The Therapist and Therapeutic Change:
Survivors of abuse and the moral courage needed
for therapists to evoke change
Fee: $25.00 US
Length: 2 hrs
Credits: 2
Presenter: Johnella Bird MSW
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Johnella Bird passionately discusses the act of moral
courage a therapist must take to be open to and hopeful
for when addressing clients who have been abused. She
demonstrates specific therapeutic practices that allow
for therapeutic conversations to begin. She addresses
issues of gender inequality, desperation and therapeutic
love.
Objectives:
1) Discussion of working with abuse as an act of moral
courage.
2) Gender inquiry and the therapeutic process.
3) The effects of gender blindness and the therapeutic
relationship.
4) The expereince and importance of the therapeutic
relationship
5) Therapeutic practices in working with persons who
have been abused.
Johnella Bird is one of New Zealand's most well
respected and original thinking psychotherapists. Her
latest book represents a clear insight into her unique
strength, incredible insights and moral courage she
offers to her clients in therapy. Johnella is a founder
and co-director of the Family Therapy institute in Auckland
New Zealand.
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