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ForwardTuesday Seminar - Perversion - Megan Kolano, PsyD
What is perversion? An obligatory and unusual fantasy or object that is necessary for sexual excitement? A characterological or ritualized denial of castration and difference? The special manner in which one yields to reality? A reversal of trauma into triumph? A gender disorder? An attempt to search for limits in a limitless world? A way of protecting from a crumbling pre-psychotic self? A defense against intimacy? An attempt to tame a frightening object? A sexualization of guilt, envy, and a need for control?
Throughout this course we will grapple with these questions and try to understand the theoretical and structural underpinnings of perversion, how the concept has developed over time, the utility of perversion as a concept when working clinically, and potential countertransference traps one might encounter when working with perversion. In addition to the assigned and optional readings, there will also be space each week for participants to follow their own interests, read something of their own choosing, and present their learning to the class for discussion.
Target Audience
______ Introductory ___X___ Intermediate ___X___ Advanced
Learning Objectives
Participants will understand the psychoanalytic and theoretical underpinnings of Perversion and its development.
Participants will be able to articulate the qualities of a perverse structure
Participants will learn to recognize signs they might be in a perverse dynamic in their clinical work, including potential countertransference traps
Participants will be able to articulate theoretical shifts in perversion as a concept over time
Participants will grapple with the gendered nature of perversion, understand its traditional manifestations across gender lines, and explain why it has historically been termed “a gender disorder.”
Dr. Megan Kolano is a staff psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center. After earning her bachelor’s degrees in psychology and criminal justice from Virginia Commonwealth University, she went on to earn her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She completed a two-year fellowship with the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and has worked clinically in a variety of contexts including community-based residential settings, psychiatric hospitals, psychoanalytic institutes and outpatient private practices. She is also a graduate of the Fellowship Program at the Austen Riggs Center. Dr. Kolano enjoys writing, teaching and has taught scoring and interpretive techniques in intellectual and projective testing. She has presented professionally on subjects such as schizophrenia, psychosis and spiritual experiences, object-relating and subject-relating in adolescent texting, working psychoanalytically with individuals with developmental disabilities and humor and horror in teaching the Rorschach.
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Austen Riggs Center Inc. confirms that Daniel Knauss, PsyD nor anyone involved in the planning of the CME event, has disclosed a potential conflict of interest.
General CME/CE Information
Accommodations - The Austen Riggs Center follows all state and federal laws and regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). In accordance with the ADA, the Austen Riggs Center is committed to accessibility. If you need accommodations for your online course, please contact info@austenriggs.net.
Accreditation
(Physicians, Psychologists )
The Austen Riggs Center designates this live interactive webinar for a maximum of (see specific event) AMA PRA Category1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Austen Riggs Center Inc. is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Austen Riggs Center’s policy on disclosure, in keeping with requirements of the Massachusetts Medical Society, requires continuing education planners and speakers to disclose any relevant financial interest or other relationship with commercial entities that could pose a potential conflict of interest in the presentation of this educational activity. The Austen Riggs Center Continuing Medical Education Committee has established policies for identifying and resolving all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. The Austen Riggs Center accepts no commercial support of any kind to support our CME/CE activity.
The Austen Riggs Center Inc. also designates this live interactive webinar for (see specific event) continuing education credit(s) (CE) for psychology.
Austen Riggs Center, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0115.
The Austen Riggs Center Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for the program and its content. For additional information about this program, please call the Erikson Institute Education Coordinator, at 413.931.5230.
Available Credit
- 9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACCME - As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for a maximum of 9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 9.00 APA
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for 9.00 continuing education credit(s) (CE) for psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Austen Riggs Center, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0115.