Friday, February 4th, 2022 | 2-5pm (ET)-- Fully Online Workshop
Eligible for 3.0 CEs for Psychologists and LMHCs.
Description:
In this workshop, we will read excerpts from some of the major works by French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault. Works discussed will include Discipline and Punish and History of Sexuality, Volume I. For context, we will also read some selected interviews with him and posthumously published lectures by him. All readings will be in English. One aim of this workshop is to familiarize readers – whether clinicians or scholars – new to Foucault with an understanding of his striking critique of the categories of “reason” and “the subject” and his reconceptualization of power as “power relations.” In concert with this ambition, we will explore what Foucault has to offer psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and psychoanalytic thinkers despite and maybe even in light of his strong criticisms of “sexuality” as (in his words) “a ruse of power” and of sciences of the human (especially psychiatry and psychology) as ways of disciplining the body and producing individuals as such. Finally, reading with and against Foucault, we will consider possible points of contact between Foucault’s interest in what he calls the “care of the self” and the forms of care psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy can offer if we (the “we” of clinicians, but also the “we” of teachers) work from places of un-certainty, un-knowing, un-doing.
Timeline and Requirements:
This workshop will take place on Friday, February 4th, 2022. This workshop is presenter-led and is a fully online experience. This will be conducted synchronously online via Zoom from 2:00 pm-5:00 pm (ET).
CE Sponsorship:
University Counseling Services of Boston College is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. As a co-sponsor of this program, University Counseling Services of Boston College maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants will be eligible to receive 3.0 CE units from University Counseling Services of Boston College.
The Lynch School of Education and Human Development is providing sponsorship for CEUs for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC). Participants will be eligible to receive 3 CEs unit. These credits are accepted by the Massachusetts Board of Registration for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (Category I contact hours in Content Area I).
Participants must attend the lecture in full and complete the post event survey to be eligible to receive CEs.
This lecture does not offer CEs for other clinicians not listed above.
Fees & Policies:
Payment is due by credit card at registration. Registration closes February 4th at 2pm. Refunds will be granted only up until registration closes at 2pm on February 4th. No refunds will be granted for registration or technical errors on the participant's part (such as incorrect name/email, login failure, etc.).
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