Creativity & Madness
Santa Fe, NM February 14-17, 2008
The Program
Thursday February 14, 2008
8:30am Welcome Barry Panter, M.D.
8:35 The Portrayal of Women in early American Popular
Music ... From the Poor Waif to the Red Hot Mama with a Sainted Mother
in Between Annie Hagerty, LCSW
9:30 A Distorted Reality Is a Necessity to Be
Free: the Life and Times of Elliot Smith Greg A Scharf, MFT & Eric Scharf
10:45 Paintings of de Kooning and other Artists Before
and After Strokes Mary
Baures, Ph.D.
11:45 Madness in Classical Literature Julie Strong, MD
2:30-4:30 Discussion Groups Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Friday February 15
8:30 Abbie Hoffman aka Barry Freed Revolutionary Organizer;
Political Activist Barbara Booth, Ph.D.
9:30 Understanding Tragedy though the movie Passion Fish
Matthew Alexander, PhD
10:45 The Life & Death of The Little Prince: A Psychological Study
of Antoine de Saint-Exupery Godfrey Ripley, MD
11:45 Beyond the Haunting Melody: Psychoanalytic Experiences in
Life and Music Edward Applebaum, Ph.D & Barry Panter, MD
Saturday February 16
8:30 Native-American Narrative Therapy & Bipolar Disorder
Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD
9:30 Identity & Actualization in the Life and Work
of Robert Rivera
Fabian Ulitsky, MeD
10:45 Women's individuation through the Life Cycle: The Life
and Music of Laura Nyro Joann Lutz, LICSW
11:45 Using the Creative Self in Healing Trauma of Childhood
Terri Linn Wagner, MFT
Sunday February 17
8:30 Psychological Causes of Cancer & Severe Medical Illness James Schreiber,
MD
9:30 Paul Klee and The Effects of Scleroderma on Art Henry
Claman,MD
10:45 The Psychogenesis of Suicide as Portrayed in Melville's Bartleby,
the Scrivener (available for free download
at www.gutenberg.org/etext/11231) Michael Sperber, MD.
11:45 A Soul's Dark Night; Depression, Madness and Transcendence
Susan Rangitsch, MA, PhD
Optional Workshop
Native American Ceremony and Ritual for The Modern World 9 Hrs of CE ($195)
Sunday Afternoon & Monday February 17 & 18
Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D. Ph.D.
General Information
Registration Fee $449
Fee for accompanying person attending the presentations $399
(Both earn Continuing Education credit)
All Registrations received after January 15th or at the door $549
We suggest that you register early to avoid disappointment.
The Conference will be held at La Fonda Hotel on the Plaza.
Continental buffet breakfast will be served to registrants.
for Further information please call 1 800 348 8441 or email barryp15@aol.com