Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia

This event addresses: This program will focus on how experiences of love and aggression affect attachment, separation-individuation and intimate relationships across the lifespan.

Presenters: Wendy Olesker, PhD, Miriam Steele, PhD, Robert Waldinger, MD

Discussants: Diana Diamond, PhD, Otto Kernberg, MD

Moderator: Lawrence D. Blum, MD

This program will focus on how experiences of love and aggression affect attachment, separation-individuation and intimate relationships across the lifespan. The presenters and discussants are leading clinical researchers on attachment, separation-individuation, and child and adult development. The program will appeal to mental health professionals of all disciplines, including psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors, as well as trainees in all of these fields. The central topics of attachment, individuation, love, and intimate relationships are human universals, important to all clinicians.