This event is included in a series of seminars organised in collaboration with the Therapy and Social Change Network.
This session will examine the debate about whether we are over-pathologising emotional distress by looking closely at the basis upon which diagnoses of emotional disorder are made. I suggest that the way we delineate the boundary of emotional disorder is significantly influenced by our background conception(s) of human flourishing. This claim, I will also suggest, has far-reaching consequences for the way we construe the practice(s) of psychotherapy.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- To appreciate the basis upon which judgements of emotional disorder are made.
- To recognise the role that our conception(s) of human flourishing play in influencing our views about the nature of emotional distress.
- To reappraise the nature of the psychotherapeutic endeavour in light of the foregoing learning objectives.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Anyone with an interest (professional and/or personal) in understanding human emotions with regard to the boundary between disorder and normality.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- It will offer participants a critical understanding of the nature of the psychotherapeutic exchange, with a focus on appreciating non-medical perspectives on this exchange.