International Psychotherapy Institute

This event addresses: the emotional significance of money and attempt to show the ways in which it impacts upon the work of psychotherapy

This one hour lecture features guest presenter Salman Akhtar, MD, the keynote speaker for our April Weekend Conference.

About the Presentation:

This presentation will address the emotional significance of money and attempt to show the ways in which it impacts upon the work of psychotherapy. The ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ agendas of money in and individual’s emotional life will be highlighted and five pathological syndromes will be described. These include (i) chronic miserliness, (ii) characterological over-spending, (iii) inordinate generosity, (iv) monetary masochism and, (v) pathological gambling. Setting of fees for psychotherapy, charging (or not charging) for missed sessions, and other transference and countertransference reverberations of monetary exchange within the clinical dyad will also be discussed. Finally, some unusual situations where a firm refusal to accept money offered by a patient as an ethical intervention will be underscored.s

This special event does not offer CE credits, however the April Weekend will offer up to 14.5 hours of CE.