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Program Title:Dr. Arnold Richards’s Memoir: Unorthodox: My Life Inside and Outside of Psychoanalysis
Date:Saturday, October 5, 2024
Time:10:30am – 12:00pm PT
Featuring:Arnold Richards, MD
Former Editor, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
In conversation with:Charles Fisher, MD
Location:San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
444 Natoma Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(remote option is available)
Program Fee:Free
CME/CE:This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1™ for free (for SFCP members) or $22.50 (for non-SFCP members)

This interview program with Arnold Richards, will explore his personal and professional life inside and outside of psychoanalysis.  As a writer, publisher, editor, teacher, clinician, artist, and creative spirit  for six decades, he has been “orthodox,” unorthodox, and revolutionary in an astonishing variety of endeavors. The influence of his Russian Jewish father, an early Bolshevik who emigrated to America in the 1920s, contributed to his efforts for fairness and inclusion in psychoanalytic training. His recent memoir, Unorthodox: My Life In and Outside Psychoanalysis, will be a starting point for the interview, but we’ll also touch upon innovations in his five volumes of Selected Papers, his work on “thought collectives,” and his activities in publishing, Left politics, Yiddish culture, psychoanalysis in China, poetry, and photography.  A reception following the program will allow time for further conversation.

Accreditation Statement for CME/CE Sponsorship and Disclosure Statement​​

APA and ACCME Accreditation Marks

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the learners will be able to:

  1. describe the development of a psychoanalyst, based on their life from childhood to adulthood, including their professional experiences, that may lead to certain theoretical leanings and activism within and outside the profession.
  2. discuss how a psychoanalyst is able to challenge the status quo in a field.
  3. identify what compels an author to write a memoir.

ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

PSYCHOLOGISTS: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CE credits may report AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements. Psychologists self-certify the number of hours they have completed on their renewal form (whether online or paper).

LCSWs/MFTs: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a continuing education provider that has been approved by the American Psychological Association, a California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognized approval agency

Psychologists, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ on an hour for hour basis; see the program description for the maximum of credits awarded for each program.

Commercial Support: None

Program Co-Chairs:
Cheryl Goodrich, PhD & Henry Massie, MD

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