Ashley Judd
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Judson Brewer
NYT best-selling author of Unwinding Anxiety and The Craving Mind
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Bessel van der Kolk
World-Leading Trauma Expert
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Emily Nagoski
Author of Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
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Daniel Siegel
Executive director of the Mindsight Institute
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Janina Fisher
World-Leading Trauma Expert
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David Kessler
402 - World-renowned Grief Expert
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Lori Gottlieb
Psychotherapy and bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
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Nedra Glover Tawwab
Relationship expert and bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace
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Arielle Schwartz
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Arielle Schwartz
Author of The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook
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Actor, Social Justice Humanitarian
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Welcome to

46th Annual

Innovations in Psychotherapy 

The World's Premier Skills-Based Conference

October 12-15, 2023
Join the most forward-thinking experts in the field and get access to the latest cutting-edge advances (many of which aren’t yet widely available) and proven interventions for the pertinent issues you face today.
Live in Anaheim, CA & Online
Ashley Judd
Judson Brewer
Bessel van der Kolk
Emily Nagoski
Daniel Siegel
Janina Fisher
David Kessler
Lori Gottlieb
Nedra Glover Tawwab

Early Bird Registration Open Now!

Lock in today at our deeply discounted prices, get stress-free registration with no cancellation fees, and immediately make your workshop selections!

Psychotherapy has continued to evolve and change rapidly, with new ideas and interventions that can change our clients' lives. But if you’re like most clinicians, it’s been hard to keep up.

That’s why we put together this one-stop conference for what’s working NOW and what’s just around the corner in psychotherapy. We invited the leading clinicians and researchers to gather together in Anaheim, CA to share their truly groundbreaking insights — many of which aren’t yet widely available!

If you’re ready to learn first-hand from the premier clinicians and researchers...
…covering the hottest and most pressing issues you face every single day...
...THEN THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT IS FOR YOU!

2023 Innovations in Psychotherapy

October 12-15, 2023
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Plus Earn Up to a Year's Worth of CE Credits (at no extra price)
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Includes PRIORITY CHOICE of workshops for all four days, plus full virtual access, stress-free registration, and earn up to a year's worth of CE hours!
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35 Speakers • 4 days of World-Class Instruction • Up to a Year’s Worth of CE hours

Marquee Speakers

From The Main Stage

Ashley Judd: actor and social justice humanitarian who's traveled the world to do international public health work on all fronts– maternal health, child survival, human rights, family planning, STD and HIV prevention and malaria prevention and treatment.

David Kessler: one of the world’s foremost experts on grief, founder of Grief.com and author of six books.

Bessel van der Kolk: New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score.

Nedra Glover Tawwab: New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, licensed therapist, and sought-after relationship expert.

Daniel Siegel: clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and executive director of the Mindsight Institute.

Emily Nagoski: Author of Come As You Are; expert on sexuality, relationships, and burnout.

Judson Brewer: New York Times best-selling author of Unwinding Anxiety and thought leader in the field of habit change.

Lori Gottlieb: psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

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101 - Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues for the Advanced Practice Clinician

Terry Casey
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8:30am – 4:30pm PT
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102 - Multicultural Awareness & Diversity

Lambers Fisher
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8:30am – 4:30pm PT
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103 - The Ultimate Grief Treatment Toolbox

Erica Sirrine
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Thursday
8:30am – 4:30pm PT
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104 - Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional Training

J. Eric Gentry
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12:00pm - 4:30pm PT
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105 - Suicide in Context

Emily St. Amant
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Friday Morning Keyntoe

9:00 - 10:45 am PT

Ashley Judd and David Kessler

Actor, Social Justice Humanitarian

Join David Kessler in conversation with Ashley Judd  Ashley is an actress, author, and activist who has spoken openly about her own experience with sexual assault and harassment as well as loss and trauma. Last year, her mother died by suicide. In the wake of her mother's death, Judd has spoken about her trauma and her journey to healing. In addition to mental heal advocacy, she has become an important voice in suicide awareness. Kessler is a grief expert and author who brings his own experience of healing after a mass shooting in childhood, neglect, sexual abuse, and the death of his younger son. In this discussion, Judd and Kessler will share their insights on grief, trauma, and healing. They’ll discuss life’s challenges, the importance of finding support, and the power of hope. This is a powerful and important conversation that will resonate with therapists, mental health professionals and many others. 

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The Science of Sex in Long-Term Relationships

LUNCHEON ADDRESS: 12:00pm – 4:30pm PT

Emily Nagoski

Author of Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

In this engaging keynote with Emily Nagoski, PhD, sex expert and best-selling author of Come As You Are, she will clarify the differences among responsive desire, spontaneous desire, and the term she has coined “magnificent desire”. Based on her expertise and clinical experience, she will share tools for you to help clients find Optimal Sexual Experiences (OSE). Emily will break down the new science, new language and new perspective of sex in long- term relationships.

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EVENING AWARD DINNER & KEYNOTE ADDRESS

6:30 – 8:00pm PT Evening Award Dinner and Keynote Address

Bessel van der Kolk

World-Leading Trauma Expert

Despite advances in trauma research and claims of “gold standard” treatments, one method doesn’t work for everybody. Trauma treatment requires addressing many different systems that can be affected in different ways in different people. Understanding how to adapt and apply interventions for individuals experiencing traumatic stress is as important as the interventions themselves. 

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201 - Therapy with the One Who Cheats

Tammy Nelson
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11:00am – 1:00pm PT
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202 - Imposter No More

Jill Stoddard
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11:00am – 1:00pm PT
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203 - Attachment Centered Play Therapy with Traumatized Tweens & Teens

Clair Mellenthin
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11:00am – 1:00pm PT
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204 - How Cognitive Processing Therapy Heals PTSD

Kate Chard
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11:00am – 1:00pm PT
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205 - Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery

Arielle Schwartz
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3:00 – 5:00pm PT
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301 - One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Bessel van der Kolk
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302 - Integrative EMDR Therapy

Arielle Schwartz
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303 - Embracing Virtual Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Lane Pederson
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304 - Integrating Polyvagal Theory into Autism Intervention

Sean Inderbitzen
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305 - Bring Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) to Life

Diana Hill
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LUNCHEON ADDRESS: 12:00 – 4:30 pm PT
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The Science of Sex in Long-Term Relationships

Emily Nagoski
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Morning Keynote

Morning Keynote 9:00 – 10:45 am PT

Nedra Glover Tawwab

Relationship expert and bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace

When it launched in 2021, therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab’s book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace, became an instant bestseller. As 1.5 million Instagram followers clamored for her clinical wisdom, she became an in-demand guest on shows like Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk and Good Morning America. She’s gone on to create many research-based tools to foster healthy relationships.  

Join Nedra as she explores the current trend of cutting off family members and labeling people and relationships as “toxic.” Taking us deep into what really lies at the heart of troubling family dynamics, she’ll offer clear advice for identifying dysfunctional family patterns and choosing the best path forward. In this workshop, you’ll learn: 

  • The clinical diagnosis for dysfunctional families is anxiety, depression, personality disorders and more DSM labels 
  • Therapist Role in the Process: Support, Sounding Board, Connector, Advocate, and Pattern Revealer 
  • Managing your clinical perspective when you believe a client should end an unhealthy relationship 
  • Among the most significant contributors to your mental health, relationships can cause you pain, or they can heal you. 
  • Some adults are having a second child—still not choosing their relationships wisely 

Learning Objectives: 

  • Evaluate why clients want to stay in unhealthy relationships and provide skills for how to stay without mental health consequences. 
  • Distinguish between guilt and discomfort when clients decide to leave or make changes in unhealthy family relationships. 
  • Explore how therapists can help by being responsible for teaching strategy, high lighting patterns, and providing support. 
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From Anxiety to Smartphones to Snacking

Luncheon Address 1:15 – 2:45 pm PT

Judson Brewer

NYT best-selling author of Unwinding Anxiety and The Craving Mind

Join Jud Brewer, New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change, for this thought-provoking keynote. Drawing on his clinical work, research studies, and development of next-generation digital therapeutics for habit change, Dr. Brewer will discuss the underlying behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of why habits are formed and how mindfulness can paradoxically tap into these very processes to uproot them. 

Dr. Brewer struggled for years to help his patients overcome anxiety, overeating and severe addictions. After over a decade of laboratory research on habit change, someone using a digital therapeutic that he had developed for habitual eating innocently asked him to develop a program for anxiety. This led to a lightbulb moment for him that forever changed is clinical practice and his research, leading to new (and now evidence-based) treatment paradigms and a New York Times best-selling book on treating anxiety as a habit. 

After this talk, you will have a simple, pragmatic, 3-step process that you can use with clients and patients to help them unwind unhealthy habits and build healthy habits—without willpower. 

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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

6:30 – 8:00pm PT Dinner Event

Lori Gottlieb

Psychotherapy and bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

No book has better combined daring self-disclosure and biting humor in describing a therapist's own experience into therapy than Lori Gottlieb's acclaimed Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. It's spent years on the New York Times best-seller list and is being adapted into a television show. She's also the writer of the wildly popular advice column "Dear Therapist" for The Atlantic and a regular contributor to the New York Times.

In this special evening program, she'll share what she's learned since writing Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and from years of writing a national advice column, discussing the promise and the perils of sharing what happens in our offices and what it means to be a therapist in today's modern world.

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401 - Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST)

Janina Fisher
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402 - Healing Through Difficult Times

David Kessler
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403 - Trauma-Informed Hypnotherapy for Pain

Courtney Armstrong
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404 - Disrupting Negative Narratives with Kids in Mind

S. Kent Butler
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405 - Emotional Freedom Techniques & Tapping

Robin Bilazarian
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3:00pm – 5:00pm PT
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501 - C- PTSD & Systemic Trauma from an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Perspective

Frank Anderson
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501 - Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Linda Curran
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503 - Taming The Amygdala

Catherine Pittman
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3:00pm – 5:00pm PT
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504 - The Havening Techniques®

Kate Truitt
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3:00pm – 5:00pm PT
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505 - Grief Yoga from a Chair

Paul Denniston
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Saturday
Luncheon Address: 1:15 - 2:45 pm PT
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From Anxiety to Smartphones to Snacking

Judson Brewer
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Dinner Event: 6:30 – 8:00pm PT
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Lori Gottlieb
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Social-Emotional Learning from the Inside Out

CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS 11:30am – 1:00pm PTinnovationsinpsychotherapy

Daniel Siegel and Frank Anderson

CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

 

You don’t want to miss this closing keynote! Best-selling author, child psychiatrist and award-winning educator, Daniel Siegel is joined by Frank Anderson, author, psychiatrist, therapist, and IFS lead trainer for a conversation on how to equip children with tools to deal with overwhelming challenges they face- with skills founded in “mindsight” and IFS parts work.

Social and emotional learning emerge from the cultivation of mindsight and greater access to self-energy–our ability to sense the mind, inside and out, and move that mental life toward integration as we honor differences and promote compassionate linkages and connections.

Take home strategies to teach kids how to differentiate and appreciate the various aspects of their states of mind, and learn how to integrate, adapt, and develop resilience when faced with overwhelming challenges in their life.

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601 - Managing the Fallout of Narcissistic Abuse

Ramani Durvasula
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602 - Trauma Breakthroughs in a Flash

Phil Manfield & Lewis Engel
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603 - Advanced Treatment Considerations for Women with ADHD

Michelle Frank
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604 - Big Behaviors in Small Containers

Paris Goodyear-Brown
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605 - Beyond Toxic Positivity

Jonah Paquette
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The Sessions You Need.

Innovations in Psychotherapy will feature sessions that have live demos of therapy in session to see the magic happen. Additionally, we are excited to offer several EXPERIENTAL SESSIONS to apply what you are learning!

The latest insights from

Internal Family Systems
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Polyvagal Informed Therapies
Cognitive Processing Theory
Neuroscience-Based Interventions
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Mindfulness and Yoga
Psychedelics for Trauma
Play Therapy
Hypnotherapy
EMDR and Flash Technique
Emotional Freedom Technique / Tapping
Havening Technique
And much more!


On the issues that matter most

Traumatic Stress
Grief and Loss
Anxiety
Racialized Stress & Trauma
Boundaries
Narcissism
ADHD
Personality
Autism Disorders
Child Development
Ethics in Practice
Cultural Competency
And so much more!

Join thousands of your colleagues and discover the approaches that truly work for the challenges you’re facing right now!

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✔️ Be in the room with some of the fields leading trainers and choose from over 35+ new, practical clinical workshops
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✔️ Enjoy 14-day on demand replay access of every session so you don’t miss a thing through our virtual platform (included)
✔️ Earn up to a year’s worth of CE hours (included)
✔️ Access to invaluable resources for your practice from the field's leaders
✔️ Access to shop and network in the exhibit hall and bookstore -only pricing on all the latest books and tools for your practice – all in one spot!
✔️ Upgrades available to access special lunch & dinner keynotes and special events
✔️ Upgrades available for exclusive pre-conference workshops where you can earn ethics and cultural competency CEUs or a certification
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✔️Livestream access to 35+ new, practical clinical workshops from some of the field’s leading trainers
✔️ User-friendly, all-in-one platform that can be accessed on desktop or mobile with speaker Q&A and live chat
✔️ Enjoy 14-day on demand replay access of every session so you don’t miss a thing
✔️ Earn up to a year’s worth of CE credits (included)
✔️ Full downloadable access to presenters’ slides and handouts to add to your resource library
✔️ Join “Innovations Backstage” sessions for exclusive 1-on-1 time with Symposium faculty speakers
✔️ Full virtual bookstore & exhibit hall with conference-only pricing and free shipping only for attendees
✔️ Upgrades available to access special lunch & dinner keynotes and special events
✔️ Get exclusive pricing on the complete conference recording package only for attendees (includes self-study CE hours)
✔️ Stress-free registration with no cancellation fees, ever
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Featured Presenters

Leading Clinical Trainers
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Arielle Schwartz
Author of The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook
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Ashley Judd and David Kessler
Actor, Social Justice Humanitarian
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Bessel van der Kolk
World-Leading Trauma Expert
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Catherine Pittman
Author of Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety Panic, and Worry
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Clair Mellenthin
Author of Attachment Centered Play Therapy; Play Therapy: Engaging & Powerful Techniques for the Treatment of Childhood Disorders
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Courtney Armstrong
author of the book, The Therapeutic “Aha!”: 10 Strategies for Getting Clients Unstuck and Transforming Traumatic Grief
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Daniel Siegel
Executive director of the Mindsight Institute
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David Kessler
402 - World-renowned Grief Expert
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Diana Hill
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy author and trainer
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Emily Nagoski
Author of Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
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Emily St. Amant
member of the American Counseling Association and Counselors for Social Justice.
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Erica Sirrine
Leading expert on grief and bereavement
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