Event Videos
These are videos of events that were held at or by CMPS. Also see our Vimeo page.
“Can’t go on. Will go on.” Learning From Therapeutic Failure (Online Presentation)
Saturday, October 5, 2024 | 9:30 – 11:30 AM (Eastern)
2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers
This presentation addresses an oft-experienced but less frequently discussed phenomenon in psychoanalysis: failure in clinical work. [Read more]
Instructor: Nilofer Kaul, PhD
CMPS Annual Conference: Dreaming the Session
Saturday, March 20, 2021 | 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET via Zoom
Event video is in 2 parts.
Part 1 of the recording is embedded on the event page.
Part 2 may be viewed on the CMPS vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/676804841
5 CE credits for Licensed Psychoanalysts and Social Workers
Keynote Speaker: Giuseppe Civitarese
Featured Speakers: Lawrence Brown, Barbara D’Amato
Dreaming the Session: Field Theory Perspectives On Hallucinosis, Dreaming, and Reverie In Daily Clinical Work
The theory of dreams has changed fundamentally since Freud's time, when their primary function was seen as protecting sleep by distorting and hiding repressed material from consciousness. [Read more . . .]
Psyche Singing-Weeping: Partnering Soul Hunger and our Amazing Beings
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019 | 7:30 — 9:30 PM
SOLD OUT -- Dr. Eigen will explore the themes of his two latest books, The Challenge of Being Human and Dialogues With Michael Eigen: Psyche Singing. The phrase “psyche singing” gives expression to one aspect of psyche-hunger, a dimension of universal soul hunger. [Read more]
Annual Conference
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Us, Them, and #MeToo:
Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Legacy of History
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
“The aim of harassment isn’t just to control women’s bodies but also to invade their minds: ‘You will think about me.’ Harassment brings mental life to a standstill. It destroys the mind’s capacity for reverie”.
— Jacqueline Rose, 2018
4 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Jacqueline Rose, one of the most influential and provocative scholars working in the humanities today, has written extensively on a range of topics including feminism, motherhood, politics, and psychoanalysis. [read more . . .]
Pace, Space, and the Other in the Making of Fiction
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2018 • 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
The turn toward an embodied metaphorical understanding of human thought in the cognitive sciences and other disciplines has reconfigured the idea that narrative is a purely linguistic phenomenon that begins with language acquisition. [Read more]
Siri Hustvedt, PhD presents
Trans* Psychoanalysis: A New Discipline?
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018 • 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
“I had no choice. I would be dead if I hadn’t transitioned—I would have killed myself.” This clinical vignette is no longer exceptional. We are living a “transgender moment,” as headlines across the United States have called it, that is radically changing our notions of sex and gender. [Read more]
Patricia Gherovici, PhD, presents
Facing Race and Racism in Psychoanalysis
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017 • 7:30 - 9:30 PM
PLEASE ARRIVE ONTIME, THE PRESENTATION WILL COMENCE WITH A FILM SEGMENT.
2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Michael Moskowitz will discuss the problem of institutional racism in psychoanalysis. He will address the need for greater openness to and understanding of the roles of history and culture in psychoanalytic training, transference, and countertransference, and their implications for making psychoanalytic education more accessible and relevant to people of color.
The Contributions of Gaetano Benedetti to the Psychoanalytic Therapy of Persons Experiencing Distressing Psychotic States, in the Light of Contemporary Affective and Social Neuroscience
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017 • 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Practitioners and General Public: $20; Students: Free
Gaetano Benedetti has been working psychoanalytically with schizophrenic patients for over 50 years at the Burghölzli, the psychiatric hospital of the University of Zürich. Brian Koehler will review Benedetti’s contributions to the psychoanalytic therapy of persons experiencing distressing psychotic states.
CMPS and NYGSP Student Associations' Acclaimed Student Paper Series:
Friday, May 13, 2016, 7:30–9:30 PM
Listening to One’s Self: An Innovative Approach to Studying the Free Associative Process
Free association isn’t an aimless wandering — it is driven by the yearning of new and unformulated thoughts to be put into a structure that resonates with the inner experience of the self. This drive for synchrony — to fit our sense of who we are with new thoughts, feelings, and memories — is a restless passion; there is nothing neutral or passive about it.
How to Shame Candidates
Friday, May 6, 2016, 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
This talk examines how shame is inculcated in analytic training. Two fundamental sources of shame are discussed: [read more . . .]
Psychoanalytic Interpretation and Literature
Friday, March 18, 2016, 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
This is an introduction to the relationship between psychoanalysis and literature, beginning with Freud’s integration of literary references (e.g., the Oedipus myth) into the development of his theories. RSVP by email.
Psychoanalysis: Seduction, Repression, and the Enigmatic Signifier
Friday, March 4, 2016, 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
This talk will first give a quick overview of Laplanche’s thought — emphasizing the General Theory of Seduction, the Translational Theory of Repression, and the distinctions between instinct and drive [read more] RSVP by email
Dancing with the Locos: A Comparative Study of Argentine Tango and Psychoanalysis
Friday, November 20, 2015. 7:30–9:30PM
It takes two to tango and two to form the analytic pair. While both Argentine tango and psychoanalysis were born in 1881, what else do they have in common? RSVP by email.
The Iron Law of Oligarchy: Can Psychoanalysis Escape It?
Friday, October 30, 2015. 7:30-9:30 PM
This paper addresses the current crisis in psychoanalysis – its fall from public favor and its shrinking patient and student base. It considers the ideological commitments of the European founding analysts, the impact of Marxist ideology, and the optimism of these early analysts regarding personal and societal change. RSVP by email.
Seminar: Senior Modern Psychoanalysts: Modern Psychoanalysis: Past, Present, and Future
Friday, October 23, 2015. 7:30-9:30 PM
This panel takes a Janus-like view of modern psychoanalysis. Like the two-faced Roman deity who stood as the guardian to doorways, passages, and transitions, this illustrious group, chaired by Stanley Hayden, one of CMPS’s founders, examines modern psychoanalysis, its prior accomplishments and future promise. RSVP by email.
Countertransference
Friday, October 16, 2015. 7:30-9:30 PM
Distinguishing between countertransference and countertransference resistance occupies much of what we study in treatment. Arousals that occur when we work with narcissism are particularly intense and require us to confront and work through the narcissism in our own personalities. RSVP by email.
Educators' Workshop
Friday, October 2, 2015. 7:30-9:30 PM
Managing students’ behavior (and administrators’ demands) is a constant concern of most teachers, dominating our thoughts, feelings, and conversations. Join this group of psychoanalytically trained NYC teachers, as we describe our experiences in the classroom and the strategies that help us secure successful outcomes for our students.
An Evening with Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin
Friday, May 15, 2015. 7:30-9:30 PM
Dr Garcia will introduce Pushkin; describe the significance of Eugene Onegin to Russian literature and culture; and provide an update on the current state of his research on his work in progress, A Psychoanalytic Study of Evgenii Onegin in Pushkin’s Aesthetic and Emotional Development. RSVP here.
Against Sublimation: How Proust Became a Writer
Friday, April 24, 2015, 7:30-9:30 PM
What could Marcel Proust teach us about infantile sexuality? Does one become a writer with the help of, or in spite of, our primitive unconscious drives? Does Freud’s concept of sublimation explain this process? What if sublimation were only a myth, as rarely observed in the artist's creative process as it is in the so-called latency period to which sublimation is linked? Register now.
Transformation of Trauma in Art
Friday, April 17, 2015. 7:30-9:30 PM
This exhibition offers insight into artistic creativity as a process. The release of imagery, memory, and feeling buried in the unconscious mind and body is fundamental to the psychoanalytic conception of cure. Three curators explore the intimate connection between the creative and the therapeutic process as exemplified in the work of these extraordinary artists. RSVP here.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Modern Psychoanalysis—Informal group conversations with distinguished leaders in the field.
Sunday, March 15, 2015 Noon–2:00 PM
Our next guest in the series is Theodore Laquercia, PhD, LP.
Modern Conflict Theory, Compromise Formation, Patient's Stories and Metaphor
Sunday, March 8, 2015 Noon–2:00 PM
Modern conflict theory and compromise formation focus on the multiple determinants of all mental activity and reject Freud’s structural model of conflict between id, ego, and superego. Because each patient exhibits highly complex compromise formations, treatment requires an individualized approach, with special attention to the affects contained in patients’ stories and their metaphors. RSVP here.
Siblings of Schizophrenics: I Am My Brother's Keeper
Friday. December 12th 7:30–9:30 PM CLICK HERE TO RSVP
It is widely recognized that the schizophrenic patient is unable to tolerate strong emotions. How does the schizophrenic person’s adult sibling, manage these challenges? Describing their distinctive qualities, examining current studies, presenting clinical vignettes from her psychoanalytic interview study, Dr. Melnik discusses her research findings and attempts to understand the intrapsychic experience of these siblings. Download flier
Annual Conference 2014
Saturday, December 6, 2014
60 Washington Square South, across from Washington Square Park, New York City
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Online registration is located at the bottom of the page.
You may also download the conference brochure to register by mail.
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The Layered Self
Linking Motivation and Intervention in Modern Analytic Technique
Freud found that “the psychical mechanism comes into being by a process of stratification, with successive registrations representing the psychical achievements of successive epochs…” A layered self is thus created in which various developmental mental states are more or less permeable and accessible to each other. Psychic development is not a journey in which one destination is left behind to be replaced by another. The various levels of organization remain available and provide the basis for regression throughout life. Even within a fifty-minute hour, different levels of emotional and psychic development may be activated. Patients can regress to autistic and narcissistic states, be dominated by hostility, or experience the need for a loving connection.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Modern Psychoanalysis
Friday. October 10th, 2014. 7:30-9:30 PM CLICK HERE TO RSVP
A Series of Informal Group Conversations with Distinguished Leaders in the Field.
Our guest, Robert Marshall, PhD, has two books and 35 articles to his credit. He is currently writing an autobiographical anthology, Reading, Writing, and Rhythm: The Excitement of Being a Psychoanalyst, and a paper, The Influence of Hungarian Psychoanalysts on Hyman Spotnitz. Sara Sheftel, PhD, LP moderates. There are two readings for this event: reading 1, reading 2.
Computers and Psychoanalysis
Friday, May 16th 2014 7:30-9:30 pm
If the main focus of analysts is the unconscious, then the idea that there is a correct, objectively verifiable interpretation tends to close down analysts’ ability to allow their unconscious to speak to them. Mr Katz proposes to open analysts to their unconscious, using a computer program, based on Freud’s works, developed for his Master’s thesis.
Before Analysis Can Begin: Treating Pre-Analytic Patients
Sunday, April 27th, 2014,12pm-2pm
Patients often enter treatment with real problems but little if any interest in free-associating. They seek relief from their psychic suffering but for some, years may pass before they become curious and strong enough to explore their unconscious for the underlying motivations of their behaviors. In this seminar we will explore what helps pre-analytic patients to stay in treatment and begin a psychoanalysis. Presentation will be followed by refreshments and a social gathering.
Treating Adolescents: There is Always a Mother
Friday. March 21st, 2014 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Distinct from psychoanalysis with adults, clinical work with teens has specific pitfalls and predictable resistances. Defining typical adolescent behaviors, examining current neuroscience findings about the developing teenage brain and its concomitant relationship to seemingly maladaptive behavior, and presenting clinical examples of the crucial inclusion of parents, specifically the patient’s mother, in the treatment, Dr D’Amato hopes to outline a general framework in which to understand and treat adolescents. Barbara D’Amato, PsyaD, LP, has been treating adolescents, children, and families for over 30 years. She is on the faculty of CMPS, NYGSP, and BGSP and is Director of the CMPS Extension Division.
Don Giovanni or the Penis in Unrest
Friday, March 7th 2014, 7:30PM – 9:30PM
Don Giovanni, protagonist of Mozart’s opera by the same name, is the anti-hero, the debaucher, and the libertine, whose unremitting hypersexual behavior courts his own destruction yet he is never is satisfied. Has his search for sexual indulgence become an obligation? Does Don Giovanni suffer from a narcissistic personality disorder, or is he a mirror of our unleashed selves, the id unrestrained? We will explore these questions using multi media. Refreshments and a social follow the lecture.
Countertransference
Distinguishing between countertransference and countertransference resistance occupies much of what we study in treatment. The arousals that occur when we work with narcissism are particularly intense and require us to confront and work through the narcissism in our own personalities. Faye Newsome, MA, LP serves on the faculty of CMPS, NYGSP, and the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (BGSP). She is director of the One-Year Program, serves on the CMPS Board of Administrative Directors as liaison and also sits on the CMPS Board of Trustees of which she is chair. Ms. Newsome is in private practice in New York City and Brookline MA.
An Evening with New Books in Psychoanalysis
Friday, November 22nd 2013, 7:30-9:30 PM
This promises to be an evening of ecumenical delights. Lewis Aron and Karen Starr, both from the NYU-Post-Doc—the birthplace of relational thinking in many respects—come to CMPS, the home of Spotnitz and all things modern psychoanalytic, to speak about their most recent publication, A Psychotherapy for the People: Toward a Progressive Psychoanalysis (Routledge 2013). Karen Starr, PsyD, is the author of Repair of the Soul: Metaphors of Transformation in Jewish Mysticism and Psychoanalysis. Dr. Starr is Adjunct Faculty and Clinical Supervisor at The Graduate Center, CUNY and Long Island University at CW Post. Lewis Aron, PhD, is the Director of the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Dr. Aron has served as President of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association. Tracy D. Morgan, LCSW-R, MPhil, is producer and host of the Gradiva Award winning webcast: New Books in Psychoanalysis, now in its third year. She is a research candidate at CMPS and maintains a private practice in NYC.
In So Many Words
Friday, October 18th, 2013 7:30–9:30 PM
This film documents the life of Dr. Lucy Daniels — her struggles with anorexia nervosa, the trauma of the brutal treatment methods in the 1950s, and the saving grace of her creative work and psychoanalysis. In telling the story of Daniel’s life, this experimental documentary takes the viewer on an intense psychic journey. The first of its kind, it weaves together “relational” recreations, animated dream sequences, constructed worlds, and intimate interviews to tell a story of survival and creativity filtered through the eyes of subject and filmmaker. Daniels joins Dr. Barbara D’Amato in an audience Q&A following the 69-minute screening. This 2013 film is directed and produced by Elisabeth Haviland James. Lucy Daniels, PhD is a prolific writer, working in private practice and in her foundation to help other creative individuals overcome emotional conflicts, often through an analysis of their dreams. In 1956, less than a year after her release from a hospital, a novel she had written there, Caleb, My Son, became a best seller and won her a Guggenheim Fellowship in literature. Daniels went on to publish several other novels. In 1991, she was named a Distinguished Friend of Psychoanalysis by The American Psychoanalytic Association, in 1995, an Honorary Colleague of the Association for Child Psychoanalysis, and in 2003 an honorary member of the North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society.
When the Body Does the Talking
November 20, 2010
In examining the varieties of somatization and their function in psychic organization, Dr Rothman attempts to shed light on the patient’s specific methods in managing tension and maintaining psychic equilibrium. Patients appear to use the body as protection against threats coming from both internal and external sources.
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