ISPS-US National Conference
ISPS-US National Conference 2022 Opportunity Through Experience: Psychosis, Extreme States, and Possibilities for Transformation
November 4-6, 2022, Sacramento, CA, or hybrid online!
Continuing education credits available: ACCME, ANCC, APA and ASWB.
Learn About Therapy with Extreme States
Scholarships Available for Early Career and Students for In Person Attendance! See Below
SPS Members are also going to meet as a group before and throughout the conference to discuss topics, ideas, meet with speakers and network!
Experience is an essential element of being human. Softly and subtly, or harshly, even relentlessly, it envelops and often enlivens us. Our reactions to experience reflect and create our emotional fingerprints, both defining and expressing who we are. Yet too often, these reactions to experience are pathologized, diagnosed and labeled rather than respected, especially if they are transpersonal, numinous, extreme, or exceptional. Experience can be filled with pleasure, ease and excitement, or it can bring hardship and isolation. Within every experience, however, lies opportunity.
While we all share some of life’s most basic experiences, our experiences can also set us apart. When that happens, we sometimes despair of ever being understood. Too often, what passes for “mental health treatment” involves the imposition of interventions that fail to take into account our experiential histories, the social and systemic contexts in which our lives have unfolded, and the relational worlds that were our first teachers and provide the fabric of our days. Yet there are also times when we delight in the coming-together that is the result of deep listening. Opportunities for transformation are all around us, whether those occur in treatment settings, through the arts, or in our encounters with others with whom we feel able to share stories and perspectives.
In 2022, we will feature a special series of events that will introduce the next generation of clinicians to the act and art of discovering opportunity in extreme states through the provision of deeper listening. We fully expect this conference to occur in person, but we also plan to take advantage of our newfound electronic savvy to include an online option, allowing participants and speakers to join us from around the world.
Registration ranges from $60 for virtual tickets, and $120 for in-person. 10% early bird discount available until October 4th.
Register here.
Scholarships
The Sacramento Psychoanalytic Society is honored to provide $150 scholarships to students and early-career mental health professionals who would like to attend this year's International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS) conference. The conference is taking place this year in Sacramento, and is an extraordinary opportunity to learn more about psychosis and hear from prominent professionals in the field.
The conference is a three-day event taking place November 4th-6th. Agenda details can be found on the ISPS website: https://www.isps-us.org/upcoming-conferences.php Note that the scholarship partially covers the cost; see the ISPS website for details on pricing.
To apply for a scholarship, submit your name and contact information to Sacramento Psychoanalytic Society (SPS) via this link: https://forms.gle/QSWyPP6WvcY64sjp8 Applications open on October 1st and are awarded on a first come, first-served basis. Scholarship recipients will be recognized over lunch on Saturday, November 5th, and will have an opportunity to meet members of the SPS Board, including Dr. John Thor Cornelius.
Once again, Sacramento Psychoanalytic Society is delighted to help students and early-career mental health professionals increase their learning and, in turn, better serve the communities they work with. For more information regarding our non-profit organization and other upcoming events, please see our website: www.sacpsychoanalytic.org
Feel free to direct further questions to Elio Gutiérrez-Montoya at egutierrez@ucdavis.edu
We look forward to seeing you at the conference or at a future event!
