The last decade has seen a meteoric rise in online social networking, more recently accompanied by smart mobile devices that aid and abet its ubiquity. While most adults or “digital immigrants” have either exuberantly or reluctantly caught on, the younger generation of “digital natives” have grown up saturated in a soup of online relating. How might online social networking be affecting the relational dynamics of natives and immigrants alike? Psychotherapist and cultural theorist Aaron Balick, drawing on his experience as a clinician and media specialist, will apply a depth psychology approach to understanding the the personal and cultural consequences of our new digital environment.

Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants: Applying depth psychology to the understanding of relationships in our contemporary connected up culture.

Chair; Professor Brendan Stone Brendan Stone is Professor of Social Engagement and the Humanities in the School of English at the University of Sheffield. He has worked

extensively with people living with mental health difficulties, and has academic interests in narrative and trauma, inclusive pedagogies, and arts and health.

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VENUE: Richard Roberts Auditorium The Richard Roberts Building, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF

DATE/ TIME: Thursday 5th June 2014, 7.30 – 9pm. Doors open at 7.00pm

ADMISSION: £6.00. Please book online at onlineshop.shef.ac.uk for University Counselling Service Annual Lecture with Aaron Balick

CHAIR: Professor Brendan Stone

Aaron Balick, PhD, is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, supervisor, and academic working in London. His research interest is in the application of psychoanalysis to cultural artefacts, particularly technology, social networking, and the media:

an interest which has culminated in his book The Psychodynamics of Social Networking: connected-up instantaneous culture and the self. As a strong believer in the democratisation and dissemination of psychotherapeutic ideas to the public, and particularly young people, Aaron is a regular mental health contributor to BBC Radio 1 and other media outlets, as well as being the author of the self-help book for children, Keep your Cool: how to deal with life’s worries and stress.

University Counselling ServiceANNUAL LECTURE