Sunday, May 22, 2016
An Online Class Facilitated by Joan Lavender
Part of The Focusing Highlights Series
In relationships that grow in significance over time, there will be moments of being understood as well as moments when we are perceived very differently than the way we see ourselves! During these times we are challenged to listen to our partner's perspective. Learning to weather and grow from differences as well as similarities is how one sustains a genuine partnership, whether it be a friendship, marriage or a psychotherapy relationship.
When Joan learned Focusing in the 1970s, she said to herself, "This experiential process is what has been missing!" And when she learned relational psychotherapy in the 1990s, she said to herself, "And this is just what I need to deepen our relational psychotherapy process!"
In this two-hour pay-what-you-can webinar, Joan will share her enthusiasm and insights with you. She will introduce you to the philosophy of relational psychotherapy by applying its principles to the inevitable cliffs and tangles you find in your work with clients. Psychotherapists of all approaches are most welcome.
Bio:
Joan Lavender, Psy. D has studied Focusing since the 1970s and integrated it with the Relational School of Psychoanalysis. She loves to write about this work and to mentor therapists who are expanding their clinical skills in this direction. She is a founding member of the Focusing Oriented Relational Psychotherapy Program in New York City (now called EPP-Experiential Psychotherapy Program) envisioned and created by Lynn Preston. She is very grateful to her EPP colleagues for their creativity, intellectual and emotional nourishment. When she is not seeing clients in NYC, she is learning to slow down and take in the beautiful countryside alongside a lake in Connecticut.
Website: JoanLavender.com