Did you miss our latest Open Mind program Dr. Tommy Wood, author of The Stimulated Mind – Future Proof Your Brain From Dementia and Stay Sharp at Any Age in discussion with Jason Hinman, MD, PhD, Director of the Mary S Easton Center for Alzhiemer’s Research and Care.
Good news: You can now watch the full program—plus all past Open Mind events—on our YouTube channel.
For more information about Dr. Lavretsky’s research, please visit her website Soul-Centered Psychiatry with Dr. Helen Lavretsky
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Thursday, September 10th
Restrung – a Memoir of Music and Transformation with author and virtuoso violinsist, Vijay Gutpa
Wednesday, September 23rd
The Power of Real Optimism- A Practical Science-Based Guide to Staying Resilient, Curious, and Open Even When Life Is Hard by Dr. Deepika Chopra in discussion with Dr. Wendelin Slusser is Associate Vice Provost for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the UCLA
Tuesday October 6th
When Life Happens The Mindset Shift That Needs to Manage Stress, Build Confidence and Break Free by renowned clinical psychologist and speaker, Dr. Rachel L. Goldman delivers an inspiring, approachable, and practical strategy guide to helping women reclaim their confidence, reshape how they see themselves, inside and out, and build resilience before stress knocks at their door.
Tuesday, October 20th
Scaffold Parenting, Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety. World-renowned child psychiatrist and founder of the Child Mind Institute, Dr. Harold Koplewicz in conversation with Dr. Eraka Bath, Professor and Vice Chair for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Psychiatry, and Assistant Dean for Faculty Initiatives in the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.
Tuesday, November 10th
Landon Donovan, world-renowned US Soccer Champion and author of Landon:A Memoir in conversation with Dr. Michelle Craske, Distinguished Professor of Pofessor of Psychology, and of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Kevin Love Fund Centennial Chair, and Director of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center at UCLA
Thursday, December 10th
The 21st Minute – Everything You Wish Doctors Explained About Mental Health by UCLA and Harvard trained psychiatrist and author, Dr Julia Frankl in conversation with Dr. Bill Resnick, psychiatrist, philanthropist, and a founding member of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors at UCLA discussion with Dr Bill Resnick, Dr. Bill Resnick, psychiatrist, philanthropist, and a founding member of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors at UCLA
Thursday, December 17th
How We Thrive- Caring for Children and Ourselves in a Changing World by best-selling author, Stephanie Malia Kraus
Wednesday, February 10th
Unlearn Your Pain, The Science of Recovering from Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression by Dr. Howard Schubiner, internist, Clinical Professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine,
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