Conference General Program

Wednesday, July 30, 2003
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee Break
09:00 – 09:15 Opening Session:
Welcome Greetings by:
Dr. Daniela Mack, Chairperson of the Israeli Association for Family Therapy
Sara Boxnboim, Chairperson of the Conference and of Imago Forum
Sam Lison, Vice-Chairman of the Conference and of Imago Forum
Dr. Shulamit Milch-Reich, Scientific Committee Chairperson
09:15 – 10:15 Keynote Address:
 "Imago Relationship Therapy: Marriage as Therapy"
Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 13:00 Parallel Workshops:
1. "Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Innovative New Treatment for Those with Severe Mental Disorders, Important Resource for Us All"
Libba Carpenter Wells and Dr Jim Wells
2. "Transforming Fear to Love – How to Change the Couple’s Story – to Couplehood with Love"
Dr. Zion Ben-Eli and Hani Segman
3. "IMAGO Relational Tools for Individuals and Couples"
Dorsey Cartwright and Neil Meili
4.

" Hopeful Approaches to Difficult Couples"
Dr. James Wisecup
5.

" ParentCircle"
Dr. David Flohr
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 17:00 Parallel Sessions:
1. "Communologue: Dialogical Communication in Communities and Large Groups"
Libba Carpenter Wells and the IRI Peace Project Committee
2. "Children Speak Imago"
Dr. Dorit Aram, Dr. Shoulamit Milch-Reich, Dr. David Flohr and Marcia Ferstenfeld
3. "Remember the Parents, Forgive the Children Transcending the Wounds of the Holocaust"
Miri Shachnai (Moderator), Hedy Schleifer, Evelin Eichmann and Chana Shiloh
4.

"Dancing Tango with Imago" - Personal experiences with Imago
Liora Grunhaus (Moderator)
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break
17:30 – 19:00 Keynote Address:
"IMAGO Relationship Therapy: Theory and Practice"
Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt
20:30 "Celebrating the Dream”
Honoring Hedy and Yumi Schleifer, celebrating the 10th anniversary of their outstanding work.

 
Thursday, July 31, 2003
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee Break
09:00 – 10:15 Keynote Address:
"Living the Dream "
Hedy and Yumi Schleifer
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 13:00 Parallel Workshops:
1. "Connection, Connection, Connection, What Else is There?"
Dr. David McKeon and Dr. Margie McKeon
2. "Supporting Our Children?"
Marcia Ferstenfeld
3. "Grief Container - Remembering and Celebrating Ceremony"
Dr. James Wisecup
4.

“We are Both from the Same Village", (a Hebrew song) - Imago and Buddhism as Journey's Partners
Ruth Ben-Asher
5.

“Love Mantras” – Meditative Heart Practices for Couples
Dr. Ester Elizur
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 17:00 Parallel Sessions:
1. "Using Imago in Work with Severely Distressed Young Families"
Eitan Aram and Dr. James Wisecup
2. "Married Couples as Imago Therapists"
Nehama and Dov Landman (Moderators), Ziva and Ephraim Lamdan, Shaffi and Yoram Kleiner, Chana and Chanan Shiloh
3. "Expanding the Potential Space of IMAGO"
Dorit Noy Sharav (Moderator), Prof. Pinchas Noy, Miri Shachnai, Libba Carpenter Wells
4.

"In Dialogue with the Body - Sexuality and Trauma. The Body and Trauma"
Riki Rossman and Ann-Marie Rokem
5.

"The Spirit of Imago and the Spirit of Judaism - A Dialogue Between Imago Therapy and Jewish Roots"
Rabbi Ya’akov Cohen, Rivka and Shmuel Shtauber
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break
17:30 – 19:00 Keynote Address:

"Containment Circle" - The heart of IMAGO Therapy
Hedy and Yumi Schleifer

"Festival” Closing Sara Boxbiom, conference chair