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the traumatizing impact of a god’s-eye-view: the evangelical patient on the couch

a Zoom event – 2 CE’s
Saturday, November 16th, 2024, 1:00pm to 3:00pm PT

The Traumatizing Impact of God's Eye Views Event Poster

program description:

Join for us for a presentation with Dr. Jason Jost followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Earl Bland and Dr. Michelle Harwell.

Psychoanalysts unfamiliar with the worldview and child-rearing practices of Evangelicals may unintentionally replicate the patient’s childhood experience of accommodating a transcendent, authoritative perspective of themselves and others. To bridge this cultural gap, Dr. Jost highlights key aspects of evangelical child-rearing and their potential impact on a child’s emotional development, sharing from his own personal childhood experience as well as his work as both a patient and an analyst. With this contextual understanding, Dr. Jost suggests developmentally supportive attitudes that, while important for any analytic dyad, are particularly critical for patients whose childhood emotional experiences were organized by an evangelical blueprint. This program aims to enhance cultural understanding and empathy in treating individuals raised in evangelical Christian environments.

presenter:

Jason Jost, PsyD

Jason Jost, PsyD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at ICP. He is a clinician in private practice in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood and teaches in a local two-year certificate program called Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Theory, Practice, and Social Applicability through the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. His practice includes working with many folks who were raised within an Evangelical Christian culture. He and his wife, son, and two labs love living in a communal building with close friends and enjoy biking, skiing, soccer, hiking and any way to be out in Seattle’s forests and mountains.

panelists:

Earl D. Bland, PsyD, PsyD

Earl D. Bland, PsyD, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and professor of psychology at the Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University in La Mirada CA. He primarily teaches clinical courses in the area of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, clinical theory, and the integration of psychology and religion. Earl also serves on faculty at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles. He is the co-author/editor of Christianity and Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation as well as numerous other publications in the areas of psychoanalytic treatment and the intersection of psychology/psychoanalysis & religious faith. He maintains a private practice where he treats individuals and couples.

Michelle Harwell in a yellow dress sitting on a leather couch

Michelle Harwell, PsyD, LMFT

Michelle Harwell, PsyD, LMFT is a training and supervising analyst and instructor at the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. For over a decade she has trained and supervised emerging clinicians through a unique integration of contemporary psychoanalytic principles and the humanities, believing that our reverence for theory must live alongside a deep humility and respect for the complexity of the human story. She is the author of numerous papers and her writing interests are centered on the interior process of the analyst. Dr. Harwell maintains a clinical practice in Eagle Rock, CA where she works extensively with adults, children, families, and couples.

learning objectives

  • Describe the child rearing practices of Evangelicals and how the patient’s childhood experience of accommodating a transcendent, authoritative perspective of themselves can get replicated in the transference.

  • Identify developmentally supportive attitudes that help support the patient in recognizing the impact of the emotional organizing principles of her upbringing.

    A Zoom event.

    Recording: This event will be recorded and available to those who register for the program. Please note, CE’s will only be rewarded to those who attend the live Zoom event, not for watching the recording.

    Registration closes Friday November 15th at 10pm Pacific Time.

cost & details

Pricing:

Non-ICP Member Licensed Professional: $60

ICP Member Licensed Professional: $45

Candidate: $30

Pre-licensed: $15


Above ICP prices do not include non-refundable servicing/processing/booking fees.

The ICP Refund Policy can be honored on the above ICP pricing only.

Additional servicing/processing/booking fees are non-refundable at the time of purchase.

CE Credit

The program has 2 CE Credits available for participants who attend the live event in its entirety.
 
We ask that all participants return the post-program evaluation form emailed to them at the conclusion of the program.

Special Accommodations

Please submit any requests for Special Accommodations to the ICP Office prior to registering or at your earliest convenience to ensure that we are able to assist.

The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (ICP) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (ICP) is a continuing education provider that has been approved by the American Psychological Association, a California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognized approval agency.

No one in the planning or presentation of this activity has any relevant financial relationships with a commercial interest to disclose.