3. Submit evaluation & post-test.
4. Print your certificate.
Course Materials:
GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a beginning-intermediate level course introducing therapists to the complexities of the psychology of victimhood.
This challenging course looks critically at the politically correct and popular view of all victims' inherent innocence. It explores the dynamics of victimhood and looks at the victim industry, the society that glorifies victims and how this notion of victimhood is perpetuated by and benefits psychotherapists.
Educational Objectives:
This course will teach psychotherapists to
Explain the psychology of victimhood.
Explain a typology of victims.
Utilize tools to assist victims.
Course Syllabus:
Culture of Victims
How Therapists Fuel the Victim Industry
The victim's basic stance
The Stella awards for the most frivolous lawsuits
Psychotherapists Manufacturing Victims: A self-serving industry
September 11th: An added perspective
The blame approach
Rethinking blame and the new culture of victimization
