Community & Culture Program

Inaugural Event - Society Members Only!

October 6 - 5:45 pm

Goodman Theater / 333 N. Lasalle Street

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You are invited to the inaugural event of theChicago Psychoanalytic Society’s Community & Culture Program!

Designed to bring Society members together in person throughout the year, the program will feature some of Chicago’s wonderful theatrical and cultural offerings—with a psychoanalytic bent—along with opportunities to gather afterward for lively discussion and socializing.

Our first event will be David Byrne’s (of Talking Heads) Theater of the Mind on Tuesday, October 6, at 5:45 p.m.

Theater of the Mind takes place in the historic Reid Murdoch Building, just across the river at 333 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago’s River North neighborhood.

Tickets are $52, and space is limited to 16 participants. If you would like to join us, please register by Tuesday, September 8. This is a Chicago Psychoanalytic Society members-only event.

A post-show gathering for dinner, conversation, and socializing is being planned, with details to follow.

We hope you’ll join us for the launch of this new Society program and an evening of theater, conversation, and community!

OPEN PRINTABLE FLYER

Over 75 minutes, you’ll move through a series of rooms where you’ll participate in thought-provoking neuroscience experiences. You’ll learn how easily your own senses can deceive you. If perception and memory are both malleable, then perhaps even your identity is less fixed than you think… You may not be who you think you are. But we’re all in it together.

www.TheateroftheMindChicago.com

From the theater:

Patrons may purchase parking at The Sterling Self Park (owned and operated by InterPark), for $14.00. Sterling Self Park is located at 111 W Kinzie: valid for 8 hours.  Discount parking can be purchased here: https://theaterofthemindchicago.com/plan-your-visit#transportation

The running time is approximately 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes), no intermission. Due to the nature of the experience and for the safety of performers and audience members, there will be no late admittance under any circumstances.  Please plan on arriving 15-20 prior to your entry time.

You will follow your Guide as they revisit key moments in their life in a surreal, 15,000-square-foot installation with a group of just 16 audience members.  The timed entry is every 15 minutes with a maximum of 16 percipients in each time slot.

You will need to move around the space among multiple environments with your fellow attendees. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes and clothes.  Backpacks, bags, and purses are not allowed in the experience. Complementary 12” x 12” lockers are provided.

Why Trump? A Kohutian Perspective

Presenter: Charles B. Srozier, PhD

Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 7:00 – 9:00 PM Central time

In person at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute,
8 S. Michigan Ave., 7th Floor 

or via Zoom

Speaker:

Dr. Strozier is Professor Emeritus of History, The City University of New York (professor 1986-2019, emeritus 2019ff); Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, (TRISP), since 1997; Practicing Self-psychological psychoanalyst, 1992ff. Author of Heinz Kohut: The Making of a Psychoanalyst (2001), nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and translated into Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, and Mandarin; Lead author The New World of Self: Heinz Kohut’s Transformation of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (2022). He is currently working on a book with David Terman, Jeffrey Stern, and Linda Emanuel, Doing Self Psychology: Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in a New Key.

Description: 

This presentation will probe deeper into the psychohistorical meaning of “Why Trump?” We will examine how Trump’s personality has shaped his impact and will explore historical themes that have led to his rise and dominance. Kohut’s essays on leadership and the construct of the group self will be discussed. We will explore the paranoid style in the American self, contemporary pangs of hurt in the American group self and how these factors have contributed to “Why Trump?”

Agenda:

In the first hour the presenter will discuss the topic with both lecture and slides and the second hour will be time for audience discussion.

Learning Objectives

After attending this session, participants should be able to:

1. A participant in this seminar will learn about Donald Trump leadership style.
2. A participant will come to understand Kohut’s psychological model of charismatic and messianic leadership.
3. A participant will increase understanding of why some have voted for Trump

Continuing Education Credits are offered exclusively to Society members in all membership categories and those intending to join.

The presenter, Charles Strozier, PhD, and the organizer, Lisa Karaitis, PsyD, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the American Psychoanalytic Association and The Chicago Psychoanalytic Society.  The American Psychoanalytic Association is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credits Available:

• Physicians: 2.0 Credits
• Psychologists: 2.0 Credits
• Social Workers: 2.0 Credits
• PAs: 2.0 Credits
• Nurses & NPs: 2.0 Nursing Contact Hours
• Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians: 2.0 Credits
  Pharmacists must claim credits within 30 days and provide their eProfile ID and Birthdate. APsA will not report credits claimed after 30 days or with incomplete information.
• Interprofessional Continuing Education: 2.0 Credits

Other Profession Types

Other profession types will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the activity and online evaluation confirming their participation. Participants may claim credit for recertification; however, their professional organization/institute hold the final say on which accredited activities they accept.

Disclosure Statement

None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no commercial support for this activity. APsA verifies that all materials generated by AI are accurate, including cited publications and posttests.