Thinking Together about Psychoanalytic Teaching

Genie Dvorak, Psy.D. and Celeste Schneider, Ph.D.

Sunday May 18, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, in-person only

Teaching as an art and professional endeavor routinely generates excitement and anxiety for both instructors and students. In teaching psychoanalysis, how might we facilitate not just an understanding of the material of a course, but also a psychoanalytic sensibility—to not just learn about psychoanalysis, but to teach and learn psychoanalysis psychoanalytically. In this meeting we seek to explore Freud's declaration of education--along with government and psychoanalysis--as one of the three "impossible" professions. This complex terrain can stir deep existential questions and concerns in us when teaching and learning. These take up residence in the experience of a course or a consultation, no matter the inquiry, topic, or theoretical orientation. We can find ourselves continuously confronted with the possibility of crisis as well as creativity and engagement, both within ourselves and in every new educational encounter—a process of lifelong learning. What of ourselves do we bring to this endeavor as educators and how do we listen to our students? Can our clinical capacities assist us in navigating the dynamics of teaching? What are the challenges and the pleasures of teaching given these engagements?

Genie Dvorak and Celeste Schneider have been engaged in conversation about these questions and more as psychoanalytic clinicians and educators. We would like to extend this conversation to include members of various psychoanalytic teaching and learning communities. We hope you’ll join us and look forward to thinking together.

CE Credits offered: 2

Course Objectives

After completing this course participants will be able to:

1. Identify two qualities of teaching psychoanalysis psychoanalytically and how these can be applied in the classroom.
2. Articulate three challenges one faces in teaching and analyze how these can be navigated in the classroom.
3. Discuss the ways in which cultivating the art of psychoanalytic teaching and learning is a lifelong process.

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