Presented by the Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP
Scientific Meeting
2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners – LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs
The “Big Shot” Raises His Fee: Social Class in the Psychoanalytic Encounter
Presenter: Stewart M. Crane, LCSW
Friday, February 7, 2025
7 – 9 pm
Admission including CE: $45
CE CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR NYS PRACTITIONERS
The role of social class in the analytic encounter has been given little attention in our psychoanalytic literature and training institutes. This dimension of the treatment relationship tends to remain invisible most of the time. However, when the analyst raises the fee, it can become a catalyst for bringing social class concerns of both patient and analyst into the treatment room. The fee increase discussed in this presentation evokes shame, envy, and guilt for both participants, each raised in a working-class home. The author considers unconscious dynamics informing psychoanalytic work between patients and analysts who outwardly appear to have no conflict about their social class origins but privately harbor much shame and anger about where they come from.
Stewart M. Crane, LCSW was former Institute Director of The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (WCSPP). He is Faculty and Supervisor at WCSPP where he teaches Contemporary Issues in Treatment in the Foundations Program. Stewart is Faculty and Supervisor at the National Institute of the Psychotherapies in New York City and teaches the Addictions Course through the lens of dissociation. He is past President of The Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in Manhattan and was Faculty and Supervisor at the former Postgraduate Center for Mental Health. His particular areas of interest are trauma, addictions, and social class. Stewart maintains a private practice with individuals and couples in Manhattan and Westchester County. He is licensed in New York and Massachusetts.
Admission including CE: $45
CE CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR NYS PRACTITIONERS