Philosophical Resources for Clinicians

Facilitated by: Carol Swanson, LCSW and Gestalt Practitioner

Dates: September 2025 – May 2026. Meeting first Friday each month. First Meeting is September 5th
Time: 1:15pm–2:30pm Pacific Time
Fee: $300 for for full seminar

Online: via Zoom
Host: Existential-Humanistic Northwest (EHNW)

This is the 3rd year this seminar is being held. It is designed for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and clinicians who are interested in deepening their work through philosophical reflection and dialogue. We will explore ethical, hermeneutic, and humanistic dimensions of clinical practice by reading Donna Orange’s The Suffering Stranger: Hermeneutics for Everyday Clinical Practice.

In this profound and accessible text, Orange brings together five influential clinicians—Sándor Ferenczi, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Donald Winnicott, Heinz Kohut, and Bernard Brandchaft—and places them in conversation with two major philosophical figures: Hans-Georg Gadamer, representing the hermeneutic tradition, and Emmanuel Levinas, with his radical ethics of responsibility to the Other. 

If you’re a clinician who finds yourself hungry for deeper reflection, who enjoys rich conversation, and who is curious about how philosophy can illuminate and support your practice—this seminar is for you.

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Please contact EHNW about this event  here via their contact form.