1st talk of the 2024-2025 Conference Series by Bob Fox, LICSW.

NECET founder, Bob Fox’s presentation emerges from his experience caring for his wife, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer late last year. The talk will center on the shifts of identity that arise when suddenly and unalterably thrown into this role. Identity in relation to caregiving for the dying other will be explored from multiple perspectives, including psychodynamic, existential, and cultural. The dialectics of reliance and burden will be explored with particular attention to issues of dependency, guilt and resentment, and grief and appreciation. As always at NECET, the personal will be used as a way to illustrate and explore these philosophical and psychological themes.

We are hosted by and located at
Boston College, Lynch School of Education
Campion Hall, Room 139
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