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2025 New Perspectives Series

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The art of holding is the gift of offering another a sense of containment and comfort in the face of insecurity. Holding isn’t easy to do; all of us struggle with being held. Thus, holding is a mutual embrace that requires the participation of at least two willing participants.

Tightly clasping hands, hugging or even throwing an arm around a pal are all examples of holding, and yet the amazing thing about humans is that we can hold someone without physically touching them, and we can feel held by others even when they are miles away.

Think about that: We can feel held by people we haven’t spoken to in years, and we can feel them holding us without being in their physical proximity. Indeed, our autonomy is based upon this, since we’re only willing to roam the earth on our own when we are able to hold in our minds the holding source of others. Holding is the source of human transformation: People don’t change if they don’t feel held.

Sadly, as the therapeutic professions have increasingly turned to techniques that claim to cure specific psychiatric issues, they have turned away from holding as their prime responsibility. In fact, holding is often left out of the therapeutic space completely—but not in this series.

We are committed to keeping holding front and center in our 2025 New Perspectives on Treatment Series through a series of talks that will explore the diverse ways in which holding can be expressed therapeutically. After all, this remarkable art in which one person tends to the fertile ground from which another can grow deserves our respect and attention.

Target Audience

  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals

Date

Apr 24 2025

Time

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Location

Virtual
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