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What does it mean to be racialized as invisible, not only to others, but to oneself?
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And what happens when that invisibility enters the consulting room, whether in the experience of an Asian American clinician or patient? The therapeutic encounter may include psychic and relational dynamics that are often misrecognized: the burden of shame, the expectation for compliance, the pressure to appear “high-functioning,” and the quiet negotiation between being seen and remaining hidden.
In this talk, Dr. Eng will turn to rage and the uses of anger for Asian Americans, engaging the series Beef and his new essay in progress, "Racial Hate in the Countertransference," which draws on the work of D.W. Winnicott. With a focus on clinical interactions, he will also present a case history from the clinic or the classroom.
Drawing on his collaborative work with psychotherapist Shinhee Han on racial melancholia, racial dissociation, racial rage, and racial guilt, Dr. David Eng will help us explore how these racialized formations manifest in the treatment of Asian Americans. Join us to consider how the transference and countertransference in your own work shape what becomes speakable and what remains unspoken.
Suggested preparation before the event. Participants are encouraged to:
1. Watch Beef, Season 1
2. Read Audre Lorde's essay "The Uses of Anger".
Date: Saturday, November 14th
Time: 9:00AM - 12:30PM PT (Updated Schedule)
- Doors open at 9:00AM
- Program starts at 9:30AM
Location: In Person at Wing Luke Museum and Online via Zoom
Wing Luke Museum | 719 S. King Street | Seattle, Washington 98104
Learning Objectives:
1. Learners will describe the key aspects of racial melancholia, rage, guilt, and dissociation that underlies "racial invisibility", shame and the pressure to be high functioning experienced by Asian and Asian American patients.
2. Learners will prepare for the impact of patient over-compliance and the experience of invisibility in treatment with Asian and Asian American patients.
3. Learners will more effectively predict and be more clinically responsive to racial rage and racial guilt that manifest in the transference and counter transference dynamics with Asian and Asian American patients.
CME/CEU: 3.00
Meet Speaker David L. Eng
David L. Eng is the Richard L. Fisher Professor of English and Faculty Director of the Program in Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. An internationally recognized scholar, his research focuses on Asian American studies, critical race theory, psychoanalysis, queer studies, gender studies, and visual culture. He is the author of four books, including Reparations and the Human (2025), and has received numerous honors, including the 2021 Kessler Prize from the Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS). Eng has held visiting professorships at leading universities worldwide and serves on several editorial boards and national scholarly committees, including the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
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ACCME Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association, hosted by Seattle Psychanalytic Society and Institute & partner institutes, Alliance, Center for Object Relations, and Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement: (Pending approval) The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement: The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
This presentation meets the requirements of WAC 246-924-240 (Definition of Category of Creditable CPE). This program is pending approval for 3.0 CEUs by the NASW Washington State Chapter. Licensed Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors are eligible. Provider number is #1975-144.
