Thursday, May 6, 2021 | 7-8pm (EST)-- Fully Online Lecture
Eligible for 1 CE for LMHCs, Psychologists, and Social Workers
Cost:
This event is free to the public, please use the promotional code ETHICSERIES13 to register at no cost.
This event is $25 for practitioners seeking CEs for this lecture. Once you have registered for the class, your CE registration status is fixed and can not be adjusted at a later time.
Description:
Our existence is increasingly lived at a distance. As we move from flesh to image, we are in danger of losing touch with each other and ourselves. How can we combine the physical and the psychological with the virtual, our embodied experience with our global connectivity? How can we come back to our senses? This talk will advocate for the cultivation of the basic human need to touch and be touched.
In this Psychological Humanities and Ethics lecture, Kearney will argue that touch is our most primordial sense, foundational to our individual and common selves. Kearney explores the role of touch, from ancient wisdom traditions to modern therapies to demonstrate that a fundamental aspect of touch is interdependence, its inherently reciprocal nature, which offers a crucial corrective to our fixation with control - and broadens our understanding of psychological life as primarily one of isolation. Making the case for the complementarity of touch and technology, this lecture offers a passionate plea to recover a tangible sense of community and the joys of life with others.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation the participant will be able to:
- Describe the phenomenology of touch, in the psychological and philosophical connections to the human experience
- Compare and contrast the ancient wisdom traditions and modern therapies that frame our understanding of ‘touch’
Timeline and Requirements:
The course will take place on Thursday, May 6, 2021. This lecture is presenter-led and is a fully online experience. This will be conducted synchronously online via Zoom from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm (EST).
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 CE unit 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 CE unit. These credits are accepted by the Massachusetts Board of Registration for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (Category I contact hours in Content Area I).
The Boston College School of Social Work is providing CEUs for Licensed Social Workers. This program has been approved for 1.0 CEU Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College School of Social Work Authorization Number A014.21.
Participants must attend the lecture in full and complete the post event survey to be eligible to receive CEs. Please note, watching the recording is not a valid form of attendance.
This lecture does not offer CEs for other clinicians not listed above.
Fees & 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 can not be adjusted at a later time.
Payment is due by credit card at registration. Registration closes May 6th at 7pm. Refunds will be granted only up to the time of the lecture. No refunds will be granted for registration or technical errors on the participant's part (such as incorrect name/email, login failure, etc.).
Additional offerings from the Lynch School Professional & Continuing Education Office can be found on our website.
