This introductory webinar will provide a general overview of the concept of psychoanalytic listening including an exploration of the role of free association, the mechanisms of transference and countertransference and how these phenomena relate to a therapist's capacity to listen most effectively to the spoken and unspoken. It will also highlight how the maintenance of a particular therapeutic stance is helpful in becoming more attuned to latent material.
Considerations for listening within the framework of teletherapy will also be examined.
https://nefesh.org/workshops/FoundationsofPsychoanalyticListening/viewFREE WEBINAR
Learning Objectives:
- describe both the role of listening and the various levels of listening in psychodynamic work
- recognize symbolic meaning embedded in speech
- describe how transference/ countertransference can be used to better inform one’s listening
Agenda:
Introduction to psychoanalytic listening
Listening for the unconscious
Listening for transference and countertransference
Listening to language
Silence and the place of interpretation
Questions, summary, and conclusion
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives