INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS: BEING SANE IN AN INSANE SOCIETY

Topics will vary within the context of identifying functional and dysfunctional patterns of thinking and behaving that prevail on the macro, messo, and micro levels in American/Western culture; and within the various subcultures of this society. References to other cultures will be made whenever appropriate.

We will brainstorm on how best to contend with macro level culture and policies that shape or impact us on the micro and messo levels of existence. Our discussions will be formatted according to mature and sincere efforts toward resolution of individual issues and social problems.

Our goal is to "accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative." We will rely heavily on the Strengths Perspective and the cognitive-behavioral approaches of psychotherapy as the best modalities for intervention relative to the vagaries of life that beset us on a daily basis.