EP05 Keynote 02 - Psychotherapy as Consciousness Adjustment - Mary Catherine Bateson, PhD
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Consciousness | Psychotherapy | Social Issues
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005
- Faculty:
- Mary Catherine Bateson, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:14:10
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2005
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description: An exploration of how psychotherapy can support people as they adapt to rapid cultural, social, and environmental change. Drawing on anthropology, developmental theory, and lived experience, the session invites participants to rethink distress not only as individual pathology, but as a response to shifting roles, values, and life stages. The talk challenges therapists to see their work as supporting lifelong growth, reflection, and meaning-making, especially as clients navigate aging, identity, and responsibility in an increasingly complex world.
Syllabus Description: Dr. Bateson will address the role of psychotherapy within the spectrum of kinds of lifelong learning, particularly the disorientation and identity diffusion that accompany rapid cultural change.
Educational Objectives:
- To describe two problems that could arise as a result of rapid cultural change.
- To describe the role of psychotherapy within the spectrum of kinds of lifelong learning.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
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Faculty
Mary Catherine Bateson, PhD Related Seminars and Products
Writer, cultural anthropologist, daughter of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. She was recently Visiting Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been the Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English at George Mason University, and is now Professor Emerita. Dr. Bateson has written and coauthored many books and articles, lectures across the country and abroad, and is President of the Institute for Intercultural Studies in New York City.