by David Cushman, Psy.D.

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: TOWARDS LIBERATION AND FREEDOM

The CIIS Psy.D. program is excited to invite you to our Fall 2026 conference, Notes from the Field: Towards Liberation and Freedom. It will be held on Saturday, November 7th, and is available in-person at CIIS and online. We invite you to mark your calendars and register via our conference website.

Notes from the Field invites presenters to bring unfinished ideas so participants can wrestle with the complexities and demands of thinking about liberation and freedom. The conference serves to support collective exploration and embodied experiences of liberation and freedom.  

Morning Keynote: Dr. Joe Zamaria examines the potential of group psychedelic-assisted therapy through his keynote talk, "What Happens When We Heal Together? Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and the Potential of Collective Healing.” He invites us to reimagine therapy outside of the traditional dyadic Western perspective to support healing trauma, including racial trauma, as a group.

Additionally, several panels and offerings will be led by CIIS Psy.D. faculty, students, and alumni. These presentations, which span from clinical to theoretical, from transpersonal, psychoanalytic, and liberatory perspectives, expand our notions of liberation and freedom from a depth-oriented perspective.

Lunch will be provided, along with treats throughout the day, offering space for relationship building and camaraderie.

There are multiple ticket options, including a zero-cost selection. Proceeds from the conference will help support future conferences and our Psy.D. scholarship fund. 

We hope to see you there!