CO-FORMING FEELINGS IN THERAPY

Dr. Harbin talk opens a project within philosophy of therapy, on the question of how feelings are formed in the context of interactions between clients and therapists. There is a common assumption within many therapeutic approaches that feelings are formed by individuals in their lives outside therapy, and then clients come to therapy to understand, process, and/or cope with their feelings. Is therapy the setting where we come to identify, understand, reflect on, or cope with feelings? Or do we in some cases depend on the therapeutic relationship for feeling formation? If we are willing to entertain that idea – what are the risks, and what are the ethical implications?

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Ami Harbin is Professor of Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies at Oakland University. Her research is in moral psychology, feminism, and bioethics.