The dynamically unconscious meanings of race can
be played out in the teaching, learning, and practice
of psychotherapy. These meanings tend to be an unattended
to negative influence. Some contend that we simply
focus on the patients' dynamic problems, not their
race. This position is indicative of an ubiquitous
aversion to learning the psychodynamics of race
and its influences on the psychotherapy process
and outcome. In this paper, these racial influences
will be illuminated as they apply to the teaching-learning
situation and in the consultation room. Illustrations
of effective uses of race in the psychodynamic treatment
situation will be provided.
Dorothy Evans Holmes, PhD, is a training
and supervising analyst at the Baltimore-Washington
Institute and a professor of clinical psychology
at the George Washington University. Her widely
published scholarly works include superego limitations
on ego growth and the intrapsychic influences of
race, gender, and class on ego functioning and the
psychoanalytic treatment process. Her most recent
three publications appeared in 2006, including a
Psychoanalytic Quarterly article entitled,
"The Wrecking Effects of Race and Class on Self
and Success" and two book chapters entitled "Success
Neurosis: What Race and Class Have to Do with It"
and "Racial Transferences in Psychoanalytic Treatment-An
Update." Dr. Holmes has served on the editorial
boards of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis
and the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic
Association.
Dr. Dorothy Evans Holmes
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