New Existentialists to present at the Society for Humanistic Psychology Conference

There will be a number of presentations by various members the New Existentialists, along with Sayborok faculty, at the 5th Annual Society for Humanistic Psychology Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, March 29-April 1, 2012

They include:

1) Symposium: The Collective and the Individual in Humanistic Psychology: Implications of Moving Beyond the Individualist Bias (Louis Hoffman, Chair)

* Social Harmony and the Rebel: Engaging the Individualist-Collectivist Paradox - by Louis Hoffman (New Existentialist)
* The Tale of Two Cities: Humanistic Psychology within Cultural Context by Theopia Jackson (Saybrook Faculty)
* Me, Myself, and I vs. We, Ourselves, and Us by Nathaniel Granger
* A Taoist, Collectivist Approach to Leadership by Mark Yang (New Existentialist)

2) Symposium: Fatherhood: Personal, existential, and communal (Robert McInerney, Chair)

* Fatherhood: The Heightening of One's Existence by Louis Hofman (New Existentialist)
* Loving Father, Panicked Hypochondriac Father by Brent Robbins (New Existentialist)
* “Let the suffering begin:” Fatherhood as Celebratory, Sacrificial, and Communal by Bob McInerney

3) Poster Session: The Experience of Being Humanistic in Practicum and Internship Training in Psychology: Survey Results and Implications, by Nicole Caron, Chris Davis, Kirstie Doheny, Catherine Dunn, Amber Kaggie, Michelle Martin, Deborah Merchant, HeeSun Park, DeAnna, Waugh, & Louis Hoffman (The first 9 authors are Saybrook students)

4) “The Experience of Joy: A Dialogal Phenomenological Analysis” by Brent Dean Robbins (New Existentialist)., Brooke Burchette, AnnMarie Clark, Sara Crytzer, Tina Garrubba, Amanda Grove, Jennifer Kamann, Katy Krystyniak, Tiffany Lewis, Sarah Mays, Lindsey Nelis, LynnAnne Pellegrino, Natasha Richardson, Luke Romseberg, Amber Thompson, Monica Wallace, Kim Williams, & Stanley Zoufalik

5) “Drugging Our Children: Socioeconomic Factors in the Rise of Antipsychotics in Pediatric Patients” (C.E.) by Sharna Olfman, Ph.D. & Brent Dean Robbins (New Existentialist)

6) “’What’s Love Got to Do With It?’ Mindfulness, Compassion for Self and Other, and the Cultivation of ‘Enlightened Community’ (120 min.) (C.E.) by Donna Rockwell, (New Existentialist)

7) “Social Justice Counseling: A Constructivist Appraisal” (C.E.) by Jonathan Raskin (New Existentialist)

8) “Multidimensional Perspectives on Human Personhood: Balancing Measurement and Meaning in Differentiating the Goals of Persons from Corporate Interests in the Marketplace” by Mary Beth Morrissey, Ph.D., Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist), & Tina Maschi, Ph.D.

9) “Building a Humanistic Community” (C.E.) by Robert McInerney, Ph.D., Richard Bargdill, Ph.D., & Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist)

10) “Existential Themes Within the Tao Te Ching” (C.E.) by Mark Yang, Ph.D. (New Existentialist)

11) Panel Discussion on Existential Themes in Groundhog Day by Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist), Kevin Keenan, Ph.D., Salvatore Palazzolo, Ph.D., & Shawn Rubin, Psy.D. (New Existentialist/Saybrook Faculty)

12) Poster Session: The Lived Experience of Studying Psychology at a Humanistic Psychology Graduate School: A Cohort’s Experience of Saybrook University” by Helena Choi Soholm, M.A., & Jennifer M. Moss (Saybrook students)

13) “Ernst von Glasersfeld, Radical Constructivism, Empirically Supported Treatments, and Psychotherapeutic Change” (30 min.) (C.E.) by Jonathan Raskin, Ph.D. (New Existentialist)

14) “Martin Luther King’s Vision of the Beloved Community and Humanistic Psychology: Common Ground” by Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist), Royal Alsup, Ph.D., James A. Beshai, Ph.D., Nathaniel Granger, Jr., & Jennifer Selig, Ph.D.

15) “A Most Dangerous Manual: Division 32 President Symposium” by David N. Elkins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist), Frank Farley, Ph.D., Sarah R. Kamens, M.A., Jonathan D. Raskin, Ph.D. (New Existentialist), Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist), & Donna Rockwell, Psy.D. (New Existentialist)

16) “The Renaissance of Humanistic Psychology” A Dialogue Between Kirk Schneider (New Existentialist/Saybrook Faculty) and Robert Stolorow Facilitated by David N. Elkins (New Existentialist)

17) Futuring Humanistic Psychology facilitating by David N. Elkins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist), Robert McInerney, Ph.D., & Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist)

18) “Neurophenomenology and Its Applications to Psychology” (2 hours) by Susan Gordon, Ph.D. (Saybrook Alumni), Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist), Robert McInerney, Ph.D., Eugene Taylor, Ph.D. (Saybrook Faculty), & Olga Louchakova-Schwartz, Ph.D.

19) Planning the Future of Humanistic Psychology: An Open Dialogue Facilitated by Robert McInerney, Ph.D. & Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D. (New Existentialist)