CEPPA Talk (online and in-person) – Ami Harbin (Oakland University)

Title:  Co-forming feelings in therapy

Abstract: This paper opens a project within philosophy of therapy, on the question of how feelings are formed in the context of interactions between clients and therapists. There is a common assumption within many therapeutic approaches that feelings are formed by individuals in their lives outside therapy, and then clients come to therapy to understand, process, and/or cope with their feelings. Is therapy the setting where we come to identify, understand, reflect on, or cope with feelings? Or do we in some cases depend on the therapeutic relationship for feeling formation?  If we are willing to entertain that idea – what are the risks, and what are the ethical implications?

Location: Online on Teams and streamed in Edgecliffe G03