Agenda at a glance

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Wednesday

General

3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Registration and Help Desk

THURSDAY

General

Main Stage

Feature Stage

7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Registration and Help Desk

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Sessions 

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Solutions Center 

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Session

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sessions

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sessions

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

HEADLINE EVENT

Presidential Opening Session

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

HEADLINE EVENT

Youth Mental Health:How to Help a Generation Heal

CE CREDIT: 1.5

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE SESSION

CE CREDIT: 1.0

• Fostering Joy: Cherishing Intentional Moments of Connection in Interactions with Children with Disabilities | Amy Szarkowski, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston 
• Immigrant Health is Interpersonal | Amanda Venta, PhD, University of Houston

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

CEO SPOTLIGHT SESSION

The Power of Story: Proven Tools to Make Your Message Stick

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

ETHICS SESSION

Maintaining our Ethics in a Shifting Landscape 

CE CREDIT: 1.0

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

The Impact of Anti-Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Legislation

Division 18

CE CREDIT: 1.0

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Psychedelics and Recovery from Addictive Disorders: Recent Experimental and Observational Findings

Division 28

CE CREDIT: 1.0

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

SCIENCE SUMMIT

Systems Level Approaches to Addressing Youth Mental Health Crisis

CE CREDIT: 1.0

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Kink and Flourishing Study: Impact of Kink Involvement in People’s Personal Growth and Healing

Division 44

CE CREDIT: 1.0

FRIDAY

General

Main Stage

Feature Stage

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration and Help Desk

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Sessions

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Solutions Center

11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sessions 

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

ETHICS SESSION

Facilitating Ethical, Respectful Discourse in Difficult Conversations 

CE CREDIT: 1.0

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

HEADLINE EVENT

Burned Bridges and Broken Trust: Psychology’s Solutions for a Troubled Time

CE CREDIT: 1.5

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE SESSION

CE CREDIT: 1.0

• Why Awareness Isn't Enough: Using Therapy Principles to Mobilize Anti-Racist Action | Yara Mekawi, PhD, University of Louisville; Natalie Watson-Singleton, PhD, Spelman College 
  
• Churn: The Psychological and Physical Stress that Divides Us and How We Can Overcome It | Claude Steele, PhD, Stanford University 

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

CEO SPOTLIGHT SESSION

From Research to Reality: Psychology’s Role in Implementing Effective Digital Mental Health Solutions

CE CREDIT: 1.0

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SCIENCE SUMMIT

Science of Diversity: Why it Matters

CE CREDIT: 1.0

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Collective Trauma from Sociopolitical Crises: Impacts and Community Resilience 

Division 17

CE CREDIT: 1.0

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAMMING

Buddhist Psychotherapy: Connecting Early Buddhism to Mindfulness and Western Psychotherapy

CE CREDIT: 1.0

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

ICE and Psychology: Immigration Policies and Impact on Clinical Practice, Research, and Training

Ethnic Psychological Association

CE CREDIT: 1.0

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

The Evolution of Group Psychotherapy to Liberation Ecosystems

Division 49

CE CREDIT: 1.0

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Making Nice with Naughty: Supporting Overcontrolled Clients' Pursuit of Sexual Pleasure

Division 43

CE CREDIT: 1.0

SATURDAY

General

Main Stage

Feature Stage

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration and Help Desk

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Sessions

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Solutions Center

1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Sessions

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

ETHICS SESSION

Navigating the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Training

CE CREDIT 1.0

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

HEADLINE EVENT

Doing What You Can: Advocacy Doesn’t Have to be Intimidating

CE CREDIT: 1.5

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

KEYNOTE SESSION

CE CREDIT 1.0

• Presentation to be announced
• Humans First: Putting AI In the Service of the Therapeutic Alliance | Margaret Morris, PhD, University of Washington 

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

HEADLINE EVENT

Closing Session: Perspectives Power Purpose 

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

TikTok and Self-Diagnosis: The Influence of Social Media on Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health

Division 46

CE CREDIT: 1.0

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Building Coalitions: Feminist, Disabled, Minority, and Genderqueer Resistance

Division 35

CE CREDIT: 1.0

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

SCIENCE SUMMIT

Technology and Workplace

CE CREDIT: 1.0

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Beyond the Party Lines: Addressing Politics in Independent Practice

Division 42

CE CREDIT: 1.0

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