Events List

Using the New Practice Standards, Serious Illness Care: Hospice and Palliative Social Work, in Private Practice and Other Settings.

Presenters: Shirley Otis-Green, LCSW and Colleen Mulkerin, LCSW

Both are nationally known experts in hospice and palliative care who were the co-chairs of the NASW taskforce that developed the new standards.

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Please register at least 15 minutes before the event.

This introductory session explores the historical development of the concepts of the conscious and unconscious mind and examines how unconscious thoughts, feelings, wishes, and conflicts influence everyday behavior. Participants will be introduced to foundational psychodynamic concepts and consider how unconscious processes shape relationships, emotions, and decision-making in both clinical and non-clinical settings.

This session examines how individuals unconsciously manage anxiety through psychological defense mechanisms. Participants will learn to identify common defenses, including denial, projection, rationalization, intellectualization, and repression, and explore how these defenses can both protect psychological functioning and contribute to emotional difficulties.