8:30-9:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30-9:45 am

Welcome

9:45-10:45 am

Morning Keynote Address with Dr. James O’Neil
“Helping Men with their Gender Role Conflicts in Psychotherapy”

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Breakout Session 1:


Psychotherapy with Young Men: 16 – 24
- David A. Verhaagen, PhD, CEO, Southeast Psych, Charlotte, NC

“Gay or Asian”: Sexualism and the Conflicted Identities of Asian American Men
- William Ming Liu, PhD, University of Iowa

Beyond Warrior Masculinity: Therapy to Help Vets Come Home
- Gary R. Brooks, PhD, Baylor University

Overbearing, Controlling, Manipulative, Entitled, and Prejudiced Men—and How They Actually Change in Psychotherapy. For Good!
- John M. Robertson, PhD, Professional Renewal Center, Lawrence, KS

Women Counseling Men: What You Might Not Have Learned in Graduate School
- Holly B. Sweet, PhD, Cambridge Center for Gender Relations
- Terri Morse, MA, Essex County Mental Health Service, Ticonderoga, NY

Men in Groups: Issues and Interventions
- Michael P. Andronico, PhD, Private Practice, Somerset, NJ

Masked Depression in Men
- Fredric E. Rabinowitz, PhD, University of Redlands

Working in Therapy with Men: A Bowen Family Systems Theory Approach
- Louise Bordeaux Silverstein, PhD, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University

12:00-1:15 pm

Lunch

1:15-2:15 pm

Afternoon Keynote Address with Dr. Douglas Haldeman
“Gay Therapists, Straight Clients: Power, Privilege, and the
Psychology of Men”

2:30-3:30 pm

Breakout Session 2:


Gender-Responsive Substance Abuse Counseling with Men
- Mark Woodford, PhD, The College of New Jersey

Masked Depression in Men
- Fredric E. Rabinowitz, PhD, University of Redlands

The Use of Humor and Story Telling in Psychotherapy
- Christopher Kilmartin, PhD, University of Mary Washington

“Gay or Asian”: Sexualism and the Conflicted Identities of Asian American Men
- William Ming Liu, PhD, University of Iowa

Psychotherapy With Young Men Ages 16 – 24
- David A. Verhaagen, PhD, CEO, Southeast Psych, Charlotte, NC

Mind the Gap: Challenges Ahead for College Men Transitioning Into the Workforce
- Marc Celentana, PhD, The College of New Jersey

Sustaining a Therapeutic Relationship with African American Men in Treatment
- Alexander Sutton, PhD, Vice President, Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.

Working in Therapy with Men: A Bowen Family Systems Theory Approach
- Louise Bordeaux Silverstein, PhD, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University

3:45-4:45 pm

Breakout Session 3:


Sustaining a Therapeutic Relationship with African American Men in Treatment
- Alexander Sutton, PhD, Vice President, Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.

Mind the Gap: Challenges Ahead for College Men Transitioning Into the Workforce
- Marc Celentana, PhD, The College of New Jersey

Overbearing, Controlling, Manipulative, Entitled, and Prejudiced Men—and How They Actually Change in Psychotherapy. For Good!
- John M. Robertson, PhD, Professional Renewal Center, Lawrence, KS

Men in Groups: Issues and Interventions
- Michael P. Andronico, PhD, Private Practice, Somerset, NJ

Beyond Warrior Masculinity: Therapy to Help Vets Come Home
- Gary R. Brooks, PhD, Baylor University

Women Counseling Men: What You Might Not Have Learned in Graduate School
- Holly B. Sweet, PhD, Cambridge Center for Gender Relations
- Terri Morse, MA, Essex County Mental Health Service, Ticonderoga, NY

Gender-Responsive Substance Abuse Counseling with Men
- Mark Woodford, PhD, The College of New Jersey

The Use of Humor and Story Telling in Psychotherapy
- Christopher Kilmartin, PhD, University of Mary Washington

5:00-6:15 pm

Reception