Faculty

Daniel Siegel

MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Daniel M. Siegel, MD, Clinical Profesor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University & former President of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) trained in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by a Mohs fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He earned an MS in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management.

A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the AAD, the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) and the American Society for Mohs Surgery, he has served on the board of directors for many of these societies, including the ACMS, AAD, ADA, WDS, DebRA, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society and is one of the 20 esteemed active members of the New York Dermatological Society.

He served as board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies and International Society of Dermatology He joined the board of IDEOM in 2020.

Dr. Siegel has published over 250 articles, books and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. He also served from 2003 to 2010 as the AAD representative to American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and currently serves as the AAD alternate advisor to the RUC.

Dr. Siegel received the 2023 AAD Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field.

2024 Sessions

From Conflict to Connecting

Behind all frustration is a wish not spoken. Most people express the frustration and not the wish--leading to conflict. This demonstration shows the process of converting frustration into a wish and making a request for a behavior change--leading to connecting.

Discussant

Speaker

Thursday, December 10 2:30–4:00 PM
Clinical Demo with Discussant
Faculty

Daniel Siegel

MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Daniel M. Siegel, MD, Clinical Profesor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University & former President of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) trained in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by a Mohs fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He earned an MS in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management.

A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the AAD, the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) and the American Society for Mohs Surgery, he has served on the board of directors for many of these societies, including the ACMS, AAD, ADA, WDS, DebRA, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society and is one of the 20 esteemed active members of the New York Dermatological Society.

He served as board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies and International Society of Dermatology He joined the board of IDEOM in 2020.

Dr. Siegel has published over 250 articles, books and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. He also served from 2003 to 2010 as the AAD representative to American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and currently serves as the AAD alternate advisor to the RUC.

Dr. Siegel received the 2023 AAD Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field.

Faculty

Harville Hendrix

PhD
Co-Founder and Faculty
Imago International Training Institute

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., are co-creators of Imago Relationship Therapy, a couples' therapy, and a social movement called Safe Conversations. Internationally respected as couples' therapists, educators, speakers, activists, and New York Times bestselling authors, their 10 books, including the timeless classic Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, have sold more than 4 million copies. Harville appeared on the Oprah Winfrey television program 17 times! Helen was installed in the Women’s Hall of Fame and the Smithsonian Institution. They have six children and eight grandchildren.

Working with a 3-P Framework of Consciousness in Psychotherapy

This workshop will explore the findings from a 10,000-person survey of a mind-training practice, the Wheel of Awareness, and how they can inform an understanding of the mind, mental health, and the transformative power of harnessing consciousness in psychotherapy. Workshop participants are encouraged to practice the Wheel of Awareness before viewing so that their own direct experience can be compared and contrasted to the findings of the survey and then applied to their own practice of psychotherapy.

Speaker

Thursday, December 10 4:30–6:30 PM
Faculty

Daniel Siegel

MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Daniel M. Siegel, MD, Clinical Profesor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University & former President of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) trained in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by a Mohs fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He earned an MS in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management.

A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the AAD, the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) and the American Society for Mohs Surgery, he has served on the board of directors for many of these societies, including the ACMS, AAD, ADA, WDS, DebRA, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society and is one of the 20 esteemed active members of the New York Dermatological Society.

He served as board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies and International Society of Dermatology He joined the board of IDEOM in 2020.

Dr. Siegel has published over 250 articles, books and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. He also served from 2003 to 2010 as the AAD representative to American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and currently serves as the AAD alternate advisor to the RUC.

Dr. Siegel received the 2023 AAD Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field.

MWe and the Integration of Identity: The Importance of Mind in Confronting the Pandemics of COVID-19, Social Injustice, and Climate Destruction

This invited address will focus on the strange finding that the various disciplines comprising the broad field of mental health rarely offer their trainees a definition of what the mind is. We’ll explore a cross-disciplinary perspective on this question, offering a working definition of the mind and on what a healthy mind may actually be. The core process of linking differentiated parts of a system—be it the brain, an interpersonal relationship, or modern culture—can be called “integration” and be seen at the heart of well-being. We’ll explore how our current set of pandemics, including COVID-19, social injustice, and climate destruction, are calling on the profession of mental health more than ever to step up our scientific grounding in proactively supporting the cultivation of not only resilience in individuals, but a change in how the relational mind constructs identity.

Speaker

Saturday, December 12 10:45–11:45 AM
Invited Address
Faculty

Daniel Siegel

MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Daniel M. Siegel, MD, Clinical Profesor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University & former President of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) trained in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by a Mohs fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He earned an MS in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management.

A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the AAD, the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) and the American Society for Mohs Surgery, he has served on the board of directors for many of these societies, including the ACMS, AAD, ADA, WDS, DebRA, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society and is one of the 20 esteemed active members of the New York Dermatological Society.

He served as board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies and International Society of Dermatology He joined the board of IDEOM in 2020.

Dr. Siegel has published over 250 articles, books and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. He also served from 2003 to 2010 as the AAD representative to American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and currently serves as the AAD alternate advisor to the RUC.

Dr. Siegel received the 2023 AAD Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field.

Convocation and Keynote: IntraConnected as MWe (Me plus We)

In this Keynote and workshop of immersive and interactive gatherings, we will explore the nature of “self” from scientific, Indigenous, and contemplative perspectives to address the possible ways in which a modern cultural construction of a “solo self”—an identity as separate and a constricted belonging only to those of similar background and appearance—may be at the root of many of the challenges we face today. The pandemics of racism and social injustice, misinformation and polarization, digital addiction and climate destruction, along with how we have poorly handled the COVID-19 viral pandemic, may each be worsened, if not caused, by the modern human mind’s construction of a self that emanates from the individual body alone. Instead, a wider view of what self is extends the subjective experience, perspective, and agency of this individualized self to a more integrated experience of identity, a broader belonging, as Me plus We equals MWe. More than an inner aspect of our embodied lives, inclusive also of our inter, relational selves, we have an “IntraConnected” self that is both inner and inter. Learning to live, love and learn from this integrated identity as MWe is how we can promote the relatively rapid cultural evolution the world needs to address the pressing challenges of modern times. MWe can do this, together!

Moderator

Presenter

Wednesday, December 14 5:00–6:15 PM
Room Osceola CD

Jeffrey Zeig

PhD
Director
The Milton H. Erickson Foundation

Dr Zeig is the Director and Founder of The Milton Erickson Foundation in Phoenix, Arizona. He has edited or authored 20 books on psychotherapy including A Teaching Seminar with Milton Erickson and The Evolution of Psychotherapy.
Dr. Zeig has served the Architect and Organizer of: The Evolution Conferences; The Couples Conferences; the Erickson Seminars and The Milton H. Erickson Congresses. Dr Zeig is a Clinical Psychologist and marriage and family counselor in Phoenix, Arizona. In his private practice he specializes in brief psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. Dr. Zeig teaches nationally and internationally and has presented at major medical centers in the United States.

Faculty

Daniel Siegel

MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Daniel M. Siegel, MD, Clinical Profesor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University & former President of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) trained in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by a Mohs fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He earned an MS in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management.

A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the AAD, the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) and the American Society for Mohs Surgery, he has served on the board of directors for many of these societies, including the ACMS, AAD, ADA, WDS, DebRA, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society and is one of the 20 esteemed active members of the New York Dermatological Society.

He served as board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies and International Society of Dermatology He joined the board of IDEOM in 2020.

Dr. Siegel has published over 250 articles, books and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. He also served from 2003 to 2010 as the AAD representative to American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and currently serves as the AAD alternate advisor to the RUC.

Dr. Siegel received the 2023 AAD Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field.

Conversation Hour with Dan Siegel - 2022

Join a conversation hour with Dr. Daniel Siegel, Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA.

Moderator

Presenter

Thursday, December 15 9:45–10:45 AM
Room Osceola A
Conversation Hour
Faculty

Bette Freedson

MSW, LICSW, LCSW, CGP
Clinical Social Worker
Bette Freedson, LICSW, LCSW, CGP

Bette Freedson, LCSW, LICSW, CGP is a clinical social worker, author and speaker. Bette’s newest book is Other Realms, Other Ways: A Clinician’s Guide to the Magick of Intuition. Her first book Soul Mothers’ Wisdom/Seven Insights for the Single Mother received high praise from the Midwest Book Review. A frequent faculty member and moderator of conferences of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Bette is a contributing author for ERICKSONIAN THERAPY NOW: The Master Class with Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD. Professionally trained in hypnosis, Bette incorporates Ericksonian hypnosis along with the wisdom of intuition into her clinical social work practice.

Bette Freedson has conducted workshops for a variety of venues including Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, National Association of Social Workers (NASW), AdCare of Maine, The Sweetser Training Institute. She served for two years as a contributing member and writer for the NASW specialty practice section on Children, Adolescents and Young Adults. (CAYA) Bette has also co-presented a weekend program at Kripalu entitled A Woman’s Sacred Journey. Bette Freedson lives and practices in Southern Maine.

Faculty

Daniel Siegel

MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Daniel M. Siegel, MD, Clinical Profesor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University & former President of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) trained in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by a Mohs fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He earned an MS in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management.

A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the AAD, the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) and the American Society for Mohs Surgery, he has served on the board of directors for many of these societies, including the ACMS, AAD, ADA, WDS, DebRA, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society and is one of the 20 esteemed active members of the New York Dermatological Society.

He served as board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies and International Society of Dermatology He joined the board of IDEOM in 2020.

Dr. Siegel has published over 250 articles, books and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. He also served from 2003 to 2010 as the AAD representative to American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and currently serves as the AAD alternate advisor to the RUC.

Dr. Siegel received the 2023 AAD Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field.

The Expansion of the Self: Cultivating Awareness, Resilience and Belonging through Mind Training

In this presentation we will engage in a conversation about the nature of “self” and how the human brain’s proclivity to absorb cultural messages and its evolutionary history of tribalism-based survival makes the development of our sense of identity shaped by both genetic propensities and our shared societal ideas. One of these memes is of a “solo self” in which we come to believe that who we are is defined simply by our body and its brain, or by a small group membership, processes that create an identity of separation we can suggest is at the heart of personal isolation and despair, interpersonal violence, international conflict, and ecological destruction. A common factor of such learned filters of consciousness that construct this separate-self identity will be discussed. Contemplative practices that distinguish the knowing of being aware from the knowns of consciousness may offer one way to invite individuals to experience an expanded sense of identity. Findings from a study of thousands of individuals engaging in the Wheel of Awareness meditation that places the knowing in the hub and the knowns on the rim of a visual metaphor of the mind will be reviewed and insights from that survey offered to explore the nature of awareness, identity, and belonging. The Wheel offers one example of a general notion that contemplative practices that integrate consciousness may offer practical ways in which becoming more openly aware can facilitate an expanded sense of identity and the direct experience of belonging as part of a larger humanity and membership to the system of life on earth.

Keynote Speaker

Saturday, December 16 8:00–9:00 AM
Room Convention Center
Faculty

Daniel Siegel

MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Daniel M. Siegel, MD, Clinical Profesor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University & former President of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) trained in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by a Mohs fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He earned an MS in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management.

A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the AAD, the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) and the American Society for Mohs Surgery, he has served on the board of directors for many of these societies, including the ACMS, AAD, ADA, WDS, DebRA, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society and is one of the 20 esteemed active members of the New York Dermatological Society.

He served as board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies and International Society of Dermatology He joined the board of IDEOM in 2020.

Dr. Siegel has published over 250 articles, books and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. He also served from 2003 to 2010 as the AAD representative to American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and currently serves as the AAD alternate advisor to the RUC.

Dr. Siegel received the 2023 AAD Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field.

Conversation Hour with Dan Siegel - 2023

Join in a conversation hour with Dr. Siegel, discussing topics from the keynote session: The Expansion of the Self: Cultivating Awareness, Resilience and Belonging through Mind Training.

Presenter

Saturday, December 16 1:30–2:30 PM
Room Pacific - AB (Hilton)
Conversation Hour
Faculty

Daniel Siegel

MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Daniel M. Siegel, MD, Clinical Profesor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University & former President of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) trained in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by a Mohs fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He earned an MS in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management.

A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the AAD, the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) and the American Society for Mohs Surgery, he has served on the board of directors for many of these societies, including the ACMS, AAD, ADA, WDS, DebRA, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society and is one of the 20 esteemed active members of the New York Dermatological Society.

He served as board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies and International Society of Dermatology He joined the board of IDEOM in 2020.

Dr. Siegel has published over 250 articles, books and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. He also served from 2003 to 2010 as the AAD representative to American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and currently serves as the AAD alternate advisor to the RUC.

Dr. Siegel received the 2023 AAD Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field.

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