Opportunities for Empathy: A conversation around the opportunities and challenges of today.

First Baptist Church of Denver. Go to the Grant Street entrance, and ring the bell. This event is free; however registration is required. Register Now.

Empathy is a form of connected knowing, involving compassion, curiosity, imagination, and non-presumptive humility. With Douglas Flemons, PhD, professor emeritus of Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University, we will explore empathy as a skill to be learned, developed, and practiced.
We are in a time of unprecedented political turmoil, turbocharged by the unfortunate and fundamentally mistaken idea that safety can only be secured by arming up against, taking down, and/or controlling anyone or any group deemed "other." In this conversation, we will explore an alternative approach to finding and maintaining wellbeing, one that involves traveling across the self-other divide to empathically understand a person or group from inside the context and relational logic of their world.
 
Douglas Flemons’ most recent book, forthcoming from APA, is Empathic Engagement in Clinical Practice. A teacher and supervisor of graduate students for over 30 years, he directed a mental health training clinic for five years and a student counseling center for six. He currently maintains a psychotherapy private practice.

Questions? Contact Diana Flahive, dianaflahive@chumdenver.org, 303-257-8588.