The Director of Alumni Affairs at Saybrook has reported on many of the Saybrook Symposiums at the APA Convention in San Diego, Aug 12-15, and will add more comments over the next few days.
READ FROM BOTTOM UP-THESE WERE REAL TIME TWEETS:
Bohart-W/ SOW Cts are able to reorganize thoughts in more functionally coherent ways, generating new solutions for personal problems #sayapa
Bohart-Study of Carl Rogers’ therapy transcripts-in first transcript it was found that the client engaged in a wisdom-making process #sayapa
Bohart-Therapist does not have to intervene-providing an accepting, empathic atmosphere facilitates self-organizing wisdom SOW #sayapa
Bohart-Goal of person-centered therapy: facilitate clients’ self-organizng wisdom-makes self-actualization go in a positve direction #sayapa
gaiken8: Saybrook Faculty Dr Art Bohart-Self-Organizing Wisdom in Person-Centered Therapy-Studying Clinical Wisdom Symp #sayapa
gaiken8: Organizationl resilience can be used to describe teamwork of dreaming brain’s parts, eg, neural networks-creating dream narratives #sayapa
gaiken8: Krppnr-Scientfc, philosphicl, artistc insghts frm dreams may represnt edge of chaos illustrtng illumination phase of creatve process #sayapa
gaiken8: Krippner-Chaos theory and complexity theory can be applied to the study of nighttime dreams #sayapa
gaiken8: Saybrook Faculty, Stan Krippner-Chaos Theory Symp-Dreaming As a Creative Life Force #sayapa
gaiken8: Zausner-Edvard Munch & John Callahan addressed their emotional problems & substance abuse & continued to live and remain creative #sayapa
gaiken8: Zausner-Untreatd mental illness and addictions shortned lives of Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, & Jackson Pollack,#sayapa
gaiken8: Zausner-Untreated mental illness inundates a person with a cacophony of unwanted stimuli, some will turn to substance abuse #sayapa
gaiken8: Zausner-These responses can generate positive experiences during a time of creativity when inspirations guide a work to greatness #sayapa
gaiken8: Zausner-Chaotic systems have extreme sensitivity to stimuli, thoughts and feelings can cause profound responses in people #sayapa
gaiken8: T Zausner-all individuals are in state of chaos that continually brings forth the new order of their ongoing existence #sayapa
gaiken8: T Zausner-an artist in the turbulence of creativity is an extreme example of a dissipative system #sayapa
gaiken8: dr zausner-In these far-from-equilibrium situations, they are in a state of creative chaos #sayapa
gaiken8: Dr Zausner-Artists create their work in conditions of disequilibrium far from the confines of homeostasis #sayapa
gaiken8: Saybrook faculty Dr Tobi Zausner-Chaos Theory Sym-Artists and Substance Abuse: Misguided Searches for a Creative Chaos #sayapa
gaiken8: Butler-Intrply btween cultvation of sprit and makng of soul transcendnt practces-balancd by imagnatve wanderngs thru valley of soul #sayapa
gaiken8: Butler-Strict adherence to the spirit-centred practce of yoga has tendency to cast a dark shadow over soul-oriented aspects of life #sayapa
gaiken8: Butler-This tumultuous struggle can be resolved through a conscious cultivation of both soul and spirit. #sayapa
gaiken8: Jason Butler, MA Alumnus-Poster session of Jung and the Evolution of Yoga in America #sayapa
gaiken8: R Rchrds-The “abnormal is not necessarily pathological,” and in some cases, it may be usefully, and creatively, exceptional. #sayapa
gaiken8: R Rchards-Creativity itself tends, all else being equal, to be healthy, adaptive, even resilient, perhaps also protective #sayapa
gaiken8: R Richards-Mild mood elevation appears optimal Results may generalize to everyone; mood elevation can increase creativity for us all #sayapa
gaiken8: R Richards-Chaos Theory Sym: As sickle cell offrs resistnce to malaria, bipolr risk comes w/a potential benefit: enhanced creativity #sayapa
gaiken8: Saybrook faclty Dr Art Bohart “Studying clinical wisdom: Research on therpists’ & Clnts’ wisdom-related processes” Report later.#sayapa
gaiken8: Saybrook Krippner/Alumni APA Dinner at Jsix Restaurant in San Diego a great success-70 attended! Excellent food, excllnt company. #sayapa
gaiken8: Drs Zausner, Richards, and Krippner present rich symposium about chaos in art, I’ll have to tweet more later. #sayapa
gaiken8: Saybrk Fclty Drs Ruth Richards, Tobi Zausner, Stan Krippner “Chaos Theory: Creatvty, Wakng and Dreamng Life, Psychopathology, & Art” #sayapa
gaiken8: Neuropsychology – another way to empirically validate Existential Psychology #sayapa
gaiken8: Respnse of amygdala cnt descrbe what has happened-Fear is a mlti-systmic evnt-needs to be dscrbed phemomenologically to be undrstood #sayapa
gaiken8: Sybrk alumna Dr Susan Gordon, faculty member Louis Hoffman in pnl on Neurophenomenology: The Embodied Mind #sayapa
gaiken8: Saybrook faculty Dr Steve Pritzker’s poster session demonstrated w/grt! photos and brief essays premise that comedians live longer. #sayapa
gaiken8: Dr Zausner’s own works of art & psychological essays were written in response to the imagery and her process in creating it. #sayapa
gaiken8: “Layrs of meaning give art its incredible richnss & dpth of communication; infusing the beautiful with the powr of transformation.” #sayapa
gaiken8: Tobi: “Artists create their work in conditions of disequilibrium far from the confines of homeostasis.” #sayapa
gaiken8: Saybrook Adjunct faculty member Tobi Zausner-poster session-Conscious & Unconscious: The Creative Process in Visual Art #sayapa
gaiken8: The Cyberhero will have a dual personality and will act as an avatar engaging in digital altruism. #sayapa
gaiken8: From Dana Klisanin, “The Cyberhero is caring, compassionate, committed to make a difference.” #sayapa
gaiken8: Busy day, I’ll do all reports on today’s activities later tonight #sayapa
gaiken8: Anomalous experience was not important to mindfulness group – meditative intention affects the achievement of paranormal experiences #sayapa
gaiken8: The dissociatively focused group had more anomalous experiences by far than the mindfulness group #sayapa 4
gaiken8: Only dissociation versus hypnotizability contributes significantly to anomalous experiences #sayapa
gaiken8: Dr Hageman compared a western dissociatively focused spiritual group with a Korean mindfulness focused group #sayapa
gaiken8: Alumna Joan Hageman on Mysterious Minds Research at 2; Stan Krippner Chairs #sayapa
gaiken8: Just arrived in San Diego, will report on Saybrook symposiums soon. #sayapa