BOUNDARIES IN AN ELECTRONIC ERA:
RECLAIMING PRIVACY, PRESENCE AND PEACE

Presenter: Nancy Kirsner, PhD, TEP, LMFT, OTR
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 2026
02:00 PM - 04:30 PM EDT
01:00 PM - 03:30 PM CDT
12:00 PM - 02:30 PM MDT
11:00 AM - 01:30 PM PDT
ON ZOOM

Description:
Our world has shifted...technology is here to stay - smart cell phones, computers, Ipads, Facebook, instagram, and TikTok. The challenge is, how to stay in balance between using them for good vs allowing technology to run our lives. We will focus on how electronic boundaries and sabbaths will protect our privacy, attention and ability to be Present. We will learn kinds of different boundaries, find our words to say and set them, and practice together.

BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES:

• Recognize the impact of constant accessibility on presence and clinical/relational attunement
• Differentiate between connection and intrusion in electronic communication
• Identify your personal patterns of how you use your electronics: where do these patterns cross over into boundary diffusion in your personal and professional life?
• Apply action-based methods to explore and reset boundaries
• Practice using concise, relationally attuned language to express boundaries. Create your cue card of three sentences you can use - memorize them!
• Develop/identify at least one clear, sustainable digital boundary practice (Give ex. - doable, small)
• Names other tools and strength-based practices (character strengths, etc.) that can support you in this ongoing change)

Presenters
Dr. Nancy Kirsner, PhD, TEP, LMFT, CPP, OTR

Dr. Nancy Kirsner, PhD, TEP, LMFT, CPP, OTR, is a psychologist, therapist, writer and facilitator whose work is rooted in over four decades of clinical practice, teaching, and community engagement. She brings a deeply relational and experiential approach, weaving together psychodrama, positive psychology, and action-based learning to create spaces where insight is not only understood, but felt and lived.

Nancy has co-authored a chapter with Phoebe Atkinson on Positive Psychology and Psychodrama in Action Explorations: Using Psychodramatic Methods in Non-Therapeutic Settings (2019), and more recently co-authored Positive Psychology for Musical Professionals: Character Strengths with Dr. Raina Murnak (2023).

Her work reflects a lifelong commitment to helping people return to themselves with greater awareness, compassion, and a renewed sense of possibility. More than any title or credential, Nancy is, at her core, a person of heart, devoted to the healing power of connection and the quiet, transformative presence of hope.

NOTE: Participants will receive 3 hours credit towards certification from the American Board of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. All proceeds benefit the the Moreno Foundation and are tax deductible using EIN 87-4447896

We hope you can join us!