2004 AATH Conference Speakers
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Dale Anderson |
"It's Not the Same 'Old' Act Anymore!" — Dale Anderson & Annie Glasgow Cancel the 'ism in age-ism! Knock the 'el out of elderly! Experience the "chemistry" of the happy, WELLderly role. Annie and Dale are inner-taining co-stars who share age-"less" ideas and theater techniques that produce results! |
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Awards Banquet |
Saturday evening: "AATH Annual Awards Banquet" |
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Don Baird |
"The Humor of Muhammad Ali: From Words to Magic" — Don Baird Muhammad Ali's skill as a boxer has only been matched by his fame as a humorist. Now his voice whispers and his hand trembles. Using magic, pantomime, and jokes, Ali has found new ways of sharing his humor with the world. Ali has much to teach us about maintaining our humor identity throughout life's changes. |
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Bumper "T" Caring Clowns |
"Hospital Clowns: The Newest Member of the Wellness Team" — Bumper "T" Caring Clowns A presentation of the FIVE KEY ROLES that a caring clown plays in relating to all the members of the hospital population, giving their Rx for enhancing the hospital environment — one hug at a time. |
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Karyn Buxman |
"Humor as Humor is an important strategy in all aspects of life. This presentation will demonstrate areas of life that can be improved by a life/laugh strategy and provide resources to develop and implement it. |
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David Cooperberg |
"Humor in Group Psychotherapy — Uses and Abuses" — David Cooperberg Learn how therapists and group members use and abuse humor for connection or detachment, regulating tension and self-exposure in therapy groups. |
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Karen Dahmer |
"Moving From Grief to Comic Relief: The Hospice Smile Team" — Karen Dahmer & Joye Swisher This program will help individuals understand the grief process and share the creative tools to work through a loss. Learning to laugh again helps us survive. Learn how and when to start introducing "Comic Relief"! |
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Lenny Dave |
"Creative Thinking for the Idea Impaired" — Lenny Dave Lenny's fast paced presentation includes poignant cartoons, lighthearted lecture and audience interaction to convey a simple yet powerful understanding of creative thinking. It addresses the needs of wellness-oriented conference participants, as well as organizational challenges. |
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Tim Davis |
"Stand up Comedy Performance Techniques to Drive Sales" — Tim Davis Learn how top standup comedians use psychological and performance techniques to consistently persuade audiences to laugh and how these same techniques can be used in the corporate environment to boost sales, improve presentations, increase self-confidence, and communicate more effectively. |
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Bernie DeKoven |
"Games that make you laugh" — Bernie DeKoven Explore the healing powers of social play and laughter with these "Pointless Games." Rediscover the power of games to transcend boundaries and create community. Add new dimensions to your repertoire and new experiences of laughter to your practice. |
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Pragito Dove |
"Laughter and Tears: Expressive Meditation" — Pragito Dove Laughter is not trivial! It is a powerful force that can be used to transform us into more creative, loving, sincere, authentic human beings. Pragito Dove introduces us to a unique range of expressive meditation techniques. Focusing on laughter and tears, Pragito shatters our preconceptions that meditation necessitates sitting in silence as she demonstrates how it can be used directly to deal with different emotions including anger, love, grief, and fear. Learn the difference between seriousness and sincerity and the healing power of lightening up. An added benefit: discover how laughter is sexy and benefits relationships. In this experiential workshop you will learn two expressive meditation techniques that help us delve deeper into healing the root cause of our stress, whether it be physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual. |
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Ed Dunkelblau |
Pre-Conference A — "Humor in Psychotherapy" Moderator (all day Friday) and Opening Remarks. |
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Panel Discussion Moderator — "Ethical Considerations of Therapeutic Humor" |
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AATH Main Conference — Daily Opening Remarks with Patty Wooten. |
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Marcus Engel |
"Finding Humor When Nothing Is Funny" — Marcus Engel Marcus Engel weaves humor throughout his personal story of being blinded and traumatically injured at 18 by a drunk driver. His hilarious stories of the rehab process demonstrate that humor can be the best therapy for physical, mental, and emotional traumas. |
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Lou Franzini |
"How to Develop a Child's Sense of Humor" — Lou Franzini This session is designed for parents and teachers who want to facilitate humor development in children under 12. The techniques, exercises, and suggestions will be condensed into Seven Simple Words. |
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Bill Fry |
Lunch and Learn with your Humor Hero — Lou Franzini |
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Leslie Gibson |
"Creating A Comedy Connection" — Leslie Gibson If laughter is the best medicine, this course is a prescription you can use to build a humor therapy program. Learn how to make comedy connections with humor baskets, carts, libraries, wellness centers, or caring clowns. |
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Annie Glasgow |
"It's Not the Same 'Old' Act Anymore!" — Dale Anderson & Annie Glasgow Cancel the 'ism in age-ism! Knock the 'el out of elderly! Experience the "chemistry" of the happy, WELLderly role. Annie and Dale are inner-taining co-stars who share age-"less" ideas and theater techniques that produce results! |
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Annette Goodheart |
"How to do the Deepest Work in the Lightest Way" — Annette Goodheart Based on the formula that in order to laugh one must play with one's pain, the talk will discuss traditional beliefs that have prevented the use of laughter in psychotherapy and offer a new frame of reference. (The therapist laughs along!) |
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Lew Hamburger |
"Humor Therapy — Building the Alliance" — Lew Hamburger Therapists often attribute symptom reduction to technique or methodology. Patients invariably say: "It's the relationship, stupid!" Discussion will move humor from being about life-styles and relationships to being a cornerstone of psychotherapy. |
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René Hicks |
"The Spirit of Laughter" — René Hicks Laughter is God's way of inviting us to come out and play. To let our spirits climb on the monkey bars of life and dare to hang upside down. |
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Michael Kerr |
"You CAN'T be Serious! Putting Humor to Work" — Michael Kerr A fast paced, humorous look at how our sense of humor can tear down walls, reduce stress and build strong teams in the workplace. Learn five guiding lights for putting humor to work safely. |
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Ellie Marek |
"Humor in Defense of the Human Spirit" Stories and proverbs show how the people of many cultures have used humor (usually underground humor) to defend and revive their spirits in the worst of oppression. Laughter is a universal language, and humor heals the battered spirit. |
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Phil Milgrom |
"Yoga, Laughter, and Healing: Embracing the Whole World" — Phil Milgrom In this presentation you will gain a deeper understanding of yoga, and a greater appreciation of humor and laughter, all of which bring about a release that keeps you light, loose, energized, mentally sharp, and balanced. |
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Wes "Scoop" Nisker |
"Essential Crazy Wisdom" — Wes "Scoop" Nisker Earthlings! Humans! Mid-sized Mammals! Who are we and what are we doing here on earth? Is there any meaning to existence? This presentation will examine the foolish and noble human condition, and the joys and sorrows of living in the modern age. |
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Laurie Orloff |
"Parenting Children, Parenting Parents" — Laurie Orloff & Nancy Street Working from opposite ends of the spectrum, Laurie and Nancy will discuss using humor to deal with the stresses of raising children and caring for your parents. |
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Terry Paulson |
"Parenting and the Humor Advantage" — Terry Paulson After God created Adam and Eve, he gave them a baby. Then to keep the whole thing from falling apart, he invented humor. Enjoy this laughter-laden look at how a ready sense of humor can give you a parenting advantage. |
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Lenny Ravich |
"Humor and Laughter in a Land of Trauma and Hope" — Lenny Ravich As a therapist working with families traumatized by the Israeli-Arab conflict, Lenny has discovered that both Arab and Israeli thirst for hope, love and optimism. Humor affords this, no matter on which side of the fence you live. |
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Willi Ruch |
"The Positive Psychology of Humor, Laughter, and Cheerfulness" — Willi Ruch The recent emergence of Positive Psychology will bring humor, cheerfulness, laughter, and their beneficial effects, to mainstream psychological research. The talk will focus on definition, assessment, and empirical findings relating to these phenomena. Special attention will be given to recent studies of humor and pain tolerance. |
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Josh Sickel |
"Constructing Hospital Humor Programs: No Experience Needed" — Josh Sickel Learn ways to start a variety of humor programs at your hospital including:
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Sister Anne Bryan Smollin |
"Laughter: Universal Language that Dissolves Barriers" — Sister Anne Bryan Smollin This presentation will present practical ideas on how the gift of smiles and laughter can accompany us on our daily journey. Sometimes words get in the way. |
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Arthur Soissons-Segal |
"Searching for Humor with Disabled Adults" — Arthur Soissons-Segal Humor is a deeper level than laughter. Humor is the decision disabled people make to perceive their limitations as a major inconvenience. |
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Nancy Street |
"Parenting Children, Parenting Parents" — Nancy Street & Laurie Orloff Working from opposite ends of the spectrum, Laurie and Nancy will discuss using humor to deal with the stresses of raising children and caring for your parents. |
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Roz Trieber |
"The Art of Mixing Work and Humor" — Roz Trieber This interactive seminar provides strategies to enable employees to choose a positive attitude, use communication skills that reduce tension and misunderstanding and increase problem solving skills. |
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Shirley Trout |
"Evidence Based Research — What it is and is Not" — Shirley Trout This session will discuss the basic differences between quantitative and qualitative research, and between empirical and applied (action) research. Understanding these differences are essential "toward being a knowledgeable and responsible consumer of research. |
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Steve Sultanoff |
"Humor Matters: The Effective Use of Humor in Psychotherapy" — Steve Sultanoff Experience the how and why of therapeutic humor and learn ways to integrate humorous interventions into clinical practice. The therapeutic nature of humor will be illustrated through jokes, anecdotes, props, cartoons, magic, and video presentations. |
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Joye Swisher |
"Moving From Grief to Comic Relief: The Hospice Smile Team" — Joye Swisher & Karen Dahmer This program will help individuals understand the grief process and share the creative tools to work through a loss. Learning to laugh again helps us survive. Learn how and when to start introducing "Comic Relief"! |
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Patty Wooten |
Pre-Conference A — "Humor in Hospitals" "Compassionate Laughter: Humor from the Heart" Compassionate caregivers radiate a loving energy and connect to others with an open heart and a joyful spirit. Sharing laughter can increase this intimacy and communion. A humorous perspective can protect the caregiver from feeling overwhelmed by the pain and suffering they witness. Learn how the "laughing spirit" can enhance the healing partnership. |
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AATH Main Conference — Daily Opening Remarks with Ed Dunkelblau. |
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