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SUMMARY:Group Journal Fireside Chat (Postponed)
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with GROUP author Stavros Charalambides\, Director of the Institute of Relational and Group Psychotherapy\, Athens\, Greece \nFree ZOOM event\nHosted by the GROUP Journal Committee\nEVENT POSTPONED \nFocusing on his article in GROUP:\nCassandra at the Gates: Institutional Literacy\, Group Dynamics\, and the Social Unconscious in Contemporary Psychoanalysis \nArticle Abstract:\nThis address explores the often overlooked dimension of institutional literacy in relational psychoanalysis\, situating it within the broader context of group dynamics and the social unconscious. Beginning with mythic and historical illustrations—from the fratricidal tragedy of Eteocles and Polynices to contemporary geopolitical crises—it argues that psychoanalytic institutions\, like analytic dyads\, are subject to unconscious repetitions of trauma\, rivalry\, and disavowal. The central claim is that the inability to recognize institutional dynamics—succession anxieties\, ideological rigidity\, and legacy conflicts—renders psychoanalytic communities vulnerable to fragmentation and ethical incoherence. Drawing from the concept of the “institutional unconscious\,” the lecture critiques the prevailing intersubjective paradigm for its neglect of the analytic field’s collective and political dimensions. While relational psychoanalysis has expanded the analytic third\, it still tends to privilege the dyad and undertheorize the systemic transmissions of trauma within institutions. Instead\, the speaker calls for a theoretical and structural shift that includes large-group phenomena—sibling transferences\, group-as-a-whole dynamics\, and the psychic life of institutions—as essential to psychoanalytic training and practice. By invoking myths such as those of Pentheus and Dionysus\, the talk illustrates how institutional rigidity and disavowed affect can result in catastrophe rather than transformation. Institutional literacy\, then\, is not merely an intellectual exercise but a clinical and ethical imperative. Only by metabolizing difference and engaging with unconscious structures at the institutional level can psychoanalysis truly offer a space for healing and innovation—both for its practitioners and for the communities they serve. \nThis is a free event open to all EGPS members and non-members. The event has been postponed; new date TBD. 
URL:https://egps.org/event/group-journal-fireside-chat-february-2026/
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SUMMARY:EGPS GROUP Journal Fireside Chat with Author Christine Schmidt
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next Fireside Chat\, featuring recent EGPS President\, Christine Schmidt\, LCSW\, CGP\, as we celebrate her latest article in the spring issue of GROUP! On Friday\, June 6\, 2025\, 12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM\, we will discuss Christine’s upcoming article: “Confronting whiteness in short-term learning groups: How co-constructed group agreements encourage anti-racist emotional and intellectual learning.” The article is a thought-provoking piece that encourages group leaders to utilize a foundational element of group work\, the group agreement\, as an educational tool for anti-oppressive work. Additionally\, we will discuss Christine’s current group work\, writing process\, and any future projects that she may have on the horizon. Abstract: Whiteness is ubiquitous in groups that convene in a culture permeated by white supremacy. Whiteness thwarts learning in short-term psychoeducational learning groups and is bound to be enacted repeatedly. Whiteness will reconstitute itself until it is identified\, interrupted\, and the group is restored to collaborative learning. Co-constructed\, living group agreements\, rather than traditional group contracts\, offer facilitators of short-term learning groups a tool to address racial enactments and transform the white space to an anti-oppressive learning space. This article explains the benefits and provides a framework\, examples\, and suggestions for facilitators who seek to co-construct group agreements as an alternative to traditional group contracts. The article focuses on short-term psychoeducational learning groups but may also be applicable to other group constructs.\nThis is a free event open to all EGPS members and non-members. We ask that you kindly register by Thursday\, June 5th to receive the Zoom link.\n\nRegister here to receive the Zoom link.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-group-journal-fireside-chat-with-author-christine-schmidt/
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