WAPCEPC Conference Program Part-B LOCATIONS Pre Conference Columbia School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Avenue (at 121 Street) New York, NY, 10027 Conference CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) New York, NY 10016 nypcrc.org/pce2016 World Association for Person Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counseling www.pce-world.org SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Neils Bagge, Denmark Michael Behr, Germany Art Bohart, USA Francisco Cavalcante, Brazil Jeffrey Cornelius-White, USA (Chair) Leslie Greenberg, Canada Paul Greenman, Canada Yasuko Kanamori, Japan & USA Wolfgang W. Keil, Austria Veniamin Kolpachnikov, Russia Martin Lange, Argentina Germain Lietaer, Belgium Tricia McCann, Australia Anna Karynne Melo, Brazil Salvador Moreno, Mexico David Murphy, UK Georgeta Niculescu, Romania Maureen O’Hara, USA Jean-Marc Randin, Switzerland Daniela Roes, Czech Republic Yasuhiro Suetake, Japan Gerhard Stumm, Austria Marcia Tassanari, Brazil Ladislav Timulak, Ireland, Slovakia Greet Vanaerschot, Belgium Margaret Warner, USA Jeanne Watson, Canada Alberto Zucconi, Italy World Association for Person Centered & Experiential CONTACT US Psychotherapy & Counseling nypcrc.org/pce2016 [email protected] www.pce-world.org 2 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Dr. Natalie Rogers and Dr. Sue Ann Herron Dr. Sue Ann Herron Dr. Sue Ann Herron (www.personcenteredexpressivearts.com) will present “Natalie Rogers’s Life and Work: An Experiential Psychology of Self-Realization Beyond Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.” This is a historical and biographical study of the psychotherapist Natalie Rogers, her work in person-centered expressive arts therapy, and her place in psychology. The study answers the question, “Why is it important for psychology to have a scholarly biography of Natalie Rogers’s life?” Pivotal life events from 1956-1996 are explored: her early married life and ensuing crisis in her marriage, Abraham Maslow’s early influence on Natalie’s life choices, her Masters work at Brandeis, her early feminist influences, the workshops on the person-centered approach with her father, Carl Rogers and her changing relationship with him, and the development of her unique approach to person-centered expressive arts therapy. Natalie Rogers In Memoriam 1928 to 2015: Honoring the Life and Work of Natalie Rogers, presented by Sue Ann Herron Dr. Natalie Rogers was a strong supporter of this conference. To honor her life and work, her colleague and official biographer, Dr. Sue Ann Herron (www.personcenteredexpressivearts.com) will present “Natalie Rogers’s Life and Work: An Experiential Psychology of Self-Realization Beyond Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.” This is a historical and biographical study of the psychotherapist Natalie Rogers, her work in person-centered expressive arts therapy, and her place in psychology. The study answers the question, “Why is it important for psychology to have a scholarly biography of Natalie Rogers’s life?” Pivotal life events from 1956-1996 are explored: her early married life and ensuing crisis in her marriage, Abraham Maslow’s early influence on Natalie’s life choices, her Masters work at Brandeis, her early feminist influences, the workshops on the person-centered approach with her father, Carl Rogers and her changing relationship with him, and the development of her unique approach to person-centered expressive arts therapy. Historical and biographical research methods provide the opportunity to explore the entire realm of Natalie’s lived experiences. The presentation draws from a total of 61 hours of archival material consisting of 25 interviews previously collected with Natalie Rogers, including one digital video interview, plus 19 interviews with Natalie’s colleagues, family, and friends. Additional data comes from Carl Rogers’s archival documents from the Library of Congress and a substantial collection of books, articles, photographs, letters, art jour- nals, artwork, and other ephemera from Natalie Rogers’s own personal archives. Sue Ann’s presentation includes photos of Carl, Natalie and images of the expressive arts work as it is experienced. Dr. Herron is director and Executive Faculty of the Person-Centered Expressive Arts Program, Meridian University and is on the facul- ty of Existential, Humanistic, and Transpersonal Psychology at Saybrook University. She co-facilitated PCEAT training programs with Natalie Rogers for psychology students, educators, counselors, and healthcare professionals from around the world. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at AgeSong’s Gero Wellness program providing clinical services for elders, and worked with bereaved children. Dr. Herron co-authored chapters in the following 2016 publications: “Cutting-edge person-centred expressive arts.” In C. Lago & D. Churara, eds. Person Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook: Origins, Developments and Contemporary Applications. Maidenhead, UK: Open University/ McGraw-Hill, 2016. “Person-Centred Expressive Arts Therapy: An experiential psychology of self-realization.” In P. Wilkins, Person-Centred and experiential therapies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2016: 89-103. [email protected] World Association for Person Centered & Experiential CONTACT US Psychotherapy & Counseling nypcrc.org/pce2016 [email protected] www.pce-world.org 3 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Lifetime Achievement Award Dr. Eugene Gendlin Dr. Eugene Gendlin, founder of Focusing Oriented Therapy (focusing.org), will receive a lifetime achievement award. Dr. Gendlin was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1926. He and his family immigrated to the United States to escape the Nazis while Dr. Gendlin was still a child. He studied under Carl Rogers during the 1950s and received a Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Chicago. Dr. Gendlin’s theories impacted Rogers’ own beliefs and played a role in Rogers’ view of psychotherapy. After graduation, Dr. Gendlin became a professor of philosophy and psychology at the University of Chicago, where he worked until 1995. Dr. Gendlin founded The Focusing Institute in 1986 to facilitate training and education in Focusing to academic and professional communities and to share the practice with the public. He has been honored by the American Psychological Association (APA) four times, and he was the first recipient of the APA’s Distinguished Professional Psychologist of the Year award. In 2007 Dr. Gendlin was honored with the Viktor Frankl Award of the City of Vienna for outstanding achievements in the field of meaning-oriented humanistic psychotherapy. Dr. Gendlin was a founder of the journal, Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice, and the author of several books, including Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning (1962), and Focusing (1978), which has been translated into 17 languages. World Association for Person Centered & Experiential CONTACT US Psychotherapy & Counseling nypcrc.org/pce2016 [email protected] www.pce-world.org 4 WORKSHOP Carl Adams Carl Adams is a master in special education (Orthopedagogiek) and a person-centered, emotion focused psychotherapist. He is a lecturer at the Artesis Plantijn College in Antwerp (Belgium). He is a staff member of FMS (Focus on Emotion vzw) for the 3 year course counselor/coach. He is a trainer Rock and water and a trainer in Krav Maga (specialized in anger management and in self-defense for the caregivers). He also works in an private practice. Psycho-physical training for adults Abstract In this 90 minutes workshop, I will give a brief overview of the content of the full nine hour (1 full day or 3 evenings) training course is designed for adults who have difficulties in dealing with their emotions and in interaction with others. The training is experiential and there is a focus on the process of the participant. The full course is a training in a small group of 12 participants with two trainers. The central aim of this training is to improve the self-awareness, self-control and the self-confidence of the participants. This training is an introduction and must help the participant to decide what is needed in his/her individual process. We would start with an intake interview were we find out whether this training is appropriate for the participant. The training contains theoretical background information, time for reflection and lots of exercises. After the training there is always one follow up interview. The program Rock and Water developed by Dutch educationalist Ykema Freerk has inspired me. This program is a psycho-physical training for boys and girls in primary school, secondary school, youth work, mental care and children with autism spectrum disorders. In the workshop, we will have a lot of time to experience the exercises. All exercises have a connection to the central aim of the training. The exercises in the program have always the aim to help the participant to experience what really happens. For example: what is your experience when somebody comes too close, or when you hold your breath. We help the participants also to reflect on their ‘emotional housekeeping’. Some questions can help: what is an emotion? What is the history, what is the psychical reaction, what is the need? Delinstraat 37 2060 Antwerpen Belgium [email protected] World Association for Person Centered & Experiential CONTACT US Psychotherapy & Counseling nypcrc.org/pce2016 [email protected] www.pce-world.org 5 PAPER SESSION Niels Bagge Niels Bagge, cand. psych. (Master of Clinical Psychology) from University of Copenhagen, licenced psychologist in Denmark, specialist and supervisor in psychotherapy from The