Fridays @ CCP Lecture Series
Sandra Buechler, PhD
(New York)
Erich Fromm’s Clinical and Social Relevance Today
Friday April 30, 2027
7-9pm (CST)
1132 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 502, Chicago
& ZOOM
Join us for drinks and light appetizers before the lecture!
Reception: 6:30 - 7:00 PM (CST)
Lecture begins at 7 :00 PM(CST)
We look forward to welcoming you—whether in person or virtually via Zoom.
About the presentation: Although Fromm wrote “The Heart of Man: It’s Genius for Good and Evil” more than sixty years ago, I believe it is as relevant today as it was then. In this book, Fromm challenges us to live according to the values we profess: “Indeed, we must become aware in order to choose the good-but no awareness will help us if we have lost the capacity to be moved by the distress of another human being, by the friendly gaze of another person, by the song of a bird, by the greenness of grass.” (Fromm, 1964, p.150). In this presentation I highlight Fromm’s contribution to my thinking as a clinician, citizen, human being.
Sandra Buechler, Ph.D. Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute; author of Clinical Values: Emotions that Guide Psychoanalytic Treatment, (Analytic Press, 2004), Making a Difference in Patients’ Lives, (Routledge, 2008), Still Practicing: The Heartaches and Joys of a Clinical Career, (Routledge, 2012), Understanding and Treating Patients in Clinical Psychoanalysis: Lessons from Literature, (Routledge, 2015) Psychoanalytic Reflections: Training and Practice, (IPBooks, 2017) Psychoanalytic Approaches to Problems in Living, (Routledge, 2019), Poetic Dialogues (IPBooks, 2021) Erich Fromm: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2025), and Languages of the Heart: Personal Essays on Poetry and Clinical Practice (Routledge, in preparation).
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will be able to explain Fromm’s understanding of what makes a society healthy.
2. Participants will be able to describe Fromm’s conception of love as an activity.
This is a Beginers Level Presentation
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: $50
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 April 29, 2027 at: tkalven@ccpsa.org
References/Suggested Readings
Buechler, S, (2004). Clinical Values: Emotions that Guide Psychoanalytic Treatment. The Analytic Press.
Buechler, S. (2024). Erich Fromm: A Contemporary Introduction. Routledge.
Fromm, E. (1955). The Sane Society. Henry Holt & Company.
Fromm, E. (1956). The Art of Loving. Harper & Row.
Fromm, E. (1976). To Have or To Be? Harper & Row.
Presented by
The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis/CCP Program Committee