Fri, Oct 6, 2017 to Fri, Oct 27, 2017
9:00 - 11:30 am
Instructor: 
Regina Shields, Ph.D.
Diane Swirsky, Ph.D.
Type: 
Course
CE Credits: 
10.00
Participant Limit: 
16
Tuition: 

$350 General Public
$250 Full Members
$220 CMH Members
$200 Associate Members
$150 Student Members
$150 Scholarship (prior approval required to register at this fee)

Tuition listed above is for early registration ($40 discount off full fee, $15 discount for NCSPP Student Members). For registrations received after the deadline, full tuition will be applied to all registrations.

Tuition does not include the cost of readers.

Early Registration Deadline: 
September 22, 2017
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Registration Notes: 

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ENCOUNTERING RACE AND CULTURE IN PSYCHOANALYTIC TREATMENT

Course Overview: 

This seminar will provide a close clinical examination of race and culture in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and treatment. Each week will focus on the themes of a pertinent theoretical paper, and case material will be discussed to illuminate technical considerations. Particular attention will be paid to the difficulty of speaking about race — working with the dissociation of racial states, the collapse of potential space, and the vulnerabilities and melancholia that emerge in treatment for both therapist and client when racial tensions are allowed to surface. While keeping the Eurocentric nature of psychoanalytic writing in mind, we will attempt to use our theories to ground us as we search for new ways of working with race and culture.

Course Objectives: 
  • Participants will be able to critique psychoanalytic theory from a socio-cultural perspective, particularly in relation to race.
  • Participants will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the effects of implicit racism and bias on psychoanalytic treatment.
  • Participants will be able to describe ways in which race and culture are inextricable from internal psychological development.
  • Participants will be able to discuss the role of race in transference and countertransference enactments.
  • Participants will be able to explain how privilege, in regards to race and culture, is embedded in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
  • Participants will be able to demonstrate an ability to integrate thinking about culture and race into psychoanalytic case formulation.
  • Participants will be able to critique psychoanalytic technique from a racially sensitive perspective.
Empirical Reference: 
Watkins, C. E. (2012). Race/Ethnicity in Short-Term and Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Treatment Research. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 29, 292-307.
Instructor(s): 

Regina Shields, Ph.D., has a private practice in Oakland, where she works with children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Shields has taught at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, the Access Institute for Psychological Services in San Francisco, and TPI in Berkeley and has supervised at Ann Martin Children’s Center and the Women’s Therapy Center. She has presented on issues pertaining to race and psychotherapy at SFCP, the Psychotherapy Institute, the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, and Division 39.

Diane Swirsky, Ph.D., is in private practice in Berkeley, where she sees adults and couples and provides consultation. She has taught, presented, and written on the topic of trauma, relational theory, and psychoanalysis and race. She is a past president of NCSPP and an alumni of New Directions in Psychoanalytic Writing at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis.

Target Audience & Level: 
This course is for all clinicians with a basic foundation in psychoanalytic theory and technique.
Cancellation & Refund Policies: 

Enrollees who cancel at least SEVEN DAYS prior to the event date will receive a refund minus a $35 administrative charge. No refunds will be allowed after this time.  Transfer of registrations are not allowed.

Contact Information: 

For program related questions contact Stephanie Chen at dr.szchen@yahoo.com or 415-580-1779.

For questions related to enrollment, locations, CE credit, special needs, course availability and other administrative issues contact Michele McGuinness by email or 415-496-9949.

Committee: 

Education Committee

The Education Committee is responsible for the development of a variety of courses and workshops given throughout the year in San Francisco and the East Bay.

Ronna Milo Haglili, Psy.D., Chair
Elana Guy, Psy.D.
Jasmine Khor
Natasha Oxenburgh, MA