This Zoom event begins at 10am PST.
This program, when participated in its entirety, is available for 2.5 continuing education credits. Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This presentation also meets the requirements of WAC 246-809-620 (definition of recognized categories of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists and social workers).
Drawing from her book Animal Joy: A Book of Laugher and Resuscitation, Nuar Alsadir will explore the ways in which laughter can act as a form of unconscious communication. Because of the positive associations most people have to laughter, its meaning often flies beneath the social--and, often, analytic--radar, imbuing it with radical potential.
Presenter: Dr. Nuar Alsadir's most recent book, Animal Joy: A Book of Laugher and Resuscitation (Graywolf Press/Fitzcarraldo Editions), was a TIME Magazine must-read of 2022 and a Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2022. She is also the author of two poetry collections: Fourth Person Singular, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Forward Prize for Best Collection, and More Shadow Than Bird. She is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and a member of the curatorial board of The Racial Imaginary Institute. She works as a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. Longer bio here: https://blueflowerarts.com/artist/nuar-alsadir/
Reading: Attendees are encouraged to purchase Dr. Alsadir's book -- https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/animal-joy
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify different forms of laughter and how each communicates outside of language.
- Participants will learn to identify unconscious communication, countertransference, and enactments.
- Participants will learn to extrapolate from their understanding of laughter's different modes of communication to attend to other modes of nonverbal and unconscious communication in the treatment.
Participants: This event is designed for graduate level students in mental health and all mental health professionals from introductory to advanced levels.
Class size: Limited to 12 participants
Cost: $170 for Alliance members/$190 non-Alliance members
Refund Policy: Refunds less a $35 handling fee will be given up until three weeks before the presentation.
This program, when participated in its entirety, is available for 2.5 continuing education credits. Division 39 is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. Division 39 is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to Danny Gellersen at dannygellersen@gmail.com. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. Participants will be informed of the utility/validity of the content/approach discussed (including the basis for the statements about validity/utility), as well as the limitations of the approach and most common (and severe) risks, if any, associated with the program's content.
SPPP (Division 39) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SPPP maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
