Breakout Sessions

The 2011 conference offers a wide choice of potent, educational breakout sessions. The wonderful opportunities will make it hard to choose. In order to help you, we have created a worksheet that you can download, print and mark your first and second choice. When you register, you can use it as a "cheat sheet" so your registration will be fast and easy. Click here to download the worksheet.

In past conferences, participants have been able to change breakout sessions when they arrive at conference. In 2011 space requirements may dictate changing at the door will not be possible, so please consider this when marking your first and second choice.

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Constructing Healing Bridges in 21st Century Healthcare
Walle Adams-Gerdts, RN, BA, HTCP/I
Denise Anthes, RN, BSN, MBA, NHB-BC, HTCP/I

Friday, August 26th - 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Leading pediatric, adult, and veteran/hospice focused health care institutions have elected to offer Healing Touch to its patients and their caregivers. It can be challenging to receive administrative approval, financially cover training costs for staff, and implement an integrative modality into traditional health care. This workshop will explain and offer ideas on how this was successfully accomplished throughout the United States and how others can also make this healing modality a reality in their places of employment.

Walle Adams-Gerdts is the coordinator for the Healing Touch Program at Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE. In 2007, Adams-Gerdts developed and submitted a business plan for this integrative therapy in the hospital. Her pioneering spirit and endless energy earned her the hospital's Image of Nursing 2009 award, the 2009 Delaware Acute Care Nurse of the Year award, and acknowledgment as one of five finalists in the Acute Care category in the 2010 Nursing Spectrum Awards for the Tri-state area of DE/MD/PA.

 

Denise Anthes has been a holistic nurse for 35 years. She currently serves as an Integrative Health Nurse within the Mission Hospital Healthcare System in Asheville, NC, offering Healing Touch to patients, staff and the community. Denise teaches HTP Level 1 & 2 classes as well as other holistic workshops. She is enrolled in doctoral work in Integrative Healthcare through Holos University.

 

 

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Celebrating Healing from Trauma, Abuse and Disasters
Mary Jo Bulbrook, EdD, HTCP, CHTP, CEMP/S/I

Friday, August 26th - 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Story-telling based on the seven chakras is a unique formula to promote energetic healing of trauma, abuse and from disasters. Experience this simple tool to promote healing at a deep level and free the self from the energetic imprinting that imprisons the soul. Once healed from the energetic assault the individual person or animal is free to embrace their soul’s purpose and celebrate healing of body, emotion, mind and spirit, returning to joy.

Dr. Mary Jo Bulbrook is an elder and wisdom keeper in the Healing Touch worldwide community having brought HT to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Peru. For over 35 years she has pioneered energy based therapies in transcultural teaching and practice for all ages with a variety or traumatic conditions for both humans and animals. The story-telling process was introduced in 2008 and has gained acceptance and popularity as an easy intervention to make profound changes. She developed an international model guiding the development of the field for energetic disaster relief.

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Crop Circles and Stretching Science: Impressions in our Fields
Ann Cathcart, BA, BSN, RN, HTCP, HNB-BC, LUT, Master Healer

Friday, August 26th - 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Crop circles are a modern day phenomenon with implications beyond human comprehension. This workshop provides insight into the science of the mystery that has intrigued researchers, scientists, healers, and mystics throughout the world for decades. Explore the enigma, feel the power, learn from symbols and sacred geometry. Awareness expands consciousness toward all possibilities. There were over one hundred elaborate crop circles worldwide in 2010. What is the message? What are the circlemakers communicating?

Ann Cathcart is a holistic nurse, certified in Healing Touch since 1996 and a charter member of HTPA. She is privileged to serve as vice chair on the Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation board of trustees and maintains an independent healing practice in the Minneapolis area. She has presented at three HTI conferences on a variety of topics. As adjunct faculty to several nursing schools in the Minneapolis area, she teaches health/wellness principles, holistic and integrative health. She has studied metaphysics for most of her life and has held a fascination with crop circles for more than ten years. She has visited the Wiltshire area of England, where a majority of crop circles appear and experienced the energy, joy, science and mystery of many elaborate circles. She is excited to share her findings with fellow healers.

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The Biology Behind Healing Touch
Beverly Dixon, Ph.D., MSPH, BA, HTCP/I

Friday, August 26th - 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

In keeping with the conference theme “Bridging Science and Spirit” this presentation will discuss, in easy to understand terms for nonscientists, the biological basis of Healing Touch. The concepts of how Healing Touch can stimulate and work with the body’s own physiology and biochemistry to promote healing will be presented. Have you ever been asked “how does Healing Touch work” to relieve stress or enhance the immune response? This presentation will provide the answers from published scientific research by explaining Healing Touch in the framework of western medicine.

Dr. Beverly Dixon has been practicing HT 2003 and has taken courses in Energy Medicine and HT for animals. She has given presentations on HT at hospitals, clinics, and conferences. Beverly completed training in biology with an undergraduate degree from Southampton College of Long Island Univ (B.A.), an M.S.P.H. from the School of Public Health, Univ of North Carolina, and a Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Univ of Georgia. She has been teaching medical microbiology at the university level for 25+ yrs. In 1993 she received a grant from the Belgian National Science Foundation and spent 6 months at the University of Ghent conducting research. In 2000, she was chosen as a Fulbright Scholar and spent 6 months teaching in Poland at the University of Warmia and Mazury. She currently teaches students majoring in nursing, biology, and medical technology at California State Univ., Eastbay, where she was nominated as Outstanding Professor for the academic year 2006-07.

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Energy Medicine and the Multidimensional Model
Debra Greene, Ph.D.

Friday, August 26th - 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Have you ever wondered how to explain to a client what you do or how it works? Have you ever wondered this yourself? Come and learn about the four bodies model. We will go behind-the-scenes and get to know the many transformative energies of energy healing and their effects. Backed by science, the model addresses the etheric interface, as well as the roles of consciousness and intentionality.

Dr. Debra Greene has dedicated her life to the field of energy medicine and mind-body integration. She combines the best of ancient wisdom with modern science in her clinical practice, writings, lectures, and nationwide media appearances. Debra is the founder of Inner Clarity (IC), an integrative balancing method that uses energy kinesiology to pinpoint hidden core beliefs and a variety of energy-based techniques to facilitate conscious transformation. She is author of the acclaimed book, Endless Energy: The Essential Guide to Energy Health. Along with Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, J. K. Rowling, and other notable women, Debra has a chapter in the award winning Book, Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change.

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Special Workshop - scheduled so that everyone can attend, Friday at 5:00 p.m.
Healing the Healer - Simple Tools for Self Healing
Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH, CCFP

As healers, we share love and energy with our clients. To stay balanced and full of vitality, it is important that we care for ourselves. One of the most important ways we can care for ourselves is to clear the body and energy field at the beginning and end of each day- clearing our clients problems as well as our own difficulties every day. This workshop will address simple techniques for gathering energy before we begin our healing work as well as tools for clearing the body and the energy field after each client or at the end of each day. Dress casually and get ready to have some fun!

Dr. Ann Marie Chiasson is Canadian Board Certified in Family Practice and pursued a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine through Dr. Andrew Weil's Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. She holds an MPH in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a MD, from Dalhousie School of Medicine in Nova Scotia, Canada. She completed her residency in Family Medicine in Canada and worked as a primary care physician in Northern Canada for the Central Interior Native Health Service, and in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Chiasson has also trained extensively with Dr. Brugh Joy, and with Mayan shamanic healers and psychic surgeons in the Yucatan peninsula.

 

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Saturday, August 27th - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Most of the impulses that drive our behavior are outside or below our conscious awareness, and even what we believe we believe may be outside or below our conscious awareness. That which we are least aware of is having a significant impact on our attitudes and our behaviors. Hidden beneath an abrasive comment is a valid emotional need trying to be met. Learning to listen for and address these needs dissipates fear and invites understanding.

Reverend Debra Basham is a Master Practitioner and Trainer of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) through Richard Bandler and the Society of NLP, and a licensed instructor of Hypnotherapy through the American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH), and co-developer of SCS Matters, LLC whose transformational CD’s, include Surgical Support with SCS, Welcome Baby! and Freedom from Pain, with bonus tracks of Etheric Vitality Plus TM and Self Full-body Connection. Debra trained in Prepare for Surgery/Heal Faster TM in 1997 before developing Pre- and Postsurgical Support with SCS TM in 2000. Debra has over 25 years in body, mind, and spirit education. She has taught meditation and is a frequent radio talk show guest on holistic health issues. She is recognized as an authority on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by local Public Television.

Joel P. Bowman has conducted hundreds of workshops and seminars. He taught communication skills at the university level for more than 30 years in a variety of formats, including traditional classroom, seminar style, video-based teleclasses, and computer-based instruction. He is the author or co-author of 14 books and workbooks and numerous articles in refereed journals. He is a Licensed Master-Practitioner and Trainer of Neurolinguistic Programming and licensed trainer of hypnotherapy. He is a co-developer of SCS Matters, LLC. Joel is the principle author of Healing with Language: Your Key to Effective Mind-Body Communication. His therapeutic experience includes direct client interventions in the following areas using anchoring in behavior modification, such as smoking cessation; elimination of phobias, anxieties, and panic attacks; and resolution of a variety of internal conflicts.

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Ethics and Professional Standards for Developing and Maturing Your Practice
Dorothea Hover-Kramer, Ed.D, RN, D.CEP

Saturday, August 27th - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

This lively and fun interactive workshop is designed to help you as an HT practitioner to increase awareness of ways you can enhance your practice. Attention to professional standards will show how they emerge from your values and ethical considerations. We’ll focus on positive risk management, ways to enhance credibility, and to build foundations for a joyful experience in sharing HT within your communities.

Dorothea Hover-Kramer is a founding elder of HT, and co-founder of ACEP. She is especially active in exploring the ethical and practice considerations within all energy therapy modalities. She is the author of nine books about energy therapies including the newest book in our field, Creating Healthy Relationships: Professional standards for energy therapy practitioners.

 

 

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Dying is a Part of Living – Healing Touch in Hospice
Pamela Meyers, PhD, HTCP, DALFH, Reiki Master

Saturday, August 27th - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Dying is a part of living – a theme stressed by hospice. We all have, or will, lose a family member, a friend, a loving pet. It is an emotional time when a living being fulfills life’s final contract. As practitioners, we are graced and honored to serve. This presentation will look at ways Healing Touch can help to calm the sometimes murky and stormy waters during such a delicate time.

Dr. Pamela Meyers has been in the healthcare industry since 1978, and began her Healing Touch training in 1991. Her credentials include: Ph.D. in Health & Nutritional Sciences – she has worked with both Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC and Emory University at Crawford W. Long Hospital, Atlanta, GA; Former Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, GA; Published author in professional journals and newspapers, including WebMD; has spoken nationwide and internationally, helping people take steps toward healthier living; and has actively volunteered with Hospice of Havasu, Lake Havasu City, AZ, since 2005 – providing Healing Touch to patients and educating volunteers and staff to the benefits of energy therapies to help ease the dying process.

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Aromatherapy: A Natural Bridge Between Science & Spirit
Pamela Larsen Schroeder, MSN, BC-RN, CHPN, CCA

Saturday, August 27th - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Aromatherapy has been used in healing, cultural and religious practices for centuries. Modern research has validated its pivotal role in bridging science and spirit. Learn more about frankincense―a valuable essential oil that plays many roles, from triggering an ion channel in the brain affecting emotions and spirituality, to enhancing immune response. Another emerging role for therapeutic-grade essential oils is adjunctive treatment of resistant infections, a global concern in both public and healthcare settings.

Pamela Larsen Schroeder is a registered nurse with over 30 years of varied expertise, including pain management, palliative care and parish nursing. Since 2001, she has used clinical aromatherapy as part of an integrative approach to managing clients’ distressing symptoms. The varied practice settings include acute care hospitals, home health and hospice, and nursing homes. Pam is a Certified Clinical Aromatherapy Practitioner and applies this specialized knowledge and skills in her private holistic practice (Healing Support Services, LLC) to provide creative, custom approaches to enhance health and wholeness. She is also a Spiritual Ministry Healing Touch apprentice. Combining aromatherapy with other energetic modalities is even more powerful.

 

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CLOSED - Self Care 101: Juggling
Barbara Starke, RN, MSN, FNP, HTCP/I, (A)HNC

Saturday, August 27th - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Juggling Therapy is a FUN approach to improving one's mental, emotional and of course physical well-being. It is form of "Movement Meditation" that works to balance both hemispheres of the brain (right brain & left brain) to improve motor-skill functions, reading, writing, creativity, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-motivation, focus on tasks, multi-tasking. It can help combat and prevent the development of Anxiety, Alzheimer's, depression and a host of other mental and emotional diseases. It is a cardiovascular exercise that is actually fun to do, and is very safe for the joints of the body! It increases blood flow not just in the limbs but to your brain.

Barbara Ann Starke has over 20 years of experience as an advance practice nurse. She specializes in energy-based therapies as well as functional medicine interventions. Barbara is currently co-Chair of the HTP Certification Board. In-between supporting HTP either through certification, program development, or her own practice in Berrien County, Barbara can be found on their Christmas Tree farm talking with the trees....or in the kitchen.