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PREVIOUS CHAPTER EVENTS: October 14, 2017
WASHINGTON D.C. | NEW YORK, NY | LOS ANGELES | ATLANTA | CHAPEL HILL, NC | CHATTANOOGA, TN | CHICAGO | DENVER | HONOLULU | LAKE NORMAN, NC | OAKLAND, CA | PHILADELPHIA | PONTE VEDRA, FL | SANTA ROSA, CA |
Speakers
John Gartner, Ph.D.
Founder, Duty To Warn
Author, In Search Of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography
Representative Jamie Raskin
Maryland’s 8th Legislative District
Sponsor H.R. 1987: Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act
Justin Frank, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
George Washington University Medical Center
Author (upcoming): Trump on The Couch
Jerrold Post, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs
George Washington University
Author, The Mind of a Terrorist
John Zinner, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
George Washington University Medical School
Organizer
Carol Dreyfus
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnDC
Speakers
Harry Segal, Ph.D.
Cornell University
“The President’s Disorder”
James Gilligan, M.D.
NYU Medical School
“Dangerousness”
Betty Teng, LMSW
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy
“Re-Traumatizing Victims of Abuse”
Dr. Peter Fraenkel, PhD
City University of New York
“Why the 25th Amendment?”
Organizer
Ann Kaplan
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnNYC
Speakers
Seth Norrholm, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University
Faculty, Human Psychophysiology of Emotion Laboratory
Drew Westen
Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Emory University
Author, The Political Brain
Mike Luckovich
Editorial cartoonist, Atlanta Journal
Recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes
Organizer
Susan Blank
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnAtlanta
Speakers
Do mental health professionals have a Duty to Warn? Let’s talk about it…
Fred Redekop, PhD
Professor, Kutztown University
Politics’ Intrusion into My Profession
Bandy X. Lee, MD, MDiv
Yale, Department of Psychiatry
The Ambivalent Canary: When the Therapist Fears Engaging Politically
Howard H. Covitz, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA
Psychoanalyst, Private Practice
The Psychology of Opposites in the Fate of Nations
Alden Josey, PhD
Jungian Analyst, Private Practice
With discussant panel:
Moderator Dan Livney, PhD
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Private Practice
Farrell Silverberg, PhD
Psychoanalyst, Pres. IFPE, private practice
Frank Malone, PhD
Psychoanalyst, Private Practice
Aaron Bender, PhD
Psychohistorian, Psychoanalyst, Private Practice
Organizer
Howard Covitz
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnPA
Speakers
Colleen Connell, J.D.
Former Director of the Illinois American Civil Liberties Union
Neal Rubin, PhD
Psychologist and consultant to the United Nations on human rights
Daven Morrison, MD
Organizational Psychiatrist
Co-author of The A.B.C.’s of Behavioral Forensics: Understanding the Psychology of Financial Fraud
Michael Tansey, PhD
Psychologist in private practice
Author of eleven-part series published in the Huffington Post on Trump’s mental health
Organizer
Michael Tansey
#DutyToWarnChicago
Speakers
Andrew Spitznas, M.D.
Psychiatrist, Johnson City, TN
Tom Bissonette, LMSW
UTC adjunct faculty
Ed Smith, Ph.D.
Psychologist, former asst. director of UTC Counseling Center and adjunct faculty
Organizer
Ed Smith
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnChattanooga
Speakers
Joyce Feilke, School Counselor
Rachelle Salo, RN
Linda Shenton, Nurse Practitioner
Organizer
Jody Davidson
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnCharlotteNorth
Speakers
Arlene Drake, PhD, Psychotherapist
Sandy Peace, PsyD , Psychologist in Private Practice, Specializing in LGBTQ Community
Layla Khamoushian, Esq., Private Practice, Specializing in Immigration Law
Robert Greene, author and public speaker
David Barlavi, Esq. , Attorney in Private Practice
Eliot Ivanhoe, MD, MAc, Retired Acupuncturist
UCLA Student Leaders
Organizer
Dr. Lynne Meyer
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnLA
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Time: TBD
Location
TBD
Speakers
Alissa Hirshfeld-Flores, MFT
U.S. Representative Jackie Speier
Presentation of statement.
Jack Tibbets
Vice Mayor of Santa Rosa
The 25th Amendment and how the city is pushing back against the Trump agenda.
Jenny Holland, PsyD.
The imperative for mental health professionals to speak out.
Mary Hirsch, MFT
The effect President Trump is having on the mental health of clients and society.
Organizer
Alissa Flores
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnSantaRosa
Time: 5:00PM – 7:00PM
Location
Ponte Vedra Beach
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Speakers
Dr. Carl Burak, M.D., J.D.
Diplomat at the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical faculty member at University of Florida Medical School
Author of Medicine’s Moral Mess
Dr. Ronnie Burak, PhD
Jacksonville clinical psychologist in private practice for 30 years
Member American Psychological Association and Florida Psychological Association
Member National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
Etta Ettlinger, LCSW, PA
Licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist in Ponte Vedra
Florida Supreme Court certified Family Mediator
Parenting Coordinator for Fourth Judicial Circuit in the Jacksonville
In private practice since 1991
Dr. Jennifer Cowart, M.D.
Jacksonville hospitalist and board-certified internist
Member American College of Physicians
Internship in psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine
Robin Dion, M.A.
Social psychologist, researcher and policy analyst
Senior Fellow at a Washington DC think tank
Member Association of Public Policy and Management
Member National Council on Family Relations
Organizer
Robin Dion
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnPonteVedra
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Location:
Chapel Hill Public Library, Meeting Room A
100 Library Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Speakers
Steven Buser, MD, a psychiatrist in Asheville, editor of A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of President Trump and author of a chapter in that book, “Post Trump-matic Stress Disorder & other Psychological Aftermath from President Trump’s Victory”
Edwin B. Fisher, Ph.D., professor of Health Behavior, UNC-Chapel Hill and author of the chapter, “The Loneliness of Fateful Decisions” (John F. Kennedy, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Donald Trump) in The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump.
Richard Smoot, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist in Asheville and author the chapter, “Confident Man or Confidence Man? Is America Being Conned?,” another chapter in A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of President Trump.
Organizer
Edwin B. Fisher
Professor and Global Director, Peers for Progress
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnChapelHill
Time: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Location:
Castro Valley Library, Meeting Room
3600 Northbridge Av.
Castro Valley, CA
Speaker & Organizer
Susan Dawkins, L.C.S.W., Member of DUTY TO WARN
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnOakland
Time: 12:00PM - 2:00PM
Location:
Speaker & Organizer
Frank George
[email protected]
@1cfcbw
#DutyToWarnDenver
(FB Group) DUTY TO WARN - DENVER
Time: 2:30PM - 4:30PM
Location:
3660 Waialae Ave, Suite 208
Honolulu, HI 96816
Speaker & Organizer
Cyma B. Wilson, PsyD
[email protected]
#DutyToWarnHI
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