Science, Mind, and Psychotherapy
Instructor: Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D., ABPP
Course Description:
The art of psychotherapy is practiced against an ever-growing backdrop of research and theory in neuroscience, biology, physics, cognition, complexity, consciousness, mathematics, evolution, and human development. Monthly study groups delve deeply into a wide variety of current scientific concerns in order to study their implications for our changing world and our practice of psychotherapy.
Learning Goals:
Ø Learn the leading contemporary scientific theories of mind, body, self, and consciousness.
Ø Learn the implications that current theories of the mind have for psychotherapy practice.
Ø Learn how our psychological views of consciousness, unconsciousness, subjectivity, and relationship are affected by recent research in the physical, social, biological, and neurosciences.
General Information:
This course will be taught in a small group format with several key papers and chapters assigned each month for reading and discussion. The course will be limited to ten participants and will meet the First Wednesdays from 10:30 to 12:00 p.m. Tuition for the year (for 12 hours of continuing education credit) is $320 including the non-refundable $80 registration fee with the balance to be paid in three monthly installments of $80. Save $50 by paying the full tuition in advance by September 15–pay only $270!
The Listening Perspectives Study Center is accredited to provide Continuing Education Credits for Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, and Nurses. The exact number of credits awarded is equal to the number of contact hours for each event and is specified on the Registration Form.
Marriage and Family Therapists and Social Workers Provider Number: PCE348.
California Board of Registered Nursing Provider Number: CEP12038
The Listening Perspective Study Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Listening Perspectives Study Center maintains responsibility for the program.
Books to Read
October 2005:
Colin McGinn, (2004). Mindsight : Image, Dream, Meaning. Harvard University Press. ISBN: 0674015606
November 2005:
Susan Blackmore, (2000). The Meme Machine. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 019286212X
December 2005:
Brian Greene, (2005). The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. Vintage Books. ISBN: 0375727205.
Read pages 1-218.
January 2006:
Brian Greene, (2005). The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. Vintage Books. ISBN: 0375727205.
Read pages 219-414.
February 2006:
Brian Greene, (2005). The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. Vintage Books. ISBN: 0375727205.
Read pages 415-494.
March 2006:
Stanley I. Greenspan and Stuart G. Shanker, (2004). The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans. Da Capo Press. ISBN: 0738206806
Read pages 1-184.
April 2006:
Stanley I. Greenspan and Stuart G. Shanker, (2004). The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans. Da Capo Press. ISBN: 0738206806
Read pages 185-457.
May 2006:
John R. Searle, (2004). Mind: A Brief Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195157338