Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society
(a local chapter of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association)
presents a
Spring Conference
with
Father Dustin Feddon, PhD
on
The Reparative Work in Reentry:
Post-Incarceration, Memory, and Race
March 26, 2022
8:30am - 12:15pm
Courtyard by Marriott in Bearden
250 Brookview Centre Way
Knoxville, TN
Program Description
Working closely with men whom Florida’s Department of Corrections has deemed “the worst of the worst,” Fr. Feddon starts from his pastoral experience living in community with formerly incarcerated persons who have experienced solitary confinement in Florida’s prisons. These experiences demonstrate the relational importance of solidarity while attending to the role of memory in identity formation. Fr. Feddon will interchange the theological concept of solidarity with the role of reparation as the personalizing experience addressed in both the work of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott. Whether it is a result of intense feelings of shame, guilt, anxiety, loneliness, or any other general sense of lack and frustration for those leaving the dehumanizing space of Florida’s prisons, Fr. Feddon believes attention must be placed on the socioeconomic and historical realities of racial injustices that led to social control in the criminal justice system. This is a social and political memory that remains very much in the present. But being mindful of the importance of a personalizing process, the question is: how we might acknowledge these realities without reducing formerly incarcerated individuals to mere symptoms of destructive ideologies or victims traumatized into a general fog of passivity? Fr. Feddon’s hunch is that the contribution of different insights on the reparative process can help us reflect on how anger and hope, which often surface in the reparative process, may lead to personal transformation and increased social and community connection. Fr. Feddon will draw from personal vignettes to show how the reparative experience in a therapeutic environment may often help widen our personal sense of reality and sense of belonging.
This program, which addresses issues related to identity stemming from race and socioeconomic status, meets 3.0 hours of the 3.0-hour requirement for psychologists licensed in the state of Tennessee to obtain continuing education
that pertains to cultural diversity.
Presenter
Rev. Dustin R. Feddon, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Joseph House and is on the faculty of St. John Vianney Seminary in Tallahassee, Florida. He is widely published in Kierkegaard studies and has taught courses in Christian political thought, existentialism, and ethics and moral thought. He has presented to psychological organizations on his work with inmates and those recently released who are trying to re-enter mainstream society, using object-relations concepts to describe the process.
Schedule
8:30am Registration
9:00am Welcome and Introductions
9:05am Fr. Freddon's Presentation, Part 1
10:30am Break
10:45am Fr. Freddon's Presentation, Part 2
12:20pm Complete Evaluations and Adjourn
Learning Objectives
After attending this introductory seminar in full, participants will be able to:
1. Explain how Melanie Klein’s and D.W. Winnicott’s respective uses of the reparative process can inform the treatment of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals.
2. Apply the psychoanalytic process of reparation to the challenges, including systemic racism and socioeconomic obstacles, that face individuals from marginalized communities who are reentering society from prison.
3. Identify at least two common assumptions about working with marginalized individuals and communities that may disrupt the treatment alliance.
Participants
This program is open to all APS members. It is not limited to individuals practicing in a predominately psychoanalytic mode. The material will be appropriate for clinicians with introductory levels of experience and knowledge.
Registration Fees and Policies
BY March 22, 2022:
Professional Members and Scholar Members: $55
Non-members: $75
Early-Career Professional Members: $45
Graduate Student Members: $10
AFTER March 22, 2022:
Professional Members and Scholar Members: $70
Non-members: $90
Early-Career Professional Members: $60
Graduate Student Members: $25
Registration will close on March 25, 2022.
Although walk-ins will be accepted, please register online at www.aps-tn.wildapricot.org in advance to assure adequate food and seating.
If you prefer to pay by check, please print the Program Registration form, and mail with your payment to:
Wesley Gosselin, LMSW
APS Treasurer
100 Forest Court
Knoxville, TN 37919.
Refunds honored with written/electronic notice at least 48 hours before date of conference. Contact Wesley Gosselin, LMSW.
Contact the APS President Joyce Cartor, PhD to negotiate fees, if needed.
Facility is accessible to persons who are physically challenged. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address requests, questions, concerns and any complaints to Joyce Cartor, PhD.
APS Membership
Eligible professionals can join APS or renew their membership for the 2021-2022 program year for $80. Scholars can join/renew for $50 and Early-Career Professionals can join/renew for $45. Graduate students may join or renew for $25.
American Psychological Association Approval Statement
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.
Continuing Education
This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 3.0 continuing education credits. With full attendance and completion of a program Evaluation and Learning Assessment, a certificate will be issued. Psychologists will have their participation registered through Division 39.
In order to fulfill licensure requirements, the Rules of the Board of Examiners in Psychology in Tennessee (https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/health-professional-boards/psychology-board/psych-board/continuing-education.html) state that psychologists must obtain three continuing education hours that pertain to cultural diversity as specifically noted in the title, description of objectives, or curriculum of the presentation, symposium, workshop, seminar, course or activity. Cultural diversity includes aspects of identity stemming from age, disability, gender, race/ethnicity, religious/spiritual orientation, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and other cultural dimensions.
This program meets 3.0 hours of the 3.0-hour requirement for psychologists licensed in the state of Tennessee to obtain continuing education that pertains to cultural diversity.
APS and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. APS and Division 39 are also committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in continuing education activities. 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.
Selected References/Recommended Reading
Abbot A. Bronstein (2013) Mrs. Klein, the Contemporary Kleinians, and the Drives, Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 49: 56-72.
Galatzer-Levy, B. A., & Galatzer-Levy, R. M. (2012). Ordinary Police Interrogation in the United States: The Destruction of Meaning and Persons: A Psychoanalytic-Ethical Investigation. American Imago, 69: 57-106.
Haney, C. (2018). The psychological effects of solitary confinement: A systemic critique. Crime and Justice,47: 365-416.
Rusbridger, R. (2012). Affects in Melanie Klein. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 93:139-150.
Schnittker, J., Massoglia, M., & Uggen, C. (2012). Out and down: Incarceration and psychiatric disorders. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 53: 448-464.
Sue, D. W., Capodilupo, C. M., Torino, G. C., Bucceri, J. M., Holder, A. M. B., Nadal, K. L., & Esquilin, M. (2007). Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice. American Psychologist, 62(4), 271-286.
Contact
If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address requests, questions, concerns and any complaints to APS President Joyce Cartor, PhD.
There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between Division 39, APS, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding sources that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. During the program, the validity/utility of the content and risks/limitations of the approaches discussed will be addressed, as applicable.