From the archives: Unpacking Race, Class, Gender & Trauma with Silvia Dutchevici

The Trauma Therapist · Feb 27, 2025 · 30m · transcript

Silvia M. Dutchevici, MA, LCSW is the Critical Therapy Institute (CTI) founder and president.

With more than 20 years of experience in social services and a passion for psychotherapy, Dutchevici (pronounced “doot-KAY-vitch”) created CTI when she perceived the need to expand psychoanalytic praxis to reflect how race, class, gender, and religion intersect with psychological conflicts. Silvia has an intensive background in psychoanalytic theory and trauma, with a particular focus on torture.

However, after seeing that traditional psychoanalysis was not able to adequately transform and heal her…