EP05 Point/Counterpoint 05 - Our Larger Mission As Therapists - Cloe Madanes
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- Topic Areas:
- Point/Counterpoint Sessions
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Thomas Szasz, MD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 19 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 07, 2005
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- Never expires.
Description
Point/CounterPoint 05 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 - Our Larger Mission As Therapists
Featuring Cloe Madanes; with discussant Thomas Szasz, MD
Moderated by Bernhard Trenkle, Dipl. Psych.
How can we make our practice and our care systems more humane and more reflective of our democratic values? How can we deal with social justice issues and make a difference? How can we bring our therapeutic skills to bear on the broader common good?
Educational Objectives:
- To describe the dilemmas in our systems of care.
- To name three ways in which every therapist's practice can be more humane.
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Faculty
Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC Related Seminars and Products
Cloé Madanes, HDL, LIC, is a world-renowned innovator and teacher of family and strategic therapy and one of the originators of the strategic approach to family therapy. She has authored seven books that are classics in the field: Strategic Family Therapy; Behind the One-Way Mirror; Sex, Love and Violence; The Violence of Men; The Secret Meaning of Money; The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist and Systemic Thinker; and Relationship Breakthrough. She has presented her work at professional conferences all over the world and has given keynote addresses for The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; the National Association of Social Workers, The Erickson Foundation, the California Psychological Association and many other national and international conferences. Madanes has won several awards for distinguished contribution to psychology and has counseled outstanding individuals from all walks of life.
Thomas Szasz, MD Related Seminars and Products
Thomas S. Szasz, (M.D., University of Cincinnati, 1944) was Professor of Psychiatry at the State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. He was recipient of numerous awards, including the Humanist fo the Year Award from the American Humanist Association and the Distinguished Service Award from teh American Institute for Public Service. He has received a number of honorary doctorates and lectureships, and served on the editorial board or as consulting editor for ten journals.
Szasz has authored approximately 400 articles, book chapters, reviews, letters to the editor and columns. He has written 19 books.