Title/Paper: "The Black Man and the Mermaid: Desire and Disruption in the Analytic Relationship"
Author: Dianne Elise
Dates: Monday, October 1 - Sunday, October 14 , 2012
Moderators:

Galit Atlas-Koch and Steven Kuchuck

Panelists:

Tony Bass, Andrea Celenza, Jill Gentile, Hillary Grill, Sara Hill, Irwin Hirsch, Hazel Ipp, Kelley Laine, Gianni Nebbiosi, Jonathan Slavin, Cleonie White

This colloquium will address issues of gender, sexuality, desire, fantasy, and race among others.  We will be paying particular attention to how these concepts emerge within the context of the analytic relationship. Toward that end, self-disclosure and the analytic frame and process will also be explored.