Friday, October 4, 2019

2020 Association for Humanistic Counseling National Conference


*CALL FOR PROPOSALS*

2020 Association for Humanistic Counseling National Conference

Denver, Colorado --- May 28th – May 31st, 2020

Conference Theme: Raising the Question of the Meaning of Being Human in Humanistic Counseling

Deadline for proposals: November 22nd, 2019


Questions about conference: ahc2020conference@gmail.com

Information about proposals:
Participants who plan to attend the AHC National Conference are invited to submit proposals to present in one hour and 50-minute sessions or panels, 50-minute education sessions, 50-minute roundtable sessions, or 30-minute poster presentations.  The AHC conference committee will review the proposals.  Presentations should explore the question of personhood or being a self in the context of counseling practice, research, supervision, or education. For example, a presentation might focus on the topic of human nature in private practice settings. A presentation might explore how to teach holism in instructional contexts. Or, a presentation might address the source of problems that prompt a person to seek help from a counselor. Presenters are welcome to integrate content from the fields of sociology, anthropology, philosophy, literature, and/or history.Additional topics might include: 
·       The question of human freedom vs. determinism
·       The question of altruism vs. egoism
·       Individualistic vs. collectivistic models of being a person
·       Biological essentialism vs. social constructionism
·       Modern vs. postmodern views of the self
·       The intersection of trauma research and views of the self
·       The question of being a person and the problem of suicide
·       The “self” that is taken for granted in self-esteem, self-confidence, self-efficacy, etc.
·       The question of human nature vs. culture 
·       Humanism and the counseling profession