Saturday, September 12th, 2020
EHI Presents
Meeting Across the Divide:
Depolarizing America for Ourselves and Our Fellow Citizens
Kirk Schneider, PhD
This webinar is the next in EHI's series of webinars on depolarization:
Depolarizing Our Minds, Our Hearts & Our Nation
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2020
Time: 10am -2pm, PST; w/ a 30 min break from 12-12:30pm
Facilitated by: EHI Core Instructor, Kirk Schneider, PhD , PSY
Location: Online via Zoom Meeting w/ Zoom Breakout Rooms
Fee: $40 General/Professional; $25 Student/Elder
* We understand that COVID-19 has created economic stress for many, so if you are experiencing economic hardship due to COVID-19, the requested fee for webinars in this series is $10 (though no one will be turned away due to lack of funds-please contact our admin assistant, Michelle, for assistance .
CE*: 3.5 CE credits pending approval*; additional fee:$22.50
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Explore the use of the Experiential Democracy Dialogue for 2 to depolarize difficult conversations, mediate conflict, and facilitate social healing.
In the wake of the pandemic, racial unrest, and political polarization in our society, the engagement of supportive structured dialogue groups has become an increasingly appealing option for the many people who yearn to promote social healing but are at a loss with regard to the means by which to do so.
This webinar is one effort to provide the means and resources to promote social healing through the time-tested one-on-one approach of the Experiential Democracy Dialogue, which incorporates elements of the group process developed by the increasingly popular and reputable organization Braver Angels Network. Through the use of a demonstration with two Braver Angel volunteers to illustrate the approach as well as dyad work with the audience, this webinar will provide the introductory means for participants to learn the principles, format, and application of the approach in their communities, households, and professions.
This webinar will illustrate the “Experiential Democracy Dialogue for 2,” which is a conflict mediation model that draws from over a decade of experience facilitating the Dialogue combined with my experience as a trained moderator for the national organization “Braver Angels.” Braver Angels is a citizens group that offers supportive structured dialogues to self-identified liberals and conservatives to learn about and understand each other with the prospect for achieving common ground.
This webinar will provide the introductory means for participants to learn the principles, format, and application of the approach in their communities, households, and professions.
During the webinar we will:
Introduce and provide the context for the Experiential Democracy Dialogue;
Offer a demonstration of its six-phase approach with two volunteers from the Braver Angels Network, a liberal and conservative (both self-identified) discussing a timely topic;
We will invite the audience to form dyads to practice the skills comprising the approach;
Offer a range of timely topics for participants to engage in a dialogue;
Ample time will be provided for audience discussion following the dyad groups.
The webinar will also draw from my new book on this topic—The Depolarizing of America: A Guidebook for Social Healing, which audience members will be encouraged to read to optimize their application of the Experiential Democracy Dialogue.
Our Online Workshops Include Experiential Work!
The September 12th workshop will be both didactic and experiential utilizing Zoom Meeting and Zoom Breakout Rooms; a format that will include attendees being assigned to a dyad for the experiential exercise.
The demonstration of the Experiential Democracy Dialogue will feature two volunteers from the Braver Angels Network, representing opposite sides of the political spectrum, self-identified as liberal and conservative.
This event is designed to for both the general public and for licensed or pre-licensed professionals in the therapeutic fields, as well as master's and graduate students in therapeutic programs. Interested persons, psychologists, MFTs, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners and doctors are all encouraged to attend!
Continuing Education Info
CE: 3.5 CEs pending approval*
Additional CE Fee of $22.50 (To be submitted during registration); Contact us for more continuing education information.
- *APA Division 32, Society for Humanistic Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. APA Division 32, Society for Humanistic Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- Accessibility: It is the policy of EHI to make every reasonable effort to provide attendees with disabilities with the opportunity to take full advantage of its programs.
- Please contact us in advance so we can work with you arrange programming to needs. Please contact our admin assistant, Michelle, for arrangements.
Requested Requirements
A Zoom Account with Zoom Desktop Client or Mobile App are needed. Due to the format of this particular event these are both needed to be assigned to a dyad to engage in the experiential exercise.
Our Presenter
Kirk Schneider, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic/integrative psychology. Dr. Schneider is a cofounder and current president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute (an award-winning psychotherapy training center), Council Member of the American Psychological Association (APA), past president (2015-2016) of the Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32) of the APA, and current candidate for president of the APA. He is also a moderator for Braver Angels and an adjunct faculty member at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University. A Fellow of five Divisions of the APA, Dr. Schneider has published over 200 articles, interviews and chapters and has authored or edited 13 books including The Spirituality of Awe, The Polarized Mind, Awakening to Awe, The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, Existential-
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