3rd Annual Conference for the Society for Humanistic Psychology
Division 32 of the American Psychological Association
Humanistic Psychology, Psychotherapy and Action:
Transformation in a Time of Change
October 8-11, 2009
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Third Annual Humanistic Psychotherapies Conference will be held on the campus of The University of the Rockies in Colorado Springs, CO, October 8-11, 2009. We are now seeking proposals for presentations, symposiums, papers, and posters. This year’s conference will include an experiential track, a research/theory track, and two open tracks. Additionally, this year will be including an additional track during 1 or 2 days of the conference that will feature presentations on leadership, organizational leadership, and consulting. We hope to have a strong student representation at the conference and students are particularly encouraged to submit poster presentations.
The keynote speakers for the event will include the following:
cLeslie S. Greenberg, Ph.D., is Professor at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Director of the York University Psychotherapy Research Center, and one of the primary developers of emotion focused therapy (EFT) for individuals and for couples.
cTom Pyszczynski, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and his research centers on “experimental existential psychology,” especially terror management theory, which is informed by Ernest Becker’s work on death anxiety. He was recently ranked as the 11th most productive researcher worldwide in social psychology.
Please direct any inquiries about the conference to:
Louis Hoffman (louis.hoffman@rockies.edu; subject line Humanistic Conference)
Brent Dean Robbins (brobbins@pointpark.edu)
Conference Proposals can be submitted through one of the links below:
Conference Website: http://www.d32conference.com/
University of the Rockies: http://www.rockies.edu
Special Student Information:
In order to make the conference more affordable to students, we are working to set up free student lodging. If you are interested in this, please contact Matt Thelen (mlthelen@yahoo.com).