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Program Schedule for the MaleSurvivor 2010 Conference
MaleSurvivor 2010 International
Conference
March 18-21, 2010 at
John Jay College / NYC
REGISTER NOW for the only conference dedicated to the needs and interests of both clinicians and survivors.
You will hear first-hand input from male survivors as well as discussions with psychotherapists, social service professionals, lawyers, law enforcement personnel, legal advocates, researchers, and educators.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE:
- Choose the workshops you wish to attend from the Program Schedule below
- Click on the link "REGISTER" and follow prompts
Pre-Conference Schedule
These special all-day Institutes are offered for an additional fee of $195 ($100 for individuals who register for "survivors only" institutes) The Regular Conference Schedule begins on Friday the 19th.
THURSDAY MARCH 18
ALL DAY PRE-CONFERENCE INSTITUTES (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)
Registration for the entire Conference opens at 7:30 am
8:30 AM - WELCOME
Jorge Ramirez
President, Male Survivor Board of Directors
INSTITUTE 1 FOR
SURVIVORS ONLY
Victims No Longer: A Recovery Workshop for Non-offending Male
Survivors (fee: $100)
Led by Mike Lew, MEd of The Next Step Counseling
in Brookline, MA.
Mike is the author of Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men
Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse and Leaping Upon the Mountains: Men
Proclaiming Victory Over Sexual Child Abuse. For more information about
Mike Lew, please visit The Next Step web site at http://www.nextstepcounseling.org
INSTITUTE 2 FOR
SURVIVORS ONLY
Creativity & Empowerment: Healing through Art, Writing and
Self Advocacy (fee: $100)
Led by Daniel Blausey MA, LCAT, ATR-BC and Ken
Followell, Treasurer and Past-President of MaleSurvivor
This institute is designed for survivors to integrate creative arts
therapy techniques and self advocacy solutions to further enhance the
healing process. An emphasis will be placed on educating participants
on the necessary steps to create a community support group and to gain
practical art based practices for self discovery. The day will include
art experientials, discussions, and presentation outlining the
successful implementation of a community support group. This workshop
is open to all survivors regardless of artistic talent or community
organizing skills.
INSTITUTE 3 FOR
SURVIVORS & PARTNERS
Sexual Addictions: Eroticized Shame and Anger (fee:
$100)
Led by Anthony Rodriguez, MSW,LISW,LCSW,BCSQ,CAST,Clinical
Director of The Men's Center, Davenort, IA and Mari Lee, MA,
MFT, CSAT, CDVT, Pasadena, CA
This institute will focus on the relationship between sexual trauma and
sexual addiction. The first half will focus on sexual trauma as it
relates to sexual compulsivity. Education on the mechanics of trauma
and sexual development and the formation of and the different types of
sexual addictions. The second half will focus on how the spouse/
significant other is impacted by the male survivor's sexual addiction.
Steps will be identified to support the spouse's own process of healing
and recovery.
INSTITUTE 4 FOR
SURVIVORS AND CLINICIANS
Building Places of Healing: Organizing Community-Based Survivor
Services (fee: $195)
Led by Steve LePore, Founder, Executive Director,
1in6 Inc. and Rick Goodwin, MSW, RSW, Co-Founder,
Executive Director, The Men's Project
This Institute will focus on the needs of health care professionals,
community activists and program managers alike in their need to
establish and maintain thriving male survivor services. Guidance will
be provided by various theoretical frameworks to support the twin
learning goals related to organizational and programming development.
INSTITUTE 5 FOR
SURVIVORS AND CLINICIANS
Effective Approaches for Treating Traumatic Stress and Addiction
(fee: $195)
Led by Denise Hien, Professor of Clinical
Psychology, Doctoral Program CUNY at City College and Adjunct Senior
Research Scientist, Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons,
Lisa Litt, Ph.D., Clinical Director, Women's Health
Project Treatment and Research Center, St. Luke's Roosevelt\Hospital
Center, and
Andrew Tatarsky, Ph.D. , Private Practice in New York
City specializing in integrative harm reduction psychotherapy with
substance users and their families
Mike Singer, Ph.D , Clinical Psychologist - Private
Practice in New York City
This institute will present effective treatments developed over
the past decade to address the complex overlap between trauma and
addiction. Our review of empirical findings on successful treatments
for this overlap will also explore necessary dimensions in the
treatment of male sexual trauma among those with addictions including
substance use as well as other forms of self-destructive and addictive
behaviors such as eating disorders, gambling and sexual compulsions. We
will include clinical case presentations and consultation from our
diverse team of experts.
INSTITUTE 6 FOR
CLINICIANS ONLY
Working with Survivors of Religious Abuse: Therapeutic
Challenges and Spiritual Issues (fee: $195)
Led by Mikele Rauch, MA, LMFT of Brookline
Psychological Services in Brookline, MA.
This workshop offers a therapeutic model that addresses the harm of
abuse by leaders of a faith community reaches to the core of the spirit
where often there is no longer a place for a god of love or a love of
what was once sacred. Participants will utilize treatment models of
body and authentic movement, and group process. They will identify
counter-transference in both its negative and positive aspects as well
as how to utilize mindfulness, language, laughter, and musical as well
as movement frameworks to address the inner life.
INSTITUTE 7 FOR
CLINICIANS ONLY
Sharing Our Clinical Work (fee: $195)
Led by Richard Gartner, PhD, Training and
Supervising Analyst and Faculty at the William Alanson White Institute
of New York and
Ernesto Mujica,PhD, Supervisor of Psycho therapy at
the William Alanson White Institute of New York and at the Clinical
Psychology Program of Teachers College, Columbia University
Participants, whether new to work with male survivors or very
experienced, will be encouraged to bring in case material for
discussion and consultation in a supportive, collegial environment.
Each institute instructor will present a case highlighting clinical
themes in working with male survivors with the main focus on
participants' case material. Key topics:working through symbolic
reenactments of trauma history and aspects of transference and
countertransference themes frequently encountered in work with male
survivors.
5:30 pm - Survivors' Debriefing
Hosted by Jorge Ramirez
Conference Schedule:
Pick one workshop and two alternates for each workshop period, one in the morning and one in the afternoon for each day. Then check these off on the registration site.
FRIDAY MARCH 19
Registration Opens at 7:30 am
WELCOME ADDRESS 9:00 AM
Jorge Ramirez
President, MaleSurvivor Board of Directors
Jeremy Travis, JD
President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Theoren Fleury
Retired NHL Hockey Player
FRIDAY MORNING
KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATION (9:30am - 10:30am):
DARE TO DREAM: Building a Healthy
Male Survivor Community One Weekend at a Time
Howard Fradkin, PhD Chairperson of the
MaleSurvivor Weekends of Recovery Facilitator Team
FRIDAY MORNING
SESSION A WORKSHOPS (11:00am - 12:30pm)
A1 The Role of Sexual Abuse in Sexual
Addicts and in Spouses of Addicts
Richard Blankenship, M.Ed., M.A., LPC, NCC, CCSAS
A2 The Story of Male Survivors and
the Secret Crisis Response Teams of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy: 309
AD to the present.
Patrick Wall, M. Div, LLM
A3 The Franklin Scandal: A Story of
Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal
Nick Bryant, journalist
A4 Advocating and Working with
Sexually Abused Men of Color: Cultural Fit, Outreach and Retention
Rommel Washington, LCSW and Dennis Tyson, B.A., MPA
A5 Using Contemporary Psychodynamic
Theories to Work with Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Ramona Alaggia, M.S.W., Ph.D and Faye Mishna M.S.W., Ph.D.
A6 Mental Health and Coping
Strategies of Men Sexually Abused in Childhood
Patrick O'leary, Ph.D. and Nick Gould, PhD
A7 Instinctive Writing: Opening the
Doors to Healing
David Stewart, author, and IT service manager; Sally W.
Clayton,complementary therapist, and Louise Kindley, LCSW
A8 Sexual Offending Facts and Myth:
Understanding adult sexual offending
Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSA
A9 FILM: "Boys and Men Healing"
First public screening
Q & A to follow showing of film with Kathy
Barbini, Simon Weinberg of Big Voice Pictures, and Mark Crawford, NJ
SNAP and Founder FIXTHELAW.org
FRIDAY MaleSurvivor MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND LUNCHEON (12:45pm - 1:45pm)
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FEATURE SPEAKER PRESENTATION (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
Mother-Son Enmeshment: When Closeness
Overwhelms
Kenneth M Adams, PHD
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
SESSION B WORKSHOPS (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
B1 Sexual Assault Behind Bars:
Dynamics, Impact, and Paths to Recovery
Shannon May, MTS
B2 Advocacy in Action: Advocacy in
Action: Educating, Assisting, Healing
Mark Crawford, NJ SNAP and Founder FIXTHELAW.org Matt Conaty and
Vicki Pollin, MA, NCC, LCPC
B3 Providing Online Support to Male
Survivors
Steve LePore. and Jennifer Wilson
B4 Women Who Molest Children: A Study
of 18 Convicted Offenders
William Carson, MA
B5 Living Out Loud (for Survivors
Only)
Shawn Westfall, Andrea Howe and Kellie Greene of SOAR
B6 Eliminating the Masochistic Double
Bind of "Survivor Therapists" (for "Survivor Therapists" Only)
Dale English, MS, CAS
B7 Hidden Secrets: Moving Beyond the
Shame, Anger and Betrayal Men Feel
Felix Amato, PHD, MSW and John MacDonald, Administrator for the
Pine Street Inn in Boston Massachusetts
B8 Introducing the Lion King to
explore men's experiences of childhood sexual abuse
Gary Foster, Soc. Wk (Hons 1) PhD (Uni Qld)
B9 A Collaborative Approach Combining
Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy and Alternative Healing Modalities
Louise Kindley, LCSW and Sally W. Clayton, Complementary Therapist
B10 Using Countertransference in
Working with Male Sex Abuse Survivors
Eli Zal, LCSW
B11 Somatic Empowerment as Antidote
to Dissociation
Paul Linden, PhD
B12 An Open Letter to the Bishop: A
queer reading of sexual abuse and Southern Christianity
Brian Ammons, Mdiv, M Ed
FRIDAY EVENING EVENTS
5:15pm - 6:00pm: Authors Reception and Book-Signing
5:15 pm - 6: 00 pm Survivors'
Debriefing
Hosted by Jorge Ramirez
6:15pm - 7:45 pm: International Panel
Hosted by Mike Lew
7:45 - 9:00pm : Weekends of Recovery
Alumni Reunion
(additional fee of $15)
SATURDAY MARCH 20
REGISTRATION OPENS AT 7:30 am
FEATURE SPEAKER PRESENTATION (9:00 am - 10am)
Cohesive Multiplicity: Living with
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Robert Oxnam, PhD
SATURDAY MORNING
SESSION C WORKSHOPS (10:30am - 12:00pm)
C1 Breaking the Dr William Ayres Case
of Child Sexual Abuse
Victoria Balfour, Investigative journalist and reporter
C2 Men, Trauma and Substance Use:
Understanding the Connections
Joe Ruggiero, PhD
C3 Male Sexual Assault : An
Investigators Perspective
Mike Belliveau, Detective, Calgary Police Service
C4 Pennsylvania's Survivors Speakers
Bureau
Mary Walsh, Executive Director of the Coalition of Pennsylvania
Crime Victim Organizations
C5 Using Somatic Experiences as
Therapy
Ed Ehrgott, Advanced Massage Practitioner, Licensed Massage
Therapist, Certified Sexological Bodyworker
C6 Boy Into Man: The Collateral Wound
of Male Sexual Abuse
Tom Rini, MA
C7 The Value of Schema Therapy for
Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Jeff Conway, LCSW-R
C8 Writing Your Story
Jennifer Storm, Executive Director. Dauphin County Victim/ Witness
Assistance Program
C9 Melbourne's Ground-Breaking
Couples Workshop for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Their Partners
Maxwell Clarke, BSW, South East Centre Against Sexual Assault,
Melbourne, Australia and ADen N Courage, survivor and his partner, Julie
C10 Lifting the Lid; Challenging the
Silence in New Zealand
Ken Clearwater,CSW, Survivor, Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust
(MSSAT), Christchurch New Zealand
C11 FILM: "Favorite Son"
First public screening
Q & A to follow showing of film with Director
Howard Libov, Film Director & Associate Professor, College at
Florham (FDU)
SATURDAY AWARDS LUNCHEON (12:15 - 1:45pm)
Honoring Outstanding Contributors to Male Survivors and Survivorship
Honoring Outstanding Contributors to
Male Survivors and Survivorship:
Fay Honey Knopp Memorial Award - Website team
{Currently comprised of Jim Austin (moderator), Michael Banks
(moderator), John Carson (Site Administrator), Peter Daniel
(Moderator), Allen Davis (Moderator), Nathan LaChine (webmaster),
Michael Milroy (Moderator), Andy Schmoldt (Moderator), Ron Schulz
(Moderator), Ken Singer (Moderator), Jeff Tubbs (Moderator)}
Mark Crawford Award - John Hardwicke
Richard Gartner Award - Jim Struve
Howard Fradkin Award - Paul Linden
Mic Hunter Award - Mikele Rauch
Ken Singer Award - Alastair Hilton
MaleSurvivor Partnership Award - St. Luke's Roosevelt
Hospital Crime Victim Treatment Center
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FEATURE SPEAKER PRESENTATION (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
Identifying the Enemy: Where is
Responsibility for the Harm that Continues
Larry Lessig, JD, Harvard Professor of Law
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
SESSION D WORKSHOPS (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
D1 Walking Wounded: Sexual Assault in
America's Military
Mic Hunter, PsyD
D2 Survival of the Fittest:
Addictions and Detatchment as Emotional Survival
Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT
D3 Male Peer-to-Peer Support Groups:
A Model for Healing
Paul Perret and Ken Followell
D4 Mommy Nearest: Mother-Son Incest
and Its Impact on Adult Males
Joe Kort, MA, MSW, LMSW
D5 Recovering for Male Survivors:
Exploring New Directions
Mike Lew, MEd
D6 Understanding African American Men
/ Boys and the Difficulty They Face Accepting & Seeking Help for
Their Life of Sexual Abuse
Robert Jones
D7 Complex Traumatic Stress
Disorders: Advances in Conceptualization and Evidence-Based Treatments
Christine Courtois, PhD
D8 Breaking the Cycle of
Self-Defeating Behaviors
Ken Singer, LCSW
D9 It Doesn't Have to Hurt Forever:
Using Somatic Experiencing to Heal Trauma
Scott Whipple, LCSW, ACSW
D10 Trauma Releasing Exercises:
Release of Deep muscular Tension for Male Survivors
David Berceli, PhD
SATURDAY EVENING EVENTS
5:30 - 7:00 pm "Profiler Profiled" -
an FBI Profiler is forced to reveal his darkest secret... Video and
Live Presentation by
Jim Clemente, Supervisory Special Agent, JD, FBI Profiler (Ret.)
5:30 pm - 7: 00 pm Survivors'
Debriefing
Hosted by Jorge Ramirez
7:15 - 8:15 pm Drumming Circle - The drumming circle will use the power of rhythm-based music to enhance the therapeutic effects of group prcess. Ricardo Torres, LCSW
8:15 - 10 pm Social mixer with DJ
Michael Jung
(additional fee of $20)
SUNDAY MARCH 21 - MORNING 1
SESSION E WORKSHOPS (9:00am - 10:30am)
E1 Lost In The Shuffle - Jewish Male
Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Vicki Polin, MA, NCC, LCPC, Michael Salamon, PhD, Joel DiAngelo,
and Asher Lipner, PhD
E2 Untangling the Web: Understanding
and Healing from Sex and Porn Addiction
Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT
E3 The Nuts and Bolts of Restitution
from Clergy Abuse: Legal Limits, Liability and Damages
Hartley Hampton, JD and Cindy Hide, JD
E4 PRISM: Creating a Collaborative
Community Service Response for Male Survivors
David Delay, MSW, RSW, Julie Pehar, DRT, BA, MEd, and Tom
Triantafillou
E5 Healing the Incest Wound: An Information Update
Christine Courtois, PhD s
E6 From "i" to "I": Survivor Identity
Development Using a Group Model
John Field, BA, MSc
E7 Straight Guise: Treating Sexually
Abused Heterosexual Men Who Have Sex With Men
Joe Kort, MA, MSW, LMSW
E8 Ascending to the Realm of Belief
and Hope
Steve Gold, PhD
E9 Group Glue: The Generative Power
of Thrive-focused Support Groups
Bob Faw, and Eric Lautzenheizer, Co-founder of Vital Cycles
E10 Helping Sexual Abuse Survivors
Get on the Road to Recovery
Rev. Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., and Rev. Kenneth E. Lasch, J.C.D.
E11 FILM: "Boyhood Shadows"
First public screening
Q&A to follow with Dr. Jorge Ramirez, Terri DeBono, Producer/
Co-Director and Steve Rosen, Director/Cinematographer
SUNDAY MARCH 21 - MORNING 2
SESSION F WORKSHOPS (11:00am - 12:30pm)
F1 Connecting the Dots: Pathways for
Male Sexual Abuse Survivors with Addictions
Rommel Washington, LCSW and Kay Johnson, LCSW
F2 Sexual Violence in U.S. Male
Prisons: Dynamics, Policy, and Practice
Jessica Mattingly, MS/EdS, NCC, & PsyD (candidate)
F3 Guilt: How to Reduce and Remove
Guilty Feelings
Steven Bevan, Founder of Survivors Swindon
F4 Eye Movement Integration: A
Sensational Brief Therapy Technique for Reducing the Effects of Trauma
Mike Deninger, PhD, LPC, NBCCH, CT-NLP & EMItm
F5 Easy Sex: Good Things to Know
about Male Sexual Functioning, Aging, and Erectile Dysfunction
Medications
Bruce Frieden, PhD and Alexander Frieden, PsyD
F6 Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Men
who have Sex with Men, with a History of Sexual Abuse
Philip McCabe, CSW, CAS
F7 Countering the Misuse of
Anthropological Data
David C. Ryniker, Ph.D.
F8 Disclosure and Confrontation:
Getting Unstuck
Ken Singer, LCSW
F9 Having Fun: a Forgotten Aspect of
Recovery (for Survivors Only)
Caroline Benamza, Drama and Movement Therapist
F10 Partners of Survivors of Sexual
Abuse
Marcie Mitler, M.Ed.
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 12:30 - 2:00 pm
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FEATURE SPEAKER PRESENTATION (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
Identifying the Enemy: Where is
responsibility for the harm that continues? - Unto the Third Generation
Victor Vieth, JC, Executive Director of the National Child
Protection Training Center
SUNDAY CLOSING CEREMONY 3:00pm
Hosted by Jorge Ramirez
This conference is co-sponsored by The Institute on
Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) at Alliant International University.
IVAT maintains responsibility for this continuing education program and
its content.
IVAT is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to
sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
IVAT is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors
(Provider #5659).
IVAT adheres to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines.
IVAT is approved by the CA Board of Behavioral Sciences (PCE#33) to
offer continuing education for LCSWs and MFTs.
IVAT is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses to offer
continuing education for nurses (CEP #13737).
IVAT is approved by the State Bar of California to offer Minimum
Continuing Legal Education for attorneys (#11600).
IVAT is approved by the California Association of Alcoholism & Drug
Abuse Counselors (CAADAC) to offer continuing education for certified
alcohol and drug counselors (Provider# 1S-03-499-0109).
