Gender Turbulence: Clinical Interventions with Patricia Gherovici, PhD
*PACIFIC TIME*: April 26, 2025, 1:30 - 5:00 PM
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- This program will be held in person and via Zoom.
- Pre-registration is required. You will receive confirmation and details by email.
- 3 CE/CME credits are offered for this program. Signature is required for credit.
- Signature is required for Continuing Education Credit. Zoom attendees must "sign" in and out at the beginning and end of the discussion in the Zoom Meeting Chat to receive credit.
- Contact Byrd at byrdb@n-c-p.org if you have questions.
NCP PRESENTS
Gender Turbulence: Clinical Interventions
In everyday language, "gender" is often used to signify whether one identifies as male, female, or something beyond these categories. For some, gender represents an expansive field of identity possibilities, shaped by an evolving sense of self. For others, it is synonymous with the biological reality of sex. As a verb, "to gender" signifies an active process—one of division, creation, birth, and generation—pointing to something one becomes rather than simply is.
Through her clinical practice, Patricia Gherovici, PhD has encountered both the unpredictability and the creative potential of gender. She has come to understand the body not as a fixed or given entity but as something assumed through a continuous process of embodiment—a becoming of the body. Many experiences of gender transition reveal that corporeal transformation alone is insufficient; something more is required to reclaim the body and shape a livable life. Drawing on concepts from both ancient and contemporary philosophy, Dr. Gherovici reflects on what her work with trans-identified analysands has taught her as a psychoanalyst.
Learning Objectives:
As a result of attending this session, participants should be able to:
- Analyze the concept of gender as an active and evolving process by examining its linguistic, philosophical, and clinical dimensions, distinguishing between gender as identity, biological sex, and a process of becoming.
- Evaluate the role of psychoanalysis in understanding gender embodiment by exploring the interplay between corporeal transition, psychological integration, and then creation of a livable life for trans-identified individuals.
- Examine the impact of gender cultural dynamics on mental health by exploring clinical vignettes and analyzing how Latinx and gender minorities navigate identity within therapeutic settings.
- Demonstrate culturally competent therapeutic strategies when working with Latinx and gender minority individuals by applying specific clinical tools and interventions designed for these populations.
- Discuss the intersectionality of identity, systemic oppression, and mental health in the context of Latinx and gender minority communities, and how these factors influence clinical practice.
- Describe the unique mental health challenges faced by Latinx and gender minorities, and apply psychoanalytic techniques to address these challenges in a clinical setting.
The program will have one 15-minute break.
Program Coordinators:
Ethan Grumbach, PhD, FIPA, Clare Knudson, PhD, and Brian Stachowiak, MA, LMFT
Presenter:
Patricia Gherovici, PhD, is a psychoanalyst, analytic supervisor, and recipient of the 2020 Sigourney Award for her clinical and scholarly work with Latinx and gender variant communities. She is co-founder and director of the Philadelphia Lacan Group and Associate Faculty, Psychoanalytic Studies Minor, University of Pennsylvania (PSYS), Honorary Member at IPTAR the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York City, Founding Member of Das Unbehagen, co-founder and trustee of Pulsion: The International Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychosomatics, New York, and teaches in the Philosophy Department at the New School for Social Research, New York. Her single-authored books include The Puerto Rican Syndrome (Winner of the Gradiva® Award and the Boyer Prize; Other Press: 2003), Please Select Your Gender: From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism (Routledge: 2010), and Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference (Routledge: 2017). She published with Chris Christian: Psychoanalysis in the Barrios: Race, Class, and the Unconscious (Winner of the Gradiva® Award and the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize; Routledge: 2019). She edited with Manya Steinkoler: Lacan On Madness: Madness Yes You Can't (Routledge: 2015), Lacan, Psychoanalysis and Comedy (Cambridge University Press: 2016), and most recently, Psychoanalysis, Gender and Sexualities: From Feminism to Trans* (Gradiva® Award ; Routledge: 2023), and The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Gender (Routledge, forthcoming in 2026.)
Target Audience:
This program meets the needs of all mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Every level.
FEES:
NCP Member Registration $45| General Registration $60 | Student Registration $20
RECORDING:
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Credits:
3 CE/CME Credits
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CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
PHYSICIANS: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and the New Center for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: The New Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The New Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists must report CE credits directly to MCEP using this document to verify attendance. Please note that a psychologist must attend the CE program in its entirety in order to receive credit.
SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE and FAMILY THERAPISTS (LCSW, LMFT, ASW, IMF, LEP, LPCC, PCCI): The New Center for Psychoanalysis offers continuing education via the organizations listed above whose requirements meet the course content requirements set by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (see 16 CCR section 1887.4.0 for General CE Course Content Requirements). Acceptance of the CE credits for this activity is at the discretion of the licensing board.
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