Event Description: As the exploration of psychedelics as potential solutions forpsychological disorders gains momentum, it becomes crucial fortherapists to gain an in-depth understanding of these substances. Our patients will inevitably approach us to discuss theirexperiences with psychedelics, and some of us may find psychedelics useful to assist psychotherapy with certain people. Psychoanalysis intersects with Psychedelics in that they both seek to explore and understand the depths of the human mind, although they approach this goal differently. Psychoanalysis is a therapeutic technique that involves exploring the unconscious mind. Psychoanalytic treatment is based on bringing unconscious thoughts and feelings to consciousawareness, leading to insight and healing. The psychoanalytic process relies on a dialogue between the patient and the therapist, experientially embedded in that relationship, leading toresolving psychological conflicts.Psychedelics, also experiential, are substances that alterperception, mood, and cognitive processes. Examples include LSD, Psilocybin (found in magic mushrooms), and DMT. These substances have been used for centuries in various cultural and spiritual contexts to induce states of altered consciousness. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the potential therapeutic use of psychedelics for conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and end-of-life death anxiety. Both contemporary research and research dating back decades suggest that, under controlled conditions and with appropriate therapeutic support, psychedelics may facilitate profound psychological insights and changes.
Target Audience: This event is intended for mental health professionals and open to the public interested in psychoanalytic perspectives. Open to members and the community.
Registration/Attendance Process: This is a hybrid event and preregistration is required.
- Register by clicking the registration button. You will receive a confirmation by email with details about the event.
- We will have a list of registrants and will check you off. You may also pay at the door. Preregistration is preferred.
- Verify attendance by signing in on the attendance sheet at in-person events. If attending online, participants must list full name under your video image to allow the Continuing Education Manager to confirm your attendance.
- Participants must have their cameras on at the beginning and the end of the event to receive credit. Note: partial attendance of a CE/CME activity will not be awarded CE/CME credit.
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Educational Objective(s)
- Compare different models of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (eg, psycholytic vs psychedelic).
- Explain the neuropsychopharmacology of classical psychedelics as well as atypical psychedelics such as ketamine and empathogens such as MDMA.
- Identify hypotheses for mechanisms of action of psychedelics on the brain.
- Understand the challenges of integrating psychedelic experiences.
- Understand how neuroscience concepts like memory reconsolidating, predictive encoding, and updating working memory are related to the clinical concepts of transference analysis and working through.
- Understand how the neuroscience concept of the Default Mode Network (DMN) relates to the clinical concepts of the narrative self through fantasy and phantasy.
- Assess potential applications of psychedelic-assisted therapy, including extra- psychiatric fields, such as within palliative care and spirituality, as well as within medicine, such as for pain and immunomodulation.
Presenter Information
Daniel Brockett, M.D.
Dr. Brockett has devoted much of his career to Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy after receiving training in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychoanalysis. His undergraduate education was at the University of California at San Diego, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He studied Medicine at the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Brockett is a faculty member at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center and a voluntary assistant clinical professor at the University of California, San Diego. He teaches at both institutions.
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CMA Accreditation Statement: The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA, provider #4001214) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement: The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center designates this Continuing Education activity for a maximum of 9 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™️. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CAMFT Accreditation: The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center (SDPC) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) as a continuing education provider, (#050121), to offer Category 1 credit for LMFT’S, LCSW’S, LPCC’S and LEP’S. SDPC as required by the California Board of Behavior Sciences. SDPC maintains responsibility for this course program and all of its content.
Disclosure Statement: The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center 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.
*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
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