Sundays @ CCP Lecture Series
RAYO Counseling and Community Co-op
Dr. Charles Turk, Ren Gilbert, Lauren Hersch, Felix Acuña Olivos
(Chicago, Il)
Toward an Ethical Treatment of Psychosis in Community Mental Health
Sunday, September 22, 2024
12-2pm (CST): ZOOM
About the presentation: This paper uses a psycho-social political framework to analyze and critique status quo treatment of psychosis and other forms of extreme states, and is especially concerned with treatment for under-resourced individuals on the community mental health level. Rayo advocates for a paradigmatic shift in the way community mental health centers work with individuals experiencing extreme states, based on the theoretical and structural work of Fanon, Groupe Interdisciplinaire Freudien de Recherche et d'Intervention Cliniques et Culturelles (GIFRIC), and the research of Robert Whitaker. This paper will discuss social structures and subjectivity, the biomedical model, and the ethics of violence in the treatment of psychotic patients.
This presentation is a collective endeavor. Participants include:
Dr. Charles Turk is a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist with over 60 years of experience treating individuals with psychosis and other symptoms of extreme states. Dr. Charles Turk is a board member and advisor for Rayo Counseling and Community Co-op.
Ren Gilbert, Lauren Hersch, Felix Acuña Olivos, provide psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy and other services for individuals experiencing extreme states. They are founding members of Rayo Counseling and Community Co-op and veteran Community Mental Health workers.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to explain how the biomedical model interacts with the colonial episteme to inhibit generative clinical practice
Participants will be able to explain how paranoia operates within psychiatric care
This is an Intermediate level Program
Fees
CCP members: free with annual $195 membership, payable at registration.
Students:free with annual $175 membership, payable at registration.
New Fellows / Ongoing: free with annual $250/$300 membership, payable at registration.
Non-CCP members, single admission: $40
Continuing Education
This program is sponsored for Continuing Education Credits by the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. There is no commercial support for this program, nor are there any relationships between the continuing education sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding that could be construed as conflicts of interest. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If the program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CCP is licensed by the state of Illinois to sponsor continuing education credits for Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Counselors and Licensed Clinical Psychologists (license no. 159.000941 and 268.000020 and 168.000238 Illinois Dept. of Financial and Professional Regulation).
Professionals holding the aforementioned credentials will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits a completed evaluation form must be turned in at the end of the presentation and licensed psychologists must first complete a brief exam on the subject matter. No continuing education credit will be given for attending part of the presentation. Refunds for CE credit after the program begins will not be honored. If a participant has special needs or concerns about the program, s/he/they should contact Toula Kourliouros Kalven by September 21, 2024 at: tkalven@ccpsa.org
References/Suggested Readings
1. Cantin, L. (2017). The drive, the untreatable quest of desire. Differences, 28(2), 24–45. https://doi.org/10.1215/10407391-4151740
2. Fanon, F. (1964a). The North African Syndrome (pp. 3–16). essay, Grove Press.
3. Robcis, C. (2019). Frantz Fanon, institutional psychotherapy, and the decolonization of psychiatry.
In Frantz Fanon’s Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Clinical Work (pp. 23-38). Routledge.
Presented by
The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis/CCP Program Committee: John Garver, LCSW, Toula Kourliouros Kalven, Alan Levy, PhD, Zak Mucha, LCSW
The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis is an IRS 501(C)(3) charitable organization, and expenses may be tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and your personal tax situation.