9th Annual Adler Academy of Minnesota Conference

Name: 9th Annual Adler Academy of Minnesota Conference
Start: 2025-10-03T09:30:00-05:00
Location: French Regional Park

Schedule

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025 at 09:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

French Regional Park | Plymouth, MN

Helping Clients Change: Using imagination to inspire movement in yourself and your clients
2 Day Event | Attend one or both days | Ethics, Supervision, Cultural CE's
⭐️ Day 1 – In-Person Event
October 3, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM - (Registration & breakfast at 9:30 AM; conference begins at 10:00 AM), Lunch included
Topic: Helping Clients Change: Using Imagination to Inspire Movement in Yourself and Your Clients
A full-day Adlerian training exploring imaginative techniques for therapeutic change.
Location: Clifton E. French Regional Park – Oakwood Room (inside the French Visitor Center) | 12605 Rockford Rd, Plymouth, MN 55441
Featuring: Dr. Jim Bitter & Dr. Marina Bluvshtein
Includes: 6 CE hours total (includes 2.5 hours of cultural competency; CE approval pending), breakfast, catered lunch, printed materials
⭐️ Day 2 – Virtual
October 11, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Topic: Helping Clients Change: Using imagination to inspire movement in yourself and your clients - Implications for Culturally Responsive Ethical Practice and Supervision
Location: Zoom (Live Only – Not Recorded)
Featuring: Dr. Marina Bluvshtein
Includes: 3 CE hours Total (including 3 ethics, 3 supervision, and 1.5 cultural competencies hours) and access to digital materials.
*Note: Each CE hour may only be applied to one category—general, cultural competency, ethics, or supervision—per board rules. You are responsible for assigning hours appropriately.
Description:
Therapists have long used the creative arts, storytelling, interpretations of memories and stories (fairy tales) heard when we were very young, and expressions of life in the arts to gain a holistic understanding of the individual and to point that same individual toward a more functional, preferred life. Our clients too often use their imaginations to envision pessimistic outcomes, to worry about problems that might happen, to imagine doom from failures and difficulties, to engage in hopelessness even in the face of new possibilities. This conference asks participants to engage in activities that can be used with clients to stimulate their imagination in the service of happiness, growth, and desired outcomes in therapy, interpersonal relationships outside of therapy, and in greater social systems.
The first part of the conference, which will be held in person on October 3, 2025, will focus on personal expression and the gift of imagination in the therapist's life and work. The second part of the conference (in-person, on the same day) will include demonstrations and small-group practice using imagination in the therapy process. The third part of the conference (synchronous online/Zoom on October 11, 2025) will address the ethical use of imagination and other creative interventions for clinicians and supervisors. Culture-infused meaning and processes will be threaded throughout the conference. The overall theme of the training is deeply systemic, approaching therapeutic encounters from many interlocking systems levels.