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Helping Clients Find Social Connectedness

Session #: 710-526
Presenter(s): Kathleen Brehony
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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In spite of overwhelming empirical evidence that human beings need deep and abiding connections with others for physical, psychological, and spiritual health, therapists too often ignore social disconnection and lack of a sense of belonging as primary factors in what brings clients to therapy. In this workshop, we'll discuss what it means to belong in terms of "concentric rings" of connection: the inner circle of family, loved ones, and intimate friends; a middle circle of "friends for a season or reason," who bond around events or places; acquaintances at work or in the neighborhood; and society at large. You'll learn how to help clients create "sociograms" to map and evaluate their present state of connectedness and coach them to build more fulfilling social lives by learning better people skills, participating in community activities, and taking promising acquaintances to the next "ring" of connection.

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