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Spirituality and Health Institute - Institute Conferences

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Institute Conferences

Upcoming Conference

connectionsContemplative Practices in Action: Diverse Paths for Well Being, Wisdom, and Healing

When: Friday, October 30, 2009 - 9:00am to 5:00pm (7 CE credits)
Where: Benson Center, California Mission Room
Cost: $165.00, Lunch included

The purpose of this workshop is to present a scholarly, multidisciplinary, and practical understanding on the topic of contemplative practices for the development of well being, wisdom, healing, and stress management that includes state-of-the-art science and practice presented for a variety of health care and mental health care professionals, clergy, and educators.

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Proceedings of Past Conferences

March 22, 2006: Spirituality, Science and Health: What’s Going On and Why?

Presented by the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University and the Society of Behavioral Medicine

The conference explored the latest findings linking spiritual factors with health-related processes and outcomes. The empirical evidence currently available was reviewed along with some promising new areas for both research and practice application. Review the Power Point Presentations of the four keynote addresses below.

 
Keynote Speakers
IronsonHow Can Spiritual and Religious Factors Prolong Life in Chronically Diseased Patients? Studies of HIV/AIDS Patients [PowerPoint]

Gail Ironson, MD, Ph. D. (University of Miami) will speak on role of spirituality and religiousness in prolonging life in HIV/AIDS patients. Spiritual and religious factors that may mediate risk factors in reducing morbidity and mortality based on quantitative and qualitative data will be presented.

OmanHow Does One Learn to be Spiritual? Neglected Role of Spiritual Modeling in Health [PowerPoint]

Doug Oman, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley) will present work on how one learns to be spiritual, citing empirical work on the role of spiritual modeling processes and their connection to learning and to using spiritual practices in daily living.
ShaverAdult Attachment Theory: Does it Relate to Anxiety, Compassion, Kindness and Forgiveness? [PowerPoint]

Phillip Shaver Ph.D. (University of California, Davis) will cover the extensive work on the role of adult attachment theory and its relationship to health related factors, including death anxiety, compassion, kindness, and forgiveness.

ThoresenDoes Spirituality Promote Health and Prevent Disease? [PowerPoint]

Carl E.Thoresen, Ph.D. (Stanford University and Santa Clara University) will discuss the emerging role of spirituality and religiousness in health, the dynamic concept of spirituality, and empirical evidence linking spirituality and religiousness to health.
 
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