| Summary: | Therapy As A Conversational Craft - William Doherty, Ph. D. The therapy field is awash in complex theories and techniques, and most of us subscribe to our favorite model among them. But the secret of success in therapy lies in recognizing that we heal not through prescription and procedures, but through talking and listening--in other words, the fine craft of conversation. This recording will highlight what it means to be a skilled conversational partner to someone in emotional trouble, including the fine points of judiciously using body language, tone of voice, timing, and pacing, the sorts of questions to ask, when to heat things up and when to cool them down, and more. Harnessing The Power Of Emotion - Susan Johnson, Ed. D. Clients come to therapy because they're hurting, not because they've made fully rational decisions to change their behavior. Ultimately, emotion is the most important motivating force bringing clients to our offices in the first place. Nevertheless, therapists are often strangely queasy in the presence of strong emotion--worried things might get out of hand--even though it's from the cauldron of raw affect that resolution and healing typically comes. This recording will offer a vivid picture of how we can take full therapeutic advantage of the emotional force field to propel the process of change, and how we can become healers more at home with our own, often roiling, emotions. Therapy In The Age Of iBrain - Gary Small, M.D. We're engaged in a massive and unprecedented human experiment with the impact of digital technology on our mental lives, our emotions, our relationships. While the new devices and apps, along with the vastly expanded opportunities for social networking, have extended human capacities beyond the wildest dreams of our grandparents (or even our parents), they come with personal costs that we haven't yet begun to calculate or understand. Is the use of technology actually altering--in ways good and bad--the evolution of the human brain? How should therapists think about these transformations, and respond to them with their clients?
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