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Psychodynamic
Faculty & Alumni Reunion
October 24-26,
2008 Cambridge, MA 
(PDF)
Our Mission
The Alonso Center is committed to
deepening people's awareness of themselves and the world. Psychodynamic
theory emphasizes several important principles that can enrich our lives.
- Motives and wishes
that are outside conscious awareness help shape our experience, in our
personal lives or in the organizations and communities in which we work
and learn. When people enter into conversations and relationships with
greater self-awareness, they can be creative, intimate, and less afraid.
- Early relationships with significant
others have enduring influences on our later adult relationships. Understanding
the influences of the past on the present can enrich and enliven our
family and work relationships.
- The therapeutic relationship is a vital
component of psychotherapy. A special contribution of the Center is
our focus on the therapeutic relationship, at a time when it is severly
threatened in our health system, through support for psychodynamic theory
and research and training. Psychodynamic theory and therapy are often
referred to as the "talking therapies" and the tenets are
equally applicable to education, and the business world, politics, and
family life as well.
Over the past years, we have seen
the importance of people coming together, having a chance to talk about
what has happened to them, and telling their stories. The Alonso Center
brings together psychologists and psychiatrists, educators, organizational
development experts, and the general public to strengthen our understanding
of and support for adaptive, resilient relationships in human life.
Center
Activities The
Alonso Center fulfills its mission through:
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Sponsorship
of community events such
as the January 2003 Symposium, Life
Along the Hyphen: Ethnicity and Identity in Work and Family
Life;
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Special
lectures and discussions by
distinguished scholars open to the public. Recent events include
well- received community lectures by Professor Anne Cheng from
the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Vamik Vokan from
the University of Virginia, acclaimed author and therapist Dr.
Irvin Yalom, and Dr. Kim Leary from the Harvard Medical School;
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Intensive
training for students and mental health professionals;
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Cross
discipline collaboration and training with colleagues from corporate
and other communities;
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Scholarship
of Alonso Scholars from minority backgrounds at Fielding Graduate
University; and
- Continuing
education seminar.
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Center Fall '05
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Center Spring '06
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Center Fall '06
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Center Spring '07
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For
more information, call Dr. Sam Osherson, Director.
Office: 617-354-1330,
, www.drsamosh.com.
The Alonso Center came into
being through the generous gift of Dr.
Anne Alonso.
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