EP95 Panel 01 - Gender Issues - James Hillman, PhD; Peggy Papp, ACSW; Miriam Polster, PhD; Olga Silverstein, MSW
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Gender | Psychotherapy | Family Systems | Identity | Narrative Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995
- Faculty:
- James Hillman, PhD | Peggy Papp, ACSW | Miriam Polster | Olga Silverstein, MSW
- Duration:
- 1:03:21
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description:
Educational Objectives:
- To compare and contrast clinical and philosophical perspectives of experts.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Outline:
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Introduction & Setup
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Event opens with context on the evolution of psychotherapy.
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Bill Matthews welcomes attendees; outlines format (short talks, discussion, Q&A).
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Panelists: Peggy Papp, Mariam Polster, James Hillman, Olga Silverstein.
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Gender in Therapy
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Gender issues are often overlooked in therapy despite being central to clients' lives.
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Therapists need to examine their own gender beliefs.
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A training questionnaire helps uncover personal assumptions.
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Personal & Professional Reflections
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Panelist shares her journey into therapy and involvement in the Women’s Project.
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Stresses awareness of sexist attitudes and marital gender dynamics.
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Mentions research and projects on gender and depression.
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Parental Influence
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Personal story on returning to school and parental expectations.
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Explores how family beliefs shape aspirations in both men and women.
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Highlights the need to support ambition without reinforcing gender limits.
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Social Justice & Gender
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Gender issues are linked to broader social justice concerns.
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Urges moving beyond binary thinking (male vs. female).
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Emphasizes class distinctions and societal change.
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Men’s Issues & Cultural Pressure
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Calls for attention to men’s gender struggles and societal expectations.
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Tells of a father uneasy with his son’s nontraditional interests.
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Encourages space for men to embrace emotional and feminine traits.
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Gender & Power in Therapy
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Raises concerns about power dynamics, especially in therapist-client gender pairings.
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Discussion on redefining power for both genders.
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Encourages bringing political awareness into therapy.
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Egalitarianism Debate
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Debate on whether therapy should aim for egalitarianism or respect individual differences.
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Warnings about the pitfalls of political correctness.
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Therapists urged to acknowledge the political nature of client relationships.
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Gendered Treatment Approaches
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Noted differences in how men and women experience and are treated for depression.
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Importance of recognizing biases and non-functional coping styles.
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Instinct vs. Psychology
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Concern over distancing therapy from biological instincts.
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Reflection on animal behavior and gender roles.
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Closing
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Session ends with thanks to the panel for their insights.
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Credits
Faculty
James Hillman, PhD Related Seminars and Products
James Hillman, PhD, who received his Ph.D. degree from the Univeristy of Zurich, has served as honorary secretary of the International Association for Analytical Psychology and for 10 years was Director of Studies at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He has written 12 books and was nomiated for a Pulitzer prize.
Peggy Papp, ACSW Related Seminars and Products
PEGGY PAPP, A.C.S.W., is a therapist in private practice and Co-Director of the Brief Therapy Project at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy in New York City. She is recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the American Family Therapy Association and the award for distinguished contribution to Marital Family Therapy from the American Association for Marital and Family Therapy. Her latest book is Couples On the Fault Line.
Miriam Polster Related Seminars and Products
Miriam Polster, Ph.D, is co-director of the Gestalt Training Center in San Diego, and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Along with her husband, Erving Polster, she is co-author of a book on Gestalt therapy. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Case Western Reserve University in 1967.
Olga Silverstein, MSW Related Seminars and Products
Olga Silverstein was a renowned therapist and teacher. She specialized in family therapy and wrote several works on the subject of parenting, including The Courage to Raise Good Men. The daughter of Hungarian immigrants, she came to the United States at age seven, married young, and remained home rearing her three children until she was forty. Over the next seven years, she secured a high school diploma, a bachelor’s degree, and then a master of social work degree. In the mid-1970s she was co-founder with Peggy Papp of the Brief Therapy Project at the Ackerman Institute.
During the decade of the 1970s she and Papp joined Betty Carter and Marianne Walters to launch The Women’s Project in Family Therapy. They focused on examining the sexist concerns and theories that dominated their clinical practice, and soon began to offer workshops in the United States and abroad on women’s relationships in families. The pioneering and classic work, The Invisible Web: Gender Patterns in Family Relationships, was written by the four colleagues from this experience.