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2009 APA Convention Report (도정신치료 심포지움) |
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2010-02-22 18:24:03 |
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한국정신치료학회보 제36권 제4호 2009년 11월 ◎ 卷頭言 ◎
※ 미국심리학회 117차 연차대회(American Psychological Association 117th Annual Convention)가 2009년 8월 6일부터 9일까지 캐나다 토론토의 메트로토론토컨벤션센터(Metro Toronto Convention Center)에서 개최되었습니다. 그 중 8일 (토) 오후 12:00-12:50, Meeting Room 711에서는 도정신치료를 주제로 하는 심포지엄이 열렸습니다. Dr. Erik Craig가 조직하여 좌장을 맡고 또 연제발표도 하였고, Dr. Farrell Silverberg, Dr. Christine M. Ahn이 함께 연제발표를 하였습니다. 이 심포지엄은 미국심리학회 회원들이 자체적으로 조직하였다는 점에서 역사적 의의가 깊다고 하겠으며, 앞으로 전개될 일들을 예측하는 가늠자가 될 것입니다.
이에 심포지엄을 조직한 Dr. Erik Craig의 Convention Report를 권두언으로 게재합니다. 아울러 Dr. Christine M. Ahn (안명희 동덕여자대학교 아동학과 교수, 동 대학교 학생생활연구소 소장)의 Report를 다음 호에 게재할 예정입니다. 비교하면서 읽어보시면 이해하시는데 많은 도움이 되리라 생각됩니다. (편집 주)
Finding the Tao in Psychotherapy: Humanizing Global Psychotherapy
APA Convention Report
Erik Craig, Ed. D. (USA)
As many members of the Korean Academy of Psychotherapists are aware, in August of this year the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association featured a program entitled, "Finding the Tao in Psychotherapy: Humanizing Global Psycho- therapy." APA pre-conference publicity had already designated this program as one of the top 100 programs of special interest to psychologists and approximately 75 psychol- ogists and graduate students attended the meeting which was held in one of the most central meeting rooms at the convention.
Dr. Erik Craig, from Santa Fe, NM chaired the meeting and also, following a brief introduction to Taopsychotherapy, presented on the essence and overall contribution of Taopsychotherapy to global psychotherapy. Dr. Farrell Silverberg, from Philadelphia, PA, followed with an elegant synthesis of personal experience, Zen master tales, and clinical savvy in a critical contribution to Taopsychotherapeutic thought and practice entitled, "The Way to Treat is to Be: Bringing the Tao into Psychotherapy." His presentation, a lovely synthesis of humor and humility was especially well received. Finally, Dr. Christine Ahn, from Seoul, presented the results of a series of intensive interviews with Dr. Rhee Dongshick in the form of a detailed analysis of the process of psychotherapy and personality change as it has been developed by Dr. Rhee. This was the first presentation in North America which presented key processes and ideas in both English and Korean, supported by a concise power point program.
Interest in the program as a whole was serious enough that most of the audience remained for the entire hour and many individuals approached the speakers for further conversation as soon as it was over. Further, each of the presenters received post-convention e-mails and phone calls.
These circumstances were especially auspicious as the convention was one of the most poorly attended in recent years, partly due to its location in Toronto, CA, partly due to the economy, and partly due to growing concerns about the H1N1 virus. For example, in the same meeting room the hour before the Taopsychotherapy symposium, there were only three people in the audience and, the hour following, only 18. This speaks very well for the North American interest in Taopsycho- therapy, especially since "Finding the Tao in Psychotherapy" was scheduled over the primary lunch hour at the convention.
While all this may appear very hopeful for Taopsychotherapy, it is important that this kind of exposure to North American audiences be followed up in the near future. Psychologists and masters level mental health counselors are the most likely to be interested in Taopsychotherapy but they are the groups of mental health practitioners that are least likely to have heard about this distinctively Korean synthesis of Eastern and Western thought and practice. As KAP members already know, Taopsychotherapy can serve as a foundation for any form of therapeutic practice as it seeks to address the human foundations for the profession and not simply throw one more "bucket of techniques" into the already overflowing (and even sometimes polluted) river of psychological systems. However, if Taopsychotherapy is to fulfill its global promise there is a need for more professional presentations, English publica- tions, and training resources. Especially important is the development of opportunities for collaborative conversations with other professionals, not only in psychology, psychotherapy, and counseling, but also in nursing, education, and environmental studies.
Hopefully these small steps toward making Taopsychotherapy more visible globally, will be followed by others and gentle but mighty Tao will be found more widely in many fields where care is paramount.
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