Thursday, April 21, 2022 | 5:30-7:00PM (EDT)-- Hybrid Lecture
In collaboration with Boston College - School of Theology and Ministry, Continuing Education
Eligible for 1.5 CEs for Psycholgists and LMHCs.
Location:
Boston College Theology and Ministry Library, Auditorium (Room 113) 117 Lake Street, Brighton, MA and Online via Zoom
Cost:
This event is free to the public. Please use the promotional code ETHICSERIES17 to register at no cost.
This event is $25 for practitioners seeking CEs for this lecture. As per the credentialing bodies, we can only grant CEs for attendance of live events. Please pay and register for the lecture so that we may keep track of your attendance. You CE registration status may not be changed after the event.
Description:
In helping disciplines, much is asked of people who tie their work to the healing, wellbeing, education, and betterment of others. Trauma, chaos, and suffering of all kinds, can exponentially increase the needs of the client, student, or patient. The common experience of burnout is a seemingly inevitable result of binding one’s work to the wellbeing of suffering others. This is true not only in professional work, but in the interpersonal caring and giving experienced in friendship and family. When suffering abounds, as is so often the case in professions designed to help sufferers, more and more is asked of the therapist, the nurse, the physician, the teacher, the social worker, etc. The term “burnout” has been given to the experience of being completely drained in this way, and it is an experience that has been quite obviously exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Philosopher Eric Severson will use a philosophy of time derived from Sabbath observance to address the rampant problem of burnout in helping professions today. His respondent will be Sr. Rosemary Mulvihill, whose will bring theological and practical reflections to this conversation about time and the passivity of Sabbath rest. Appealing to the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, and reflecting extensively on the passivity and receptivity of “Sabbath,” Severson will suggest that other-centered living and working need not result in the depletion of the self. Severson points to a reconsideration of time as crucial to addressing a rampant contemporary problem of personal and professional burnout.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe a philosophy of time grounded in understanding of Sabbath
- Compare current conceptions of burnout and self, with that of other-centered living and working
- Apply these theological and practical reflections towards passivity of Sabbath rest
Timeline and Requirements:
The course will take place on Thursday, April 21, 2022. This lecture is presenter-led and is a hybrid experience. This will be conducted synchronously online via Zoom and in person (location TBD) from 5:30-7:00PM (EDT).
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 1.5 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 1.5 CE units. 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 LICSW or other clinicians not listed above.
Fees and Policies:
This event is free if you are NOT seeking CEs towards your license. If you plan on seeking CEs for this lecture, the cost is $25. Once you have registered for the class, your CE registration status is fixed and cannot be adjusted at a later time.
Payment is due by credit card at registration. Registration closes April 21st at 5pm. Refunds will be granted only up to the time of the lecture.
Additional offerings from the Lynch School Professional & Continuing Education Office can be found on our website.
