June Workshop: Words as a Window to the Unconscious

Tuesdays, June 7 and 14, 2016 • 6:00–8:00 PM

The words we use reflect our unconscious thoughts and feelings. The things we say can enhance our relationships or undermine them. We will look at Freudian slips, accidental puns, and word associations to demonstrate the consequences of allowing our feelings to control our words. Are our words helping us achieve our goals or are they gratifying destructive feelings?

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Using the Induced Feelings

Four Wednesdays: June 4, 11,18, 25 5:30-7:00PM

One of the distinguishing aspects of modern psychoanalytic education is its emphasis on training candidates to use their emotions as the primary tools in crafting patient interventions. Theory and technique are studied, but through the process of classroom discussion they are understood viscerally so the lesson is digested by both heart and mind. A key to understanding the inner life of the patient is to recognize and work with the feelings induced in the analyst. Recognizing these feelings, what we call the countertransference, is not always so simple. This workshop will explore how to distinguish between the countertransference that gives us information about the patient and countertransference that has more to do with our own issues. Being able to recognize the difference is crucial to becoming a successful therapist. Participants are invited to join this four-week practicum to develop their ability to use the induced feelings in their work with patients, as well as in relationships in their daily lives. Bring case material, and we’ll consider it in the light of assigned readings. Jennifer Wade, LCSW, LP, CGP is a training analyst, supervisor, and faculty member at CMPS, as well as a Certified Group Psychotherapist. She also serves as a fellow at the CMPS Consultation and Referral Service. Ms Wade has written numerous article  on adoption and art and maintains a private practice in Greenwich Village and Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. ​0​ Download flier 

HBO Documentary Film Showing and Discussion

Wednesday evening. June 11th 7:00-8:30 PM

“The Living Museum at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center” “The Living Museum” is a 1998 HBO documentary made by Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu. This superb film features Dr. Janos Marton, Co-founder and Director of The Living Museum, an art asylum created in an abandoned building on the grounds of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens, NY. Filmed on location, the film features in-depth interviews with a number of the artists in the current CMPS exhibition, ID-EGO-SUPEREGO, including David Waldorf, John Tursi, and Issa Ibrahim. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win numerous awards. We will screen the film in its entirety, followed by a discussion with the audience. Clinicians and the public are welcome. Janos Marton, PhD, is the co-founder of the Living Museum at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center and has served as its director for more than 25 years. The Living Museum is the first successful model of an Art Asylum in the United States, where patients thrive as artists in a self-run creative environment. Steven Poser, PhD, is a CMPS faculty member and training analyst. He was a psychotherapy intern for two years on the female ward for chronic schizophrenia at Hudson River Psychiatric Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. An exhibiting artist for more than 20 years, he is currently writing a book about the artist, Forrest Bess, and has published numerous article on psychoanalysis and the arts. Download flier