Phoebe Cirio, MSW, LCSW: In a world where there is a high level of strife and anxiety, and seemingly endless conflict, including war, ethnic violence, sexism and gender attacks, open displays of hostility within the United States, and the rapidly changing climate, the question arises what should we do? How does one in the mental health profession handle their own responses to these traumatizing events, and how do we assist those who seek our help? In this course we will look at the usefulness of clinical work, and specifically psychoanalytic thinking as a vehicle for the containment of strife and anxiety for our patients, and for ourselves. We will consider the question of an ethical stance within the psychotherapeutic setting for facilitating the patient’s reconciliation with the impact of uncertainty in the world on their mental health.
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