A case study in the qualities of the psychoanalyst that drive necessary change — in theory, in practice, in the field itself.
Featuring Dr. Dorothy Evans Holmes
In this recorded session, Dr. Dorothy Holmes revisits the work of Dr. Marianne Goldberger — an innovator who challenged assumptions many analysts still take for granted: the necessity of the couch, the limits placed on cross-gender analysis, and how anxiety in women has been understood and misunderstood. Holmes builds directly on that legacy, extending the inquiry into a question the field is still reluctant to sit with: how shame — its forms, its functions, its avoidance — shapes the free associative process and produces enactments in the room.
What this session covers
Whether a given psychoanalytic concept or practice holds up when the clinical issue carries real cultural weight
Where an established concept needs revision — and how to apply that revision in practice
Why shame sits at the center of analytic resistance to work on race
About Dr. Dorothy Evans Holmes
Dorothy Evans Holmes, PhD, is a Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas, with Emerita appointments at PCC, IPTAR, George Washington University, and the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. Her published work centers the psychoanalytic understanding of race, class, and gender; she has served on the editorial boards of both the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and JAPA. Her honors include the 2021 JAPA Prize, the 2022 Sigourney Award, and the 2025 Hans W. Loewald Memorial Award. She chaired the Holmes Commission on Racial Equality in American Psychoanalysis (2020–2024), whose work earned both the 2025 APA Division 39 Diversity Award and the 2025 Gravida Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. She lives and practices in Bluffton.
This seminar took place live and is now available as a recorded session. CME credit is not available for recorded viewing.
A case study in the qualities of the psychoanalyst that drive necessary change — in theory, in practice, in the field itself.
Featuring Dr. Dorothy Evans Holmes
In this recorded session, Dr. Dorothy Holmes revisits the work of Dr. Marianne Goldberger — an innovator who challenged assumptions many analysts still take for granted: the necessity of the couch, the limits placed on cross-gender analysis, and how anxiety in women has been understood and misunderstood. Holmes builds directly on that legacy, extending the inquiry into a question the field is still reluctant to sit with: how shame — its forms, its functions, its avoidance — shapes the free associative process and produces enactments in the room.
What this session covers
Whether a given psychoanalytic concept or practice holds up when the clinical issue carries real cultural weight
Where an established concept needs revision — and how to apply that revision in practice
Why shame sits at the center of analytic resistance to work on race
About Dr. Dorothy Evans Holmes
Dorothy Evans Holmes, PhD, is a Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas, with Emerita appointments at PCC, IPTAR, George Washington University, and the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. Her published work centers the psychoanalytic understanding of race, class, and gender; she has served on the editorial boards of both the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and JAPA. Her honors include the 2021 JAPA Prize, the 2022 Sigourney Award, and the 2025 Hans W. Loewald Memorial Award. She chaired the Holmes Commission on Racial Equality in American Psychoanalysis (2020–2024), whose work earned both the 2025 APA Division 39 Diversity Award and the 2025 Gravida Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. She lives and practices in Bluffton.
This seminar took place live and is now available as a recorded session. CME credit is not available for recorded viewing.
