HIDDEN WOUNDS OF WAR: PATHWAYS TO HEALING

Los Angeles Conference, 16,17,18 May 2008
Westin Bonaventure, Downtown LA
http://www.thesoldiersproject.org/conference.cfm

-Jonathan Shay, MD, PhD. Psychiatrist, VA Outpatient Clinic, Boston Author: Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming MacArthur Fellow 2007

-Honorable Bob Filner. Member of Congress, Calif. 51st CD Chairman, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

Other Speakers:

Harriet Katz Zeiner, PhD - Lead Neuropsychologist, Polytrauma Rehabilitation Unit, VA Palo Alto Jimmy Castellanos - OIF Veteran, student at Claremont McKenna College Paula Domenici, PhD - Deployment Behavioral Psychologist, Center for Deployment Psychology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda. Co-Author - Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returnng from
Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families Helena Young, PhD - Clinical PTSD Program Manager, VA Palo Alto William Saltzman, PhD - Professor, Educational Psychology, Administration & Counseling, California State University Long Beach; Assistant Director, Project Focus Program, UCLA

Rates/Early Pricing (before 4/18)
General/$150
Student with ID/$75
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Panel Discussions

* The Impact of the War on the Soldier
* The Impact of War on the Family
* Challenges for the Therapist

Workshops (partial list)

* How to launch a Soldiers Project-type program
* Combat stress
* Traumatic Brain Injury
* Healing the mind, body and spirit
* Military Sexual Trauma
* When a family member goes to war
* Homecoming/marital issues
* Other pro bono programs helping soldiers and families

More Information

Contact Judith Broder, M.D.
Phone: 818-761-7438 or toll-free 877-576-5343
email: info@thesoldiersproject.org

12 CME/CEU credits provided

The Soldiers Project provides free mental health services to members of all uniformed services who have served or are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan as well as to their extended families.

Conference costs partially supported by grants from the International Psychoanalytic Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association and The Verbena Foundation.

Great hotel, special savings

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel , has arranged a special room rate
for The Soldiers Project attendees. To get these savings, visit their website
. For government/military discount,
call the hotel: 213-624-1000 or 800-WESTIN-1. We will also have a reduced rate for parking at the hotel during the conference.

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, deemed a landmark in Los Angeles, is located in the center of a vibrant community rich with Los Angeles history. Central to all Southern California attractions by six converging freeways and 400 miles of subway and light rail track. Over 20 restaurants and lounges include Top of Five rooftop dining, the revolving Bona Vista Lounge and
Flower Street Bar for sports and Karaoke.

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Submitted By: LTC Tom Lasser, USA (RET)

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