The American Psychoanalytic Association’s ethics statement reads as follows: “Psychoanalysts should strive to be aware of their own beliefs, values, needs, and limitations and to monitor how their personal interests impact their work.”  This course will be focused on reflecting on and articulating each person’s response to this statement.  We will read foundational and contemporary texts that address the question of “right” ethics and the analyst’s desire, after which each participant will try to put into writing different aspects of their individual psychoanalytic ethics, attitudes, and values.  In the seminar we will present our writing as well as brief bits of process to compare notes and think about the places of overlap and divergence between us so that each person is clearer and more explicit with themselves about where they stand, what they stand for, and the contours of therapist their patients have.