Psychology Serving Marriage and Family Ministry seminar, May 2-5, 2011, New York City area
ePriest is sponsoring a practical seminar for clergy, religious and laity involved in marriage and family ministry.
A team of experts – psychologists, doctors, clinicians, sociologists – will show how applying a Catholic psychological model of the human person can help ministry professionals deal with modern challenges in marriage and family.
The “Psychology Serving Marriage and Family Ministry” seminar will take place at the Thornwood Conference Center, on Monday, May 2, 2011 starting at 6:30 pm and ending on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 9:00 am.
The line-up of outstanding speakers include Dr. Gladys Sweeney (Institute for the Psychological Sciences – IPS), Dr. Paul Vitz (IPS), Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons (Institute for Marital Healing – IMH); Dr. Peter Kleponis (IMH), Dr. Joanna Marino (IPS) and Dr. Alex Ross (IPS).
Topics addressed will include: growing in affective maturity, dealing with child suicide, hatred and forgiveness, divorce preventive, spousal anxiety, pornography in the family, ministry to those with same-sex attraction, and eating disorders.
“We're excited about the quality of presenters at this year's seminar. The Catholic psychological model of the human person developed by the IPS faculty finds practical applications in so many pastoral areas we priests are grappling with today. The unique contribution by the experts at the Institute for Marital Healing will not only expand our horizons but will give hope in helping the wounded people who come to us seeking counsel."
The early-bird cost: $220, or $275 after March 25 With lodging: $316, or $395 after March 25 (conference center lodging limited to men) Registration deadline: April 27, 2011 Registration Form and Pricing
For more information and registration Fr. Alex Yeung, LC Director, Sacerdos Institute ny@legionaries.org 914-749-3949 (Toll free 1-877-SACERDOS)
Basic Information
Who Diocesan and religious priests, deacons, seminarians, consecrated men and women, especially those involved in seminary formation, counseling, and marriage and family ministry.
What Three days of integral, ongoing formation on relevant themes on how psychology can help priests in their ministry of promoting marriage and the family amid the challenges of contemporary culture.
Location Our Lady of Thornwood Conference Center 582 Columbus Ave. Thornwood, NY 10594 (Legionaries of Christ) (914) 749-3900
Program
Monday, May 2,2011 Afternoon arrivals 7:00 PM Dr. Paul Vitz, PhD • Psychology of Hatred and Forgiveness Tuesday, May 3, 2011 9:00 AM Dr. Gladys Sweeney, PhD • Healthy Families: The Key to Affective Maturity 10:30 AM Dr. Gladys Sweeney, PhD • Losing a Child to Suicide: Trusting in God’s Mercy 11:30 AM Q & A 12:30 PM Lunch 3:00 PM Dr. Joanna Marino, PhD • Catholic Conceptualization and Treatment of Eating Disorders: What a Priest Should Know 4:30 PM Eucharist celebration • Celebrant: TBD 5:30 PM Dinner 7:00 PM Dr. Alex Ross, PhD • Social Psychology Grounded on a Catholic Anthropology: A Tool for Ministry 8:00 PM Hospitality Social
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 9:00 AM Dr. Peter Kleponis, PhD • Addressing the Pornography Plague in Catholic Families 10:30 AM Dr. Peter Kleponis, PhD • Priestly Ministry to those with Same Sex Attractions 11:30 AM Q&A 12:30 PM Lunch 2:30 PM Dr.Richard Fitzgibbons, MD • Divorce Prevention 4:00 PM Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, MD • Priestly Ministry to Depressed and Anxious Spouses 5:30 PM Eucharist celebration • Celebrant: Most Reverend Dennis Sullivan, DD, Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of New York 6:30 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Hospitality Social
Thursday, May 5, 2011 Morning departures
Speaker Bios
Richard P. Fitzgibbons, MD Director Institute for Marital Healing West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Dr. Fitzgibbons has trained in psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center, he participated in cognitive therapy research with Aaron T. Beck. In 1986 he wrote a seminal paper on the psychotherapeutic uses of forgiveness in the treatment of excessive anger and in 2000 coauthored Helping Clients Forgive: An Empirical Guide for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope with Dr. Robert D. Enright, University of Wisconsin, Madison, for American Psychological Association Books. Dr. Fitzgibbons is an adjunct professor at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at Catholic University and is board member of the International Institute for Forgiveness. He is also a consultant to the Congregation for Clergy at the Vatican.
Peter C. Kleponis, PhD Assistant Director of Comprehensive Counseling Services West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Peter C. Kleponis, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Therapist and Assistant Director of Comprehensive Counseling Services in West Conshohocken, PA. He holds an MA in Clinical-Counseling Psychology from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA and a PhD in General Psychology from Capella University in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Kleponis has fourteen years of professional experience working with individuals, couples, families and organizations. He specializes in marriage & family therapy, pastoral counseling, men’s issues, pornography addiction recovery, and resolving excessive anger.
Joanna Marino, PhD Assistant Professor Institute for the Psychological Sciences
Dr. Marino’s clinical and research interests include eating disorders, obesity, bariatric surgery and body image, and she has several publications in these areas. She joined the Institute for Psychological Sciences faculty in 2010 after completing her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Florida's Shands Hospital. Currently, Dr. Marino is teaching cognitive/behavioral assessment, law, ethics, and psychology, and diversity. Her publications include: “The Emergence of Eating Pathology after Bariatric Surgery: A Rare Outcome with Important Clinical Implications,” International Journal of Eating Disorders, “Therapeutic Factors Affecting the Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa via Telemedicine versus Face-to-Face Delivery,” International Journal of Eating Disorders, “Congruence Between Routine and Research-Based Psychiatric Diagnoses in Bariatric Surgery Candidates” Surgery and Obesity Related Diseases, and“Caffeine, Artificial Sweetener, and Fluid Intake in Anorexia Nervosa” International Journal of Eating Disorders.
Alex Ross, PhD Professor and Dean of Students Institute for the Psychological Sciences
Dr. Ross teaches courses in social psychology and psychological measurement at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. His principal research interests include the impact of social and cultural change on the family and religious institutions. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the Ohio State University. Prior to joining the IPS faculty, he held faculty positions in sociology at colleges and universities in Ohio, Michigan, and Florida. His recent publications include: “Beyond DSM-IV-TR: Some Considerations for Psychodiagnostics from a Catholic Perspective on the Person,” Edification: Journal of the Society for Christian Psychology (2009) (co-authored with P. Scrofani, PhD), and “The Impact of Church Attendance on the Decline in Female Happiness in the U.S.,” Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion (forthcoming).
Gladys M. Sweeney, M.Ed, PhD Founder and Academic Dean Institute for the Psychological Sciences
Dr. Sweeney obtained her M.Ed and PhD from The Pennsylvania State University. She has held a faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Child Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics. She has also lectured at the North American College and at the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum in Rome. Dr. Sweeney’s current research interest is the integration of the psychological sciences with the Catholic view of the human person. Her publications include Human Nature in its Fullness: A Roman Catholic Perspective, CUA Press, 2006; “Why Childhood Attachment Matters: Implications for Personal Happiness, Families and Public Policy,” in The Family in the New Millennium, Praeger Publishers, 2007; “Psychotherapy and the End of Life” in What is Death? A Scientific, Philosophical and Theological Exploration of Life’s End, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2008.
Paul Vitz, PhD Professor and Senior Scholar Institute for the Psychological Sciences
Dr. Vitz obtained his doctorate from Stanford University. His teaching and research is focused on the integration of Christian theology and psychology, breaking from the secular humanism and post-modern relativism prevalent today. Dr. Vitz's books include: Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship;Sigmund Freud's Christian Unconscious; Modern Art and Modern Science: The Parallel Analysis of Vision; and Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism. Dr. Vitz is Professor Emeritus of New York University.
