10/20/21 - DSPP Monthly Meeting
7:30pm-9pm
1.5 CE Credits
Meeting Location: Zoom
Nathaniel R. Strenger, Psy.D.
The time for neighborhood is now. Psychoanalysis, an institution among many, faces a political reckoning. This paper calls for, and moves towards, a renewal of real-life integration in the ways of clinical intervention and localism. Drawing on contemporary psychoanalytic theory, political philosophy, and case studies highlighting political difference, this paper aims to revive a neighborly American public sphere. One session at a time.
Learning Objectives:
1. Summarize the role psychoanalysis has played in diminishing American neighborliness, and see the potential for restorative contribution it currently wields.
2. Integrate psychoanalytic and political lenses, using these to situate clinical work socially.
3. Draw on psychoanalytically oriented postures to promote neighborliness as a crucial element in any model of health.
Readings:
Altman, N. (2005). Manic society: Toward the depressive position. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 15(3), 321-346.
Botticelli, S. (2004). The politics of relational psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 14(5), 635-651.
Winnicott, D. W. (1986). Some thoughts on the meaning of the word 'Democracy.' Home is where we start from: Essays by a psychoanalyst. WW norton & Company.
Presenter Bio:
Nathaniel R. Strenger, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist and the Director of Clinical Advancement at The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology in Dallas, Texas. As such he provides a variety of clinical services, supervises training therapists, and develops continuing education opportunities for clinicians and the broader public alike. As part of his studies and professional background, he has taught, lead workshops, and written on topics ranging from trauma, spirituality across the lifespan and the practice of psychology, emotional regulation in children, teens, and adults, community coordination in care, parenting concerns, and clergy family issues. He has worked in outpatient community clinics, private practice, medical centers, and in university counseling.