Peter R. Breggin, MD is no longer affiliated with the Center for the Study of Psychiatry, informally known as International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, which he founded and led from 1972-2002, and Dr. Breggin is no longer involved in its conferences.
Copyright 2010-2012 Peter R. Breggin, MD
Dr. Peter Breggin's
Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, Education and Living
In partnership with ICSPP.org:
International Counselors, Social Workers, Psychiatrists and Psychologists
Presents
The Empathic Therapy Conference 2012:
The Power of Empathic Relationship
with Critiques of Biological Psychiatry
“Bolster your critical acumen about biological psychiatry and false reform"April 13-15, 2012 in Syracuse, New York State, USA
the Embassy Suites Syracuse Hotel
Over 40 Best-Selling Authors, International Experts, Professors and Educators,
Innovative Practitioners, and Advocates
Three Exciting Special Panels
with professionals, attorneys, survivors and advocates
- SSRI Antidepressants: Surviving Tragedy, Cautionary Tales, and Inspiring Recoveries
- Time to Abolish ECT
- The Tardive Dyskinesia Epidemic Caused by Psychiatric Drugs
Highlights of Dynamic Presenters and Topics
- Peter R. Breggin, MD, Ithaca, New York, Empathic Therapy Center founder, psychiatrist and author of “Talking Back to Prozac” and “Medication Madness”: Practicing Empathic Therapy and All You Need to Know about Psychiatric Medication
- Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, University of Arizona: Attending to Suffering: Mindfulness and Presence as the Key to Healing Relationships
- Kathryn Douthit, PhD, Chair of Counseling and Human Development, University of Rochester: Empathic Approaches to the Elderly and Dementia Sufferers
- Howard Glasser, originator of the” Nurtured Heart Approach” and author of “Transforming the Difficult Child”: Helping Children Find Their Greatness!
- Brian Kean, PhD, Professor from Australia and Coeditor and Managing Editor of "Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry": Bullying in Schools: How to Save Our Children from Peer Abuse
- Martin Whitely, Australian Member of Parliament (West): The ADHD/Stimulant Drug Fraud Worldwide
- Dr Rachel Bingham BA MBBS MSc, General Medical Practice, London, United Kingdom: Involuntary Treatment and Coercion--'The Breggin Gap'
- Gerald Porter, PhD., Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, Springfield, Missouri: Frontiers of Psychotherapy
- Jock McLaren, MD, psychiatrist, Australia: A Critical Analysis of Thomas Szasz
- Michael Gilbert, PsyD, Syracuse, therapist and school psychologist, Advocating For The Social-Emotional Well-Being of Our Children
- Piet Westdijk, MD, psychiatrist, Switzerland: Creating Meaningful ‘I thou’ Relationships in Therapy
- Sarton Weinraub, PhD New York City: How to Set up a Clinic and Private Practice
- Gayle Rozantine, PhD, The Center for Health & Well-Being, Atlanta, Georgia: A Clinic with Innovative Approaches to Stress and Trauma
- Charles Whitfield, MD, Atlanta, Georgia, Addiction & Trauma Specialist and author of “Healing the Child Within”: Empathy, Compassion and Love: Approaches from Core Issue Analysis
- Barbara Whitfield, Atlanta, Georgia: on Empathy, Compassion and The Light: What we have learned from 35 years of Near-Death Studies
- Allison Wilder, PhD, University of New Hampshire: Recreational Therapy
- Yolande Lucire, PhD, Australia: Researching SSRI-induced Violence
Special Saturday Evening Desserts and Presentation:
The Power of Empathic Relationship: A Conversation
Peter R. Breggin MD and Ginger Breggin, Executive Director
Our "Meet the Authors" Friday Night Social
Friday Evening with the Famous Chocolate Fountain
AND MUCH MORE--Over 40 Best Selling Authors, International Experts, Professors and Educators, Attorneys, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Physicians, Innovative Practitioners, and Advocates
Register today to attend this exciting, forward thinking conference ~ Join Peter and Ginger Breggin and the other conference speakers in Syracuse, New York State, April 13-15, 2012!
"The Empathic Therapy Conference surpassed my expectations. You expect a professional conference to be informative but this was much more. I left with new ideas but more importantly I was inspired and reinvigorated in my work. The healing power of empathy was enlaborated on and explored from every angle. This was a rich sharing of ideas and affect, humane clinical practices, and a thoroughgoing critique of the status quo in mental health. Dr. Peter Breggin in producing this conference has shown himself not only a passionate and informed critic of psychiatric drug therapies but has given voice and thereby empowered those who have been abused by those very therapies. Beyond the critique the conference offered many constructive and viable alternatives that are cost effective and affirming of the humanity of patients." Gerald Porter, PhD, Dean of the School of Natural Arts and Sciences at Bastyr University.
"I just returned from Dr. Peter Breggin's Empathic Therapy conference in Syracuse, New York. It was a great conference, and wonderful to be surrounded by hundreds of people--psychiatrists, neurologists, family doctors, psychologists, social workers, recovered consumers, family advocates--from all over the country who see the falseness and harm of the biopsychiatric model. For once, I felt like I wasn't stranded on an island by myself." Mark Foster, D.O. from his blog on "Mad in America."
II am eagerly anticipating attending the next Empathic Therapy Conference in April 2012, after such a wonderful and uplifting experience at the conference this April 2011 in Syracuse, NY. This year’s conference was a coming together of caring individuals with much to offer in terms of talents, understandings, perceptions, real life affirming choices, and vital information, all without the usual recommendation of toxic drugs. I am grateful to Peter and Ginger Breggin for bringing this event and future conferences about. I was able to carry back to the Myrtle Beach, SC area and beyond, needed information and insights not only to my friends and relatives, but to students and coworkers. The information about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was of immediate use to a suffering recent veteran – to see the positive change on that person’s face and demeanor was/is inspiring! Expect that all this will be shared at the next local seminar dealing with children’s emotional needs in North Myrtle Beach, SC on August 6th, 2011. If any of you are down/up this way, you may call 843 272-3432 and leave a message. Dorothy Cassidy, Academic Coach and Special Education Teacher
"Wow! What a nice experience at the Empathy Therapy Conference. Much, much more than I expected (with years of conferences). Ginger, the planning, execution, and oversight was flawless! I've never experienced anything like this working so smoothly. More specifically, the choice of presenters was great -- each one well prepared and having something unusual and stimulating to say. And there was a ryhthm about the whole thing,-- a lack of sameness, some more emotional, some more intellectual. The panel of "victims" of antidepressant malice had me, along with this huge professional hockey player beside me, in tears. Thanks! This conference brought the whole thing together about antidepressants in a more profound way. I liked the interaction with presenters and participants alike. Bottom line: I wasn't bored once -- and that's, I think, a first! It was so good to be with people -- really smart people, that I felt so much respect for, who approach troubled people (aren't we all, at times) and their issues with a similar philosophy and understanding. The most important benefit most likely in the long run: I don't feel so all alone!" John Snyder, EdD, psychotherapist and author of Flying Lessons.
"It is Tuesday, 2 days post conference, and my head is just beginning to wind down. The talent and collective wisdom that gathered on that early spring weekend in Syracuse surpassed everyone's conscious or unconscious expectations. Peter's leadership and Ginger's guidance produced a professional experience that will be studied well into the future as a standard by which learning as a group will be measured. I believe that the film of this event, and the training film Peter produced, will spur growth and health in our professions, and will stand as permanent, undeniable statements of what is possible in the provision of truly therapeutic services. I, and all our current and future patients, thank you." Richard F. Gottlieb, MSW, psychotherapist.
"This is life-changing for our culture! What an excellent speaker!"
"Love this guy--wish I could go to his conference."
"Very convincing, knowledgeable, caring, thoughtful, great!"
