November 9 & 10, 2009
Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii

E komo mai!

This year's theme is
Leading Through Tough Economic Times:
    Innovation, Collaboration, and Advocacy. 

This year's theme, Leading Through Tough Economic Times: Innovation, Collaboration and Advocacy, responds to the economic challenges that peaked last October across the nation and have the potential to impact individuals, the family, the workplace, the community, and society at large. Psychologists can make a difference on multiple levels and provide leadership in critical times; this may manifest as innovative service delivery, practice, research, and training models, productive collaboration both within and beyond the domain of our own profession, and advocacy for the profession and those we serve. Such leadership seeks to empower change for the greater good so that tough times become catalytic and transformative. This year’s theme has inspired workshops covering a broad spectrum of psychologists who will present on topics that range from professional practice issues to the intersection of research and service delivery to evidence-based practices for prevalent psychological issues that appear to be on the rise during these tough economic times.

On Tuesday, November 10th, Melba J. T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP, will address the myriad clinical and ethical dilemmas we work with daily in our multicultural world. Dr. Vasquez will also address obstacles in achieving multicultural competence in psychotherapy as well as positive strategies. In the afternoon, a local panel of experts will join Dr. Vasquez to spotlight the challenges in working with men specifically around the issue of rising domestic violence in these challenging economic times.

On Monday, November 9th, B. Christopher Frueh, Ph.D. & Karen J. Cusack, Ph.D. will present a workshop in the morning on evidence-based practices for posttraumatic stress disorder or other post-traumatic reactions across a range of clinical populations and settings. A. Aukahi Austin, Ph.D. & Brad J. Nakamura, Ph.D., will present with their team in the afternoon on the evidence-based practice of exposure therapy for anxiety to include theoretical foundations, live demonstrations of basic procedures, application with special populations, as well as barriers to administration and strategies to overcome these barriers.

These CE events along with the diversity of other convention topics should provide many opportunities to bridge the research and clinical endeavors of our members, to bring together students, early career and established psychologists in various settings, identifying the common goals that unite us as a profession.

This is not only a time to immerse yourself in the convention’s educational content, but also to meet new colleagues, renew old relationships and rejuvenate and restore yourself. The presentations and events during these two days will be at the Ala Moana Hotel.

A Town Hall Meeting with Rosemary Adam-Terem, Ph.D. (HPA President), Jill Oliveira Gray, Ph.D. (HPA President Elect), Brad Klontz, Psy.D. (Past President), and Craig Robinson, Ph.D. (APA Council Representative) is scheduled for early Monday morning. Join in this lively conversation to discuss professional concerns you feel are most important and help to shape the state and national agenda of psychology!

On November 9th, the winners of the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award (HWA) will be announced at the luncheon. This is the 9th year that the Hawai`i Psychological Association (HPA), in cooperation with APA, has established the “Healthy Workplace” Awards in the State of Hawai`i.

We wish to extend our kokua to our student members. We invite HPA members to sponsor students who would like to attend the convention by making a donation towards defraying student costs. Please show your support for our students and write your donation in on the registration form.

We extend a warm invitation to you. We do look forward to seeing you and hope you find this convention enjoyable, informative, and stimulating.

HPA Convention Committee: Kate Brown, Warren Loos, Rosemary Adam-Terem, Jill Oliveira Gray, Bradley Klontz, Nancy Sidun, Barbara Higa Rogers, Darryl Salvador, Ryan Porell, Jeff Duong, Susan Y. Lin, Lesley Slavin, Lawrie Ignacio 

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Hawaii Psychological Association
(808) 447-1840
hpaexec@gmail.com