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Hey all, as this is a very salient topic, I wanted to throw out an upcoming virtual seminar by a colleague of mine. It's Friday March 19th from 9AM-Noon. It's title is Politcal Polarization: what can psychologists do about it? Here's a brief synopsis
"As our sociopolitical world descends into extreme divisiveness, families and friendship networks are fraying. We can just keep doing our traditional work addressing the client issues that we are most familiar with, in the hope that the public fever will break before long. Or we can expand our vision and see therapy as building capacity for people to cope with political stress and live in a pluralistic democracy where people close to them differ from them politically. This workshop will offer an expanded vision for the role of therapists in today’s troubled times. It will focus on helping clients navigate the personal and relational minefields of political stress in their everyday lives, and it will describe the presenter’s experience in depolarizing political “reds” and “blues” through workshops sponsored by an organization called Braver Angels.
This session is at the intermediate level and is designed for psychologists and other mental health professionals.
You can link to it here.
Feel free to backchannel me or ask here if you have any questions.
"As our sociopolitical world descends into extreme divisiveness, families and friendship networks are fraying. We can just keep doing our traditional work addressing the client issues that we are most familiar with, in the hope that the public fever will break before long. Or we can expand our vision and see therapy as building capacity for people to cope with political stress and live in a pluralistic democracy where people close to them differ from them politically. This workshop will offer an expanded vision for the role of therapists in today’s troubled times. It will focus on helping clients navigate the personal and relational minefields of political stress in their everyday lives, and it will describe the presenter’s experience in depolarizing political “reds” and “blues” through workshops sponsored by an organization called Braver Angels.
This session is at the intermediate level and is designed for psychologists and other mental health professionals.
You can link to it here.
Feel free to backchannel me or ask here if you have any questions.
