NECET

Lost and Found

Presented by Robin Chalfin, LICSW and Bob Fox, LICSW

This presentation will look at the circular phenomenon of getting lost and found as central to the process of being human (Dasein, “being-there”), and in particular to the practice of psychotherapy.  From an existential and psychoanalytic perspective Bob will talk about the ways in which the call shows up in the therapeutic situation and how the therapist recognizes and appeals to that which has been lost but which is always already available in some way to be refound.  Robin will further elucidate the centrality of relationship and how the therapist and client get lost and found together.  Through in-depth case analysis she will explore how finding the client requires finding oneself.

                                                   CEs available for LMHC and LICSW

December 7, 2008

Registration    11:30 a.m.

Presentation   12 Noon – 4:30 p.m.

Andover-Newton Theological School

Peck Faculty Lounge in Stoddard Hall

Newton Centre, Massachusetts

Robin Chalfin is a private psychotherapy practitioner and consultant in Boston, MA. She is on the adjunct faculty at Lesley University Division of Counseling and Psychology where she teaches in the trauma specialization and LBTG programs.  In addition to instructing and supervising for Smith College for Social Work, she worked extensively as a staff clinician and clinical supervisor at Cambridge Health Alliance.  She has been involved in numerous presentations, including Why do I Keep Doing this to Myself? for Commonwealth Educational Seminars, with Bob Fox

Bob Fox is in private practice in Somerville, MA. He is on the adjunct faculty at Lesley University Division of Counseling and Psychology.  He is founder and director of the Institute for Existential;- Psychoanalytic Therapy and a founding member of the New England Center for Existential Therapy.  He has been involved in numerous presentations, including Why do I Keep Doing this to Myself? for Commonwealth Educational Seminars, with Robin Chalfin.