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EVENT CANCELED: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Field Theory: Analytic Listening and the Use of the Analyst's Mind
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 • 7:30 - 9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Montana Katz will describe the motivation for the development of psychoanalytic field theory as well as the various psychoanalytic field theory models that have been developed in different contexts and parts of the world. She will explore whether and how psychoanalytic field theory models offer something new and useful to the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and other clinical modalities.
Introducing Bion: Some Basic Dimensions
FRIDAY, MAY 5 • 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
James Ogilvie will introduce an aspect of Bion’s psychoanalytic engagement with the “primitive mind,” focusing on some of the basic turns through which he engages us. Bion has a remarkable ability to bring us into a more immediate, “from the inside” contact with areas of psychic fragmentation and rebirth.
On Subjective Space
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017 • 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Practitioners and General Public: ; Students: Free
Paola Mieli, PhD, is a psychoanalyst in New York City. She is a founding member and president of the Freudian-Lacanian Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association (New York).
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: ; 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.
Holding, Humor, and Shame: Some New Ideas About an Old One
Friday, December 2, 2016, 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
When does Winnicott’s concept of holding fit within a contemporary relational frame? Can we invoke a parental metaphor without thinning the work we do? If so, what is holding’s underlying therapeutic function? Reviewing the evolution of the parental metaphor and its current place in our thinking, Slochower theorizes about holding’s dynamic function.
Joyce Slochower, PhD, APBB, presents
The Psychoanalysis of Madness: A Fight Against Perversion
Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 1:00–3:00 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Françoise Davoine has published two books on Don Quixote and the psychoanalysis of madness. She views this “greatest of all novels” as Cervantes’ attempt to find his way out of madness with his “son,” Don Quixote, as his guide. He has been a guide for Davoine as well in her own work with madness and trauma.
Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind
Thursday, October 13, 2016, 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Dr. George Makari will discuss his new book, Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind. The book takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of the inner life of people.
Free Speech, Hate Speech: Can Talking Cure?
Friday, September 16, 2016, 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
As globalization and metastasizing conflicts drive us into ever closer encounters with the Other, a siege mentality spreads. Those who represent the public voice—politicians, professional and “citizen” journalists, pundits, academics—respond to real and imagined violence with conflicted reappraisals of free speech and its limits, especially “hate speech.”
Jill Gentile, PhD, presents
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.
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