Transcendent Women

Trancendent Women: Psychological Research Into Women's Art, Literature & Personality Development
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • 6.0 C.E. Hours
COURSE DESCRIPTION The psychological, sociopolitical and spiritual journey defined by women from around the world over the last 300 years has been aimed at transcending the position of "otherness" assigned to them by patriarchal cultures. The themes of this global movement have first been sensed, depicted and represented by creative women artists and writers. Many of these depth insights are only now being fully articulated into psychological, social, and spiritual theories. The research on which this course is based delves into art, graphics, sculpture, poetry, drama, short stories and novels produced by women during this time of cultural transcendence. The four great waves of feminist thought of the twentieth century, the eighteen distinct emotional phases of the moon celebrated by women and the seven levels of complexity involved in women’s personality development now being articulated by women psychologists provide the metaphoric trajectories for this study into the depths of women’s psychological lives today. Over 300 slides of women’s artistic productions and numerous vignettes taken from women’s literature along with findings from women’s personality development research will be presented to illustrate the diverse emerging psychological, sociopolitical and spiritual themes of the Transcendent Woman of today.
TOPICS -The four great waves of feminist thought of the 20th century -The 18 distinct emotional phases of the moon celebrated by women. -The seven levels of complexity involved in women’s personality development. -Metaphoric trajectories for this study into the depths of women’s psychological lives today.
GOALS At the conclusion of this program you should be better able to: 1. Recognize the emerging consciousness structures of women as depicted through art and literature. 2. Understand how women are re-writing psychological theories of development. 3. Trace the four great waves of feminist thought of the 20th century 4. Identify the 18 distinct emotional phases of the moon celebrated by women. 5. Appreciate the seven levels of complexity involved in women’s personality development. 6. Evaluate the research on women's personality development. SPEAKER PROFILE
	Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D., ABPP is a psychologist-psychoanalyst (#PSY 3567) in private practice specializing in the training of psychotherapists and psychoanalysts. He is director of the Listening Perspectives Study Center and the founding director of the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute. He holds faculty appointments at the California Graduate Institute and the University of California, Irvine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Hedges holds Diplomates from The American Board of Professional Psychology and The American Board of Forensic Examiners. He is author of numerous papers and books on the practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, including the following texts: Listening Perspectives in Psychotherapy, Interpreting the Countertransference, Strategic Emotional Involvement, Working the Organizing Experience, and Remembering, Repeating & Working Through Childhood Trauma. His books on professional issues, ethics, and risk management in psychotherapy include Therapists at Risk and the award-winning Facing the Challenge of Liability in Psychotherapy.