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NPAP FAll Continuing education PROGRAM

Ambiguous Loss: Multigenerational Transmission of Trauma in Black-American Family Life – Bi-Racial Couple Therapy

Presenter

Claire B. Steinberger, LP, JD

Moderator

Alice Entin, LCSW

About the Presenters

Claire Beth Steinberger, LP, JD is a supervisor and faculty member at NPAP.  Past supervisory school psychologist. Supervisory member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Associate adjunct professor, Long Island University and City University of New York. Presenter at International Psychoeducational Forum, and Mount Sinai Faculty Psychotherapy Group. Her articles and presentations focus on culture, family, individual dynamics, the relational unconscious and chemistry, teenage depression, adolescent development, cyberspace, and the multigenerational transmission of trauma. Her private practice is in New York City.

Alice Entin, LCSW, is a faculty member, training analyst, and supervisor at NPAP. For many years she has been a faculty member, supervisor, training analyst at the Institute for Expressive Analysis (IEA), Harlem Family Institute, and China American Psychoanalytic Alliance (CAPA).  She served on the NPAP board, ethics committee, and for many years she was Chair of the Continuing Education Program Committee, where she remains a committee member. She chairs a book club at NPAP. Starting during Covid and for several years after, she chaired a “clinical circle” support group for NPAP members and candidates. Her private practice is in New York City.

Description

The clinical presentation highlights the role of “ambiguous loss” as an original trauma-event passing through past, present, and future time. When the residue of the event appears in the couple’s family life and in the bi-racial couple therapy itself, we discover traumatic (tri-personal) enactments and their link to the hierarchical “relational unconscious” and the White analyst’s “location” – an uncanny fit with the original trauma-event and ongoing Black-American narrative.  

Learning Objectives

After attending the presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the role of “ambiguous loss” in the multigenerational transmission of trauma.
  • Discuss the “relational unconscious” as containing social and supremist/hierarchic positions.
  • Explain the role of the analyst’s “location” in terms of classist and racist tri-personal enactments.

Open to:

NPAP Members I $30
Other Professionals I $45
Candidates I $20

CE Credits

2 CE contact hours will be granted to participants with documented attendance and complete evaluation form. It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion, a Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to all participants.

  • National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0139.
  • National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0010.
  • The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0137.