Race, Class, and the Unconscious: Barrio Stories
Sponsored by the NYSPA Psychoanalysis Division

Sunday, March 7, 2021

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET

In contrast to many Latin American countries, where psychoanalysis is tied to social justice, in the United States psychoanalysis has been viewed as reserved for the well-to-do, thus heeding invisible but no less rigid class boundaries. Challenging such discrimination, Patricia Gherovici and Chris Christian will shed light on the psychological complexities of life in the barrio that is often marked by poverty, migration, marginalization, and barriers of language, class, and race. Two clinical cases will be presented to illustrate principles that have been expounded more extensively in their award-winning and highly acclaimed book, Psychoanalysis and the Barrios: Race, Class, and the Unconscious. Rafael Javier, whose work has been essential in challenging many biases in the application of psychoanalysis to diverse populations, will be the respondent and moderator. The video Psychoanalysis in the Barrios will be shown at 10:00 AM ET followed by the speakers’ presentations and discussion.

Speakers:

Patricia Gherovici, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst, analytic supervisor, and recipient of the 2020 Sigourney Award for her work with Latinx and gender variant communities. She is an Honorary Member at IPTAR and Founding Member of Das Unbehagen. Her books include The Puerto Rican Syndrome (Other Press: 2003) winner of the Gradiva Award and the Boyer Prize,  Please Select Your Gender: From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism (Routledge: 2010) and Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference  (Routledge: 2017). She has published (with Manya Steinkoler) Lacan On Madness: Madness Yes You Can’t (Routledge: 2015) and Lacan, Psychoanalysis and Comedy (Cambridge University Press: 2016) and most recently (with Chris Christian) Psychoanalysis in the Barrios: Race, Class, and the Unconscious  (Winner of the Gradiva Award for best edited collection and the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize; Routledge: 2019.)  

Chris Christian, Ph.D. is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Psychoanalytic Psychology. He obtained a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1996; earned a Certificate in Psychoanalysis from the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), where he is past Dean, and a Training and Supervising Analyst. His most recent book, Psychoanalysis in the Barrios: Race, Class, and the Unconscious (Routledge), with Patricia Gherovici, is the winner of the distinguished 2020 Gradiva Award, and of the American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize. He is co-editor of Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Conflict with Morris Eagle and David Wolitzky; and co-editor with Michael J. Diamond of The Second Century of Psychoanalysis: Evolving Perspectives on Therapeutic Action (Karnac Books). 

Rafael Javier, PhD, ABPP is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Post-Graduate Professional Development Programs, and Postdoctoral Certificate Programs in Forensic Psychology, and founding Director of the Center for Psychological Services and Clinical Studies at St. John’s University. He is faculty and supervisor at the Object Relations Institute and founding member of the Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLAS).  He has co-edited several books: Reaching Across Boundaries of Culture and Class, Domestic Violence and Personality Development; Psychotherapy in our Diverse Society: A Source Book; and Patterns of desire: Sexual diversity in psychoanalysis (2006), co-authored with William Herron.  The Handbook of Adoption: Implication for Researchers, Practitioners and Families (2007) was co-edited with Amanda Baden, Frank Biafora, and Alina Camacho-Gingerich.  He wrote The Bilingual mind: Thinking, Feeling, and Speaking in two Languages (2007) and The Specialty competencies in Psychoanalysis in Psychology (2015) co-authored with Dolores Morris and William Herron. He co-edited Understanding Domestic Violence: Theories, Challenges, Remedies (2018) with William Herron, and Assessing Trauma in Forensic Context (2020) with Elizabeth Owen and Jemour Maddux.  He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, and Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.

Tickets:
Psychoanalysis Division Members: $15
NYSPA Members: $20
NYSPA Student Members: $10
Non-NYSPA Members: $25

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