Out of the Shadows: A Depth Psychoanalytic Approach for Working with Dementia
Thursdays, September 21st - October 12th, 2023
4 Live Classes | Offered Live via Zoom
Program Description
What you will receive:
- 4 Live Webinar Sessions with Q & A
- 4 Links to the Recordings
- 4 CEC’s
The statistics are sobering: more than 6 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s with that number expected to rise to nearly 13 million by 2050. Alzheimer’s and other dementias disproportionately impact women, Hispanics and Black Americans. Over 11 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an additional 1.2 million additional direct care workers will be needed to care for the growing population of people living with dementia.
Ageism and Ableism have pushed dementia and those it touches into the shadow of our cultural psyche. However, statistics don’t always tell the whole story; it’s not all doom and gloom. In this four week on-line series, educator, teacher and Co-founder of the Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse, Kyrie Carpenter, will offer a depth psychoanalytic perspective for bringing our understanding of dementia out of the cultural shadow and explore new approaches and perspectives in working with people experiencing dementia.
This four week series will explore how a depth perspective offers healing for those touched by the diagnosis and the animus mundi, world soul. We will start with shared language; what do we mean when we say dementia? Next, we will explore ageism and ableism from an intersectional perspective. Focusing on how ageism and ableism have pushed dementia and those it touches into the shadow of our cultural psyche. Each week’s group discussion time will explore our thoughts, feelings, and experiences of dementia from a depth perspective. The course concludes on a practical note. We discuss the best ways to be with people experiencing dementia and how to overcome challenges and ease suffering for everyone.
This Course is Ideal If:
- You work in aging services or a medical profession
- You have a diagnosis of cognitive change
- You love someone experiencing cognitive change
- You’re afraid you or someone you love will be diagnosed with dementia
Course Overview:
Week 1 – Dementia 101: Defining our terms and the diagnosis
Week 2 – Dementia in the Shadow: Exploring how the experience is part of the shadow of American Culture and how this amplifies suffering.
Week 3 – Healing Dementia: An alternate perspective on the phenomenon of dementia
Week 4 – Tending Dementia: Looking at best practices and innovative ways to be with the phenomenon.
By the End of This Course You Will Be Able To:
- Define dementia, ageism, ableism, and healing.
- Explain how ageism and ableism compound adding additional suffering to the experience of dementia.
- Apply a depth perspective to your own thoughts and feelings about dementia.
- Prepare to live well with a diagnosis of dementia for yourself or someone you love.
Program Details
Dates
September 21st, 28th, October 5th, 12th 2023
Noon – 1:00 PM PST
Registration Fees
- $225 General Rate
- $175 Pacifica Alumni, Full Time Students, & Senior Rate
- $125 Pacifica Student Rate
- $30 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) Fee
Program link will be sent out prior to the event. For those unable to attend live, the presentation will be recorded and the link shared after the event.
Participants requesting Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for Online programs must attend all live sessions (offered via Zoom) in order to receive CECs. Please make sure that your Zoom account name matches the name of the attendee requesting CECs.
About the Teacher
Trained as a therapist, Kyrié Carpenter is a teacher and public speaker, specializing in ageism and dementia. She co-founded the anti-ageism clearinghouse OldSchool.info with Ashton Applewhite and Ryan Backer, is an educator with The Eden Alternative, author of Healing Dementia, and adjunct faculty at USI and Pacifica Graduate Institute. She loves to travel, was a cast member on Dr. Bill Thomas’ nationwide ChangingAging Tour, and has been living part-time in a campervan with her family since 2015.
General Information
Location
Hosted Online
Cancellations
Cancellations 14 days or more prior to the program start date receive a 100% refund of program registrations. After 14 days, up to 7 days prior to the program start date, a 50% refund is available. For cancellations made less than 7 days of program start date, no refund is available.
For additional information, including travel, cancellation policy, and disability services please visit our general information section.
Continuing Education Credit
This program meets qualifications for 4 hours of continuing education credit for Psychologists through the California Psychological Association (PAC014) Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists. Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Full attendance is required to receive a certificate.
This course meets the qualifications for 4 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (#60721) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Full attendance is required to obtain a certificate.
For Registered Nurses through the California Board of Registered Nurses this conference meets qualifications of 4 hours of continuing education credit are available for RNs through the California Board of Registered Nurses (provider #CEP 7177). Full attendance is required to obtain a certificate.
Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for each program and its content. Full day attendance is required to receive a certificate.
Continuing Education Goal. Pacifica Graduate Institute is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice. Course completion certificates will be awarded at the conclusion of the training and upon participant’s submission of his or her completed evaluation.
CECs and Online Program Attendance: Participants requesting Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for Online programs must attend all live sessions (offered via Zoom) in order to receive CECs. Please make sure that your Zoom account name matches the name of the attendee requesting CECs.
For additional information, including travel, cancellation policy, and disability services please visit our general information section.
Registration Details
Thursdays, September 21st - October 12th, 2023
- Number of Classes: 4 Classes
- Class Length: 60 min.
- Class Times: Noon-1:00 PM PST
- CECs: 4
Participants requesting Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for Online programs must attend all live sessions (offered via Zoom) in order to receive CECs. Please make sure that your Zoom account name matches the name of the attendee requesting CECs.