Event
ISE PRESENTS "PSYCHOLOGISTS' ROLE IN TORTURE"
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
From: 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
65 E. Wacker Place, Room 1705
Chicago
, IL
60601
312-201-5900
Category: General Events, Institute on Social Exclusion
The Adler Institute on Social Exclusion Presents:
Psychologists' Role in Torture: A Critical Examination of the Bush Administration's Policy
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 4:00-6:00 PM
Adler School-Chicago, Room 1705
RSVP: ISE@adler.edu
Where do you stand?
In November 2004, it was first revealed that psychologists were involved in consulting on the torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Since then, a controversy has erupted within the American Psychological Association (APA). While the APA firmly opposes the torture of human beings, this governing body insists that psychologists must have the right to help in the interrogations of inmates at illegal detention centers. Despite abundant evidence to the contrary, the APA has adopted the position that psychologists are in these sites to keep the interrogations 'safe, ethical, and legal.' Many APA members have opposed this policy. Please join us for an important discussion about the ongoing controversy among psychologists with their professional organization.
Guest Speakers:
Frank Summers, Ph.D., ABPP – Author and President of APA Division 39 (Section IX. Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility). Dr.Summers has won several local and national awards including The Hans Strupp Award for Contributions to Psychoanalysis, and The Distinguished Educator Award of the International Forum of Psychoanalytic Education. He has authored numerous scholarly journal articles and papers presented at national conferences and has given many daylong conferences and workshops. He is author of three books, all published by The Analytic Press: Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology: A Comprehensive Text, Transcending the Self, and Self Creation: Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Art of the Possible, Dr. Summers maintains a private practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Chicago, Illinois. A member of the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology, he has been involved in the struggle to prohibit psychologists from participating in illegal interrogations in detention centers such as Guantanamo Bay and the CIA black sites. He is a member of the steering committee of Withholdapadues.com, a member of Psychologists for an Ethical APA, and one of four signatories of a formal complaint against the American Psychological Association.
Mary Fabri, PsyD – Senior Director of Torture Treatment Services and International Training, Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center. Mary is a clinical psychologist and Senior Director at the Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center in Chicago, Illinois. She served from 2004-2009 as President of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP) and remains active in its advocacy work. As President of the NCTTP, Dr. Fabri sent a letter signed by all psychologists affiliated with torture treatment centers in the U.S. to APA and arranged a local meeting with APA's Ethics Director that was held at the Kovler Center. She withheld her dues from APA for the allowed two year period at which time she declined to renew her membership. Dr. Fabri provides national and international training and consultation on issues of torture and severe trauma, cross-cultural adaptations of care, and secondary traumatization. She has been working with Women's Equity in Access to Care and Treatment (WE-ACTx) in Rwanda, assessing the levels of PTSD and depression to examine the impact of trauma on the progression of HIV/AIDS. She has also provided psychological consultation and training to Heartland Alliance programs in Kurdistan, Ethiopia, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, and Guatemala. Dr. Fabri has published on topics pertaining to refugee mental health, cross-cultural treatment modifications, and the psychological consequences and treatment of torture.
For more information about this event, contact us at ise@adler.edu.
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