Conference Program

8:00 am: Exhibit Hall Set Up

8:30 am: Registration, Exhibit Hall

9:30 am: Welcome by Conference Directors Kelly Workman, PsyD and Maggie Davis, PhD

9:50 am: Opening Remarks by Rajita Sinha, PhD

10:00 am: "Complex PTSD" presented by Judith Herman, MD

11:00 am: Lived Experience Speakers

11:20 am: Break, Mentorship Check in, Exhibit Hall

11:40 am: "Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory & The Relational Paradox: Implications for People Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder" presented by Jennifer Gomez, PhD

12:40 pm: Lunch; Optional 45 minute YNHH Training Lunch: Race in Our Bodies and in the Therapy Room presented by Nathalie Edmond, PsyD; Exhibit Hall - starts at 12:55 pm

1:50 pm: "The Interplay Between Romantic Relationships and Borderline Personality Disorder: Some Data and Some Thoughts on the Role of Early Experiences and Romantic Attachment Style" presented by Susan South, PhD

2:50 pm: Lived Experience Speakers

3:10 pm: Break, Exhibit Hall, Poster Set up

3:30 pm: "Using DBT Skills to Address Intergenerational Transmission of Emotion Dysregulation Within Families" presented by Maureen Zalewski, PhD

4:30 pm: Panel Discussion

5:15 pm: Closing Remarks; Seth Axelrod Mentorship Award

5:30 - 6:30 pm: Poster Session, Exhibit Hall