Lorenz hosts an Annual Invited Practitioner series, an annual conference that invites internationally recognized scientist-practitioners to help bring science to practice on Main Street. Along with bi-weekly consultation and over 100 in-house continuing education hours each year, this conference contributes to a rich professional ecology for staff and trainees alike and enlivens work at all levels of the organization.
2024
Carol Falender – Clinical Supervision: A Competency-Based Approach (12/6/24)
2023
Mary Claire Heffron, Ph.D. & Salam Soliman, PsyD, IMH-E® – The Reflective Supervision Primer: Kicking Off Lorenz’s Multiyear Reflective Practice Initiative (3/23/23)
2022
Bill Doherty, Ph.D. – Therapy in a Polarized Political Environment (5/11/22)
Pauline Boss, Ph.D. – The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change (1/12/22)
2021
Anthony Chambers, PhD, ABPP – Assessing Couples Distress in Systemic Context (11/5/21)
2020
Steven Harris, Ph.D. – Discernment Counseling (5/13/20)
Froma Walsh, MSW, Ph.D. – Shelter Through the Storm: Strengthening Family Resilience in the Time of COVID-19 (12/4/20)
2019
Bill Doherty, Ph.D. – Couples-Sensitive Individual Therapy (9/19/19)
C. Edward Watkins, Ph.D. – Supervision: Begin, Build, Broaden (10/7/19)
2018
David Hong, Psy.D., LP – Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training (2/22/18 – 2/23/18)
2017
Harry Aponte, Ph.D., MSW – The Challenge for the Person of the Therapist in Working with Disadvantaged Families (10/13/17)
Peter Zelles, Ph.D., LP, ABPP – Tolerating Ambiguity in the Diagnostic Process (6/30/17)
2016
Mary Catherine Bateson, Ph.D. – Systemic Epistemology (11/16/16)
Alan Sroufe, Ph.D. – Attachment, Relationships, & Development (10/28/16)
Mary Catherine Bateson, Ph.D. – Complex Systems (5/25/16)*
Sue Johnson, Ed.D. – Emotion Focused Couples Therapy (1/27/16)*
2015
Bruce Perry, MD – Small Group Discussion (9/29/15)
Pauline Boss, Ph.D., LMFT & Mary Hayes, Ph.D., LP, LMFT – Professionalism (9/16/15)
Irv Yalom, MD – Small Group Discussion (9/8/15)*
Macaran Baird, MD, MS – Cognitive Bias in the Mental Health System (6/10/15)
2014
Peter Zelles, Ph.D., LP – The Function of Diagnosis (12/19/14)
Sarah Cherwien, Psy.D, LP – DSM-V (8/6/14)
Sarah Paper, Psy.D., LP, RDT – Drama Therapy with Children (3/26/14)
*denotes web conference