Starting April 11, 2026
The "Asian American" Patient
Course description
Much of psychoanalytic theorizing, teaching, and learning leans on clinical cases published in psychoanalytic journals. In this course, we will read select papers written on the “Asian American” patient by clinicians of various backgrounds over the last 50 years. Together, we will discuss what these writings might reveal and complicate around the figure of the “Asian American” and psychoanalytic praxis.
Additionally, there will be opportunities to bring forth your own clincial cases and perhaps theoretical formulations in relation to the currently avaialable literature.
Who is this course for?
- This course is open to Asian / Asian American pre-licensed and licensed mental health clinicians
Details
- Starts on 4/11 through 5/30, skip 4/25
- Saturdays 9am-10:45am PST / 12pm-1:45pm EST
- 7 sessions
- 6 - 10 participants
- Fees: $500 - $700
- Virtual. On Zoom
- Please read participant's expectations and FAQs before registering
Instructor
Yin Jia Li, LMFT (they/them) is a clinician in private practice working primarily with Asian and Asian American clients in OR and CA. They find that this focus, grounded by psychoanalytic theory and practice, allows for sociopolitical informed depth and nuance in how they work with clients. They are the founder of The Asian American Center for Psychoanalysis (TAACP). Their writings have been published in Studies in Gender and Sexuality and the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA).
Expectations of Participants
Barring extenuating circumstances, participants in TAACP’s courses agree to attend all sessions, arriving on time for the entire duration of class.
As classes are online, ensure that you are in a quiet and private space that allows for both audio and video to be on.
Classes are small to encourage dialogue. We encourage you to “take” your share of talking time and listening time.
Keep other participants’ experience and clinical information confidential.
All involved with TAACP (staff, volunteers, faculty, participants, guests) are expected to interact with each other with respect.
Issues that arise will be first discussed / addressed with the immediate folks involved and can be progressed to include faculty and/or TAACP’s administration.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not at this time.
Course fees are split between instructors and the Center. We believe in valuing the time and work of our instructors. The fees to Center support operating costs for current and future programming.
Due to the size of the courses (6-10 participants), your presence is important so we hope that you make every effort to attend class. And, life happens.
However, there will be no recordings of sessions. We want to encourage participants to feel at ease to share personal and/or clinical material.
We want to offer a space for Asian / Asian American clinicians to be, to learn, to question, to create, and to support one another. And, from this space, our hope is that we can have more nuanced conversations and in depth explorations of the intersection of Asian subjectivities and psychoanalysis.
Our one time events are open to all. And, in the future, we might offer courses for non-Asian clinicians.
Full refund will be given up to 15 days prior to class start minus a processing fee of $50. If less than 15 days, $100 processing fee would be charged.
No refunds once classes begin or for missed classes.
In the event that the Center has to cancel a course, full refund will be provided.
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