Our Location has changed to Harris Hall--(Gin D.) Wong Conference Center (see map and directions below)

Association for Humanistic Psychology Presents: 

Mindfulness in Psychotherapy: AHP 2012 Winter Conference at USC  

8 CEUs for the price of 3! Led by Mindfulness researchers, teachers, and practitioners with 60+ years experience, combined.

The event will be held in Harris Hall--Gin D. Wong Conference Center.  Wong Conference Center is located where the yellow highlight is on the Southwest corner of Harris Hall.  But please enter from the Front Courtyard of Harris Hall or from Exposition.

Should you need help locating the room please contact Koorosh Rassekh (pronounced: Core-'Roosh) at 310-926-3719

Saturday March 3rd, 2012  8:00am to 6:00pm

Program:
7:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. 
In person Registration

8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. 
Welcome, Introductions, AHP Orientation

8:10 a.m. - 9:30
Mindfulness-Based Meditation:  The State of the Art
Diane Gehart, PhD  Professor, MFT Program, CSUN  --  Check out her books: http://www.amazon.com/Diane-R.-Gehart/e/B001ILID04/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

To download Diane's Presentation PDF, click on the following:  http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/83439644?access_key=key-1wsnl705bioq6sq7yim2

9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Mindfulness, Culture, and Emotionally Focused  Therapy for Couples:  Paying Attention to Multilayered, Moment to Moment Interactions
Hiroshi M. Sasaki, PhD  Assoc Adjunct Prof, MFT Program, USC
June Shigeno, LMFT, Certified EFT
Karen Shore, PhD, CGP, ABPP

To download Sasaki, Shigeno, and Shore's Presentation PDF, click on the following: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/83585343?access_key=key-1jf5znmmg0lcn4b2qjzj

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Use of Mindfulness-Based Meditation in the Treatment of Substance Abuse
Koorosh Rassekh, MMFTI, Matrix Institute on Addictions

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Lunch (cafes located off campus on Figueroa)

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Living Well with Chronic Pain and Disease: Mindfulness-Based Approaches
Christiane Wolf, PhD MD Insight LA--Trained under Jon Kabat-Zinn

3:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C)
Randye Semple, PhD Assist Prof, Psychiatry, USC  --  Check out her book: http://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Based-Cognitive-Therapy-Children-ebook/dp/B005DXOL8G

To download Randye's Handouts, click on the following:  http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/83415469?access_key=key-19tqu8f6yz84plah27ci

5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Closing

8 Hours of CEU credit offered for MFTs, LCSWs, RNs, and Psychologists

The event will be held in Harris Hall--Gin D. Wong Conference Center.  Wong Conference Center is located where the yellow highlight is on the Southwest corner of Harris Hall.  But please enter from the Front Courtyard of Harris Hall or from Exposition.

Should you need help locating the room please contact Koorosh Rassekh (pronounced: Core-'Roosh) at 310-926-3719

Directions:  From the Harbor Freeway (110) South or North, exit at Exposition Blvd. Continue WEST on Exposition; turn RIGHT into Gate #1 at Watt Way. Turn LEFT after the guard shack and turn right at the next intersection (McClintock). Park in Parking Structure A, which will be on your left. Parking will be $8 (typically). Walk EAST along Bloom Walk to the Harris Hall. Enter through the front courtyard or from Exposition, and make your way to the Southwest Corner of the building to the Gin D. Wong Conference Center. Signs will be posted.

Other parking options are:  Parking Structures X or D, near corner of Figueroa and Jefferson. Gate 3, off of Figueroa, leads to Parking Structure X (across from the Radisson, Enter off of Figueroa Street at McCarthy Way), or Gate 4, off of Jefferson, leading to Parking Structure D (off Jefferson at Royal Street, across from the Shrine Auditorium).

Food:  No food or drink is provided in order to keep our costs low.  Please bring your own waters and snacks.  In the Tutor Center located just North of Harris hall, there is a Coffee Bean and Teal Leaf open 9am-3pm (not before we start, so make a Starbucks run), California Pizza Kitchen open 12pm-6pm, and Seeds Market (sandwiches, fruit, water, salads) open 9am-5pm.  There are additional cafes surrounding the Raddison, across Figueroa, if you are interested in having a sit down lunch.

The event will be held in Harris Hall--Gin D. Wong Conference Center.  Wong Conference Center is located where the yellow highlight is on the Southwest corner of Harris Hall.  But please enter from the Front Courtyard of Harris Hall or from Exposition. 

Should you need help locating the room please contact Koorosh Rassekh (pronounced: Core-'Roosh) at 310-926-3719

Link to Printable Campus Map: http://visit.usc.edu/uploads/upc_map_2010.pdf