The PCC's Continuing Education Committee

is pleased to present

Radical Rethinking:

A Future for Psychoanalysis Beyond the Individual Unconscious

featuring

Francisco J. González, MD

The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California

Saturday, September 14, 2024

9:00 am to 12:00 pm (Pacific Daylight Time)



CEUs: 2.75

Location

Via In-Person and Zoom. The Zoom Link will be emailed to participants one-week before the event.

The In-Person meeting will be held at:

Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services

3200 Motor Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90034

Program Description

This program explores the need for a radical rethinking of psychoanalytic theory that incorporates something beyond the individual unconscious: the social unconscious. Our speaker, Dr. Francisco Gonzalez, was a member of the Holmes Commission on Racial Equality in Psychoanalysis and has an extensive background in thinking about psychoanalysis through the lens of the social unconscious (including questions of group belonging and racial identity), a view that has been underdeveloped in the history of psychoanalysis.

In 1986 Andre Green wrote that psychoanalysis must periodically renew itself, striving to "extend its range, to subject its concepts to radical rethinking, to commit itself to self-criticism. In which case it must run the risks entailed by such self-examination, from which the best as well as the worst may emerge.” Nearly forty years later we are at such a point of self-examination and potential renewal. 

In the first section of this program, Dr. Gonzalez will make the case that we are at an inflection point in psychoanalysis, one that requires "radical rethinking,’ that is a revision of theory that goes to the roots. Going to the roots here has a double meaning, a radical change, yes, but not an undoing of psychoanalysis, rather a re-grounding of it. As contemporary practitioners, we can no longer solely rely on a notion of the unconscious confined to the individual. While a century and a quarter of robust psychoanalytic theorizing has generated a vibrant and nuanced conception of individual subjectivity, we must now also become more adept at considering the psychic dimensions of group life, integrating ways of thinking about systemic and cultural formations. In a general way we might say, then, that there is a double provenance of the unconscious which operates both at the level of the individual and of the social. 

In the second section of the program. Dr. Gonzalez will consider the implications of such a "radical rethinking.” He will consider its impact on traditional dyadic work in the consulting room, in what he likes to call the “collective of the individual,” but also what thinking in this way means for institutional life and for psychoanalytic training. He will present some material from his work on the Holmes Commission for Racial Equality in American Psychoanalysis, especially as it relates to “enactments.” He will also make some reference to developing training in community psychoanalysis. The aim of this second section will be that these points of reference will lead to dialogue and discussion as a way to make these ideas relevant to participants.  

Program Schedule

Target Audience

MD's, Psychologists, LCSW's, MFT's, Registered Nurses, candidates and members of psychoanalytic institutes, and student clinicians who are interested in psychoanalysis.

Course Objectives

At the end of this activity, participants should be better able to:

1. Differentiate the concept of the subjective unconscious from the social unconscious.
2. Explain the purpose for the formation of the Holmes Commission on Racial Equality in American Psychoanalysis.
3. Describe an example of an enactment as discussed in the Holmes Commission Report.
4. Name two recommendations for addressing enactments related to the social unconscious.

Program Faculty

Francisco J. González, MD, is a Personal & Supervising Analyst, Community Psychoanalysis Supervising Analyst, and Faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), where he helped found and serves as Co-Director of the Community Psychoanalysis Track. He is also on the faculty of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis. His writing focuses on the articulation of the social within individual and collective psychic life and has been the recipient of the Symonds Award, the Ralph E. Roughton Paper Award, and co-recipient of the JAPA Award for the Best Published Paper 2019. In 2023, he was named Distinguished Psychoanalytic Educator by the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education. He served on the Holmes Commission on Racial Equality in the American Psychoanalysis and is currently on the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues, JAPA, and Parapraxis. He practices privately in San Francisco and Oakland and in the public domain at Instituto Familiar de la Raza in San Francisco.

Continuing Education Credit

The Psychoanalytic Center of California designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.



This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the California Medical Association (CMA)  through the Psychoanalytic Center of California. The Psychoanalytic Center of California  is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA)   to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

As per the California Board of Psychology, psychologists may apply AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ earned by attendance at this CME accredited live activity toward their continuing education requirement for licensing. 

The Psychoanalytic Center of California is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) to sponsor continuing education for LMFT's and LCSW's (CAMFT Approved Provider # 135374). The Psychoanalytic Center of California maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 2.75 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. These learners must attend the entire course to claim credit; no partial credit is offered according to CAMFT requirements.

*Important note: Participants who plan to use the credits in another state should check with their licensing jurisdiction to see if the credits from an ACCME or CAMFT provider will be accepted.

Claiming Credit: Participants will receive a certificate of attendance at the event, which can be used toward licensing requirements. Credit is offered for actual instruction time and does not include breaks.

Refunds/Cancellations: Refunds, less a $10 administrative fee, will be made if cancellation notification is phoned or postmarked three (3) business days in advance of this program. There will be no refunds on requests received after the refund deadline. Full refunds are made in the event that PCC must cancel this program.

Returned Checks: A $25.00 service charge will be assessed for checks returned by the bank.

Grievances: While PCC goes to great lengths to assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, there will be occasional issues that come to the attention of the PCC staff which will require intervention and/or action on the part of the staff. Visit  www.p-c-c.org/ethics for PCC's procedural guidelines for handling such grievances.

Special Needs: Facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you have a special need and plan to attend the conference, please contact the PCC Office by phone at (310) 478-4347 or via email at 0ffice@p-c-c.org. Special needs requests will be fulfilled if received one week prior to the event, which will ensure we have ample opportunity to meet your needs.

Commercial Support Disclaimer: The planners and presenters for this event have not received commercial support for this event nor are there any relevant financial relationships between the sponsors, presenters, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.

Financial Support Disclaimer: The planners and presenters for this event have no financial relationships to disclose.

Continuing Education Membership: Any person who attends a PCC Continuing Education conference shall become a Continuing Education Member for one year. The registration fee for the conference covers the cost of membership. A Continuing Education Member will be provided with a PCC newsletter as available, and the option to participate in periodic forums to discuss continuing education offerings. Continuing Education Members will also be eligible to attend Continuing Education planning meetings. 

Confidentiality:  By registering for this educational event, attendees agree to strictly maintain confidentiality of any clinical material shared and will not distribute or convey such confidential material outside of the conference. 

Program Planners

List of program planners

Continuing Education Committee: Philip Lance, PhD (co-chair); Leigh Tobias, PhD (co-chair); Jennifer Kunst, PhD (member and CME coordinator); Chris Minnick, MD (member and CME chair); Persila Conversano, PsyD and Stacey Nicklas, PsyD (members); Jason Snyder, LMFT and Yelena Kashtuyeva, LMFT (candidate representative members)

Registration

General Admission: $100

Candidates/students admission: $50

PCC candidates-in-seminars admission: Free