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 See CV (pdf)

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).