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Host: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto
Sponsor: Milton Erikson Foundation
Homepage: http://www.meaning.ca
Email: pwong@tyndale.ca
Organizers: International Network on Personal Meaning and the Psychology Department of Tyndale University College
Deadline for abstracts: May 23, 2008
Description:
The addresses the existential/spiritual issues that confront individuals in their journey through life and the character strengths they need to survive and flourish in trying situations.
The forthcoming Meaning Conference will feature more than 20 invited lectures by a distinguished faculty and many professional workshops, such as Logotherapy, Meaning-Centered Counselling and Narrative Therapy, Humanistic-Existential therapy, Play Therapy, Expressive Therapy, and Grief Counselling.
The Conference offers a unique opportunity to learn from and leading authorities about the latest developments in clinical skills, research findings, and spiritual insights on life’s big questions:
How do we live vitally and meaningfully with the awareness of aging, illness and death?
What is a good death? What is the role of meaning and faith in dying well?
How is living well related to dying well?
How do we prepare people psychological and spiritually for life-threatening events and personal mortality?
How can we help people maintain a sense of hope, meaning and happiness in nursing homes and hospice-palliative care?
What kind of character strengths and virtues are essential for resilience in trying situations
Mail Address:
25 Ballyconnor Court, Toront, ON, Canada M2M 4B3 tel.416-226-6620-ex.6734 fax 416 226 6762
Submitted by: Paul T. P. Wong, Ph.D., Conference Chair
Date received: May 26, 2008, revised May 28, 2008
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