We hope that you will join us in making the Institute a deeply enriching experience. The Institute will be an opportunity for us to explore some of the questions that arise in working with the Relational-Cultural Model — and also to have a good time together!

Educational Objectives

• To describe new formulations of the relational-cultural approach to psychological development and psychological problems.
• To discuss the applications of these formulations in clinical and other settings.
• To provide clinicians with experiential training that strengthens their clinical skills working with a variety of clients.

Day 1

Thursday Morning, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

LEAD FACULTY: Judith Jordan, Ph.D. & Maureen Walker, Ph.D.

Change begins with naming what is and imagining what could be. Creating room for movement into deeper seeing and more effective action leads us from a limited sense of self to an expanding sense of relationships and possibility. In exploring these issues together, we will re-examine fear, shame, uncertainty, and conflict. We will look at how we "listen one another into voice" and move one another into action.

12:15 - 1:15 PM COMMUNITY LUNCH

Practicing Presences & Responsiveness in Therapy

Thursday Afternoon, 1:15 - 4:00 PM

LEAD FACULTY: Judith Jordan, Ph.D., Amy Banks, MD, Marilyn Downs, MSW, LICSW, & Dana Comstock, Ph.D.

This session is designed to give participants hands on experience with responsiveness in clinical sessions.  We will include working with empathy in challenging relationships.  We will study clinical cases submitted by participants, role-play, and make use of videos and experiential activities.  It is meant to provide a more in-depth and intense exploration of RCT practice.

Day 2

 

 

Relational-Cultural Mindfulness & the Brain

Day 3

Saturday Morning, 9:15 AM-12:30 PM

Back by popular demand, this Institute will include workshops providing participants with the opportunity to delve more deeply into areas of particular interest to discover the change-making potential of RCT.

WORKSHOPS

• In the Presence of Grief:  A Journey of Courage in Connection
• The Ethics of Possibility: Relationship, Risk and Presence
• Social Trauma: Being Responsive, Building Resilience

12:15 - 1:15 PM COMMUNITY LUNCH

Saturday Afternoon, 1:30 - 4:30 PM

LEAD FACULTY: Maureen Walker, Ph.D.

Practicing responsiveness can transform immobilization into engaged relationships and social change. We will look at ways we can support one another, with real and virtual community. Topics explored in this session may include strategies for creating digital connections, starting something new, and making change where you are.

Optional Sunday Brunch

Sunday Morning, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

For those who would like to participate in an extended and intensive conversation about RCT in clinical practice, this optional session may include case consultations, an examination of clinical questions that remain unanswered, and a discussion of specific ways clinicians can advance RCT in their work with clients.

FACULTY/PRESENTERS

Amy Banks, M.D.
Director of Advanced Training, JBMTI; Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; Co-editor, The Complete Guide to Mental Health for Women.

Pamela J. Birrell , Ph.D.
Senior Instructor, Head Undergraduate Advisor,  University of Oregon Psychology Department; private practice.

Dana Comstock, Ph.D.
Professor of Counseling, Chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Services, St. Mary's University. Editor, Diversity and Development: Critical Contexts that Shape Our Lives and Relationships.

Marilyn Downs, MSW, LICSW
Prevention Director and Senior Staff Clinician, Tufts University Counseling and Mental Health Service; Faculty, JBMTI; Research Associate, Simmons College Suicide Prevention Education Project.

Natalie S. Eldridge, Ph.D.
Faculty, JBMTI; Psychologist in private practice and a Relational Life Coach. Contributing author to Women’s Growth in Diversity.

Thomas Fronczak , MSW, LICSW
Social work therapist in private practice working primarily, although not exclusively, with individuals who identify GLBT; Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work; Instructor of yoga and meditation classes, Providence, RI.

Linda M. Hartling, Ph.D.
Associate Director, JBMTI; Board of Directors, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies; Co-editor, The Complexity of Connection.

Judith V. Jordan, Ph.D.
Founding Scholar and Director, JBMTI; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Co-author, Women's Growth in Connection; Editor, Women's Growth in Diversity; Co-editor, The Complexity of Connection.

Yvonne M. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Faculty, JBMTI; Psychologist, University Counseling Service, Boston College; Private practice, Brookline, MA.

Peggy H. Kaufman, M.Ed., LICSW
Director, Center for Early Relationship Support, Jewish Family and Children’s Service.

Lynne Lieberman, LICSW
Faculty, JBMTI; Private practice of psychotherapy and supervision; Editorial Board, Journal of Creativity and Psychotherapy.

Ruth Paris, Ph.D.
JBMTI Research Network Steering Committee; Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice and Director, Family Therapy Certificate Program, Boston University School of Social Work.

Karen Samuels, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist in psychotherapy and consultation practice; Co-Founder and Director of COPE (Community Outreach for the Prevention of Eating Disorders), Ormond Beach, FL.

Elizabeth Sparks, Ph.D.
Faculty, JBMTI; Associate Dean of Graduate Admissions, Financial Aid 
and Student Services, Lynch School of Education, Boston College.

Eda Spielman, Psy.D.
Clinical Director, Center for Early Relationship Support Jewish Family and Children's Service.

Renée Spencer, Ed.D., LICSW
JBMTI Research Network Steering Committee; Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work.

Janet L. Surrey, Ph.D.
Founding Scholar, JBMTI; Lecturer in Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Co-author, Women’s Growth in Connection, and We have to Talk; Co-editor, Mothering Against the Odds.

Mary Tantillo, Ph.D., RN, CS, FAED
Coordinator, JBMTI Research Network , Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center.

Maureen Walker, Ph.D.
Director of Program Development, JBMTI; Associate Director of Support Services, Harvard Business School; Co-editor, How Connections Heal and The Complexity of Connection.

Andrea Wells, M.A., LMFT
Psychotherapist in private practice, Santa Cruz, CA; Formerly Clinical Supervisor of Bereavement at Hospice Caring Project.

Tuition: $569, which includes continental breakfasts, use of college facilities, two lunches and optional afternoon and evening programming.

• Register by June 1, 2008 and receive $25 off the regular tuition.
• OR, register with a friend or colleague and receive $25 of the regular tuition.

Who Should Attend? This program is appropriate for experienced practitioners of Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT), teachers and supervisors of RCT and members of JBMTI/RCT study groups. It features new material that builds upon previous trainings. Participants from past institutes are especially encouraged to attend.

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