Clinical Moments
7:45 PM, December 2, 2025
Clinical Moments is a monthly series open to licensed mental health professionals and those under supervision.
Each month the program features a different analyst presenting a case in which a critical clinical moment in an ongoing analytic treatment is presented, followed by group discussion. This informal event typically meets on the first Tuesday evening of each month.
Jill Model Barth, PhD will present "Crickets: The Awkward Sounds of Silence."
The phrase "crickets" signifies silence because it's a metaphor for a conspicuous lack of response, where a response is expected and there's no reply. The irony is that crickets themselves are not quiet; however, their sound has become the auditory symbol for an absence of communication.
In an analytic setting we meet Rose, a 36 y.o. single Hispanic woman, who enacts a silence to show her analyst what it felt like when she did not get a response from her colleagues after her 15 minute presentation at work. The analyst uses reflective listening, interpretation and her countertransference to break through the silence and understand it as an early repetition of not being responded to by her mother.
Please note the following:
- This meeting takes place on Zoom. Please join us at 7:45 pm. We will divide into break-out rooms for an informal hello and chat. Then at 8pm the presentation will begin.
- The presentations typically include clinical case information. Due to the confidentiality of the material presented, attendees will need to leave their video ON during the entire presentation so we can monitor who is in attendance. Those with their video off will be removed from the meeting.
- You will receive the Zoom meeting link when you RSVP below. It will come from Tina Walters/tinaw@n-c-p.org. Feel free to email Tina if you have questions.
Clinical Moments is a free community event. To support this program and similar community programs, after you RSVP please consider donating to NCP. To specify your support for Clinical Moments, please type "Clinical Moments" in the Optional: field on the Donation page.
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