Our Board has decided to hold the AHP winter board meeting on the Mexican Riviera Maya south of Cancun, January 13-16, 2005. We also decided to add a Professional Development Day (with 6 CECs) and to invite our Professional Members. Treat yourself to a winter get-away and nourish your body, mind and soul with like-minded colleagues. If you are not a Professional Member, you can upgrade your membership now. Register by November 29 to guarantee a room at the Freedom Paradise Resort. Join us on January 17 for this special event!

A Day of Professional Development

Humanistic Therapies: Current Practices, Trends, and Challenges

Freedom Paradise Resort on the Mexican Riviera Maya, FreedomParadise.com (Photos on AHP's calendar at ahpweb.org)

Monday, January 17, 2005, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Humanistic Psychology is alive and well. More than just a psychology, it is a philosophy and a value system which centers on what it means to be fully, optimally human. Its impact extends into many arenas of human endeavor. But it also represents a distinctive approach to the healing arts. Yet, quite often, humanistic practitioners work in relative isolation from each other and in systems that are not humanistically oriented. Outside selected academic settings, the opportunities for exchange of ideas with fellow colleagues are limited.

This workshop will be an examination and discussion of current clinical applications of the principles of humanistic psychology. It is designed to encourage open collegial sharing among professional practitioners in the field.

Topics may include:

* What distinguishes humanistic therapies from other approaches?

* Overview of the variety of humanistic therapies currently practiced, ranging from existential/phenomenological to somatic and energy psychology, Gestalt, family systems, couples therapy, to eco-psychology, transpersonal and other approaches

* Collaboration with other humanistic and/or non-humanistic approaches, such as the medical model

* Ethical practice from a humanistic perspective

* The latest innovations in humanistic practice (postmodern, Narrative, etc.)

* Current challenges facing humanistic therapists and healers

Learning Objectives

Number of Continuing Education Credits is 6

Participants will:

1. Acquire knowledge of the diversity of humanistic approaches to

clinical practice.

2. Develop a better understanding of the efficacy of collaborative

modalities of healing and therapy.

3. Expand their own repertoire therapeutic resources to offer clients.

Workshop Registration Fees

The registration fee for the all-day workshop is $50. There is an additional $10 processing fee to be paid on-site for those seeking CECs.

This event is only open to members of AHP who are Professional Members.

If you are an AHP member in the Regular member category, you can upgrade to a Professional Membership by paying an additional $41.

If you are an AHP member in the Introductory/Low Income/Student member category, you can upgrade to a Professional Membership by paying an additional $61.

If you are not an AHP member, become a Professional Member now by joining at $110 and receiving all the other benefits of AHP membership including its Journal and magazine. see ahpweb.org

Travel and Hotel Information:

Hotel

This gathering of kindred spirits will be held at the Freedom Paradise Resort on the Mexican Riviera Maya on the Yucatan peninsula. January is a peak month and the resort rooms will sell out!

In order to be guaranteed a room, you need to pay AHP for your room by November 29. After that date, you can get rooms at the AHP group rate IF rooms are still available. The rate is $99 per person in single room, $75 per person in a double, and $68 per person in a triple. This is an ALL-INCLUSIVE rate, which means three buffet meals, drinks, taxes, and tips are included. AHP will make your resort reservation.

Freedom Paradise is located on a white sand beach with a natural reef with fantastic snorkeling and near the famous Mayan ruins of Tulum and the eco-archeological park of Xelha. It also has four swimming pools and exquisite gardens. For details about this intimate resort check out their web site at: www.freedomparadise.com  Give yourself a couple of extra days if you can. It will be up in the 80s during the day and cool/cold almost at night.

Travel

Fly into Cancun, Mexico. In calculating time for travel, allow 90 minutes for travel from the airport to the resort. Also remember that for going back to the states on international flights you need to be at the airport in Cancun about 2-3 hours ahead of your flight. You need either a valid passport — or — a notarized birth certificate and a drivers’ license or other photo ID.

We suggest you book your flight with AHP’s travel agents, Scott and Nancy at BeeLine Travel at 800-845-1054.

$35 per person round trip transportation to and from the airport to the hotel is to be paid to AHP.

(Note that renting a car is at least $400 a week and that local taxis are very reasonable.)

Registration and Payment:

Summary of Registration Fees (all in US dollars)

1- New AHP Professional Membership or Upgrade if applicable

2- Workshop: $50

3- CECs: $10 (To be paid on-site)

4- Round Trip Ground Transportation: $35

5- Freedom Paradise Resort Package:

    $99 per person per night in single,

    $75 per person per night in double, or

    $68 per person per night in triple.

Payment Options:

You cannot use checks in Mexico and because we have a group contract, we need to pay as a group. Register By November 29th to ensure your room at the AHP group rate.

Pay AHP with a credit card or a check for: new membership or membership upgrade (if applicable), workshop registration, resort nights, and ground transportation. Please calculate the nights you plan to be there and multiply that by the cost per night.

Send the total amount to the AHP Office by November 29 to guarantee your room at the resort! Or call AHP with your credit card number 510/769-6495.

Refund Policy:

If you cancel the workshop by December 25th, you will be refunded $25 of the workshop fee. After December 25th, there will be no refunds.

Registration:

You can e-mail, fax, or mail your total registration and hotel fees to AHP. Also let AHP know your arrival and departure times for airport transportation.

E-mail: AHPoffice@aol.com;

Fax: (510) 769-6433

Mail: AHP

1516 Oak Street #320A

Alameda, CA 94501-2947

For more information email Deborah Oberg at dkoberg@aol.com, or call her in the evenings Central Time zone at 309/828-2965