First International Symposium Toward A Unified Science Of Love

New Tools That Empower Those Who Serve and Those Being Served

Global Human Development Inc. has executed the first ever symposium on the Science of Love to initiate dialogues between researchers, academicians and authors who have various theories and ideas on the subject, as well as those interested in the application of these ideas. The Science of Love has significant implications for: child development, social emotional learning, K-12 and higher education systems, parenting, marriage, relationships, aging, psycho-therapeutic interventions, stress management, healthcare, and individual and employee well-being and productivity. Besides sharing the latest tools and concepts with professionals in these areas, our goal is to inspire more collaborative efforts to develop ever more effective tools. We can do this by undertaking collaborative research, examining concepts that have been put forth, and creating a more cohesive language for expressing and explaining the phenomenon we call love.
 
Stefan Deutsch, the inspiration behind the symposium, is founder of GHD Inc. He developed the theory that love is nourishment over three decades ago, and has taught its implications and applications for psychotherapeutic interventions on the faculty of such prestigious conferences as The Society for Psychotherapy Research, Brief Therapy Conference and so forth. As a psychotherapist he has worked with individuals, with a special emphasis on couples/marriage and the family. He has been a Keynote speaker for the CT, Dept, of Aging's Annual Conference, given workshops on aging; worked with widows and widowers groups; taught PTAs on parenting, and given teacher and staff development trainings and so forth. His work in all the areas mentioned above has confirmed his concepts on love and development to be efficacious. His theory was given further momentum by Fredrickson’s research and 2013 book, LOVE 2.0.
The conference took place in Manhattan. The Symposium was taped.  
SPONSORS -
The Morrison Foundation - Long Island, NY 
Elsarings.com - USA
Raymond James
and hundreds of donors like you.
  
 Topics for discussion included:
      •      Why do we experience both joy and pain when it comes to love?
      •      Is unconditional love possible?
      •      Can people be taught how to love? If so, how?
      •      Is there a relationship between love and physical and emotional health?
      •      Is psychology and psychotherapy addressing love sufficiently?
      •      What role does love play in human development?
      •      Would having a unified theory and common terminology help develop a science of love?
      •      Would having a common terminology help lay people understand what love is?
      •      Is there a relationship between love and intimacy; marital dynamics; relationships;parenting; cognitive interactions; attachment;      emotional development?
      •      Is there a relationship between love and interpersonal relationships?
THE TEAM - PANELISTS participating are:  
Harville Hendrix, PhD - Getting The Love You Want - Founder of Imago Couples Therapy - Keynote Speaker
Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD - Getting The Love You Want - - Founder of Imago Couples Therapy - Keynote Speaker
Fred Luskin, PhD - Professor, Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Project; Forgive For Love
Kristin Monroe, PhD - Professor, Director, UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality; The Heart of Altruism,
Ivel De Freitas, MD - Founder - Leaf It Up Med Spas
Joseph Lao, PhD - Professor, Hunter, CUNY - ParentingLiteracy.com
Eva M. Selhub, MD - Professor, Harvard; The Love Response
Jean Watson, PhD - Professor, Watson Caring Science Institute; Caring Science, Mindful Practice
Jacqueline Carleton, PhD - Founding Editor, International Body Psychotherapy Journal
Lynn Underwood, PhD - Professor – Case Western Reserve U., The Science Of Compassionate Love
Eva Kahane, PhD - Distinguished Professor - Case Western R.U. - Pierce and Elizabeth Robson Professor of Humanities & Sociology
Tiffany Field, Ph.D. - Director, The Touch Research Institute, at the University of Miami School of Medicine, HeartBreak
Agnieszka Jaworska, PhD - Associate Professor of Philosophy, UC Riverside, www.loveandhumanagency.org  
 
We were looking for a functional definition of love; be it called forgiveness, belongingness, the supreme emotion, caring, compassion, altruism, empathy, kindness, intimacy, relationship, happiness and so forth, and defined it.
 
Itinerary for Symposium – click here   
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