Because of the weight of clients difficulties, the employment of lighter areas of experience is often indicated, both for cathartic relief as well as for providing closure. The session will focus on joy, humor, tenderness.
Invited Address Session 11 - Part 1 - Gestalt Therapy: Evolution and Application featuring Miriam Polster, PhD.
With discussant Robert L Goulding, MD.
Moderated by F Theodore Reid, Jr, MD.
Educational Objectives:
To deepen, broaden and heighten therapist sensitivity and cognitive perception through use of humor and metaphor as treatment interventions
To know how to avoid therapist burnout
Invited Address Session 9 - Part 2 - Strategic Family Therapy featuring Cloe Madanes.
With discussant Paul Watzlawick, PhD.
Moderated by William McLeod, MD.
Invited Address Session 10 - Part 1 - The Nature of the Psychotherapeutic Process featuring Judd Marmor, MD.
With discussant Aaron T Beck, MD.
Moderated by Stuart M Gould, Jr, MD.
Invited Address Session 10 - Part 2 - The Evolution of Psychotherapy: Future Trends featuring Lewis R Wolberg, MD.
With discussant Arnold A Lazarus, PhD.
Moderated by Stuart M Gould, Jr, MD.