March 2025 Train & Gain "Literary Analysis as a Therapeutic Orientation: The Integration of the Humanities and the Clinical Practice of Psychotherapy"
Presenter: Melanie Grundvig M.A., MFTC
Melanie Grundvig is an MFTC, M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, and currently does clinical therapy work with couples and individuals in the Denver/Boulder region. Melanie also has a B.A. in the humanities which directly influences how she approaches clinical work with clients, pulling in themes from philosophy and literature in her practice. She believes that what makes great art also makes great therapy; which is the ability to connect someone to their experience. For the past two years, Melanie has served as a board member for the Rocky Mountain Family Therapy Network, creating events for professionals to network and a place for clinicians across the mountain west to develop professionally. In her free time, Melanie loves to spend time outdoors with her husband or read a great book. You can find her on linkedin or contact her via email at grundvigtherapy@gmail.com.
Psychotherapy and literary analysis can be deeply interconnected. In fact, different therapeutic models have long been used as tools to analyze and discuss literature from Freud to Lacan to Jung (Tyson, 2014), and more recently Family Systems models (Novianti, 2015). Less clearly established is the reverse: the utility of including literary analysis as a tool for psychotherapy. However, there are ways in which we see this occur as well. The intervention of deconstructive questioning within Narrative Therapy is derived from deconstructionism: a well-established form of literary critique (Tyson, 2014). Better understanding the relationship between these fields matters insofar as it deepens clinician’s understanding of where their theoretical orientation is rooted and because it potentially contains a well of creativity and utility that clinicians can draw from. This presentation will discuss the intersection between literary analysis and psychotherapy and advocate for the utility of literary analysis as a possible tool and meta-theory for clinical practice including an opportunity to discuss and suggest future directions for research.
Objectives
Explain the interconnectivity in the fields of literary criticism and psychotherapy
Assess and discuss the utility of literary analysis as a meta framework in clinical work
Educate on the current research that suggests the benefits of literary skill for psychotherapists
Join us on the 3rd Thursday of each month for our continuing education Train & Gain webinar series.
[60-minute presentation eligible for 1 CEU then an optional, 30-minute Q&A to follow]
Google Meet Link: to be provided to members in their email reminder the week of.
Presenter: Melanie Grundvig M.A., MFTC
Melanie Grundvig is an MFTC, M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, and currently does clinical therapy work with couples and individuals in the Denver/Boulder region. Melanie also has a B.A. in the humanities which directly influences how she approaches clinical work with clients, pulling in themes from philosophy and literature in her practice. She believes that what makes great art also makes great therapy; which is the ability to connect someone to their experience. For the past two years, Melanie has served as a board member for the Rocky Mountain Family Therapy Network, creating events for professionals to network and a place for clinicians across the mountain west to develop professionally. In her free time, Melanie loves to spend time outdoors with her husband or read a great book. You can find her on linkedin or contact her via email at grundvigtherapy@gmail.com.
Psychotherapy and literary analysis can be deeply interconnected. In fact, different therapeutic models have long been used as tools to analyze and discuss literature from Freud to Lacan to Jung (Tyson, 2014), and more recently Family Systems models (Novianti, 2015). Less clearly established is the reverse: the utility of including literary analysis as a tool for psychotherapy. However, there are ways in which we see this occur as well. The intervention of deconstructive questioning within Narrative Therapy is derived from deconstructionism: a well-established form of literary critique (Tyson, 2014). Better understanding the relationship between these fields matters insofar as it deepens clinician’s understanding of where their theoretical orientation is rooted and because it potentially contains a well of creativity and utility that clinicians can draw from. This presentation will discuss the intersection between literary analysis and psychotherapy and advocate for the utility of literary analysis as a possible tool and meta-theory for clinical practice including an opportunity to discuss and suggest future directions for research.
Objectives
Explain the interconnectivity in the fields of literary criticism and psychotherapy
Assess and discuss the utility of literary analysis as a meta framework in clinical work
Educate on the current research that suggests the benefits of literary skill for psychotherapists
Join us on the 3rd Thursday of each month for our continuing education Train & Gain webinar series.
[60-minute presentation eligible for 1 CEU then an optional, 30-minute Q&A to follow]
Google Meet Link: to be provided to members in their email reminder the week of.
Presenter: Melanie Grundvig M.A., MFTC
Melanie Grundvig is an MFTC, M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, and currently does clinical therapy work with couples and individuals in the Denver/Boulder region. Melanie also has a B.A. in the humanities which directly influences how she approaches clinical work with clients, pulling in themes from philosophy and literature in her practice. She believes that what makes great art also makes great therapy; which is the ability to connect someone to their experience. For the past two years, Melanie has served as a board member for the Rocky Mountain Family Therapy Network, creating events for professionals to network and a place for clinicians across the mountain west to develop professionally. In her free time, Melanie loves to spend time outdoors with her husband or read a great book. You can find her on linkedin or contact her via email at grundvigtherapy@gmail.com.
Psychotherapy and literary analysis can be deeply interconnected. In fact, different therapeutic models have long been used as tools to analyze and discuss literature from Freud to Lacan to Jung (Tyson, 2014), and more recently Family Systems models (Novianti, 2015). Less clearly established is the reverse: the utility of including literary analysis as a tool for psychotherapy. However, there are ways in which we see this occur as well. The intervention of deconstructive questioning within Narrative Therapy is derived from deconstructionism: a well-established form of literary critique (Tyson, 2014). Better understanding the relationship between these fields matters insofar as it deepens clinician’s understanding of where their theoretical orientation is rooted and because it potentially contains a well of creativity and utility that clinicians can draw from. This presentation will discuss the intersection between literary analysis and psychotherapy and advocate for the utility of literary analysis as a possible tool and meta-theory for clinical practice including an opportunity to discuss and suggest future directions for research.
Objectives
Explain the interconnectivity in the fields of literary criticism and psychotherapy
Assess and discuss the utility of literary analysis as a meta framework in clinical work
Educate on the current research that suggests the benefits of literary skill for psychotherapists
Join us on the 3rd Thursday of each month for our continuing education Train & Gain webinar series.
[60-minute presentation eligible for 1 CEU then an optional, 30-minute Q&A to follow]
Google Meet Link: to be provided to members in their email reminder the week of.