Improving mental health care, educating the next generation of mental health professionals, and enriching the cultural fabric of Pittsburgh, that is what Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center has done for more than 55 years… but we can't do it without you! 

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the inspirational evening 

Monday, December 7, 2015

6-7 pm Diversity & Inclusion in Mental Health Mixer

7:30 pm Lecture By Andrew Solomon 

Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center and its partners support an approach to diversity that is grounded in empowering mental health professionals to become more aware and more knowledgeable change agents by providing engaging and dynamic learning experiences within the community of Pittsburgh.  

Our inaugural program offers audience members a unique opportunity to hear from an inspiring, deeply compassionate and meaningful voice; that of well-known and highly accomplished author, Andrew Solomon.

We recognize Mr. Solomon's contribution to the general understanding of mental health issues through his ground-breaking work on depression, "Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression," and his current work, "Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity," this latest book will be focus of the evening.

In Far From the Tree, Mr Solomon looks at the experience of parenting a child who; in some way, may have a different identity than that of the parent. In the end, Mr. Solomon shows how the bonds of the family mean that in some regard all identity is shared. 

PPC WAS JOINED BY THESE PROUD SUPPORTERS 

Maya Andlig, MSW

Joseph S. Auria, MA, MBA Licensed Psychologist 

Carlow University Department of Psychology and Counseling 

Duquesne University Department of Psychology

Expressive Media, Inc. 

Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh

Greater Pittsburgh Psychological Association 

Keeping Our Work Alive Series 

Brandon C. McKinney, MD, Ph.D.

Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute