Claudio Naranjo, born in Chile in 1932, embarked on a remarkable journey that traversed medicine, psychiatry, psychedelic research, and personal development. His life story takes us from a musical upbringing in Chile to his groundbreaking work with psychopharmacology, the counterculture movement in Berkeley, and his role in shaping the field of holistic education.
Along the way, he formed friendships with influential figures like Carlos Castaneda and Fritz Perls, contributing to the development of psychedelic therapy and personal growth programs. Claudio's journey promises to unveil a captivating tapestry of experiences and insights that continue to impact the fields of psychology, education, and human consciousness.
Join us for an insightful interview with Dr. Carmen Knudson-Martin as we explore socio-emotional relational therapy. Dr. Knudson-Martin discusses how therapy addresses power dynamics and societal messages in relationships, including trauma's impact, challenges in military relationships, and the shaping of relational identity.
She emphasizes the importance of therapists creating safe spaces for clients and practicing sociocultural attunement to foster healthier relationships.
Carmen Knudson-Martin, PhD, LMFT, is internationally recognized for her work regarding gender, marital equality, and relational health. She is a founder of Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy, an approach that attends to the micro-processes through which couple interaction, emotion, and socio-cultural context come together in the moment by moment of clinical process. Her books, Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy (with Teresa McDowell & Maria Bermudez), Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy (with Melissa Wells & Sarah Samman), and Couples, Gender, and Power: Creating Change in Intimate Relationships (with Anne Mahoney) weave a link between research and practice to make the influence of the larger social context in couple relationships come alive and offer a step by step template to guide clinical work, with an emphasis on the political and ethical implications of therapist actions.
Dr. Knudson-Martin is well-known for her article, “The female voice: Applications to Bowen's family systems theory published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy in 1994. Since then she has published over 100 articles articulating the importance of the larger social context on issues such as marital equality, relational development, postpartum depression, women’s health, and couple therapy. Her international research team has conducted numerous qualitative studies examining the processes through which diverse couples in varying life stages and circumstances respond to the demands of a changing social environment.
Dr. Knudson-Martin is a Professor Emerita, Lewis and Clark College in Portland OR. She is a licensed Martial and Family Therapist and currently serves on the Board of directors of the American Family Therapy Academy. Her "Step by Step Guide to Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy: A Socially Responsible Clinical Approach" is scheduled for publication in 2024.
Specialties: Link between the larger society and personal and relational well-being; couple therapy; gender
Gender, race, and class in family therapy; sociocultural dynamics in family therapy; feminist perspectives in family therapy; family systems; family therapy assessment; couples and sex therapy
Carmen has published over 90 articles and book chapters on issues such as marital equality, relational development, postpartum depression, women’s health, and couple therapy.
Her current projects include (1) qualitative research on how the social context is present in the micro-interactions of couples and families, (2) how to work with socio-political issues in the moment by moment of couple therapy, and (3) how to improve teaching, learning, and application of social justice principles in family therapy.
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