.), LPCc |
Breakout Session 2:
Suicide in the 21st Century: Results from a Study on Adolescent’s Opinion on Suicide Matt Thelen, PsyD 1 CE |
| 4:30-5:30 | Breakout Session 1:
21st Century Vistas in Therapeutic Healing & Consciousness Expansion through Psychedelics Carla Clements, PhD |
Breakout Session 2:
6 Years to Make This Pot: Working with Life Threatening Illness Through Art-Based Contemplative Inquiry Michael A. Franklin, PhD 1 CE |
| 5:30-7:00 | Supper Break | |
| 7:00-9:00 |
Awards Ceremony followed by Poster Session and Social Award: Emory G. Cowan, Jr. and Susan Cooper Lifetime Service Award presented to Emory G. Cowan, Jr. and Susan Cooper Awards Presentation Awards Presentation Poster Session: Viewing Life Through Death: How a Generation Copes with Mortality Salience Using Fatalistic Humor Finding the Good in Death: New Directions in Terror Management Theory and Mortality Awareness Research Book Giveaway |
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