Reading Fanon: Examining Violence in Clinical Practice
with Mamta Banu Dadlani, PhD
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a psychiatrist, philosopher, and writer who took up questions of consciousness, psychic impacts of oppression, anti-colonialism, and liberation, in part by mobilizing psychoanalytic theory as a means of pursing psychological and physical freedom. The past 15 years has brought a renewed clinical interest in his work with particular attention to the psychological impacts of violence and social practices that denigrate one person to amply the other. In this 5-meeting program, we will read and discuss excerpts of Fanon’s texts and contemporary reactions to his work that implicate the reality of violence in the clinical encounter. During each session, we discuss case examples that illuminate the phenomenon we have read, the first of which will be offered by the instructor.
Enrollment Details
Fridays, November 13, 20, Dec 4, 11, 18 (5 sessions)
1-3pm Pacific Time over Zoom
$650-850
Minimum of 10 participants, Maximum 18
10 CE credits at the Intermediate Level
No partial CE credit is available. You must be present for the duration of the program for credit to be awarded.
CE credits are awarded via APA certification. Please double check to ensure these credits are acceptable to your state’s licensing body.
Together, we will:
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Articulate an understanding of Fanon’s ideas about the root of violence and how to resolve violence
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Analyze how violence impacts our patients psychology and functioning
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Assess how structural violence shapes treatment planning and intervention
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Critique the possibility of clinicians enacting structural violence
Meet Mamta Dadlani, PhD
Mamta (she/her) is a licensed Clinical Psychologist who engages in clinical practice, consultation, training, and scholarship through a lens of critical social inquiry, social justice, and psychoanalytic thinking. As the founder and director of Samavaya Psychology, Mamta supports clients, fellow clinicians, academics, and organizations in addressing issues of justice in liberation in their work.
Mamta’s scholarship is rooted in analyses of power with attention to the impacts of colonization, occupation, and imperialism. Mamta presented the keynote case presentations at the Contemporary Freudian Society for their celebration of Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks at 70 and at the plenary presentation at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association. She attends closely to the processes through which power and violence can be disavowed.
Samavaya Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Samavaya Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content. There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for any programs or instructors.Please see this webpage’s FAQ for information about our attendance, refund, and cancellation policies. 