Center Seminar - Race, Power, and Privilege: Ethical Questions in Psychoanalytic Practice

MONDAY NIGHT SEMINAR - March 4, 2024

on Zoom

Race, Power, and Privilege: Ethical Questions in Psychoanalytic Practice

with Karen Fraley, LCSW

Karen Fraley will explore the ethical implications of addressing racial and ethnic identities in psychoanalytic treatment and how the psychoanalyst can provide a safe and non-oppressive therapeutic environment for patients of diverse backgrounds. She will discuss shifts in technique that are called for as we expand our understanding of the social unconscious and its relevance in the formation of deeply rooted and complex unconscious identifications in our patients and ourselves. The Presenter and Participants will discuss unconscious biases and biases inherent in psychodynamic theory and technique and analyze unconscious power imbalances in the therapeutic relationship that can potentially contribute to therapeutic impasses and enactments. Participants are invited to bring personal clinical examples of being caught unawares in an unconscious racial bias, power differential, or enactment for discussion.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

After attending this session, participants should be able to:

1. Describe and apply two psychoanalytic techniques for the ethical exploration and negotiation of racial identities in the therapeutic relationship.

2. Predict two possible outcomes of the therapeutic process when unconscious power imbalances are not addressed.

Karen Fraley

About the Presenter

Karen Fraley, LCSW, holds a certification in Object Therapy and Practice from the International Psychotherapy Institute and is a current faculty member there. She is also a faculty member of the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute. Karen is in private practice in Exton, PA.

Monday, March 4, 2024

7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Central Time

This seminar is free and open to the public.

Click HERE to Register

The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants on March 1st.

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1.5 CMEs/CEUs are available for this seminar.

Certificates of attendance are FREE for Center members,

$30 for non-Center members.

(Details about how to receive CMEs/CEUs will be provided during the seminar.)

Helpful Information to Access and Participate in the Center Seminar

· We strongly recommend that you use your PC or Mac for this meeting rather than phone or tablet, as the reception and functionality is much better.

· When you enter the meeting, you will be on mute. You are free to unmute yourself during the event during discussion

. We ask that you plan to attend the event with your personal video camera on so that you may be seen by the other participants on screen. This is necessary for CME/CEU attendance tracking purposes.

· Make sure you have labeled your name in the box with your video picture. If you have not done so, or if you want to change your name, place your mouse on your video image. In the right corner, you will see three dots (…). Click the dots, then click “rename” and insert your name as you want it to read. This is also necessary for CME/CEU attendance tracking purposes.

Continuing Medical Education Credits

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Greater Kansas City-Topeka Psychoanalytic Center. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

-Updated July 2021-

About the Center

The Greater Kansas City-Topeka Psychoanalytic Center is a nonprofit organization which provides a forum for discussion of theoretical, cultural, and clinical ideas regarding psychoanalysis, as well as networking opportunities for professionals, through community forums, professional workshops and annual film series. Membership is open to any person with a serious interest in psychoanalysis. The Center is the parent organization of the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, which provides post graduate training in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. More information about the Greater Kansas City-Topeka Psychoanalytic Center is available at www.gkcpsa.org.