three nights in this exciting city. We'll visit the wide boulevards and avenues of this bustling city. We'll discover the gracious charms of Melbourne - a sophisticated elegance, formal gardens to stroll through, broad, tree- lined avenues, stately buildings, shops and fine boutiques, charming sidewalk cafes, the delightful trams and markets. Melbourne is a haven for theater and fine arts, a culinary center, and a crazed sports capital!
Morning lectures.
Day 13, 14, 15. Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef. We'll fly once again on Quantas to Cairns - a beautiful subtropical area Our stay will include a boat trip to the pontoon station over the Great Barrier Reef and the opportunity to snorkel or scuba dive in this fantastic world renowned site. Cairns in Queensland is perfumed air, palm trees, beaches, exotic flowers, fig trees, giant bougainvillaea and an esplanade leading to the wharf—the gateway to The Great Barrier Reef. Morning lectures.
Day 15. September 21. Journey Home Today we fly home arriving in the U.S. the same day—gaining back the day we lost.
 
The Program and the Speakers
 
Kiri Te Kanawa: New Zealand Opera Star, Maori Art and Legend Virginia Howard, MS, LMAC, Psychotherapist and artist in private practice, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Man as Art: The Psychology of Self Adornment Bob Romano, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice, Pittsburgh, PA. Author Overkill and The Creative Age: Challenge of Change and Psychological Fare—A Psychologist's Cookbook.
The Sculptures of Niki de Saint Phalle—A Psychological Study of Universal Consciousness Marilyn Stolzman, Ph.D. Executive Director for the H.O.P.E. Unit Foundation for Bereavement and Transition. Diplomate in Clinical Hypnosis and in private practice since 1981 in Woodland Hills, CA. Marilyn is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
Sydney to Hobart Sailboat Race: Healthy Competition or Unconscious Death Wish Barbara A. Booth, M.S., C.R.C-M.A.C. Former Forensic Unit Chief for the New York State Office of Mental Health. Currently in full time private practice specializing in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, Major Affective Disorders, Chemical Dependency, Eating Disorders, and PTSD. Tonawanda NY.
A Poet's Unwitting Interpretation of Daoism, Psychoanalysis and The Talmud Marlene Gershman Paley, Ph.D. Faculty American Institute of Psychoanalysis, NYC. Private Practice Huntington, NY.
Struggle: A Psychological Study of The Art of Stanislav Szukalski—Poland's Greatest Sculptor . Natalie Zucker M.S. Ph.D. Licensed psychologist on staff Laguna Shanti, Support Group Leader for men with HIV & AIDS. Laguna Beach, CA
Shared Images: Aboriginal Art, Outsider Art and My Mother Sharon Delgado, MFCC, R.N. Private Practice Laguna Nigel, CA. Quality Analyst Blue Cross/California Workers' Compensation Medical Management Services, Costa Mesa, CA
Art Brut: Deconstructing The Art of The Mentally Disabled. Phyllis Stahl Crismon, Psy.D. LCSW, BCD.
Long Beach, CA
Charles Gounod: A Psychological Study of Mysticism and Pragmatism Mindell Woehr, M.A. Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Member Pennsylvania Psychological Association, New Jersey Psychological Association, American Psychological Association. Past President Southern New Jersey Chapter of Planned Parenthood. Author Psychological Woehrfare.
Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not After You: The Tragedy of Camille Claudel
Shiela Porter, Ph.D. Clinical and Forensic Psychologist in Private Practice, Denver, CO.
Conference Coordinators
Amy Vail, Psy.D. Psychologist. Alpine Village, CA.
Barry M. Panter, M.D., Ph.D. Author Creativity and Madness—Psychological Studies of Art and Artists and Thirty Three Poems for Mary Lou Private Practice Tarzana, CA

 
The Cost is $2575 per person double occupancy + airfare. Included: Welcoming and farewell dinners. All breakfasts, the trip to Milford Sound, the lecture presentations, coach transportation as needed for the transfers from hotels to airport and for the excursions, city tours of Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, the excursion to the Great Barrier Reef and other events. We have arranged through The Travel Station for the following special airfares. Los Angeles to Auckland to Queenstown to Auckland to Sydney to Melbourne to Cairns to Los Angeles — $1949 + tax. From San Francisco $2049. Add-on fares are available from other cities. Please contact The Travel Station 800 990 2292

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