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February 7 – Online: The “Big Shot” Raises His Fee: Social Class in the Psychoanalytic Encounter
Stewart Crane, LCSW, Presenter About this event The role of social class in the analytic encounter has been given little attention in our psychoanalytic literature and training institutes. This dimension of the treatment relationship tends to remain invisible most of the time. However, when the analyst raises the fee, it can become a catalyst for Read more
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[Open Access] Decolonizing Psychiatric Diagnosis: Turning the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders on Its Head
January 2025 Abstract The conception of this article came to us at the end of a land-based healing program informed by Indigenous approaches to wellness. In this article, we dismantle psychiatric diagnosis, particularly the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Drawing on Frantz Fanon’s notion of sociodiagnosics, we put DSM diagnostic categories under Read more
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PETITION to preserve the psychoanalytic treatment of psychosis.
Act to save the “388,” a psychoanalytic treatment center for young psychotic adults in Quebec, Canada. Dear colleagues, We are writing to you as scholars, clinicians, and mental health professionals to request your signature on the attached petition protesting the abrupt closure of the Center for the Treatment of Young Psychotic Adults (the “388”) in Quebec Read more
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Los Angeles Disaster Support Masterlist
This is a comprehensive one-stop-shop collection of ALL essential directories and resources for anyone looking to help, find support, or want to donate to LA Fire Relief. Share this page with anyone that might find this information helpful. Note: I have not compiled these resources. For any questions, contact the website directly. Read more
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[Online Event] Eurowhiteness, Imperial Amnesia and “Post-Colonial Melancholy” by Hans Kundnani
The latest in the series of online seminars on Decolonising Psychoanalysis, focusing on the psychological implications of ‘Eurowhiteness’. Anshu Srivastava (respondent) This is the next instalment in the series of seminars on Decolonising Psychoanalysis, organised by the Race and Culture Committee of the Guild of Psychotherapists. The series has intended to open up conversations about psychoanalysis Read more
Psychoanalysis and Social Justice 