Alliance Events
Speaking About Race II with Frank Lowe, Fakhry Davids & Baffour Ababio
Co-Sponsored by COR, NPSI, NWAPS & SPSI
We are pleased to present another co-sponsored event examining the intersection of race and psychotherapy. This online event will seek to build upon our initial co-sponsored Speaking About Race event that was held in January of 2021. This class will feature a panel-discussion led by Frank Lowe, Fakhry Davids, and Baffour Ababio. All three presenters will share their personal journeys confronting the intersection of race and psychoanalysis.
2022 Annual Forum Conference
The Mercer Island Community Center has air purifiers and superior ventilation throughout the Center, and we will be asking for proof of vaccination at registration and also requesting that you wear your mask during the morning presentations.
Alliance Mentoring Groups' Open House
The Alliance Education Committee is pleased to announce NWAPS Mentoring Groups for the 2021-22 academic year. Please join us for a virtual open house to learn more about the dynamic and intimate small group mentoring experience.
Annual Dorpat Lecture: Framing the Climate Crisis Psychologically with Lise Van Susteren, MD
This is a free event and you will receive the Zoom link upon registration.
Please join Dr. Van Susteren and The Alliance to address the climate crisis and its cascading impacts, including its physical and emotional toll.
2021 Annual Forum Conference
31st Annual Forum Conference - "REFOCUSED"
Morning presentations explore the theme of what gets left out of our clinical attention and awareness from a variety of perspectives. In the afternoon, we are pleased to present a plenary with Elana Kupor, MA, LMHC and Anthony Pennant, Jr., MA, LMFT titled "Seeing's Believing, but Feeling's the Truth".
SCHEDULE: 8:50 - 3:30 pm
8:50 am: Welcome
9:00 - 10:30: Session One
Members Connect Online Social Hour
The Alliance's Members Connect team is excited to host an online Social Hour! Join us online to meet and get to know other members of the Alliance over coffee, tea, dinner, snacks, and casual conversation. Details for joining the meetup will be provided via email, so make sure to RSVP to Erin ahead of time. Attendance is limited to 8 Alliance Members per Social Hour at this time.
Speaking About Race: the unconscious roots of structural racism and becoming anti-racist with Zachary Green, PhD
Co-Sponsored by COR, NPSI, NWAPS & SPSI
Registration will close on January 15th at midnight!
Integrating ideas from Melanie Klein’s conceptualization of primitive splitting, Wilfred Bion’s work with groups, and Frantz Fanon’s analysis of racism, decolonization, and the psychopathology of oppression, Dr. Zachary Green will present his thoughts on Race: Projection, Construction, & Denigration.
Kintsukuroi/The Broken Container: A Short-Term Support Group for Therapists During Covid
The Alliance is offering another four weeks of free support for Alliance members to talk with other clinicians about what it is like working and living in this different time. The term “broken containers” has been offered as an image to describe what it may feel like to hold and heal our patients, our families, our communities, and ourselves.
Sign-Ups will be On-Line. You must register through the Alliance even if you have already been in groups and wish to continue.
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