Child Study Center Grand Rounds: "Engaging With Racism and Xenophobia in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy"

Sociocultural trauma is a global public health crisis that has been largely neglected in the mental health professions (Holmes, 2016; Tummala-Narra, 2016). This presentation examines the impact of race and racism on mental health and on the practice of psychotherapy, calling attention to how conscious and unconscious racial dynamics in broader society are mirrored in the therapeutic relationship