AGI
EVENTS 2008 - 2009
May
15-18, 2008
AGI's
20th Annual Conference Webcast (CE Credit: 27
hrs)
The
Academy for Guided Imagery in co-operation with 19 other
co-sponsoring organizations will present
“IMAGERY,
SUGGESTION, AND MIND/BODY MEDICINE: 2008.”
This historic
conference was initially webcast to an international
audience on May 15-18, 2008, and it will continue online
until July 19, 2008. Participants will not have to travel,
pay for hotel or transportation expenses, or take extended
time away from work, study or home activities. Even better,
any missed presentations will be available online anytime
until August 31, 2008.
Imagery and suggestion are
critically important unconscious elements in most health
care communications, for they can significantly affect the
outcome of many medical interventions and therapies. During
this groundbreaking webcast, the originators and long-time
developers, researchers, teachers, and practitioners of
ancient and modern imagery-related techniques will share
their unique and extensive expertise, wisdom, and
experience through formal presentations and interactive
interviews.
This distinguished faculty
includes 29 of the leading international researchers,
clinicians, and authorities in this field. These experts
will share their most recent theories, thoughts, research,
techniques, strategies, and clinical findings concerning
imagery, visualization, suggestion, mind/body medicine, and
related topics.
Presenters include Jeanne Achterberg, PhD; Daniel J. Benor,
MD, ABHM; David E. Bresler, PhD, LAc; Effie Poy Yew Chow,
PhD, RN, LAc; James S. Gordon, MD; Stanley Krippner, PhD;
Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD; Emmett Miller, MD; Dean
Ornish, MD; Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD(hc); Martin
Rossman, MD; Francine Shapiro, PhD; C. Norman Shealy, MD;
David S. Sobel, MD, MPH, and Andrew Weil, among others.
Guest
faculty include best-selling crime novelist James Ellroy,
on envisioning addiction and sobriety; legendary Hollywood
film producer Peter Guber, on the power of the story; and
preeminent security expert and best-selling author Gavin de
Becker, on “The Gift of Fear.”
Co-sponsoring organizations
include the American Holistic Medical Association, American
Holistic Nurses Association, American Health Association,
Association for Humanistic Psychology, Center for Mind-Body
Medicine, Institute of Noetic Sciences, ISSSEEM, Pacific
Graduate School of Psychology; and the California School of
Professional Psychology/Alliant International University,
among others, and CE credits are offered for most health
care professions.
Anyone with internet access
(dial-up to DSL to T1) on any platform (PC, Mac) can
attend, earn CE credits, and register at the lowest
conference fees in years. This will allow participation by
many providers, students and academics who are interested
in this work but could not travel, take time from their
practices, study or teaching, or afford to attend
conferences in the past.
To obtain
further information, to download an online copy of the
Conference Brochure, or to register for the webcast,
click
here.
May 30, 2008
Women
In Pain Conference: Gender Matters
City of Hope,
Duarte, California
1:00-
2:00pm Dr. David Bresler will discuss “Complementary and
Alternative Therpies for Pain Control. This conference is
open to both heatlh care professionals and the public. For
additional information, please contact the Southern
California Cancer Pain Initiative at 626-256-4673 x63202 or
email sccpi@coh.org.
June 6, 2008
California
Plastic Surgeons Alliance
St. Regis
Monarch Resort, Dana Point, CA
1:15pm - 2:00pm. Dr David Bresler will discuss
“Pre-Operative Mental Preparation for Surgeons and Their
Patients.” This presentation is open to members of the
California Plastic Surgeons Alliance. For more information,
please contact Roger Greenberg, MD, at
comnmadog@comcast.net.
June
20, 2008
California
Workers Compensation School
Camarillo,
California
11:15pm - 12:30pm. Dr David Bresler will discuss “What
Every Pain Therapist Should Know About Interactive Guided
Imagerysm.” This presentation is open to
workers compensation adjusters, utilization reviewers,
attorneys, and providers. For more information, please
contact Benda Klass, PhD, at bklass@carectr.com.
July
24-27, 2008
Pre
1: Preceptorship 1 (CE Credit: 26
hrs)
Pre-Requisite:
FIGI, Adv/1A, and Adv/1B
Best Western Gateway, Santa Monica, CA
Academy
Preceptorships have been called “The Heart of the
Certification Training Program,” for over the course of
four days, you work closely with small groups of
Certification candidates under the skilled tutelage of
Academy faculty members.
At Preceptorships, you will have the opportunity to see
unique and individual guiding approaches, share personal
experiences using Interactive Guided Imagerysm, and gain a
working understanding of the techniques and principles
taught in our Advanced Workshops.
Each morning, the Preceptorship begins with an in-depth
discussion and demonstration of a core Interactive Guided
Imagerysm technique, followed by smaller group sessions,
each led by an experienced Academy faculty member. In these
smaller groups, you will have the opportunity to develop
your skills as an Imagery Guide. You will also benefit from
experiencing the unique perspectives of the client and the
observer, and the feedback from debriefing each imagery
experience.
This four day hands-on workshop focuses on mastering four
critical IGIsm techniques: Getting To Know An Image;
Meeting The Inner Advisor; Evocative Imagery; and
Grounding: Moving From Insight To Action. Upon satisfactory
completion, you are Level I Certified, which makes you
eligible to be included in AGI’s Online Referral Directory
of Imagery Practitioners.
This preceptorship will be held at the Best Western Gateway
Hotel in Santa Monica, CA (see www.GatewayHotel.com). Call
310-829-9100 for reservations at special AGI rates.
July 24-27, 2008
American
Urological Association Leadership Development
Program
AUA Headquarters in Linthicum, MD
From 11:15a, - 12:15 pm, Dr
David Bresler will discuss Vision and Creativity, and from
1:00pm to 2:00pm, Stress and Time Management with urology
fellows selected for the AUA Leadership Development
program. For additional information, please contact Brett
Heathcott at bheathcott@auanet/org.
September
25-28, 2008
Pre
2: Preceptorship 2 (CE Credit: 26
hrs)
Pre-Requisite: Level I+Adv/2A & Adv/2B
Best Western Gateway, Santa Monica, CA
Preceptorship II follows the
same format as Preceptorship I, and we recommend that you
practice and develop the skills you learned in
Preceptorship I for a few months before enrolling in
Preceptorship II, where they will be more closely
evaluated.
This four day hands-on workshop focuses on mastering four
additional IGIsm techniques: Regression With The Inner
Advisor; Parts, Polarities, & Conflict Resolution; The
Inner Child; and The Search For Purpose. Upon satisfactory
completion, you are Level II Certified.
This preceptorship will be held at the Best Western Gateway
Hotel in Santa Monica, CA (see
www.GatewayHotel.com).Call 310-829-9100 for
reservations at special AGI rates.
July
16-19, 2009
Pre
1: Preceptorship 1 (CE Credit: 26
hrs)
Pre-Requisite:
FIGI, Adv/1A, and Adv/1B
Best Western Gateway, Santa Monica, CA
Academy
Preceptorships have been called “The Heart of the
Certification Training Program,” for over the course of
four days, you work closely with small groups of
Certification candidates under the skilled tutelage of
Academy faculty members.
At Preceptorships, you will have the opportunity to see
unique and individual guiding approaches, share personal
experiences using Interactive Guided Imagerysm, and gain a
working understanding of the techniques and principles
taught in our Advanced Workshops.
Each morning, the Preceptorship begins with an in-depth
discussion and demonstration of a core Interactive Guided
Imagerysm technique, followed by smaller group sessions,
each led by an experienced Academy faculty member. In these
smaller groups, you will have the opportunity to develop
your skills as an Imagery Guide. You will also benefit from
experiencing the unique perspectives of the client and the
observer, and the feedback from debriefing each imagery
experience.
This four day hands-on workshop focuses on mastering four
critical IGIsm techniques: Getting To Know An Image;
Meeting The Inner Advisor; Evocative Imagery; and
Grounding: Moving From Insight To Action. Upon satisfactory
completion, you are Level I Certified, which makes you
eligible to be included in AGI’s Online Referral Directory
of Imagery Practitioners.
This preceptorship will be held at the Best Western Gateway
Hotel in Santa Monica, CA (see www.GatewayHotel.com). Call
310-829-9100 for reservations at special AGI rates.
September
24-27, 2009
Pre
2: Preceptorship 2 (CE Credit: 26
hrs)
Pre-Requisite: Level I+Adv/2A & Adv/2B
Best Western Gateway, Santa Monica, CA
Preceptorship II follows the
same format as Preceptorship I, and we recommend that you
practice and develop the skills you learned in
Preceptorship I for a few months before enrolling in
Preceptorship II, where they will be more closely
evaluated.
This four day hands-on workshop focuses on mastering four
additional IGIsm techniques: Regression With The Inner
Advisor; Parts, Polarities, & Conflict Resolution; The
Inner Child; and The Search For Purpose. Upon satisfactory
completion, you are Level II Certified.
This preceptorship will be held at the Best Western Gateway
Hotel in Santa Monica, CA (see
www.GatewayHotel.com).Call 310-829-9100 for
reservations at special AGI rates.
October
10-12, 2009
AGI's
21st Annual Conference Webcast (CE Credit:
TBA)
The Academy
for Guided Imagery will present its 21st Annual Conference
as a global webcast on the theme “IMAGERY,
STRESS, AND ANXIETY”
This conference
will be webcast to an international audience initially on
October 10-12, 2009, and it will continue online until
December 31, 2009. Participants will not have to travel,
pay for hotel or transportation expenses, or take extended
time away from work, study or home activities. Stay tuned
for additional information.