The 2023 Hawai'i Behavioral Health and Wellness Convention!
October 19 & 20, 2023
The Hawai'i Psychological Association, the Hawaiian Islands Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the National Association of Social Workers – Hawai'i Chapter are pleased to announce their third jointly-sponsored Behavioral Health Convention to be held in-person and virtually at the Hawai'i Army National Guard Regional Training Facility located near Bellows Beach in Waimanalo.
A Partial List of Convention Workshops and Programs
Therapy in the Ashes: Personal and Clinical Considerations When Providing Clinical Intervention to Survivors of Natural Disasters
Being There Where They Need Us: What's Always Worked and What's Working Now in Behavioral Health
What You Need to Know About Harm Reduction
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Health Professions: Journey to Leadership and Service from Behavioral Health Professionals with Diverse Backgrounds
Slippery Slopes: Ethics and Professional Boundaries in Mental Health Practice
The Box: Out of the Impossible – Addressing the Needs of Clients with Complex Trauma
Using Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science to Treat Eating Disorders
The Neuroscience of Grief: How We Learn from Love and Loss
Perspectives on Psychology and Climate Change: Clinical to Behavioral Considerations
Digital Therapeutics: What You Must Know About These Software-Based Treatment Tools
A Guide to Championing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Digital Therapeutics: A Hands-On Look at the Many Available Programs and Their Effectiveness
Innovating Psychology: Ethical Considerations for Moving Treatment Outdoors to Promote Harmony in Health
Cannabis Science: New Research, Prevention Opportunities and Implications for Behavioral Health and Wellness
Treating Relationship and Sexual Concerns with Evidence-Based Couple and Sex Therapies
From Limiting to Liberating: Reducing Stigmatizing Language in Clinical Documentation
Ketamine Assisted Therapy
Cross-Racial Alliance Building: Solidarity Building Strategies for Impact from Therapy Rooms to Policy Roles
The Box: Into the Possible – An Integrated Approach to Healing from Complex Trauma and Dissociation
Native Hawaiian Health
Existential Psychotherapy & Loss
Beyond the Classroom: An Experiential Discussion of Growth and Scaling Your Business in Private Practice
Increasing Access to Accurate Adult ADHD Diagnosis in Primary Care
Sustainable Mental Health for Clinicians Working on the Suicide Prevention Continuum
Why EDI is Good for Everyone
The Tripler Military Symposium: Treating Military Members and Dependents
Integral and Transpersonal Family Therapy - A Therapeutic Approach for Reharmonizing Wellness as One Nature Family
ADHD and Comorbid Disorders
Best Practices Serving Court-Involved Families: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off: (Too) Rapid Evolution in Mental Health Ethics
Posters
Perceptions of Ha Ola Mau Program by Adolescents in Rural Hawai’i
Spiritual Bypassing: Using Religious and Spiritual Sanction to Avoid Difficult Emotions
Maui Wildfire Disasters: A Culturally Competent Approach to Care
Examining Explicit and Implicit Alcohol Recovery Identity as a Predictor of Alcohol-Related Outcomes Among Treatment Seeking and Non-Treatment Seekers Heavy Drinkers
From Aesop to Instagram: The Evolution of Narrative Therapy in a Digital World
AI Integration in Psychological Report Writing: Application and Ethics
An Intersectional Approach to the Gut-Brain Axis within Native Hawaiian and Polynesian Populations
Please join us!
- Four concurrent tracks -
- 45 CEs offered over two days -
- Renowned international, national and local experts -
- The latest in cutting-edge training and information -
- Accommodations available for $100 per night -
- Programs available on demand for at least 3 months following the event -
Your registration gives you multiple ways to access the Convention: in-person, via Zoom and 'on-demand' - all with CEs! Participate in any combination of ways that works best for you.
Schedule of Events
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration, continental breakfast, yoga and meditation
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Workshops and programs
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch (provided)
1:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Workshops and programs
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Pupu reception and poster session
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration, continental breakfast, yoga and meditation
8:30 am - 11:45 am
Workshops and programs
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Lunch (provided)
12:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Workshops and programs
Room Accommodations
The conference facility has kindly made 50 on-site rooms available for convention attendees. Rooms are $100 (single occupancy) or $150 (double occupancy) per night. Adults only, no children. The rooms are private, clean, no-frills accommodations (think college dorm room with a private bathroom). The beautiful Bellows Beach is a short 3-minute car ride away. Rooms are available for the nights of October 18, 19 & 20. You can reserve the room when registering for the Convention.
Maui-based Providers
We are mindful that registering for the convention may not be an immediate priority. We want you to know that we have applied for a grant and may be able to partially subsidize your costs for registration (in person, zoom, and/or on-demand) and lodging (for in-person attendees). If so, your registration and/or lodging costs will be reimbursed accordingly.
The Hawai'i Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Hawai'i Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Hawaiian Islands Association for Marriage and Family Therapy is authorized to provide continuing education to Hawai'i licensed marriage and family therapists. This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers – Hawai'i Chapter NASWHI-CEP-001 for Social Work continuing education contact hours.
