PSYCHOANALYTIC BROOKLYN:  EVERYDAY SADOMASOCHISM: A CONCEPT BRIDGING PSYCHOANALYSIS AND SOCIOLOGY
with Lynn Chancer, PhD and Christian Churchill, PhD, LP Friday, January 22, 2021 1:30-3:00pm Online via Zoom

As psychoanalytic clinicians, we are familiar with sadomasochistic dynamics in the treatment room. How can we benefit from thinking more about the cultural dimensions of these dynamics?

In her book Sadomasochism in Everyday Life, Lynn Chancer advances the provocative thesis that sadomasochism is far more prevalent in contemporary societies like the United States than we realize. Sexual sadomasochism, she argues, is only the best-known manifestation of what is actually a much more broadly based social phenomenon. She suggests that the structure of societies organized along  patriarchal and capitalistic lines reflects and perpetuates a sadomasochistic social psychology, creating a culture steeped in everyday experiences of dominance and subordination. She places sadomasochism in a broader context by exploring whether and how it appears in the workplace and how it relates to gender and race.
Audience participation is welcome. We encourage you to bring thoughts about your practice and our current cultural and political environment and the ways these intersect. Participants are encouraged to read parts or all of Dr. Chancer’s book, if possible, though this is not necessary for participation.
Lynn Chancer, PhD, Executive Officer of the PhD Program in Sociology at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is author of Sadomasochism in Everyday Life: The Dynamics of Power and Powerlessness ​(Rutgers University Press 1992) and, most recently, ​After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism: Taking Back a Revolution​ (Stanford University Press 2019).
Christian Churchill, PhD, LP, Director of the Psychoanalytic Training Institute of the Contemporary Freudian Society (New York), is co-author of ​The Enigmatic Academy: Class, Bureaucracy, and Religion in American Education​ (Temple University Press 2012), and has a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in Manhattan.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this seminar participants will be able to:
1. Connect sociological thinking about aggression and submission to psychodynamic thinking about sadomasochistic patients.
2. Identify how sadomasochistic thinking and behavior which originates in a patient’s anal-sadistic introjects creates a sadomasochistic world reflecting their inner conflicts.
Program Fee:  $50 General/$40 CFS Members/$25 Candidates & Students
REGISTER ONLINE: https://contemporaryfreudiansociety.org/professional-education/event-details/?event=9777
Who Should Attend: ​Mental Health Professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed professional counselors, e.g. LPs, LCATs, and pastoral counselors); those with an interest in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking and clinical applications; and social scientists with an interest in the intersection of sociology and psychoanalysis.
Continuing Education Credits:
NY Social Workers: The Psychoanalytic Training Institute of the Contemporary Freudian Society SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0087.  CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance of the entire program and completed online evaluation form.  No partial credits will be offered.  It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements.  Upon completion of this program and online evaluation form, participants will be granted 1.5 CE credits.

NY Psychoanalysts: The Psychoanalytic Training Institute of the Contemporary Freudian Society is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0021.  CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance of the entire program and completed online evaluation form.  No partial credits will be offered.  It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements.  Upon completion of this program and online evaluation form, participants will be granted 1.5 CE credits.

DC, MD and VA Social Workers: The Social Work Boards of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia will grant continuing education credits to social workers attending a program offered by an APA authorized sponsor, provided they comply with the requirements stated above for Psychologists.

DC, MD and VA Psychologists: The Contemporary Freudian Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  The Contemporary Freudian Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance of the entire program and completed evaluation form.  It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements.  Upon completion of this program and evaluation form, participants will be granted 1.5 CE credits.

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