CDCP :: conference2005 :: Centre for Diversity in Counselling and Psychotherapy

3rd Critical Multicultural Counselling Conference
June 27-28, 2005 at OISE/UT

Conference Sponsors:
Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology, OISE/UT
The Social Justice Cluster, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies, OISE/UT
Patrick Cassidy and Associates
The Toronto Women's Bookstore

Special Events Include:

The OISE/UT Lifetime Achievement Award for Cross-Cultural Counselling

and "In the Therapist's Chair" is Dr. Pittu Laungani

Keynote and other papers will be published in the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, as well as a special conference edition of Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 18(4).

DAY 1 Monday June 27, 2005	THEME: Loss, Change, and Grief
8:30 to 9:00 am	Registration
9:00 to 9:15 am	Opening and Welcome Smudging Ceremony - burning of sweet grass Anne Solomon Dr. Jane Gaskell (Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
9:15 to 10:45 am	Keynote Presentations: Grieving and Healing Loss and Grief in Aboriginal Communities: Determinants and Conditions for Healing Anne Poonwassie (CED Prairie Regional Centre for Focusing and Complex Trauma, Winnipeg) *Feminist Philosophy and Death* Dr. Samantha Brennan (University of Western Ontario)
10:45 to 11:00 am	BREAK
11:00 am to 1:00 pm	Keynote Presentations: *Death and Bereavement Across Cultures* *Religious Rotes and Rituals in Death and Bereavement: An Indian Experience* Dr. Pittu Laungani Disengagement and Reconstruction - A Jewish Approach to Death, Dying, Grief and Bereavement Dr. Norman Berlat (Rabbi, Baycrest Centre) The Islamic Way of Death, Dying and Bereavement: A Psycho-spiritual Perspective Imam Michael AbdurRashid Taylor (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) *A Death on the Roof of the World: The Perspective of Tibetan Buddhism* Dr. Uwe Gielen (St. Francis College, New York)
1:00 to 2:00 pm	LUNCH
2:00 to 3:00 pm	Keynote Presentation: Death, Dying and Grieving in the Movies Dr. Fuat Ulus (Psychiatrist, Pennsylvania)
3:00 to 3:15 pm	BREAK
3:15 to 4:45 pm	Parallel Presentation 1 Experiential Workshop on Loss, Change and Grief Dr. Margaret Fisher (University of Toronto) Parallel Presentation 2 *Experiential Workshop: Traditional Movement Approaches to Coping with Loss, Change and Grief* Dr. Judy Silver (OISE, University of Toronto) Parallel Presentation 3 *Behaviour unto Death: The Reconciliation of Behaviour and Social Reality* Dr. Ronald Marshall (University of the West Indies, Trinidad) *'Teddy bears, flowers and crucifixes’: Individual death and collective response to trauma* Dr. Roy Moodley (University of Toronto) Reading from "Pray for the Scholars," two excerpts on funerals from a novel in progress, exploring funerals and death rituals for Holocaust survivor families and Jewish families more generally Dr. Bonnie Burstow (University of Toronto) Parallel Presentation 4 Grief and Loss in the Queer Community: Resiliency in the Face of Ongoing AIDS-related Multiple Loss Yvette Perrault (Director, AIDS Bereavement Project of Ontario) Allowing Bereavement: Supporting Client's Spiritual and Existential Processes Dr. William West (University of Manchester) Why Therapists Need to Take the Loss of Companion Animals Seriously Dr. Margaret Schneider (University of Toronto)
4:45 pm.	End of Day 1

DAY 2 Tuesday, June 28, 2005	THEME: Culture and Healing: Difficult Dialogues and Emerging Themes
8.30 - 9.00	Registration
9.00 - 9.15	Welcome and Introductions
9.15 - 10.15	Keynote Presentation: Building Multicultural Bridges: The Holy Grail or a Poisoned Chalice? · Dr. Pittu Laungani
10.15 - 11.15	Keynote Presentation: Empathy, Cultural Selves and Psychoanalytic Therapy · Dr. Alan Roland (Psychoanalyst, New York)
11.15 - 11.30	BREAK
11.30 - 12.30	IN THE THERAPIST'S CHAIR - Interview - Dr. Pittu Laungani interviewed by Dr. Lana Stermac (Chair, Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Department, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, U of T)
12.30 - 2.00	LUNCH (AND POSTER SESSIONS*)
2.00 - 3.00	Keynote Presentation: Psychology, Diversity and Social Justice: Beyond Heterosexism and Across the Cultural Divide · Dr. Beverly Greene (St. John's University, New York City)
3.00 - 3.15	BREAK
3.15 - 5.30	Parallel Presentation 1 · Healing from Inside Out: Connecting Indigenous Approaches to Today's Challenges in the Treatment of Complex Trauma (Anne Poonwassie - CED Prairie Regional Centre for Focusing and Complex Trauma, Winnipeg) · A Relational-Cultural Feminist Approach to Counselling Work with Women (Joyce Curry and Shirley Addison, Women's Brief Psychotherapy Centre, Toronto; and Dr. Niva Piran, University of Toronto) · Negotiating University Systems to Hear the Voices of, and Enhance Support for Black Men in Predominantly White Environments (Dr. John Wright, PhD., Cornell University) · The Joy of Gender: Community Driven Approaches to Working with Gender-Variant Clients (Hershel T. Russel, University of Toronto) Parallel Presentation 2 · Cognitive Behavioural Counselling in Functional Dyspepsia. Personality Traits and Expression of Anxiety and Anger in Functional Dyspepsia. A Comparison Between Northern and Southern European Patients: How Cultural Patterns May Affect the Effectiveness of Counselling (Dr. Isabel Rodrigues, Lisbon, Portugal) · The Practice of Healing: A Discussion into the Social, Spiritual and Behavioural Aspects of Treatment (Dr. Ronald Marshall, University of the West Indies, Trinidad) · Using the Eastern Wisdom of Mindfulness to Alleviate Caregiver Distress (Dr. Corey MacKenzie, University of Toronto) · Person Centered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Incorporating a Multi-Cultural Perspective (Dr. Nina Josefowitz, University of Toronto) · Hocus, Pokus: Superstitions in Psychotherapy (Dr. Ted Lo and Dr. Kenneth Fung, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,Toronto) Parallel Presentation 3 · Honoring traditional healing practices (Dr. William West, Manchester University) · Indigenous Women Healing Practices: Perspectives from Africa and Asia (Dr. Njoki Nathani and Kimine Mayuzumi, University of Toronto) · Morita Therapy: An Eastern Perspective for Action and Healing (Dr. Charles Chen, University of Toronto) · Multiple Pespectives of Health and Healing Among Portuguese Immigrants from the Azores (Dr. Susan James, University of British Columbia) · Exploring Traditional and Cultural Healing Among Chinese Immigrants: Canadian and American Perspectives (Dr. Joseph So, Trent University) Parallel Presentation 4 · Discussion of Client Centered Therapy and Cultural Difference (Marjorie Witty, PhD., Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago; and Sharon Mier, PhD., Cornell University) · Representation of 'Subjective Distress' in Canadian-Caribbean, Indian, and Sri-Lankan Clients (Deanne Edwards, Deone Curling, and Tara Mohanathas, University of Toronto) · Canadian Immigration Experience: A Conflict Between Dreams of Flourishing and Confronting Reality (Dr. Jeanne Watson, University of Toronto; and Salaha Khan, University of Toronto) ·Counselling and Cultural Support Services for AbOriginal People (Anne. M. Solomon, University of Toronto) · Voices from the Back of the Bus: Towards an inclusive model of multicultural psychotherapy (Dr. Roy Gillis, University of Toronto)
6.30 - 8.30	DINNER and Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Pittu Laungani at Faculty Club (41 Willcocks Street, Toronto) Guest Speaker: The Hon. Alvin Curling (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Queen's Park).