Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at PPSC

PPSC understands that a diverse classroom, community, and institute enriches every element of our teaching, learning, clinical expertise, and psychoanalytic field. Below you will find our PPSC DIB Mission Statement and DIB Committee Meeting Schedule.

Mission Statement of the
PPSC Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee

The PPSC Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) Committee is committed to using the foundational tenets of psychoanalysis in order to create a culture in which teaching, learning, supervision, and treatment take place in an atmosphere enriched by mutual respect, affirmation, and celebration of all differences. The field of psychoanalysis is founded on the premise that our own personal history informs the present, and that through acknowledging, knowing, and examining our history, we become more conscious of how we perpetuate the past. In that spirit, the DIB Committee endeavors to introduce within the frame of our psychoanalytic work the living legacy of past and present sociopolitical contexts. This includes, but is not limited to, acknowledging, examining, and repairing past and present trauma of the colonialism, racism, and genocide upon which the United States was founded. We are also committed to expanding our conceptions of gender and sexuality by radically challenging society’s rigid, static, and binary regulation of these identities and expressions. Our philosophical and practice goals are to extend our reach and draw from the full cultural range of the local and global community in which we are deeply enmeshed. Through a combination of experiential introspection, intellectual learning, and informed outreach, the mission of the DIB Committee is to create a sustainable culture of ongoing questioning, learning, and openness at PPSC that will carry us beyond our current limits.

PPSC DIB Meeting schedule:

The PPSC DIB committee meets from 9:30-11am, the first Friday of every month from September through May.

PPSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual preference, national or ethnic origin, disability or analytic orientation in the administration of its admissions and education policies.