NJI’s 39th Annual Conference
October 29, 2017
A Conversation with
Dr. Michael Eigen
Pain, Attitude, Multiplicity, Possibility
No human being ever lived without pain. We will trace various interactions between pain, attitude and possibility. Pain can radiate in many directions, at times permeate the psychic field, other times scarcely felt. Kinds of pain and range of response can be enormous. How much and what kind of experience can one take and make use of? We will discuss vicissitudes of pain and possibility and explore dimensions of experience pain can open or close
CASE PRESENTER: Susan Goldman, LCSW, PsyA
Sunday, October 29, 2017
9:00am – 3:00pm
Montclair State University (Conference Center Ballroom)
Learning Objectives:
1. To enrich appreciation of the many roles pain can play in life and expand and refine awareness of therapeutic possibilities in face of it.
2. Explore the roles of varied therapeutic attitudes and their uses at different times, e.g., kinds of openness, receptivity, active suggestions, and background support.
3. Enhance sensitivity to the complexity of experience and its multidimensionality in face of tendencies to be overly reductive, simplistic, prematurely jump to conclusions, dogmatize-stigmatize, magnify-minimize.
5 CEU’s Approved for Social Workers by NJSCSW
5 NBCC Approved Clock Hours for Counselors
*NJI has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5822. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credits are clearly identified. NJI solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.