The Seasoned Clinician’s Notebook
The educational series, “The Seasoned Clinician’s Notebook: How Psychoanalytic Concepts Inform the Practice of Psychotherapy,” features clinicians from a range of disciplines who share how they use concepts from psychoanalysis to enrich their clinical work, from cultivating creativity to working with addictions.
These PCC sessions take place on Zoom. They are free of charge, but reservations are required.
CEUs will not be offered for The Seasoned Clinician’s Notebook, but Letters of Attendance will be sent upon completion of a program evaluation survey.
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Increasing Adaptive Racial Socialization for Black Boys: A Psychodynamic Analysis
Presented by Huey Hawkins, PhD, LCSW
February 22, 2025
10 am to 12 pm ET
via Zoom
Black men living in America have been referred to as an “endangered species” due to being targeted and subjected to violence by the police. This has led to parents of young Black boys constantly worrying about their son’s safety. Although few scholars have studied the unconscious effects of this worry on the young Black child’s experience of the environment and subsequent self-identifications, a recent qualitative research study has inspired this presentation. The talk focuses on exploring the psychological effects of cultural trauma and aims to prepare clinicians to 1) understand the typical psychological experiences of racism for Black boys, 2) foster a positive racial identity for Black boys, and 3) empower Black boys to navigate safely in harmful racist environments.
Dr. Huey Hawkins, LCSW, obtained his doctorate degree in clinical social work from the Institute for Clinical Social Work. His research and clinical interests are centered on the intersection of culture, race, and the unconscious. His dissertation delved into unconscious messages of endangerment that mothers send to their African American sons. With extensive experience as a clinician, Dr. Hawkins has a rich history of providing psychotherapy services to African American boys and men in various public and private settings, including his own psychotherapy practice in St. Louis and Oklahoma City. He currently works as a full-time faculty lecturer at the University of Oklahoma School of Social Work and as Core Faculty at the Institute for Clinical Social Work.
Disordered Eating and Psychodynamic Treatment: Practice, Implications, and Outcomes
Presented by Christie Hunnicutt, PhD, LCSW
April 5, 2025
10 am to 12 pm ET
via Zoom
Dr. Christie
Dr. Christie Hunnicutt is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York, She currently holds an administrative appointment with The Juilliard School as the Senior Director of Student Health Services and holds a clinical appointment as Clinical Instructor for the Yale University Post-MSW Fellowship program in the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, where she provides clinical supervision to students seeking post-graduate training for clinical licensure. Additionally, she holds part time faculty roles at Columbia University and Southern Connecticut State University and has also been adjunct faculty at Smith College. She maintains a private practice where she provides psychotherapy for individuals struggling with behavioral health disorders, with a specialty focus on disordered eating, mood disorders and trauma. She has over 15 years of clinical practice experience treating children, adolescents and adults in for-profit and nonprofit settings at all levels of care and within inter-professional settings, specializing in treatment for co-occurring disorders and integrated health. Dr. Hunnicutt earned her doctoral (PhD) degree from Smith College and earned both her undergraduate (BSW) and graduate (MSW) degrees from the University of Texas. She contributed to publications pertaining to higher education and clinical supervision and continues to pursue research focused on clinical supervision and intersectionality and integrated health care interventions and outcomes in community-based settings.
