Dr Jeffrey K. Zeig Ph. D
Founder & Director, Milton H. Erickson Foundation
Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. is the Founder and Director of Milton H. Erickson Foundation. Dr Zeig is the architect of The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conferences, www.evolutionofpsychotherapy.com, considered the most important conferences in the history of psychotherapy. He organizes the Brief Therapy Conference, www.brieftherapyconference.com, the Couples Conference, www.couplesconference.com and ten International Congresses on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, www.erickson-foundation.org/10thCongress.

Dr. Zeig is on the Editorial Board of numerous journals; Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 29, Psychotherapy); and Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academy of Practice in Psychology of the National Academies of Practice.

Dr. Zeig is as an Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He was a Clinical Member of the International Transactional Analysis Association (1974- 1985); and was Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Arizona State University (1988-1992).

A psychologist and marriage and family therapist, Dr. Zeig has a private practice, and conducts workshops internationally (40 countries). He has been an invited speaker at major universities and teaching hospitals including The Mayo Clinic, Menningers and MD Anderson. Dr. Zeig is president of Zeig, Tucker & Theisen behavioral sciences publishers, www.zeigtucker.com

Grief: Friend or Foe?
Keynote Address
8:30 - 9:30am, Friday, July 25th, 2008

Grief is a biological response as well as an emotion. We will look at the nature of grief. By examining its phenomenological components, clinicians can clarify treatment goals and options.

Educational Objectives:

Given a patient with grief, list five phenomenological components. Describe three fundamental aspects of grief Given a patient, invent an experiential ritual to help resolve grief.

Promoting Resilience Experientially: What clinician can learn from filmmakers.
Workshop
9:30 - 11:30am, Friday, July 25th, 2008

All art is, by definition “experiential.” And altering mood and perspective is the point of it – whether drama, painting, literature, dance, or music. Movies use multi-layered methods for change. The viewer is often unaware of the intricate dramatic, experiential techniques that filmmakers use to exert influence. Concepts derived from filmmaking can advance the practice of counseling, making it more experiential, and hence more impactful. In this workshop we will explore the lens of the filmmaker in order to elucidate experiential clinical approaches to eliciting resilience.

Educational Objectives:

1. List three filmmaker methods that can be used in therapy.
2. Given a therapy goal, describe a method to make it more effective by appealing to the client’s visual system.
3. Describe five methods to elicit resilience.

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