Tuesday
May 29, 2012 Scientific Program
7:00 P.M.
National Louis University
122 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL – Room 5006
Admission is free. No reservations are required.
CME and CE credits are available to attendees.
Click here for more information on Continuing Education accreditation.
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Cultural Competence
Presenter:
Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D.
Discussant:
Frank Summers, Ph.D.
Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology at Boston College. She is a Teaching Associate at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Tummala-Narra received her doctoral degree from Michigan State University and completed her post-doctoral training in the Victims of Violence Program at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, MA. She founded and directed (1997-2003) the Asian Mental Health Clinic at the Cambridge Health Alliance, and was an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine (2003-2005). She was also on faculty at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology (2006-2009), and in clinical practice for over 12 years. She is the recipient of the Scholars in Medicine Fellowship from the Harvard Medical School. She has presented nationally and published peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters on the topics of immigration, ethnic minority issues, trauma, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Her research concerns the areas of racial and ethnic discrimination and mental health care disparities among ethnic minority communities. Dr. Tummala-Narra is currently the co-chair of the Multicultural Concerns Committee and Member-at-Large for Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), a member of the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) in the American Psychological Association, and a member of the APA Presidential Task Force on Immigration.
Frank Summers, Ph.D., ABPP, is President-Elect, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association and Past-President of Psychoanalysis and Social Responsibility. He is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences of Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Supervising and Training Analyst, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. Winner of several local and national awards including The Hans Strupp Award for Contributions to Psychoanalysis, and The Distinguished Educator Award of the International Forum of Psychoanalytic Education, Dr. Summers is associate editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and a member of the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Psychology and The Annual of Psychoanalysis. He is author of numerous journal articles and presentations at national and local meetings as well as three books on object relations theories. His fourth book due out in early 2013 is called The Psychoanalytic Vision: Subjectivity and Transcendence in the Therapeutic Process. Dr. Summers is in the private practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Chicago
Purpose:
Dr. Tummala-Narra will discuss the state of cultural competence in psychoanalysis and how psychoanalytic theory can contribute to broader discourse on diversity and the practice of psychotherapy.
Educational Objectives:
1) Identify overlaps between core principles of psychoanalytic theory and cultural competence relevant to clinical practice with diverse populations; 2) recognize gaps in psychoanalytic theory, research, and practice that need to be addressed in order to better provide care to individuals and families who are socially marginalized; and 3) identify ways that psychoanalytic emphasis on unconscious processes, attention to language and affect, and attention to complexity of identity formation is essential to the practice of cultural competence in psychotherapy.
Target Audience:
Psychoanalysts, other interested mental health professionals, and members of the community.
Admission is free. No reservations are required.
For more information, please contact Norman Kohn at normankohn@gmail.com