Members may register starting September 24th.
General registration opens October 1st.
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Description:
Despite being present in every session, the voice—its tone, timbre, pitch, and rhythm—remains undertheorized in psychoanalytic literature, leaving clinicians with little guidance on paralinguistic expression.
This presentation introduces a developmentally grounded, psychoanalytic framework to understand the voice as a vital clinical instrument. Participants will gain the competence to recognize paralinguistic features as carriers of unconscious communication and transference, directly expanding their capacity for diagnostic attunement and therapeutic intervention in an increasingly digital landscape.
CME Objectives:
- Analyze vocal features — including tone, timbre, pitch, and rhythm — as clinically meaningful data within the psychoanalytic frame.
- Apply a developmental framework to understand how early relational experiences shape patients' vocal expression.
- Demonstrate increased attunement to the analyst's own voice as a transference object to formulate clinical interventions that incorporate paralinguistic and preverbal dimensions of the therapeutic relationship.
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PRESENTER BIOGRAPHY
Davis Fleming, MD is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist in Denver, where he provides psychotherapy, psychoanalytic treatment, and medication management in private practice. He completed psychodynamic psychotherapy training through the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis and is beginning analytic training in both child and adult psychoanalysis. His clinical and scholarly interests include the role of voice, affect, development, and the therapeutic relationship in psychoanalytic work.
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REGISTRATION DETAILS
Date: Friday, January 22, 2027
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (MDT)
Location: Lowry Conference Center located at 1061 Akron Way, Denver, CO 80230. There is plenty of free, accessible parking around the Conference Center. The lecture will NOT be livestreamed.
Cost: This program is being offered free of charge as part of our ongoing mission to support accessible professional development and relevant continuing education for the community.
Donations: Consider including a donation with your registration to ensure programs like this continue to reach our community. Even a small gift creates a big impact. We are grateful for your support!
Registration: Registration is required and must be completed by noon on January 22nd. Society members receive early access beginning September 24th. General registration opens October 1st. A confirmation email will be sent when registration is complete.
Credit Note: Registration is required for CME credit. Guest registrations are not eligible for credit.
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CME INFORMATION
1.5 CME credits available
CME Certificates: In order to receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, attend the session, and complete an online evaluation. A link to the online evaluation will be sent after the program and must be completed within one week. Certificates will be sent out within two weeks of the program to allow for evaluations to be completed.
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Denver Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
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POLICIES
Confidentiality: During all programs, we will follow rules of confidentiality for clinical case material including disguising identifying information. Please do not discuss any case material outside of this program. Recording without authorization is prohibited.
Photography Notice: By registering for this event, I hereby acknowledge and agree that the Denver Psychoanalytic Society (DPS) or its agents may take photographs and recordings for DPS purposes, including but not limited to news, publicity, and fundraising purposes, without further compensation to me. All such photos and videos are the sole property of the DPS.
To contact the Society office, please email office@denverpsychoanalytic.org.
