The Perils and Promises of a Unified Clinical Model

Hybrid (Virtual & Inperson: New Center for Psychoanalysis - LA) 2014 Sawtelle Bvld, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Dismayed by the fragmentation haunting the psychoanalytic project for more than a century, Dr. Karbelnig has proposed an overarching clinical model for psychoanalysis. The approach intends to unify practitioners using Freudian, Jungian, Kleinian, Self-Psychological, Relational, or any psychodynamic approach. The presentation expands upon his February 2022 paper, "Chasing Infinity: Why Clinical Psychoanalysis' Future Lies in […]

Psychoanalytic Work With Homeless and Formerly Homeless Adults: Unsettling Theory

Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center 2460 Fairmount Blvd #312, Cleveland, OH, United States

A Scientific Meeting presented by Deborah Luepnitz, Ph.D. A common misconception about treatments derived from psychoanalysis is that they are appropriate only for highly educated people of means. This presentation challenges that assumption by referring both to Freud's free clinics and to Winnicott's work with homeless children. We will proceed to a discussion of IFA […]

Working With Dreams: New Stops on the Royal Road

Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center 2460 Fairmount Blvd #312, Cleveland, OH, United States

Workshop presented by Deborah Luepnitz, Ph.D. Freud believed that dream work is the "royal road" to the unconscious, and he called The Interpretation of Dreams his "best and most important book." While the "Relational turn" of the 1980s enhanced the field in several ways-- reviving an interest in trauma, redefining counter-transference, and exploring the categories […]

The Importance of Group Experience During Adolescence and Beyond: Pathways from Trauma to Growth

Hybrid: In-person Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia & Virtual 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Beginning with the question of the individual’s fitness with their family of origin, the authors describe the variables that determine the adolescent’s capacity to join peer groups. Optimally, the adolescent – when cognitive advancement is combined with a specific kind of group psychological mindedness – can consolidate their group identifications. When traumatized, an adolescent’s exclusion […]

Conference – Vitality as a Theoretical and Technical Parameter in Psychoanalysis

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Presented by Giuseppe Civitarese, MD, PhD with Discussant Joseph Aguayo, PhD Terms such as vitality and authenticity are difficult to define. Moreover, they are not truly psychoanalytic concepts. However, when psychoanalysis attempts to theorize the non-specific aspects of treatment, such as those related to the person of the analyst, it becomes inevitable to refer to […]

Connections And Conversation: Can You Cure Your Patient? – Koichi Tagashi, PhD, LP

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Free zoom event with Koichi Tagashi, Ph.D., L.P.: Are you able to cure your patient? In this presentation, I like to pose this question, without defining what a “cure” might look like, in order to get at your initial instinctive feeling. This presentation is intended to be an ethical question. I am not examining whether […]

Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Society Scientific Meeting w/ Greg Rizzolo, PhD.

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Compulsions and Obsessions: A Lifespan Perspective. Greg Rizzolo, PhD. Freud's concept of the obsessional neuroses has evolved into today's obsessive-compulsive disorder with ideas from many fields helping to understand this condition. Dr. Rizzolo contributes to this effort by framing the variety of obsessive presentations as "a disorder of volition, an exaggerated sense of willpower not […]

A Competency-Based Approach to Psychodynamic Supervision

In-person: Huntington Beach, CA - Full address provided upon registration CA, United States

Clinical supervision provides the foundation for ensuring patient care and professional development. This salon introduces an approach integrating psychoanalytic/psychodynamic principles and processes to enhance clinical competence. Participants will learn practical strategies to facilitate effective clinical supervision through presentations, video examples, and discussions. Topics include best practices for developing the supervisory alliance, facilitating reflective practice, addressing […]

LGBTQ+ Workshop: “Holding Laplanche Lightly: The Story of Two Queer Treatments”

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm Presenter: Sam Guzzardi, LCSW "Holding Laplanche Lightly: The Story of Two Queer Treatments" Via Zoom Presentation: As psychoanalysis seeks to find new frontiers both for clinical work and engagement with the social, the work of Jean Laplanche is becoming increasingly popular in the United States. In this presentation, participants will hear […]

Grappling with the Obstructive Object in the Neapolitan Novels of Elena Ferrante: A Reflection Based on the Work of Michael Eigen by Marlene Goldsmith, Ph.D.

This presentation is divided into five parts. The first part will concentrate on Eigen’s work. The following four parts will explicate each one of the relational areas in dialogue with that work, focusing upon two protagonists from Ferrante’s Novels: Elena Greco and Rafaela (Lila) Cerullo. It will be shown that the obstructive object is not […]

ACP Conference: Donna Roth Smith & Hilda Catz

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

In this conference, Donna Roth Smith, LCSW & Hilda Catz, Ph.D offer a new way to talk about clinical work. They will talk together through the year about ongoing treatments and then bring participants into the conversation they have been having. Clinical work performed in isolation or within only a small group of colleagues risks […]

A Psychoanalytic Town Hall: Controversial Issues in the 2024 Election

New Center for Psychoanalysis 2014 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

A Psychoanalytic Town Hall: Controversial Issues in the 2024 Presidential Election Panel of Psychoanalysts: Michael Diamond, PhD, David James Fisher, PhD, Mark Fisher, MD, Debra Myers, MD, Peter Wolson, PhD Town Hall Moderator: Peter Wolson, PhD On the cusp of this hotly contested presidential elections with radical differences between the party platforms and candidates and […]

“Resistance to AI: Does it Matter?” Presented by Dr. Amy Levy, Psy.D.

Dr. Levy will read a chapter from her soon to be released book, On Apprehending the new other: alien intelligence and the innovation drive. This chapter deals with the form change that many of us are undergoing, owing to AI-driven personal technology, from humans into ‘digital people’. The metamorphosis will be explored through theories of […]

Windows into Psychotherapy

Hybrid (virtual and in-person)

For clinicians or mental health students who are curious about what it is that psychodynamic therapists actually do, we offer a “window” into the process and a chance to connect an introduction to theory with actual clinical material. Each class will begin with a brief theoretical description of a core clinical concept, followed by the […]

The Independent Tradition in Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

This is an introductory course on the evolution of the Independent Tradition (British in origin) applied to our work with children and adolescents. This tradition (or approach) is developmentally appropriate to our work with younger populations, as it moves from the more epistemological (knowing) approach, with its emphasis on interpretation and insight, to a more […]

Alumni Group: Apology, Accountability and Repair in Couples Therapy

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Presenter: Ellen Safier, LCSW | Our intimate partnerships are the places where we are most vulnerable. It is of course these relationships that have the potential to provide the greatest sense of safety and security and comfort that are also the relationships where we can experience the greatest hurt and be most easily wounded.

Conference – Imagination, Interpretation, and the Analytic Field

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Presented by Donnel B. Stern In my first model of unformulated experience (Stern, 1983, 1997), my intention was to study our capacity to reflect on our own experience; and that meant that the boundary between formulated and unformulated experience needed to be defined by verbal language: My first model held that if you can think […]

The Basics of Psychopharmacology

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Presented by Dr. Mauricio Salvador Garza Villalobos Psychiatric medication is surrounded by myths and fears both by patients and even from professionals in the mental health world. Being able to detect when the threshold for a referral to the psychiatrist is an essential skill for everyone who works in psychotherapy. But the work is not […]

Preparing for Retirement: Legal and Ethical Considerations (Hybrid)

Hybrid (In-person: San Diego Psychoanalytic Center & Virtual) 4455 Morena Blvd, Ste 202, San Diego, CA, United States

DESCRIPTION: Embarking on retirement is a significant transition for any professional, and for mental health providers, it comes with its own set of ethical challenges and clinical considerations. This presentation will detail the relevant clinical, ethical, and legal considerations for the provision of advanced planning for psychologists. Topics covered will include how to identify a […]

Nursing + Psychoanalysis Group Mentorship Q&A

Virtual (Zoom)

The American Psychoanalytic Association(APsA) Advanced Practice in Nursing Committee is hosting an online Q&A session about Nursing + Psychoanalysis. Free to Nursing Professionals and Colleagues interested in Psychoanalysis. With Miriam Lundy, Brooke Finley, Sidney Miller and Linda Grey. Please do register (no password required for the meeting): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdO-vrDIiEtAQcBZXpf9uBhLnZyxaXkt4

Study Group – Contemporary Models: The Post-Bionion Work of Betty Joseph, James Grotstein, Thomas Ogden, Antonio Ferro and Giuseppe Civitarese

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

6 Tuesday Evenings - Nov 5 - Dec 17 Facilitated by Joseph Aguayo, PhD In the aftermath of Wilfred Bion’s notable contributions to psychoanalysis, there have been succeeding generations of psychoanalysts who have addressed underdeveloped themes in his many papers and books. This seminar addresses the succeeding psychoanalysts, primarily in Europe and the United States […]

Experiences in Ethical Supervision of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Special guest Virginia Ungar, MD, along with the International Psychotherapy Institute's Child Combined Program faculty, Jill Scharff, MD, and Janine Wanlass, PhD, will guide participants in this special one-day event. Are you engaged in child therapy supervision as a supervisee or a supervisor? Have you faced a difficult moment in your supervision? You are not […]

Metapsychology: Past, Present and the Future

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Presented by Robert S. White, MD From the point of view of classical psychoanalytic theory, I will survey what is established as the standard model of Freud, including drive/defense, compromise formation, oedipal conflict and development, free association, and interpretation. This is a one-person, intrapsychic model. Klein's addition did not fundamentally alter the Freudian model. Klein […]

Decoupling

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Decoupling (2023) is about a journey the filmmaker took to bring back his daughter who was trapped overseas due to US-China tensions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film becomes an examination of his family's suppressed history of trauma caused by forced separation during the Cultural Revolution.

Film & Mind: Asteroid City

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Asteroid City (2023) has been described by writer-director Wes Anderson as a“poetic meditation on the meaning of life”. Set in the 1950’s, Asteroid City is a young girl’s coming-of-age story that deviates from one simple narrative line. Asteroid City leaves the comfortable and familiar setting of a summer camp/and opens up to a line of […]

Feeling Stuck in Psychotherapy…and What to Do About it

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Mary Jo Peebles: When we feel stuck in psychotherapy, we feel inadequate, ashamed, and hide our confusion. A common reaction is to blame and feel irritated with the patient, but then we blame ourselves for being irritated. This workshop will address how to break this cycle, which requires a shift from seeing stuckness as a […]

Living in the Time of the Great Derangement: Relationships between the Inner and Outer World

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

During this conference, four presenters (one biodiversity scientist and three psychoanalysts) will each present their perspective on the complexity of humans’ relations to the natural world and how these multifaceted relations contribute to and might mitigate today’s climate catastrophe. Presenters: Lindsay L. Clarkson, MD; W. John Kress, PhD; Donald B. Moss, MD; Lynne Zeavin, PsyD

The Work of Jean Laplanche

Hybrid: Zoom and The Chicago School, 2400 E. Katella Ave, Suite 1200, Anaheim CA 92806 Anaheim, CA, United States

Presented by Dr. Jonathan House, M.D: Dr. Jonathan House was appointed by Laplanche to serve on the Conseil Scientifique of the Fondation Laplanche where he has been responsible for translations of Laplanche’s work into English. Join Dr. House as he provides an in-depth introduction to the work of Jean Laplanche.

Connections And Conversation: The Analyst’s Search for Empathy In the Face of Hate – Veronica D. Abney, Ph.D

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Free zoom event with Veronica D. Abney, Ph.D.: This paper presents a description of the analysis of an African-American patient with Dissociative Identity Disorder. It will focus primarily on one year of the analysis when the transference was extremely negative resulting in the analyst moving from a very empathic and loving countertransference position to feeling […]

Grand Rounds: Transforming Suicide Risk Assessment

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Transforming Suicide Risk Assessment-Katie C. Lewis, PhD 2024-25 Grand Round Series Clinical suicide risk assessment is often conducted using standardized assessment measures that fail to integrate contemporary theories and empirical findings, especially those pertaining the importance of analyzing the timing and contextual factors affecting suicide risk. This presentation will support a more nuanced understanding of […]

Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Society Scientific Meeting

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Jana K. Edwards, LCSW. Shame and Reunions: A New Look at the Compulsion to Repeat.  Ms. Edwards frames the repetition compulsion in her work with adult partners as a path to healing previously unmetabolized wounds, traumas and losses. In their repetitive conflicts, she sees couples accessing historically dissociated affects. Ms. Shaw illustrates her ideas by […]

Panel Discussion: Understanding the Clinical Process from Multiple Perspectives

San Diego Psychoanalytic Center 4455 Morena Blvd Ste 202, San Diego, CA, United States

Description: Three esteemed psychoanalysts will discuss a case presented by a fourth-year candidate, each from their distinctive theoretical orientation. This stimulating panel presentation will provide a glimpse into the spectrum of psychoanalytic approaches and their convergences and divergences. Following the presentations, a moderated discussion will encourage the exchange of ideas and perspectives. Bio: Charles M. […]

How Relational Sensibility Enhances Psychotherapeutic Experiencing

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Presented by Lawrence Hedges, PhD, PsyD, ABPP. Technologically driven research during the last three decades in the fields of neuroscience, infant research, and relational psychotherapy has made clear the importance of the ongoing impact of experiencing and processing the relationship in psychotherapy. In this course Dr. Hedges will review the ways that psychotherapists of all […]

God’s-eye-view: The Evangelical Patient on the Couch

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Join for us for a presentation with Dr. Jason Jost followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Earl Bland and Dr. Michelle Harwell. Psychoanalysts unfamiliar with the worldview and child-rearing practices of Evangelicals may unintentionally replicate the patient’s childhood experience of accommodating a transcendent, authoritative perspective of themselves and others. To bridge this cultural gap, […]

How Our Work as Analysts Changes Us as Persons

Hybrid: In-person Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia & Virtual 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Based on 25 years of psychoanalytic and intensive psychotherapy work with patients and his experiences as a teacher, supervisor, and mentor, Dr. Klafter will describe how psychoanalysts are affected by their relationships with their patients. Drawing on object relations theories of psychological development, he will describe how the patient inhabits the analyst's representational world, and […]

Book Review and Discussion – Playing and Vitality in Psychoanalysis by Giuseppe Civitarese, MD, PhD & Antonino Ferro, MD

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Presented by Mark Winborn, PhD In our discussion, we’ll review some of the major ideas of Bion and Ogden that the authors reinterpret or recontextualize within field theory, bringing these ideas alive through clinical vignettes. We will also touch on Winnicott’s transformative ideas on play, Ogden’s depiction of “aliveness and deadness” in psychoanalysis, as well […]

Stacia I. Super Memorial Ethics Conference

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Presentation Description: Todd Essig and Sherry Turkle will discuss AI and its impact on psychoanalysis, and the ethical considerations for our professional work as well as daily life, moderated by Marc Levine. Interaction and conversation with participants are encouraged. Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/38ukv87h Program Flyer: https://tinyurl.com/3ckxx67w ***DEADLINE TO REGISTER Monday, November 25, 2024. No late registrations accepted […]