An overcrowded, demoralized, punitive educational system — combined with the abdication of mental health services to a juvenile justice system that incarcerates Black youth at an increasingly alarming rate — have made it difficult for many Black adolescent boys to find and engage in helpful treatment. When they are able to gain a referral, the complicated effects of White racism often impact the treatment encounter and are rarely addressed in the clinical session.
Within the psychic space of youth, interests come to define one’s sense of self. These idiosyncratic obsessions, whether bands, internet memes, or comic books, are often subtly characterized as unimportant within psychoanalysis, while other cultural interests are elevated.
How can we make contact with a patient who feels unreachable, unavailable, or under attack when any attempt at contact shuts the patient down or moves the patient away instead of towards the therapist?
Join the PLC and Dr. Jed Sekoff for a screening and discussion of the Oscar-nominated film, Arrival, a science fiction drama exploring communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Following the screening, Dr.
The frenetic pace of agency work in community mental health makes finding time and space to think deeply about our work difficult. With the pressures of documentation requirements, community trauma, and limited resources, these demands overshadow clinical thinking. In response to the needs of our community, NCSPP is providing an additional forum to reflect on our clinical work.
The frenetic pace of agency work in community mental health makes finding time and space to think deeply about our work difficult. With the pressures of documentation requirements, community trauma, and limited resources, these demands overshadow clinical thinking. In response to the needs of our community, NCSPP is providing an additional forum to reflect on our clinical work.
Kick back and relax with NCSPP. Join us for drinks and appetizers as you head into another academic/professional year! This is a great chance to mingle with colleagues who are in various stages of their careers and talk about classes, internships, professional life, or whatever else strikes your fancy.
Join the PLC and Dr. Milena Edwards for a screening and discussion of the Oscar-nominated film Phantom Thread, a period piece set in 1950s London that follows an artist’s complicated romantic and family relationships. Following the screening, Dr.
Furthering the discourse begun in Sue Saperstein’s 2016 NCSPP Course “Difference Matters!,” four individual clinicians commit to speak to the inclusion and clash of radical differences.
