Bridging the Divides: From Fragmentation to Connection in Psychosis and Society - 
ISPS-US 24th Annual Conference
November 8-9th: 
Full Conference - Hybrid - University of Illinois Chicago, Student Center West, and online via Zoom. 
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November 7th: 
Pre-conference workshop "Psychosis, Trauma, and Psychotherapy" with Michael Garrett, MD. Sold Separately. 
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Can't attend live?
 All plenary and 2/5 breakout room sessions
 will be recorded and hosted on our online platform for you to enjoy for up at least 3-months after the event!
Up to 16 CE education credits 
are available for attending live in-person or virtual sessions. Approved by: ACCME, ANCC, APA, ASWB. 
Limited scholarships available. 
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CONFERENCE WEBSITE: 
www.isps-us.org/conference
Conference Description:
 Ours is a fractured time. Splits and fissures run through every aspect of our experience, internal and external, personal, familial, and social. In the realm of mental health, and particularly in the understanding and treatment of psychosis, these divides are especially palpable. There are widening clinical ideological rifts, disconnection between the realities of those experiencing symptoms and those providing care, and a chasm between what we dream to be possible in the mental health system and what currently exists.
As we face the deepening divides in our country and in our world, and witness the impacts of concentrations of wealth, power, and control upon our daily lives, we recognize the process of healing is not only personal but collective. Individuals working to integrate or recover from experiences of extreme states have often led the way in confronting fragmentations — psychical, racial, economic, gender-based, cultural — and in formulating responses that are both creative and effective.
The ISPS-US 24th Annual Conference will offer an opportunity to hold these responses together in community, and to explore ways to address and transcend their interlocking reverberations in psyche, family, and society. Through dialogue, collaboration, and advocacy, we will work to bridge the gaps between perspectives, disciplines, and lived realities in psychosis care and beyond.
We hope you will join us to celebrate ISPS-US as a growing hub for transformative thought and action.
See you in Chicago!
Featured Sessions
From Outreach to Overreach? Contextualizing and Critiquing Assertive Community Treatment - 
Lindsay Doyle, PsyD, Lauren Hersch, LCSW, Nancy Burke, PhD, Matt Perry, MPPA, JD.
A New Paradigm for Psychoanalysis 
- Françoise Davoine, PhD
From Psychosis to Spiritual Emergence: Bridging Mental Health and Spirit World Through Decolonizing, Culturally Informed Therapy -
 Marijosephe (Mija) Bradford, MBA, MA, LCPC, Gillian Taylor, MA, LCPC, ATR, PMH-C, Yun-Chu (Melody) Chen, LCPC, and Obari Cartman, PhD
Mapping the Knots: Systemic Family Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and the Fractal Nature of Psychosis (Experiential Workshop) - 
Sascha Altman DuBrul, MSW
Coordinated Specialty Care as "Bridge" - 
Marie Brown, PhD, Danielle Frank, LCSW, Nicole Havas, LMHC, Kimia Pourrezaseai,
 
DO, Farah Wimonchat Wadolowski, MA, Adam Weg, LCSW
The Art and Science of Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal - And a Psychosocial Approach to Psychosis - 
Anders Sørensen, PhD
Phenomenologies of Voice Hearing: Perspectives from Experience, Practice and Research -
 Murphy Halliburton, PhD, Peri Zarrella, MA
Bridging Realities: Peer-Clinician Collaboration for Meaningful Change - 
Jeannie Bass, CPS, Carina A. Iati, PsyD
Why Do Well-Meaning Psychiatrists Fail to Appreciate the Meaning of Psychotic Symptoms? -
 Michael Garrett, MD
Open Dialogue Inspired Interventions at Grady Health System - 
Rafae Alam, Emily Griner, MPH, Justin Palanci, MD, Beth Broussard, MPH
Recovery Oriented Cognitive Therapy: Living Well With Psychosis 
- Aaron P. Brinen, PsyD
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Track -
 Nancy Burke, PhD, ABPP, and colleagues
Sessions are subject to change.
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Conference and Community Package
We are redefining psychosis.
We are reimagining mental health care.
We are ISPS-US
We are the US Chapter of The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS-US.) We have a global, almost 70-year legacy of reimagining psychosis care. Our community encompasses people with lived experience, service providers, family members, activists, and researchers.
Bundle your 2025 conference ticket with
 ISPS-US membership 
with our Conference & Community Package to
 
join us.
 
This gives you:
A series of pre-and-post-conference virtual networking sessions to generate and sustain momentum. Pre-conference online networking event happening 11/2/25 at 3pm Central - details will be sent to Conference & Community ticket holders on registration.
Access to ISPS-US's listserv and 
member-only groups
 including our 
Advocacy Committee, Book Club, Creative Sharing Spaces, Spiritual Wellness, Family Support Group, and Community Chat
Online access to our journal 
Psychosis: Psychological, Social, and Integrative Approaches
20% discount for our book series with 
Routledge
 with 33+ titles on psychosocial approaches and perspectives on psychosis
Discounts to ISPS-US's ongoing 
Educational Courses
 and free access to our recorded webinar library
Learn more about us at 
www.isps-us.org
Hotel Information
We have a block of rooms reserved at the new Hampton Inn & Suites next to UIC. The discounted conference rate of $219/night will be available 
until October 1st, 2025
. After this date, the discounted room rate is not guaranteed.
Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago Medical District University of Illinois Chicago
710 S. Seeley Ave
Chicago, IL 60612
Booking Link:
 
https://group.hamptoninn.com/v3mcpg
Please note: 
The link must be copied in its entirety in order to work. Guests will need to utilize the “Edit Stay” calendar option at the top of the landing page to adjust their check in/check out dates.
Saturday Evening Conference Supper & Social Evening
Don't forget to secure your place for the Saturday evening conference dinner! The conference dinner is always a great opportunity to sit down with other conference attendees for an informal "get-to-know-you" time around good food and drinks. This year's dinner will be held at 
Time Out Market
 located in the historic Fulton Market District just 2 miles from the conference location and easily accessible by public transportation. 
Time Out Market
 has 15 of the best Chicago eateries and three bars to choose from. 
(https://www.timeout.com/time-out-market-chicago)
The price of your ticket includes a $25 Event Card Voucher that can be used to purchase food and drinks and is inclusive of all gratuities and tax. You will find these tickets as an "add-on" after you have selected your conference registration type.
Come join us for a great time and get to know your fellow conference attendees!
Please note, space is limited, so it is recommended that you purchase your dinner voucher sooner rather than later.
Time Out Market
, 916 W. Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
We would also like to give a special thank you to Candice and David NunnTelfort for sponsoring the Saturday Conference Supper and Social event !
Registration for the Pre-Conference Workshop is SOLD SEPARATELY 
Only 50 spaces available
Michael Garrett, MD, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and author of 
Psychotherapy for Psychosis: Integrating Cognitive-Behavioral and Psychodynamic Treatment,
 will lead the 2025 ISPS-US Pre-Conference Workshop on Friday, November 7 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM.
His session, 
Psychosis, Trauma, and Psychotherapy
, will explore the integration of trauma-informed care and psychodynamic therapy in work with people who experience psychosis.
Description
Not only is childhood trauma associated with psychosis, but psychotic symptoms often contain fragmented de-contextualized memories of trauma. Symptoms frequently embody narrative themes that echo the person’s trauma history. These findings mark psychosis as a trauma-related disorder in which psychotic symptoms constitute disguised representations of a person’s trauma history. This presentation expands the definition of trauma to include the symbolic meaning of events and relates psychosis to a neuropsychoanalytic model of the mind as a self-organizing system in which affect plays a central role, a conceptual lens through which delusions can be seen as meaningful adaptive attempts to maintain affective homeostasis in the face of traumatic experiences. The presentation also includes a neuropsychoanalytic developmental model of the origins of the particular cast of characters and plot lines often encountered in delusional narratives, commonly the patient beset by a persecutor. The paper offers suggestions about how clinicians might add a neuropsychoanalytic perspective to their work which might improve outcomes for some patients.
Cost
:
Conference attendees: $120 (includes CEs)
Non-conference attendees: $150
Limited number of $50 scholarship spaces.
Conference attendees will receive a
 
discount code
 in their confirmation email when they register for the conference.
For registration visit: 
www.isps-us.org/garrett
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