This Zoom event begins at 9am PST.
This program, when participated in its entirety, is available for 2.5 continuing education credits. Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This presentation also meets the requirements of WAC 246-809-620 (definition of recognized categories of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists and social workers).
In this paper Dr. Abbasi discusses certain experiences in her work as a psychoanalyst at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and her deepening understanding of these experiences over time. She describes particular countertransferential reactions and gradually being able to recognize how these counter- transferences were being shaped by memories from her earlier life. She shares with us how this understanding led her towards more optimal analytic work with her patients. She emphasizes how Trump’s presidency and the murder of George Floyd, made analytic work at that time, even more challenging, but ultimately, deeply moving and rewarding.
About the speaker: Dr. Aisha Abbasi is a Pakistani American psychoanalyst who has practiced psychoanalysis in the USA for over 30 years. During this time, she has treated a multitude of patients who are either first-generation immigrants or whose parents migrated to this country. Dr. Abbasi completed her basic psychoanalytic education at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute and was a Training and Supervising Analyst there for over twenty-two years. She currently resides and works in/ from Portland, OR. She is a Supervising Analyst at the Florida Psychoanalytic Center and a Supervisor of Candidates at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She’s also a member of the Tampa Bay Psychoanalytic Society and the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center. She is a member of the Board of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly and has been on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association as well as The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. In addition to having contributed several book chapters and papers to psychoanalytic literature, she is the author of the book The Rupture of Serenity: External Intrusions and Psychoanalytic Technique and the coeditor of the book Privacy: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms. She’s a poet in her mother tongue Urdu, and a collection of her Urdu poetry (“The World Within”) was published in Pakistan.
Paper:
Abbasi, A. (2022) Practicing Psychoanalysis at the Intersection Of COVID-19, The Murder of George Floyd, and Trump’s Presidency: Reflections from a Brown Analyst. Psychoanalytic Quarterly 91:209-238
Optional:
Abbasi, A. (2022) When the Analytic Field Becomes a Minefield: Analyzing in the Post-9/11 Era. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child 75:108-120
Learning Objectives:
After attending this event, participants will be able to:
- Describe some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic affected psychoanalytic treatment.
- Discuss how sociopolitical events inevitably come into the work of psychoanalysis and need to be addressed.
- Demonstrate their understanding of the need for therapists and analysts to be able to mobilize a deep understanding of their own counter transferences, so that treatment can proceed optimally.
Participants: This event is designed for graduate level students in mental health and all mental health professionals from introductory to advanced levels.
Class size: Limited to 12 participants
Cost: $170 for Alliance members/$190 non-Alliance members
Refund Policy: Refunds less a $35 handling fee will be given up until three weeks before the presentation.
This program, when participated in its entirety, is available for 2.5 continuing education credits. Division 39 is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. Division 39 is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to Danny Gellersen at dannygellersen@gmail.com. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. Participants will be informed of the utility/validity of the content/approach discussed (including the basis for the statements about validity/utility), as well as the limitations of the approach and most common (and severe) risks, if any, associated with the program's content.
SPPP (Division 39) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SPPP maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
