Ritual Abuse And Extreme Abuse Clinician’s Conference 2012

A one day conference preceding our regular conference will be open to licensed practitioners in related fields to discuss issues in working with clients suffering from ritual abuse and extreme abuse symptoms. Students studying in related fields and retired licensed practitioners may write smartnews@aol.com by e-mail for more information.

Internet conference information is available at: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/ritual-abuse-and-extreme-abuse-clinicians-conference-2012/

Information about last year’s clinician’s conference is at http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/ritual-abuse-and-extreme-abuse-clinicians-conference-2011/

The conference will be held on August 10, 2012 from 9 am until 5 pm at the DoubleTree near the Bradley International Airport, 16 Ella Grasso Turnpike Windsor Locks, CT. A free shuttle is available to and from the airport.

A free lunch buffet will be available to all conference participants. The cost of this conference is only $50 and limited seating will be available, so please register as soon as possible.

Registration is not guaranteed, so before making any travel arrangements, please contact smartnews@aol.com by e-mail, sending your professional qualifications. Due to the nature of the information being discussed, all conference proceedings will be confidential. Handouts and materials will be available for participants to take home.

Conference Registration
(Please read the entire brochure before registering.)

After approval, please mail this registration form and checks (made out to S.M.A.R.T., US Banks only please), money orders (US) to: Clinician’s Conference, c/o S.M.A.R.T., P O Box 1295, Easthampton, MA 01027 USA

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Refund Policy: Fees will not be refunded after July 10, 2012. Please send us written notice. Refund will be minus $25.00 deposit per registree.

Conference Schedule – Friday, August 10, 2012
(Please note : this schedule may be subject to change. Please write us for the latest schedule.)

8:30 am – Registration

9:00 am - Ginny Fouts, LPC, LMFT and Kim Troyer, LPC – How Intentional Use of Classical Conditioning Techniques Creates Dissociative Identity Disorder in Young Children

10:30 am - Shamai Currim PhD – What is Integration and What Role Can Transpersonal Psychology Play?

12:00 pm – Complimentary Lunch

1:00 pm – Alexandra – The Healing Aspects of Abuse.

2:30 pm – Lee Schwecke – Working with Inpatient Survivors of Violence and Trauma

4:00 – 5:00 pm – Closing Discussion

Speakers and Biographies
Please note: Listing of these speakers does not necessarily constitute our endorsement of them.

Shamai Currim PhD is a retired therapist, educator, and educational consultant. She continues to work with survivors and has been involved with children and families with special needs, AIDS hospice, and Prison communities. She presently sits on the Board of Directors of Survivorship and the Steering Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis. Her topic is: What is Integration and What Role Can Transpersonal Psychology Play?

Ginny Fouts, LPC, LMFT, is founder of Innovative Therapies LLC. Mrs. Fouts has worked in the mental health field for 30 years in a variety of settings. She has experience helping individuals, couples, adolescents and groups, along with a wide-range of training working with those who have experienced severe trauma. Over the years she has seen counseling bring healing to many lives and relationships.

Kim Troyer, LPC, has worked in a variety of locations dealing with family crisis and trauma. She has worked in a hospital setting for many years helping families through their issues and walking them through the process of finding solutions for their continuing care. She opened her private practice several years ago to help those who are struggling with extreme abuse, DID and mind control. She speaks and sings at many conferences about her own abuse through SRA and mind control.

Ms. Fouts and Ms. Troyer’s topic is: How Intentional Use of Classical Conditioning Techniques Creates Dissociative Identity Disorder in Young Children

Alexandra is a multi disciplinary therapist. She incorporates various types of energy work, muscle testing, NLP, essential oils, and color into her cognitive behavioral therapy practice. She has an M. A. in Counseling Psychology and has been working with ritual abuse survivors for over 20 years. Her topic is: The Healing Aspects of Abuse.

Lee Schwecke has been a psychiatric nursing educator for 38 years and a staff nurse in an inpatient psychiatric facility for 24 years, working with survivors of violence and trauma. She co-authored 5 editions of a psychiatric nursing textbook and is a contributor to the 6th edition. These include her chapters on Survivors of Violence and Trauma. She has published 2 editorials on the same topics in a national psychiatric nursing journal. Her topic is: Working with Inpatient Survivors of Violence and Trauma

Transportation
There is a free shuttle to and from the airport. Hotel parking is available at no charge for those attending the conference. Conference sponsors, etc. assume no responsibility for ground and/or air transportation arrangements. Conference sponsors cannot assume responsibility for additional expense or losses due to illnesses, cancellation of flights, strikes or other causes.

Attendance Policy
Presentation of a picture ID will be required of all conference participants, unless prior arrangements are made. This is for the protection of all participants. The conference is educational and not intended as therapy or treatment. Conference sponsors, cosponsor, speakers, organizers and exhibitors assume no responsibility for any reactions resulting from attending our conference. Statements made and materials exhibited and distributed by attendees, speakers and exhibitors are their own and don’t necessarily represent the policies or views of conference sponsors, cosponsor, speakers, exhibitors, organizers or attendees. Children are not permitted to attend the conference. S.M.A.R.T. and its representatives also reserve the right to remove anyone from the conference at any time. Photographing, audio taping and videotaping without written permission from S.M.A.R.T. are prohibited.

Accommodations
Room rates for Friday night at the DoubleTree Hotel at Bradley International Airport (CT) are $89 a day for one person (not incl. tax), please mention the SMART 2012 conference to get the special rate. This rate is guaranteed until 7/22/12 or all rooms at the special rate are gone. Call 860-627-5171 for information. The hotel has no information about the conference, other than room information.

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