Author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (2008), the Canadian physician Gabor Maté delivers a moving keynote presentation that addresses the inadequacy of current intervention approaches to disease and addiction. Specifically, he emphasizes how a reliance on genetic pre-determinants of pathology is outdated. In this talk, Maté introduces the major themes of his upcoming book, The Myth of Normal: Illness and Health in an Insane Culture.
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II. Blog Articles and Podcast Recordings |
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IV. Virtual Seminars on Saturday, December 19, 2020* |
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The Men's Group Seminar: Is Modern Manhood Burdened by Paradox?
The tension between traditional models of masculinity and contemporary societal notions of gender and role identity emerges as a salient issue among most of my male psychotherapy patients. Men are confronted with a persevering pressure to conform to gender stereotypes (the “Man Box”), while simultaneously being encouraged to expand their identity across numerous dimensions typically associated with femininity, including emotional expression, relationships, and parenting. Commentators have described the inherent opportunity for men to formulate new, personalized notions of what it means to be a man, yet in the context of a proliferation of mixed messages about what is expected in the home, workplace, and community. A panel discussion hosted by Esther Perel entitled “The Masculinity Paradox” captures the complex dynamics related to patriarchy and men’s capacity for intimacy, sexual health among men, and “double standards” impacting men in their relationships. In the next virtual meeting of the Men's Group Seminar on Saturday, December 19, 2020 (10:15 AM to 11:30 AM), we will explore the many paradoxes confronting the modern man and how they are negotiated.
To register for this upcoming virtual seminar, please see the directions below.
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The Relationship Group Seminar: Enmeshment
Originally emerging in studies of pathological family systems, enmeshment is a term that refers to a breakdown of boundaries between two members of the system in which closeness and separation are inappropriately organized. What ensues is an interlinked relationship in which one or both parties seek to have their needs met primarily through the other, often by using unconscious strategies of manipulation, guilt, codependence, and power/control dynamics. As the enmeshment rigidifies, the rest of the family system is typically coerced to condone, not confront, the entangled relationship. Children who grow up in enmeshed relationships are, as adults, challenged with establishing and maintaining relationships not reliant on coercive patterns of obligation and expectation. In the next virtual meeting of the Relationship Group Seminar on Saturday, December 19, 2020 (11:45 AM to 1:00 PM), we will discuss enmeshment and its powerful aversive effects on close relationships in adulthood.
To register for this upcoming virtual seminar, please see the directions below.
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The Dynamic Psychotherapy Process Group
This therapy group utilizes the emerging dynamics among group members, and between the group members and facilitator, as a basis from which to examine one's characteristic ways of thinking, feeling, and relating to others. Our next virtual group session will be held on Saturday, December 19, 2020 (1:15 to 2:30 PM). The Dynamic Psychotherapy Process Group is a therapeutic experience and entry occurs only after a pre-group screening interview.
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* Registration Directions: If you would like to attend the virtual meeting of the Men's Group Seminar and/or the Relationship Group Seminar on December 19, 2020, please RSVP to me at 949-338-4388 or jt@jamestobinphd.com on or before December 17, 2020. The fee is $25.00 (payable before entering the virtual meeting) and informed consent for participation in this telehealth event must be completed prior to the seminars. Please note that the Men's Group Seminar and the Relationship Group Seminar are psychoeducational in nature, not therapeutic, and do not constitute psychotherapy or counseling.
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