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Anton Hart, PhD, FABP, FIPA

(New York, NY)

Who Holds up the Holding?: The “Talking Cure” in Unspeakable Times and Places

Friday June 12, 2026

7-9pm (CST)

1132 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 502, Chicago

& via Zoom

Join us for drinks and light appetizers before the lecture!

Reception: 6:30 - 7:00 PM (CST)

Lecture begins at 7 :00 PM(CST)

We look forward to welcoming you there, whether in person or virtually via Zoom.

About the presentation: Two cartoon figures are suspended in mid-air. One says, "You're holding me up, but who is holding you up?" The second figure furtively looks around, and sees no one. Instantly, they both fall.

Part of psychoanalysis wishes it could exist outside of time and place, that it could decontextualize its explorations of both personal and relational experience in order to access that which could be considered to be foundationally, universally, human. Yet during the unfolding of psychoanalytic history, psychoanalytic inquiry has been repeatedly forced to realize that it is invariably, inescapably, of its time and place. The realm of "the social" is inseparable from mental experience, both conscious and unconscious. And time keeps marching, even as we each come to point where we can't go on.

This presentation will reflect on the present moment in Western history, and our collective place within it, as psychoanalytic practitioners, patients, and citizens of the world. The collapse of some democratic, order-maintaining governmental, social, and economic structures occasion a sense of catastrophic precariousness and loss. As we try to provide holding environments for our patients, psychoanalytic practitioners may no longer feel "held" in ways that we previously had. What is the impact of losing some of our foundational social structures on what it is like to engage in the psychoanalytic process? What are the ways that we are finding to go on? Are we now more distressingly exposed to our patients as we work now, or more, humanly, enrichingly, revealed?

Dr. Hart is Training and Supervising Analyst and Faculty of the William Alanson White Institute. He lectures and consults nationally and internationally. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Psychoanalytic Psychology and Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He has published articles and book chapters on a variety of subjects including psychoanalytic safety and mutuality, issues of racial, sexual and other diversities, and psychoanalytic pedagogy.  He is a member of the group, Black Psychoanalysts Speak, and, also, Co-produced and was featured in the documentary film of the same name. He teaches at  Mt. Sinai Hospital, the National Institute for the Psychotherapies National Training Program, the Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia, and the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis. He serves as Co-Chair of the Holmes Commission on Racial Equality. He is in the process of completing a book for Routledge entitled, Beyond Oaths or Codes: Toward a Relational Psychoanalytic Ethics. He is in full-time private practice of psychoanalysis, individual and couple psychotherapy, psychotherapy supervision and consultation, and organizational consultation, in New York.

Learning Objectives

1) After the presentation participants will be able to Identify three contemporary social influences on the analyst's subjectivity and ability to analyze.

2) After the presentation participants will be able to describe two types of defensive use of the psychoanalytic role on the analyst's part.

This is an Intermediate/Advance Level Presentation

Fees

CCP members: free with annual $195 membership, payable at registration.

Students:free with annual $175 membership, payable at registration.

New Fellows / Ongoing: free with annual $250/$300 membership, payable at registration.

Non-CCP members, single admission: $50

Continuing Education

This program is sponsored for Continuing Education Credits by the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. There is no commercial support for this program, nor are there any relationships between the continuing education sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding that could be construed as conflicts of interest. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If the program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CCP is licensed by the state of Illinois to sponsor continuing education credits for Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Counselors and Licensed Clinical Psychologists (license no. 159.000941 and 268.000020 and 168.000238 Illinois Dept. of Financial and Professional  Regulation).

Professionals holding the aforementioned credentials will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits a completed evaluation form must be turned in at the end of the presentation and licensed psychologists must first complete a brief exam on the subject matter. No continuing education credit will be given for attending part of the presentation. Refunds for CE credit after the program begins will not be honored. If a participant has special needs or concerns about the program, s/he/they should contact Toula Kourliouros Kalven by  June 10, 2026 at: tkalven@ccpsa.org

References/Suggested Readings

González, F. J. (2020). Looking beyond: Toward a psychoanalytic future. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 68(6), 1101–1111.

Fromm, E. (1956). The art of loving. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishing.

Holmes, D. E., Hart, A. H., Powell, D. R., Stoute, B. J., Chodorow, N. J., Davids, M. F., Dennis, E., Glover, W. C., González, F. J., Hamer, F. M., Javier, R. A., Katz, M., Leary, K. R., Maree, R. D., Méndez, T., Moskowitz, M., Moss, D., Tummala‑Narra, P., Ueng‑McHale, J., Vaughans, K. C., Russell, M. (Holmes Commission Methodologist), & McNamara, S. (2024). In pursuit of racial equality in American psychoanalysis: Findings and recommendations from the Holmes Commission. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 72(3), 407–552.

Rudnytsky, P. (2022). Mutual analysis: Ferenczi, Severn, and the origins of trauma theory. New York: Routledge.

Winnicott, D. W. (1965). The maturational processes and the facilitating environment. New York: International Universities Press.

Presented by

The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis/CCP Program Committee: Zak Mucha, LCSW, Alan Levy, PhD,  Toula Kourliouros Kalven.

The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis is an IRS 501(C)(3) charitable organization, and expenses may be tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and your personal tax situation.