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SoMeDocs is proud to build this VIRTUAL, 3 day event, with CME credits (through CMEfy). Lectures will cover everything from effective techniques for releasing pent-up stress to safeguarding emotional health against trauma-related skin disease to integrating lifestyle design into trauma therapy for better results. Each speaker, and their lecture titles, are featured below.
#SoMeDocsPsyDerm2024
Agenda
(All times listed in EST)
Friday, April 12:
6:30-7:00 PM: Introduction (Keira Barr, MD)
7:15-8:15 PM: "Psychodermatology: A Link Between Brain and Skin & Practical Implications" (Mohammed Jafferany MD)
8:30-9:30 PM: "Beauty and the Beast: Stress, Skin Disease and a Somatic Approach To Healing" (Keira Barr, MD)
Saturday, April 13:
9:00-10:00 AM: "Psychosocial Stress, Self Harm and Its Dermatological Manifestations" (Shrea Karpour MD)
10:15-11:15 AM: "Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Potential Link with Childhood Trauma and Maladaptive Attachment Styles" (Cemre Turk, MD)
11:30-12:30 PM: "Eating For Three: A Gut-Brain-Skin Connection Primer" (Stephen Lewellis, MD)
12:30-1:30 PM: LUNCH BREAK
1:30-2:30 PM: "The Art of Medicine: Using Reiki and Subtle Energy/Intention Techniques to Enhance Patient Care" (Judith Hong, MD)
2:45-3:45 PM: "Laughter Yoga in Dermatology" (Steven Daveluey, MD)
Sunday, April 14:
9:00-10:00 AM: "Play: The Overlooked Treatment Modality to Integrate into Your Practice" (Wendy Schofer MD)
10:15-11:15 AM: "Finding Joy and Loving the Skin You’re In" (Meena Julapalli, MD)
11:30-12:30 AM: "Writing to Heal" (Valerie LeComte, DO)
12:30-1:30 PM: LUNCH BREAK
1:30-2:30 PM: "Clinical Hypnosis and the Largest Organ of the Body" (Steven Gurgevich, PhD)
2:45-3:45 PM: Panel: Keira Barr, MD (Moderator), Steven Gurgevich PhD, Steven Daveluey MD, Judith Hong MD, Meena Julapalli MD
4:00-5:00: “Compassion-Focused Therapy in Dermatology” (Christian Stierle, PhD)
A 3-Day Virtual Live Event
April 12-14, 2024
SoMeDocs is proud to be curating this virtual event, filled with quality lectures and expert speakers. We're bringing an innovative approach to somatic-skin care, straight to your home, delivered live through your computer screen. It can't get any better.
This lecture aims to discover the complex interplay between childhood trauma, attachment styles, and their potential influence on chronic health conditions like chronic spontaneous urticaria.
Writing to Heal
Valerie LeComte, DO lectures on how writing impacts our emotional (and therefore physical) health and gives specific writing practices that help us to release trauma.
Laughter Yoga In Dermatology
Steve Daveluy MD, FAAD will explore the health benefits of laughter and teach techniques to harness laughter through Laughter Yoga.
Clinical Hypnosis And The Largest Organ Of The Body
Steven Gurgevich, PhD explains how clinical hypnosis application, or hypnotherapy, is the central therapeutic modality to access the mind/body connection, symptomatically and psychodynamically.
The Art Of Medicine: Using Reiki And Subtle Energy/Intention Techniques To Enhance Patient Care
Judith Hong, MD lectures about Reiki and other subtle energy/intention practices and how they can enhance the patient-physician encounter.
Beauty And The Beast: Stress, Skin Disease And A Somatic Approach To Healing
Keira Barr, MD lectures on how to help patients heal emotional scars and tackle stress-induced skin issues with evidence-based mind-body strategies to enhance treatment outcomes and foster healing beyond skin deep.
Play: The Overlooked Treatment Modality To Integrate Into Your Practice
Wendy Schofer, MD teaches why play isn't a diversion but a neuroscience-backed active process that invites healing from the inside out for patients and caregivers of all ages.
Psychodermatology: A Link Between Brain And Skin & Practical Implications
Mohammad Jafferany, MD teaches us to incorporate the knowledge of Psychodermatology in the management and treatment planning of patients with Psychocutaneous disorders.
Finding Joy And Loving The Skin You’re In
Meena Julapalli, MD teaches us all how discovering, experiencing, cultivating, embracing, celebrating, and sharing joy can make a positive difference in our skin.
Eating For Three: A Gut-Brain-Skin Connection Primer
Leverage the gut-brain-skin axis to learn how dietary choices and habits can influence skin health and skin problems that have strong psychosocial components with Stephen Lewellis, MD, PhD, FAAD
Psychosocial Stress, Self Harm And Its Dermatological Manifestations
Shrea Kapoor, MD shares a case of psychosocial stress leading to self harm and dermatological disorders- managed jointly with pharmacological and non pharmacological methods
Compassion Focused Therapy In Dermatology
Christian Stierle, PhD lectures on the scientific background for using compassion-based interventions in Psychodermatology.
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