Fall Symposium

In a Human Voice:
Exploring the Ethics of Care, Resistance, and Liberation

with Carol Gilligan, PhD
Saturday, September 21, 2024
9:00 am to 4:00 pm PST

In this daylong symposium, Carol Gilligan will discuss her new book In a Human Voice, her current research project “Breaking the Bargain: Strengthening Healthy Resistance and Courage in Girls, Part II,” and her method of listening. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with her around key findings of over 40 years of research, notably that the “different voice” of care ethics, although initially heard as a “feminine” voice, is in fact a human voice, that the voice it differs from is a patriarchal voice (bound to gender binaries and hierarchies), and that where patriarchy is in force or enforced, the human voice is a voice of resistance and care ethics an ethics of liberation. Understanding the psychology of voice and relationship along with the political and cultural ramifications of having a voice and living in connection (with oneself and with others) can guide us in resisting moral injury and freeing democracy from patriarchy.  The symposium will include a demonstration of the listening guide method, including how to listen for voices that speak at the margins or are held in silence, and how to hear the difference between a cover voice and an under voice. The day will close with a case presentation and discussion with Laura Goldberger, LMFT.

Learning objectives:

1. To explain the difference between initiation and development.

2. To discuss three meanings of “resistance”

3. To differentiate a cover voice from an under voice.

Carol Gilligan, PhD is best known as the author of In a Different Voice, “the little book that started a revolution.”  Her most recent book, In a Human Voice, was named a best book of 2023 by The Times Literary Supplement and called “essential reading for our times.”  Her other books include Meeting at the Crossroads: Women’s Psychology and Girls’ Development (with Lyn Mikel Brown), a New York Times notable book of the year in 1992; The Birth of Pleasure; Kyra: A Novel; Joining the Resistance; Why Does Patriarchy Persist (with Naomi Snider) and Darkness Now Visible (with David Richards). She was a member of the Harvard faculty for over 30 years and held the university’s first chair in Gender Studies. She is currently a University Professor at NYU, where she initiated the Radical Listening Project. In 1996 Time magazine named her one of the 25 most influential Americans. 

Case Presentation by Laura Goldberger, LMFT, a longtime TPI Supervisor who has private practice in Berkeley.

Date and Time: September 21, 2024 from 9:00am to 4:00pm PST including 1-hour lunch break (meal available for additional fee - make selection when registering)

Course Location:  Live at The David Brower Center (2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704) and Streaming

Fees

Fee if Registration Completed: Early Bird by 08/20/24 after 08/20/24
TPI Members $140 $165
Nonmembers $160 $185
Students/Associates/ Comm. Mental Health Workers $100

Lunch Options: Participants can purchase lunch with their registration for $20, bring their own lunch or purchase lunch at the locations near the Brower Center during the lunch hour. Lunch purchased with registration includes a sandwich, chips and beverage options. Sandwich options include Vegan/Vegan GF, Turkey BLT/Turkey BLT GF, or Roast Beef/Roast Beef GF.

CE: 6 Credits. $5 additional fee per CE credit (i.e. 6 CE credits is $30 total). Attendees must participate in live sessions in-person or via zoom to receive CE's. The Psychotherapy Institute is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs (provider number PSY005). The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts continuing education credit granted by the California Psychological Association or by any of its Approved Providers. The Psychotherapy Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content (see Registration and Course Policies).

Registration Closes: Thursday, September 19, 2024 3:00pm