Mission Statement
The Houston Psychoanalytic Society is dedicated to promoting psychoanalytic and psychodynamic principles through creative discussions with the greater Houston community. The Society holds monthly meetings with invited local and national speakers, provides networking and continuing education opportunities and sponsors accredited workshops throughout the academic year. These events are open to the public.
Houston Psychoanalytic Society Stance on Racism
Many of us have awakened to the inescapable reality that racism and all of its cruel brutalities, injustices, and inequalities is endemic. That we have collectively participated in such blindness to this reality speaks to the power of unconscious mental functioning.
We as psychoanalytically informed clinicians have unique abilities and responsibilities to explore in ourselves and to listen in our consulting rooms for the denied pain and trauma that finds its expression in racism. To fail to view racism as defending against disavowed mental states is to protect and maintain its destructive forces.
We must commit to countering a tendency to fall back into the comfort, or discomfort, of silence on this issue in the clinical setting and in our professional societies. The Houston Psychoanalytic Society is committed to a society where the hates of racism are not allowed residence in the shadows of our minds or our communities.
Many of us have awakened to the inescapable reality that racism and all of its cruel brutalities, injustices, and inequalities is endemic. That we have collectively participated in such blindness to this reality speaks to the power of unconscious mental functioning.
We as psychoanalytically informed clinicians have unique abilities and responsibilities to explore in ourselves and to listen in our consulting rooms for the denied pain and trauma that finds its expression in racism. To fail to view racism as defending against disavowed mental states is to protect and maintain its destructive forces.
We must commit to countering a tendency to fall back into the comfort, or discomfort, of silence on this issue in the clinical setting and in our professional societies. The Houston Psychoanalytic Society is committed to a society where the hates of racism are not allowed residence in the shadows of our minds or our communities.
All Programming and Events are online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Evening Speaker Series : 7:00pm-8:30pm Presentation by Speaker 8:30pm Informal Discussion with Speaker Registration and payment of fees are required for all HPS events. Registration Fees: Non-members: $20 Active, Student and Friend Members: Free CEU Fees: Non-members and Friend Members: $20 Active and Student Members: Free *Study Group Registration Fees: Active Members: $40/session Student Members: $20/session Friend Members: $45/session Non-members: $50/session *total registration fee depends upon number of sessions in the series Workshop and Conference Fees Individually determined |