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Starting October 14, 2024

Unbearable Mental States in the Countertransference w/ Dhwani Shah, MD

Course description

Unbearable Mental States in the Countertransference: Ethical, Sociopolitical, and Therapeutic Considerations


In contrast to exploring the patient's experience from a safe distance, this course will focus on the clinician's feelings, subjective experiences, and histories, and their impact on the intersubjective space of the therapeutic encounter. 


Understanding our own motivations and difficulties with our unbearable mental states is at the heart of an ethical clinical practice. This authentic self-exploration is vital for every unique encounter within the shared space of both the analyst and patient. We will explore how the analyst’s uncomfortable and disowned emotional states of mind are inevitably entangled with the therapeutic process and have the potential to derail or facilitate therapeutic work. Specific emotional/mental states will be explored in detail, including arrogance, dissociation, racism, shame, hopelessness and erotic dread. These experiences illustrate common ways in which therapists stop listening and struggle in the face of uncertainty and intensity. 


The aim of the course is to increase our capacity to experience and
work with these "unbearable" states while maintaining an ethical and therapeutic stance.

Who is this course for?

  • This course is open for pre-licensed and licensed clinicians.
  • Clinicians in both private practice and community mental health are welcome.
  • For clinicians who self-identify as Asian / Asian American.

Details

  • Starts on 10.14.24
  • Mondays 10am-1130 PST / 1pm-230pm EST
  • 5 sessions
  • 8 participants
  • Fees: $400 - $450
  • Virtual. On Zoom
  • Please read participant's expectations and FAQs before registering

To Register

Instructor

 

Dhwani Shah, MD (he/him) is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst currently practicing in Princeton, NJ. He is a clinical associate faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine and a Supervising Analyst and instructor at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where he was chief resident and
completed a fellowship in treatment resistant mood disorders at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. 
He is the recipient of several awards, including the University of Pennsylvania PENN Pearls Teaching Award for excellence in clinical medical education, the University of Pennsylvania residency education Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award, and the Laughlin Merit Award for professional achievement. 
He has authored articles on neuroscience, mood disorders, and psychoanalysis. His recent book is titled, The Analyst’s Torment: Unbearable Mental States in the Countertransference.

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

Unfortunately, not at this time. If you can or know of someone who can help us get approved nationwide, please email hello@taacp.org.

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.  At this time, our non-teaching staff are volunteers. 

Due to the size of the courses (8 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. 

If you need to withdraw from enrollment, full refund will be given to up to 2 weeks prior to class start minus a processing fee of $25.  If withdrawn with less than 2 weeks of start of class, you will be charged a $50 processing fee. 


No refunds once classes begin or for missed classes. Extenuating circumstances will be considered.


In the event that the Center has to cancel a course, full refund will be provided. 

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