Trans*-formations: One analyst’s reflections on transgender
The Friday Center 100 Friday Center Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Saturday, December 09, 2017, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Category: Scientific Programs
Trans*-formations: One analyst’s reflections on transgender Presented by Mardy S. Ireland, PhDThe transgender person and North Carolina’s HB-2 illustrate how psychological struggle is present in every search for a coherent identity—whether that be within the individual or group (i.e. state). Psychoanalysis offers fertile ideas exploring each domain. Freud was revolutionary his 1905 Three Essays on Sexuality in bringing a complex understanding to the variegation of human sexuality: it took American society 100 years to catch up to his thinking (2015 Marriage Equality). However, by framing female sexuality and gender identity solely in terms of the masculine there was much to improve upon, and multiple female analysts (Klein, Irigaray, Benjamin, Elise, etc.) have indeed challenged and supplemented Freud’s viewpoint. Today, the rise of transgender individuals calling for social and legal recognition also calls psychoanalysts to think again about the knotting of sexual difference, gender identity, and sexual orientation. What does a woman want? This presentation places one of Freud’s last questions in relationship to twenty-first century questions evoked by trans* phenomena-- What is a woman anyway? Is a binary gender identity the sole path to a coherent sense of self? HB-2 highlights the close relationship between the individual and one’s cultural group in affirming gender. What does trans* indicate, not only for the transgender person seeking psychoanalytic consultation, but also, in what it may portend for the future of today’s fractious society? Register Here
About the Presenter Mardy S. Ireland, PhD: Dr. Ireland is a practicing psychoanalyst and psychologist in Raleigh. She is the author of two psychoanalytic books as well as a several book chapters and articles.She taught at the graduate, post-graduate, and psychoanalytic institute level for over 20 years. Since returning home to North Carolina after living years in Hawaii, Washington, DC, and California, her interest now extends beyond clinical work to applying psychoanalytic ideas to community issues and concerns—i.e., questions of gender definitions, problems, and societal possibilities. Educational Objectives:
Register HereTarget Audience: This program is intended for psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and other clinicians at an intermediate to advanced level. CE & CME
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