The 2025 Creativity and Madness conference is in person and live-streamed from July 31 to August 3, 2025, at the Santa Fe Convention Center at 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

The presentations begin each day at 8:30 am MT and end at 1:00 pm MT, Thursday through Sunday. Optional workshops are available from 2 to 5 pm on Thursday, July 31, Friday, August 1, and Saturday, August 2.

Yes, we will have check in hours on Wednesday, July 30 from 3-5 pm at the Santa Fe Convention Center. You can also check in beginning at 7:30 am MT Thursday. We encourage attendees to check in on Wednesday if you are able. 

Yes, the conference offers virtual attendance options, providing flexibility for your schedule. Live-streamed CE sessions will be available during the conference. On-demand access to the program will start September 1, 2025, and last for six weeks, allowing you to catch up on any sessions you might have missed. 

This conference is approved to provide up to 34 hours of ACCME, APA, NBCC, and ANCC CE Credit.  Physicians earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Yes, optional workshops are available during the conference from 2 to 5 pm MT on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Each workshop costs $65 and provides 3 hours of CE credit. Space in these workshops may be limited, and advanced registration is required.

The four-day program provides 16 hours of CE. Each day offers 4 hours of CE. 

Two workshops are offered simultaneously each day.

If you register for both workshops on the same day, you can attend one in person and access the other virtually after September 1. This flexibility allows you to maximize your learning experience.

Yes, we have a unique in-person workshop, 'Healing the Self through Self Portraits' by Amy Stein, MFA, which is unavailable virtually. This is a unique opportunity to engage in a hands-on experience that you won't want to miss.

Registration for individual sessions is not available. If you can not attend the four-day conference, you can purchase a day pass and earn 4 CE hours daily. We will have one-day registration open by June 2025. 

Conference registration is required to register for any workshop. 

This conference is approved to provide ACCME, APA, NBCC, and ANCC CE Credit. We are accredited for physicians to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Accreditation details are available on our webpage. 

https://www.creativityandmadness.com/santafe

https://www.creativityandmadness.com/accreditation

Our conferences offer accredited CE for healthcare professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, naturopaths, nurses, marriage and family therapists, physician assistants, and others. While our programs offer accredited CE to those needing CE hours for licensure, many attend because they are interested in our material and want to learn. Our conferences are open to the general public, and we welcome everyone interested in the material to join us and learn.

We will ensure that you have access to the conference evaluations. We will email you the links to everything you need a few weeks before the conference. Please add our email address to your address book to ensure you receive our emails. Our email address is info@creativityandmadness.com

The 2025 conference will cover a range of topics, including:

• Mental health from Indigenous perspectives

• The connection between toxins, metabolism, and mental health

• The healing power of sound and mantra

• Cellular Memory and trauma

• Grief and the paranormal

• Forgiveness and resilience

• The paradox of the creative brain

• Music and the Mind of Leonard Bernstein

• Distressed couples in therapy

• Resilience, Productivity and Aging

• Healing through self-portraits

• Environmental impacts on mental health

• Equanimity

• Healing and the imagination

• Ethics In Clinical Practice

• AND MORE!

For the complete list of presentations, visit https://www.creativityandmadness.com/santafe

To register, visit our registration page.

Scroll to see options for in-person and virtual registration. After selecting your registration type, add the desired workshops to your cart. Conference registration is required to secure your spot in any of the workshops. After choosing the in-person or virtual option and adding any workshops, click on the shopping cart in the upper right corner to complete the registration process.

The following registration options are available:

In-Person Registration:  $629 + $20 for CE certificate

Virtual Registration (Live streamed or On-Demand): $429 + $20 for CE certificate

Both options are available with or without a CE Certificate. Please select your desired option when registering.

Grad Student Pricing: $529

If you are a student, please call us at 800-348-8441 to receive a student discount.

Group Discounts

If you have a group of three or more, you can receive $50 off per person. If you have a group of ten or more, you can receive $100 off per person. Please call us at 800 348 8441 to complete your group registration.

In exchange for assisting with registration, we offer complimentary conference registration for a few volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, please send us a short essay about yourself, why you would like to help at the conference, and why you believe you will be a good volunteer. The submission deadline for applications is March 1, 2025. Please submit your application to ellen@creativityandmadness.com. Volunteers must be gracious, tech-savvy, and willing to learn and assist participants with our virtual registration process. Volunteers must be able to meet on Wednesday before the conference to help set up. Volunteers are required to be at the convention center at 7 am MT each day.  

Each year, we offer the Mary Lou Panter and Ronald Berz Scholarship. This scholarship includes round-trip transportation from anywhere in the United States, four nights’ accommodations in Santa Fe, and registration for the conference. The scholarship application and prompt will be announced soon on our website, email, and social media profiles. We choose one winner for this scholarship. 

Our cancellation policy is as follows:

Before April 1, 2025: Full refund.

Before June 1, 2025: Refund minus $100.

After June 1, 2025: No refunds.

*If your plans change and you cannot join us in person, you can still earn CE credits by attending virtually live or watching the recordings and completing the evaluations.