SCIENTIFIC MEETING - Arnold D. Richards Discusses his Memoir, Unorthodox: My Life In and Outside of Psychoanalysis
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Online Meeting
Presenter: Arnold Richards, MD
Saturday, January 25, 2025: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (no break)
TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to All (*Fee may apply. See below.)
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This memoir describes the relationship between Richards’ personal life and professional life inside and outside of psychoanalysis. The influence of his Russian Jewish father, an early Bolshevik who emigrated to America in the 1920s, contributed to his efforts for fairness and inclusion in psychoanalytic training. His independent and original psychoanalytic writings span Contemporary Freudian Conflict Theory, more recent theoretical developments, analysis of psychoanalytic institutions and their histories, and the development of the thought collectives that make up psychoanalysis. His life and its events are a fascinating look at an analyst’s self-identity and prolific professional life.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this presentation participants will be able to:
- describe the development of a psychoanalyst, based on their life from childhood to adulthood, including their professional experiences, that may lead to certain theoretical leanings and activism within and outside the profession,
- discuss how a psychoanalyst is able to challenge the status quo in a field, and
- identify what compels an author to write a memoir.
Arnold Richards, MD
Arnold Richards, MD, was Editor of JAPA from 1994 to 2003 and, prior to that, Editor of TAP. He is a member of the Contemporary Freudian Society and an honorary member of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis. He published a series of five volumes of his selected papers Volume I: Psychoanalysis: Critical Conversations, Volume 2: Psychoanalysis: Perspectives on Thought Collectives, Volume 3: The Psychoanalyst at Work, Volume 4: The Peripatetic Psychoanalyst, and Volume 5: The World of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalysts. He also wrote a memoir, Unorthodox: My Life in Psychoanalysis, and he has co-edited four books. With Arlene Kramer Richards, he has founded and taught a psychoanalytic teaching program at the Mental Health Hospital in Wuhan, China and is receiving an award from the hospital and municipality in Wuhan this spring. Dr. Richards is the publisher of internationalpsychoanalysis.net.
This event is eligible for Section 1 CME credits (0.5 credits/hour). This event is an accredited group learning activity (section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certificate Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA). The specific opinions and content of this event are not necessarily those of the CPA, and are the responsibility of the organizer(s) alone. As per the Royal College standard, each presentation provides a minimum of 25% interactive learning.
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