Friday, September 24
9a.m. - 3p.m.      Pre-conference workshops
4 - 6 p.m.            Networking and Job Reception
7 - 9 p.m.            Keynote Address – Trebbe Johnson

Saturday, September 25
9a.m. - 3p.m.      Offsite Extended Workshops
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.  Onsite Breakout Sessions
12 - 1:30 p.m.     Lunch
1:30 - 4:45 p.m.  Breakout Sessions
4:45 - 6 p.m.       Reception
6 - 8 p.m.            Dinner banquet

Sunday, September 26
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.    Offsite Extended Workshops
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.  Onsite Breakout Sessions
1pm - 3p.m.        Onsite Breakout Sessions
4 - 4:30 p.m.       Closing Ceremony

For a printable, detailed description of workshops

Wild, Sad, Deep, and Joyful: Finding Heart in Wounded Places
Trebbe Johnson – Radical Joy for Hard Times

Pre-Symposium Workshops

From Trials to Treasures: Rites of Passage in Wilderness Therapy
Joseph Lazenka, Ruth Wharton, MA, LPC & Betsy Perluss, PhD - School of Lost Borders

Letting The Soft Animal of your Body Love What it Loves
Katie Asmus, MA, LPC, BMP - Namaste Healing Arts
Sweigh Emily Spilkin, MFA, CHT

Saturday 6-Hour Workshops

Building Relationship with Nature and Self through Primitive Skills
Lorene Wapotich, M.Ed & Mary Sweeny, PhD - Her Feet on the Earth

Introduction to Integral Recovery
John Dupuy, MA & Rob McNamara, MA - Integral Recovery

Saturday Morning 3-Hour Workshops

An Introduction to the Nature-Based Map of the Psyche
Gene Dilworth, MA & Mary Marsden - Animas Valley Institute

Immunity to Change
Mark Burdick, PhD - Burdick Psychological Services
Dan Kaufman, EdD- Integral Potential

Intentional Facilitation: on the Experiential Wave
Tony Alvarez, LMSW - University of Michigan School of Social Work

Creating a Parent Process
Madhuri Barefoot, MSW & Ty Maves, MSW & Caretia Fernandez, MSW - True North Wilderness Program

Using Primitive Skills And Activities In Wilderness Therapy
Shayne Gallagher - WinGate Wilderness Therapy  

Nature as the Primary Healer and Teacher: The Essentials of Ecotherapy
Rich Silver, MA, ABD - University of Earth  

Saturday Afternoon 3-Hour Workshops

Drenched with God: Practicing John Muir’s Spirituality
Stephen Hatch, MA - Naropa University

Covert-Ops: Using "Stealth Therapy" to Re-create Agency in Adolescents and Young Adults
John Tucker – Wisdom Ranch School
Kim Mlinarick – Life Designs Ranch

Saturday Afternoon 1.5 Hour Workshops

Building Bridges between Personal Work and Community Needs
Jason Geoffrion, MA & Skye Bailey - Wilderness Rites

Effective Experiential Education for Students with Asperger’s Syndrome
Molly Shriver-Blake, MSW & Jamie Bailey - Talisman Programs

Integrating Family Work into the Wilderness Experience
Matt Hoag, Ph.D. & Sean Roberts, MS - Second Nature Entrada

Is it Therapy in the Wilderness or Wilderness Therapy
Neal Christensen, PhD & Tim Lowe, PhD - Outback Therapeutic Expeditions - Bridger Jensen, B.S. - New Haven RTC

Programming Family Trips in Wilderness Settings
Andrew Rose, MA Healing Quest
Heather Menzie, MA - Open Sky Wilderness Therapy
John Winton - Boulder Creek Academy

Stepping into Recovery: Using Art Therapy to Assist in Understanding the 12 Steps
Lynn Wadsworth, MS, LPC & Kelly Moore, MS, LPC, ATC & Brooke Judkins, PhD, LPC - SUWS of the Carolinas

Sustainable Organic Farming as Healing for Young Men
Keith Poynter, MA, LMHC & Bruce Morelli - Straight Arrow Apex

Sunday 6-Hour Workshops

Discover and Connect Through Play
Maurie Lung, LMFT, LMHC - Life Adventures Counseling and Consulting

Finding Beauty in Wounded Places
Trebbe Johnson - Vision Arrow

Human Healing Through Horse Energy
Melisa Pearce, MSW - Touched by a Horse
Rob Meltzer, MA, CEP - Northlight Family Services

Reawakening Wild Self: How Wilderness Leads Our Soul Home
Ruth Herman, LMHC

Sunday Morning 3-Hour Workshops

Coyote Walking Backwards: Tracking as an Ecopsychological Practice
J.P. McDaniel, PhD - Naropa University

Framing Challenge (Climbing Gym)
Mike Escalante - Aspiro Adventure
Jodi Escalante - Daniel’s Academy

Mindfulness and Meditation Techniques for Mental Health Care
Norman Elizondo - Open Sky Wilderness Therapy

Sunday Afternoon 3-Hour Workshops

Mask Making as Therapy
Lorri Hanna, MA, CTRS, LPC & Jen Dupuis, BA, BSc, CTRS - Soltreks

I Am a Body on the Body of the Earth
Christine Caldwell, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS & Jeanine Canty, PhD - Naropa University