NCSPP is aware that historically psychoanalysis has either excluded or pathologized groups outside of the dominant population in terms of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, language, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, and size. As an organization, we are committed to bringing awareness to matters of anti-oppression, inequity, inequality, diversity, and inclusion as they pertain to our educational offerings, our theoretical orientation, our community, and the broader world we all inhabit.

Presenters Response:

This event offers an analysis of race and power within a multiracial treatment dyad. The author’s exploration of her own identity is meant not only to bring awareness to the characteristic experience of erasure for multiracial individuals, but also to provide a critical analysis of the racial logic that often operates in multiracial treatment dyads. The author will incorporate the ideas of psychoanalytic and critical theorists such as Lynne Layton, David Eng, Shinhee Han, and Homi Bhabha. Priscille Schwarcz-Besson, Ph.D. will facilitate a discussion around these dynamics and experiences.