Conference

Eighth Annual Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association Conference
“Experience, Story, and Trauma”
November 8-9, 2024
Colorado Springs, CO

Registration

Registration for the 8th Annual RMHCPA Conference is now open! Click here to register!

Conference Theme

Our conference theme is “Experience, Story, and Trauma.” We will consider presentations not directly connected to the conference theme; however, preferential consideration is given to presentations relevant to the conference theme.

Conference Schedule

NOTE: The Preconference Events on Friday morning and afternoon are at a different location than the Friday evening and Saturday events. 

Friday Morning/Afternoon at RMHCPA Building (1767 S. 8th St. 2nd Floor, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

9:00-10:00 An Existential-Humanistic Approach to Play Therapy (CE)
Shawn Rubin
10:00-11:00 Using Poetry to Facilitate Dialogues and Healing from Trauma Within Therapeutic Contexts

Nathaniel Granger, Jr.

11:00-12:00 I Am an Antiracist Superhero: Empowering Children Through

Social Justice and Mindfulness (CE)
Jennifer Bacon

12:00-12:30 Reading Emotions: Navigating Child Behaviors and Promoting Inclusive Representation

Joy Hoffman & Danielle Kleist

12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-4:00 Empowering Children and Their Families: Moving Through Clinical Paralysis in Cultural Trauma Dialogue (CE)

Theopia Jackson

Friday Evening at Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center (530 Communication Cir. Colorado Springs, CO 80905)

Main Room
4:00-6:00 Supper/Move to Mt Carmel
6:00-7:00 Indigenous Wisdom Perspectives on Healing Trauma (CE)

Ian Wickramasekera II

7:00-8:00 Awards Ceremony

·      Poster Award: TBD

·      COSPP Alumnus Award: Cathy Calvert, PsyD

·      Lifetime Achievement Award: Ron Valle, PhD

·      Student Humanistic Exemplar Award: Brittany Varisco

·      Emory G. Cowan and Susan Cooper Lifetime Service Award: Dick Gee, EdD

 

8:00-9:00 Poster Session

Saturday at Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center (530 Communication Cir. Colorado Springs, CO 80905)

Time Main Room Breakout Room (not available until 11:00 AM)
9:00-10:00 Cultural Perspectives on Cognitive Processing Therapy and Humanistic Therapy for Trauma (CE)

Nathaniel Granger, Jr.

10:00-11:00 Keynote Address: Humanistic Psychology’s Actualization as an Influencer in the Trauma Discourse

Theopia Jackson

11:00-12:00 Processing Election Debrief[1] Restorative and Gentle Meditation and Yoga

Ian Wickramasekera, II

12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Navigating Suicide with Presence (CE)

Megan Campbell & Justin Rock

Love in Lyrics Podcast: Supporting a Growth Mindset Through Lyrical Exploration

Lauren Skuba & Paige Sutula

2:30-3:30 Working with Existential Shattering and Trauma in Psychotherapy (CE)

Louis Hoffman & Jeff Singer

3:30-4:30 Literary Analysis as an Intervention: The Integration of the Humanities and the Clinical Practice of Psychotherapy (CE)

Melanie Grundvig & H. Luis Vargas

Intersectional Narratives of Meaning

Francis J. Kaklauskas

 

4:30-5:30 Sitting in Candlelight: Reflections on a Decade of Existential Supervision (CE)

Jason Dias

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Using a Humanistic Approach: A Journey Toward Self-Actualization and Beyond Symptom Relief

Pam Peters

5:30-6:00 Conference Closing

Asynchronous Presentation

Following the Psyche’s Threads: A Dream Journey through Complex Trauma Recovery

Sil Machado

Poster Presentations

A Longitudinal Content Analysis of Dreams

Ian G. Almond, T. Whitlow, N. Bianchi, C. Marché, C. McCann, & Richard W. Bargdill

 

Awe as an Antidote to an Epidemic of Isolation

Joseph Alexander Vanderhoff, Jeff Singer, and Olivia Michael

 

Body Mapping of Aesthetic Chills: Manuscript Analysis

Anompreet Bal

 

Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from the Perspectives of Neurobiology,

Attachment, and Antipsychiatry: A Comprehensive Approach

Siba Alzohaili

 

Connections Between Existential Issues and Disease Severity in People

Living with Diabetes Mellitus

Jonathan Sundby

 

How to Make Rain: A Psycho-Anthropological Content Analysis of Rain Ceremonies

Katie Leahy, T. Tannous, and Richard Bargdill 

 

What I See is What I Say: Subjective Reality In The Wake of Global Conflict

Allison Connors

 

[1] This is not promoting any political belief or party. We are aware that many people from political positions and affiliations are experiencing increased anxiety. This is an opportunity to find common ground and process anxiety related to the election.

Continuing Education Credits

The Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association (RMHCPA) has a collaborative agreement with the Society for Humanistic Psychology to provide Continuing Education Certificates for approved training events. Division 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology) of the American Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology) of the American Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

 Accommodations

Please reach out to Louis Hoffman for disability accommodations and for additional questions regarding continuing education programming. Email ce@rmhcpa.org (please note this is a shared email) or call at (855) 764-2721.