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Keynote Speaker: Usha Tummala-Narra, PhD

Where Psyche Meets Context: Engaging with sociocultural trauma and identity in psychoanalytic psychotherapy 

This conference will explore the intersection of sociocultural context and the psyche from a psychoanalytic perspective. Dr. Tummala-Narra will focus on sociocultural traumas, such as racism and xenophobia, and their impact on intrapsychic and interpersonal life, and the therapeutic relationship. She will describe the influence of colonization on contemporary developmental theory and propose a culturally informed, decolonizing approach to psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Additionally, she will explore the problem of separating the psyche and the social with regard to personality and how personality and social context, particularly manifested in discrimination and stereotyping, intersect and interact with each other. Case illustrations will serve to translate culturally informed psychoanalytic theory to practice.

The conference will include lectures, case presentations, and large and small group discussions.  Participants will be able to fully engage in discussion. 

Registered participants will receive a detailed daily schedule which includes breaks for stretching and for lunch. 

Typical weekend conference schedule:

Friday 10:00am – 6:10 pm ET

Saturday 9:45 am – 6:20pm ET 

Sunday 10:00 am – 2:00pm ET

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