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PROGRAM INFORMATION
Description:
This course addresses the rapid deployment of AI in society and its effects on human psychology, specifically on the capacity for relationality and mutuality. As clinicians encounter their patients’ use of AI on a more regular basis, the goal of this course is to help them understand what this use means, what function it serves, and how it alters their patients' relational and intrapsychic world. Learners will expand their understanding of the psychological aspects of AI use, how to think about their patients’ use of the technology, and thus expand what they are able to perceive and intervene upon in the clinical setting.
CME Objectives:
1. Describe the concept of mutuality as articulated in contemporary relational psychoanalytic theory, and explain how its presence or absence manifests in clinical work with patients, particularly in the context of patients' own technology and AI use and the ways in which the broader technological environment shapes their relational world.
2. Analyze transference-countertransference material for evidence of disrupted mutuality — including disruptions that originate in or are expressed through patients' relationships with AI — and apply psychoanalytic techniques drawn from multiple theoretical schools to support patients in developing or recovering the capacity for mutual relationship.
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INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHY
Risa Muchnick, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adolescents and adults in individual, couples, and family treatment. Dr. Muchnick served as an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) at the University of Denver and the Morgridge College of Education (MCE) at the University of Denver. Dr. Muchnick also served as an assistant to the Latinx Psychology Specialty at GSPP during its development in 2015. Dr. Muchnick co-authored (with Dr. Peter Buirski) the article, “Social media as organizing but not transforming self-experience” (2016), and has maintained an active interest in the intersection between algorithm-based social technologies and psychology.
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PROGRAM DETAILS
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM (MT)
Location: Virtual using Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours before the class. If you don’t see our emails, please check your spam, junk, or secondary inboxes as they can sometimes be filtered there.
Cost:
- CME Credit - DPS Member: $75
- CME Credit - Non DPS Member: $90
- CME Credit - Student: $45 (Registration for this category is limited. Please list your training institution during registration).
Donations: Donations are welcome during registration to help keep our programs affordable. We appreciate your support.
Registration: Registration is required and the deadline to register is October 25, 2026. A confirmation email will be sent when registration is complete.
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CME INFORMATION
3 CME Credits Available
CME Certificates: To receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, attend the session with your last name clearly labeled in Zoom, and complete an online evaluation within 7 days following the program.
An email with the evaluation link will be emailed after the program. Credit will be issued for actual participation time in 15-minute increments. CME certificates will be emailed within 2 weeks following the event if the evaluation is completed. Enabling your video while participating is strongly encouraged.
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 3 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 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. No recording of case material is allowed.
Cancellation: While we understand that plans can change unexpectedly, our program arrangements and financial commitments are finalized in advance. For this reason, we cannot issue refunds for cancellations made within 10 days of the program. Cancellations received prior to that deadline will be refunded, less a $10 processing fee.
