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AAPCSW 2021 Awardees: Karen Baker, Penny Rosen and Audrey Walker

Uvalde Murders and Gun Violence Prevention

Released June 8, 2022

Colleagues - our Diversity and Social Action Committee has prepared the following position statement in response to the preponderance of mass shootings in this country.

As members of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW), we are outraged and profoundly saddened by the May 24, 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 fourth graders and two teachers brutally murdered. We mourn the victims of this tragedy and extend our condolences to their families and to the Uvalde Community.

Continue reading the June 8, 2022 position statement,
Uvalde Murders and Gun Violence Prevention.

Statement on Gun Violence Crisis from
60 National Organizations

Released June 6, 2022

Through its Legislative Subcommittee — AAPCSW is joining with national organizations to, “express our deep concerns about false and harmful attempts to link mental illness and gun violence.”

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Statement on Gun Violence Crisis from 60 National Organizations

Logos of sixty organizations joining together in false and harmful attempts to link mental illness and gun violence

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2023 Biennial Conference
November 9-12 | Chicago, Illinois
Reaching Across the Divide: Bringing a Psychoanalytic Sensibility to Culture and Practice.
→ Deadline April 10, 2023
Call for Papers - Guidelines

Programs and Workshops

May 21 | Live Online
What's Happening Now: New Challenges in Clinical Practice. AAPCSW-NY sponsors a panel with Karen Baker, Barbara Berger, Lou Pansulla and moderator Boris Thomas. Program.
[ 3 CEs ]

Reoccuring Events

Child & Adolescent Town Hall
Online | ZOOM (4:00 pm to 5:30 pm EDT)
This group meets monthly on the third Saturday to discuss clinical work with children, adolescents, and their parents. Open to all mental health clinicians. For details and to receive the ZOOM link, please email Karen Baker, kembaker1@comcast.net and Wendy Winograd, wendywinograd@gmail.com.

Psychosis Consultation Group
Online | ZOOM (8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EDT)
Held online on the second Monday of each month, this is a consultation group for clinicians working with individuals experiencing psychotic states. To join this online group, please email Joel Kanter.