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Listening to Patients: What We Can Learn from Memoir about Ethics and Therapy - Elliot L. Jurist, PhD, PhD (Recorded)
Memoirs provide a window into the actual experience of patients in psychotherapy, and they are also a useful way to look closely at the work of therapists, in particular, their ethical conduct. In this talk, Dr. Jurist distinguishes among three different kinds of ethical examples: 1) ethical violations, where the therapist does something that is inconsistent with professional standards; 2) ethical conundrums, where the therapist is conflicted about what to do (and there might be conflict between the therapist and the patient); and 3) ethical collisions, where the values of the therapist and the patient clash and, too often, threaten to or stop the treatment. Examples are provided for each of these situations; however, special attention is paid to the third kind of example because it forces us to grapple with issues concerning diversity and culture and because it has less to do with avoiding mistakes as it does with aspiring to a high level of integrity as a mental health professional. A high level of integrity means that one strives to be aware of one’s own values, one is curious and respectful about patients’ values, and one is open to engaging in the process of mentalizing about one’s values and inviting patients to do so as well.
Target Audience
Target Audience
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Learning Objectives
- To identify three different kinds of ethical concerns for mental health professionals: ethical violations, conundrums and collisions
- To explain how ethical collisions occur and how to understand them
- To plan and strive for a high level of integrity: avoiding and resolving ethical collisions
Elliot Jurist, PhD, PhD, is professor of psychology and philosophy at the Graduate Center and The City College of New York, CUNY. From 2004-2013, he served as the director of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at CUNY. From 2008-2018, he was the editor of Psychoanalytic Psychology, the journal of Division 39 of the APA. He is also the editor of a book series, Psychoanalysis and Psychological Science, from Guilford Publications, and author of a book in the series, Minding Emotions: Cultivating Mentalization in Psychotherapy, from the same publisher (the book has been translated into Italian, Chinese and Spanish, and was named best theoretical book in 2019 by the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis). He is the author of Beyond Hegel and Nietzsche: Philosophy, Culture and Agency (MIT Press, 2000) and co-author with Peter Fonagy, George Gergely, and Mary Target of Affect Regulation, Mentalization and the Development of the Self (Other Press, 2002), the latter of which has been translated into five languages and won two book prizes. He is also the co-editor of Mind to Mind: Infant Research, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis (Other Press, 2008). His research interests concern mentalization and the role of emotions and emotion regulation in psychotherapy. In 2014, he received the Scholarship Award from Division 39 of the APA. More recently, he is co-author with Norka Malberg, Jordan Bate, and Mark Dangerfield of Working with Parents Across the Lifespan: A Mentalization-Informed Approach (APA Publications) and a forthcoming book, Listening to Patients: What We Learn from Memoir about Therapy. Along with his family, he lives with two ancient, insubordinate dachshunds, one of whom has the capacity to smile.
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