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8:00am HST

Interconnectedness Plenary Session with Introductory Remarks from Hawai'i Lieutenant Governor Josh Green Room 1Josh Green, MD • U'ilani Lin Hoon Kiaha, MSW • Gay Barfield, PhD, LMFT • John Souza, Jr., LMFT, DMFT • Yvonne Yim, MSW, LCSW, PhD • Nozanin Yusufbekova, PsyD

9:00am HST

How to Lead Without a Title Room 2Kyler Shumway, PsyD • Daniel Wendler, PsyD Same Boat, Different Paddles? Harm Reduction Therapy as an Integrated Model Room 3Jeannie Little, LCSW • Patt Denning Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness Room 6Laurette DeMandel-Schaller, LMFT, Ph.D. Indigenous Community Psychologies: Co-creating Pathways towards Decoloniality Room 5Nuria Ciofalo An Introduction To Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) For Disorders Of Over-Control Room 8Hope Arnold • Lori Prado Roles for Psychologists and Social Workers in Medical-Aid-in-Dying Room 4James Spira, PhD, MPH, ABPP • Brian Goodyear • Samantha Trad, M.A. • Jodi Anne Shaw

10:30am HST

Break Room 7 - Break Room

10:45am HST

How to Help Survivors and Enactors of Bullying Room 2Kyler Shumway, PsyD Finding Your Superhero: The Transformative Use of Metaphor in Therapy Room 3Jodie Gerson, MA, MS • Joy M. Tanji, PhD • Robert L.K. Yoshimura, PsyD Kūkulu Kumuhana Wellbeing: Grounding in Ancestral Abundance, Strength in Connection Room 5Dawn Rego-Yee We Are All One Room 6S. Joy Quick • James Siebert, PhD • Glenn Pressel

12:15pm HST

Break Room 7 - Break Room

1:00pm HST

How to Give a TEDx Talk as a Behavioral Health Professional Room 2Daniel Wendler, PsyD How to Hide the Eugenic Empire: Histories of Eugenics in Western Psychology Room 4Oksana Yakushko, PhD Diversity: Social, Emotional, and Cultural Implications of Raising a Deaf Child Room 6Christy Chadwick Navigating the Mental Health System Room 5Kathleen Rhoads Merriam, LCSW, CSAC • Mestisa Gass, PSYD Meditation and Hypnosis in the Treatment of Trauma Room 1James Spira, PhD, MPH, ABPP EMDR Room 3Terence C. Wade, PhD • Darlene K. Wade, LCSW • Kim Ala'ilima, LMFT • Cara Lucey, Psy.D.

2:30pm HST

Break Room 7 - Break Room

2:45pm HST

Poster Session Room 5Ann Inouye • Derek Nordstrom, MA, MEd • Nuri Rhines • Ana Tavares • Sean W. Scanlan, PhD Increasing Rapport and “Telepresence” During Telehealth Interactions With Youth/Families Room 4Marina Matsui, MA • Daniel Wilkie, PhD • Billie-Ann Bruce ʻImi Pono: Native Hawaiian Wellbeing-Strengths and Challenges Room 8Pālama Lee, PhD, LCSW • Brandon Ledward, PhD Adapting Groups to Hawai'i’s Communities Room 6Renae Mendez, LCSW • Mitch Berman, LMFT, CGP • Michelle Davenport, LMFT, CGP • Robin Spencer

4:15pm HST

NASW-HI Annual Membership Meeting Room 8Sonja Bigalke-Bannan, MSW, LCSW HIAMFT Annual Membership Meeting Room 9John Souza, Jr., LMFT, DMFT HPA Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony Room 7 - Break RoomNozanin Yusufbekova, PsyD