
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Social Issues | Therapy Practice
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2012
- Faculty:
- Esther Perel, MA, LMFT | Michael Yapko, PhD | Jeffrey Kottler, PhD | Casey Truffo, M.S.,M.F.T.
- Duration:
- 59:07
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 07, 2012
- Short Description:
- This session explores the intersection of therapy and social issues, addressing how depression, human trafficking, cultural transition, sexuality, and technology affect clients and communities. Panelists emphasize that psychotherapy cannot remain isolated from broader social forces, urging practitioners to consider activism, financial sustainability, and community connection as integral to their work. Participants gain a wide-angle view of therapy’s role in addressing the ethical, cultural, and economic challenges of contemporary life.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Positive Psychology | Social Issues
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Mary Goulding, MSW | Kenneth Hardy, PhD | Jeffrey Kottler, PhD | Michael Yapko, PhD
- Duration:
- 59:03
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 2008
- Short Description:
- This session explores the intersection of therapy and social issues, examining how psychotherapy contributes to shifting moral perspectives, cultural engagement, and public health. Panelists highlight themes such as moral relativity versus absolutism, the therapist’s role in addressing systemic injustices, and the risks of reducing depression to biology alone. Participants gain a broader understanding of how therapy influences social change and how therapists can bring their skills to communities, families, and cultural contexts beyond individual treatment.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Psychotherapy | Therapist Development | Community | Empowerment | Social Issues
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Mary Goulding, MSW | James F. Masterson, MD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Jean Houston, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 09, 2005
- Short Description:
- This discussion examines therapist perspectives on therapeutic neutrality and social commitment. Mary Goulding highlights community resilience, while James Masterson supports neutrality with social awareness. Cloe Madanes advocates for directive therapy to protect the vulnerable, and Jean Houston calls for integrating personal and societal healing. The panel agrees that therapists must address social issues without compromising clinical integrity, acting as both healers and agents of change. Moderated by Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Psychotherapy | Social Issues | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Systems Theory | Ethical Practice | Humanistic Psychology
- Categories:
- Erickson Congress | Erickson Congress 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 53:36
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 02, 2004
- Short Description:
- This keynote traces the shift in psychotherapy from systemic approaches to the rise of managed care and psychopharmacology. It critiques profit-driven models and the overuse of medication, especially in cases involving children removed from families. Emphasizing the importance of family therapy and community involvement, it promotes ethical, value-driven practice and highlights success stories where systemic interventions led to lasting change.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price