LGBTQ Study Group of the William Alanson White Institute invites you

to a candidate case presentation by:

ADAM GAUBINGER, LCSW

Competing Regimes of Truth and the Construction of an “I”:

Psychoanalysis, Digital Media, and Biomedicine in the Case of Jo

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

8:30 – 10:00 PM (EST)

Please Note: Because this will be a presentation of case material, attendance is limited to Division 1 and CAPTP candidates (current and graduates) and current Online IPPP and Online TOPP students. Please join the meeting 5 minutes before scheduled start time so as not to delay the meeting. The “waiting room” will be open beforehand

Description: This presentation explores the case of Jo, a non-binary trans masculine person with chronic illnesses. It will think about the discordant discourses of selfhood and ways of relating to bodily experiences that Jo draws on as they build a more stable, true feeling “I”: those in their family and early relationships; those from their engagement with the medical system; and those found in trans and disability communities on social media. These different ways of knowing seem to assist in Jo’s quest to live a survivable life and yet, at other times, constrain and defend against a more interpersonal, psychoanalytic way of experiencing and knowing the self. 

Adam Gaubinger, LCSW, is a clinical social worker in private practice, where he sees adults and teenagers. He graduated from Smith College School for Social Work in 2017 and is a second-year psychoanalytic candidate at the William Alanson White Institute. His writing draws from queer critique and psychoanalysis to think about technology, desire, and processes of subject formation and disintegration. 

For inquiries regarding The LGBTQ Study Group please contact the chair,

Willa N. France: poetadmiral@earthlink.net