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SUMMARY:Is This a Cultural Thing? Personality\, Race\, and Culture in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
DESCRIPTION:Is a patient’s distress predominantly rooted in their personality or in the cultural milieu\, or both?\nThere has been a tendency to separate the psyche and the social throughout the history of psychoanalysis\, and tensions persist in theorizing about this issue. In this program\, we will explore how personality is shaped by sociocultural context and how racial stereotypes and racism are embedded in conceptualizations of personality. We will further examine how a person’s experiences are rooted in personality\, family dynamics\, and sociocultural trauma. Nuanced understandings of individual experiences of sociocultural context will be emphasized as we consider how personality\, race\, and culture intersect and interact in the therapeutic relationship. \nUsha Tummala-Narra\, PhD; Desta Lissanu\, MD; Lana Elhalabi\, MD & Elisa Cheng\, MD
URL:https://apsa.org/event/is-this-a-cultural-thing-personality-race-and-culture-in-psychoanalytic-psychotherapy/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
ORGANIZER;CN="Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute":MAILTO:library@bpsi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T233000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
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SUMMARY:The Musical Foundation of Being Human: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Duane Dale\, MD\nCourse Description \nIn these nine monthly seminars\, we will be discussing the book\, Here I’m Alive: The Spirit of Music in Psychoanalysis\, written by Adam Blum\, Peter Goldberg\, and Michael Levin. In my reading of this book\, much of the exciting growth in psychoanalytic perspectives is captured and synthesized. The musical experience\, those times that stay with us and continue to have an impact\, is used as a powerful metaphor for furthering the understanding of the clinical experience and with an emphasis on the importance of connecting with aliveness in our work. \nTo give a sense of the book and what we will be discussing\, here are excerpts from the preface:\n“Our project explores ways that this Enlightenment (i.e.\, thinking over being) paradigm has permeated the history of psychoanalytic theory and practice as we endeavor to unearth an older substratum of experience that has remained present but obscured.” The authors then go on to list thinkers in the Romantic movement bringing in different perspectives than from Enlightenment\, that included “psychoanalytic theorists like Donald Winnicott\, Marion Milner\, Jean Laplanche\, Thomas Ogden\, and Adam Phillips. With different emphases\, all of these thinkers and artists have worked out accounts of how it is that culture shapes human perception\, thought\, and comportment on the deepest levels of embodiment. We extend this account by proposing that the interface of psyche and culture is fundamentally musical.”\n“The work of psychoanalysis\, in this view\, is to facilitate fuller and freer vibration…\, cultivating and amplifying the idiomatic freedom of each instrument to sing through the chorus of musica humana\, to resound the psyche-somatic energies of being human\, to surf the waves of the weave.” \nAnd a final quote from the end of the book: “Like the best psychoanalysis\, music reminds us\, as Freud intimated in his late paper “Finite and Infinite Analysis\,” that we have to stop\, so that we can go on. It never ends\, Winnicott added\, because we’re never gonna get it\, as Phillips put it. But\, as Bion believed\, we feel more because we know less at the end than we did at the beginning. We are able to enter different frames that are not fantasies. Because they are actually here.” Hence the title\, Here I’m Alive. \nWe will be reading from the book and participants will be asked to purchase it.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-musical-foundation-of-being-human-a-psychoanalytic-perspective/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T213000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230826T014004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230826T021113Z
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SUMMARY:Study Group - Trends and Controversies in Psychoanalytic Conceptualizations and Treatment of Trauma
DESCRIPTION:In this three part study group\, participants will explore the trends and controversies that have occurred over time in the psychoanalytic conceptualizations and treatment of trauma. The purpose is not to examine history as static and resolved\, but to consider how the prior issues keep evolving\, influencing the ways in which we view trauma\, its origins\, and treatment. In addition\, we will consider new developments that have occurred over time\, such as findings from neuroscience\, which have had a bearing on our concepts and interventions. We will read pre-circulated journal articles and book chapters for each study session. Some of these consist of historical reviews\, while others are classic or contemporary case studies\, in order to learn about the theories and influences on our treatment of patients who have experienced trauma. \nFacilitated by JoAnn Ponder\, PhD\, George Bombel\, PhD\, & various guests
URL:https://apsa.org/event/study-group-trends-and-controversies-in-psychoanalytic-conceptualizations-and-treatment-of-trauma/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T160000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230810T152227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T184612Z
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Workshop: "From Silenced Narratives to Inclusive Dialogues: Addressing Sexuality in Psychoanalysis and Empowering Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals"
DESCRIPTION:This workshop includes reflections on the presenter’s experiences as the first openly lesbian candidate at an institute of the American Psychoanalytic Association. She will share lessons learned from her leadership role at the national and local level before and after the APsA’s 1991 decision to allow for the training of gay and lesbian psychoanalysts. She will then reflect on the current state of psychoanalysis and trans and non-binary genders. She will provide an introduction to trans and non-binary genders and an in-depth case presentation of her work with a transgender adolescent.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/lgbtq-workshop-from-silenced-narratives-to-inclusive-dialogues-addressing-sexuality-in-psychoanalysis-and-empowering-transgender-and-non-binary-individuals/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T171500
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230826T014004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230826T020949Z
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SUMMARY:Clinical Conference: Trauma\, Psychedelics\, and Psychoanalysis - Part One
DESCRIPTION:A Brief History of Psychedelic Psychoanalytic Therapy and an Introduction to Psychedelic Phenomenology presented by Jeffrey Guss\, MD\nThis talk will begin with a brief review of the history of psychedelic psychoanalytic treatment in the United States and Europe. Following this an introduction to psychedelic phenomenology from a psychoanalytic perspective will be offered\, focusing on 1) hyper- associative states and 2) drug-induced ego dissolution (DIED). The relevance of these two phenomena for psychotherapy will be explored. \nWitnessing: A Psychodynamic Perspective on How Psychedelics Facilitate the Treatment of Trauma presented by Lawrence Fischman\, MD \nIn seeking treatment for trauma\, the multiplicity of individual preferences and available treatment modalities enhance the likelihood of fittedness between patient and therapist. While many individuals will benefit from prevalent spiritual and cognitive behavioral models of psychedelic-assisted trauma therapy\, some patients and therapists will feel more comfortable with relational models. Here\, I offer a psychodynamic model of how psychedelics may influence the process of witnessing\, which has been seen as central to the psychoanalytic model of recovery from trauma.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/clinical-conference-trauma-psychedelics-and-psychoanalysis-part-one/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T140000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230826T014021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230826T020744Z
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SUMMARY:Boundaries and Boundary Violations in Clinical Practice
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Glen O. Gabbard\, MD \nDescription: Glen O. Gabbard\, MD will discuss the forces\, both conscious and unconscious\, that lead clinicians to transgress the boundaries of clinical practice. I will illustrate with clinical material from my many years of evaluating and treating practitioners.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/boundaries-and-boundary-violations-in-clinical-practice/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T090000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230417T170729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T175001Z
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SUMMARY:Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Program – 2 Year Program begins September 2023
DESCRIPTION:Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute \nThis event addresses: Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy \nThe goal of the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program (CAPP) is to provide participants with exposure to concepts that inform psychodynamic therapy with children and adolescents. The program includes an in-depth exposure to concepts from psychoanalytic understandings of development and psychopathology as they apply to children and adolescents. Psychodynamic principles and techniques are applicable in a variety of clinical settings\, including clinics\, agencies\, hospitals\, and private practice. The program provides a solid grounding in psychoanalytic principles while being attentive to the realities of clinical practice in the current mental health environment. The challenges and practicalities of providing in-depth treatment are discussed throughout the curriculum. \nCAPP offers practitioners the opportunity to deepen and broaden skills in \n• Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and adolescents\, \n• Clinical assessment\, and \n• Parent work \nThis two year program includes two weekly courses (Friday afternoons)—one didactic course and one clinical conference. In order to obtain the maximal benefit\, it is recommended that participants enroll in all four semesters of the program sequentially\, along with weekly case consultation provided at a discounted rate of $60 per hour. Successful completion of the two-year program leads to a certificate of completion. However\, it is also possible to participate for one or several semesters without committing to the two-year sequence. \nThis course is via ZOOM only – Distance learners are welcome to apply. \nThe tuition is $1\,900 per year. \nFor questions about the Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Program\, contact: \nBrett Clarke\, MSW\, mailto:brettclarke55@gmail.com\, (513) 961-8830 \nSydney Anderson\, PhD\, mailto:sydneyfanderson@icloud.com\, (812) 331-2800
URL:https://apsa.org/event/child-adolescent-psychotherapy-program-2-year-program-begins-september-2023/
LOCATION:Virtual\, via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T220000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230826T014004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230826T020623Z
UID:20000146-1694118600-1694124000@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Evening Presentation - Somatic Experiencing: Enhancing Psychoanalytic Holding and Containment for Complex Trauma and Dissociation - Contending with the Flood and the Fog
DESCRIPTION:This presentation is about interweaving somatic approaches from outside of psychoanalysis into psychoanalytic treatment\, especially for patients suffering from early developmental trauma and severe dissociation. Dr. Levit is a psychoanalyst who trained in Somatic Experiencing (SE). Developed originally as a treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder\, SE is rooted in neurophysiology\, biology and ethology. As its name suggests\, SE focuses on the body\, but it introduces ways of working in the body that are quite different from psychoanalytic modes. Dr. Levit will provide an overview of the SE model\, but the focus of the presentation will be on illustrating how somatically based approaches from SE can enfold into\, and enhance\, psychoanalytic treatment. He will present clinical process illustrating forms of responsiveness based on SE. In discussing each vignette\, he will invoke Ogden’s notion of looking at any clinical process from multiple conceptual vertices. Dr. Levit will consider each vignette from the perspectives of SE\, of holding\, and of containing. In so doing\, he hopes to illustrate the synergy when interweaving SE into psychoanalytic treatment. \nPresented by David Levit\, PhD\, ABPP\, SEP
URL:https://apsa.org/event/evening-presentation-somatic-experiencing-enhancing-psychoanalytic-holding-and-containment-for-complex-trauma-and-dissociation-contending-with-the-flood-and-the-fog/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T213000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230826T014004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230826T020102Z
UID:20000145-1693944000-1693949400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Study Group - Exploring the Essence of a Psychoanalytic Approach
DESCRIPTION:Join us in this all-level study group as we utilize Nancy McWilliams’ text\, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy\, as a guide to exploring the defining and distinguishing features of a psychoanalytic approach. Through reading and discussion\, we will discuss some of the values and assumptions associated with a psychoanalytic sensibility\, examine key considerations such as therapeutic frame and boundaries\, and explore the “how” of basic psychoanalytic psychotherapy processes. Case material from the text and from group participants will help us bring these ideas to life. We will also consider the experience of the therapist in this modality\, including the gratifications and challenges that come along with our work. Participants need a copy of the book: McWilliams\, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide (Guilford Press).\nFacilitated by Barton Jones\, LCSW & Lindsey Hogan\, PhD
URL:https://apsa.org/event/study-group-exploring-the-essence-of-a-psychoanalytic-approach/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T233000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230810T152226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230826T022937Z
UID:20000126-1693519200-1693524600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Connections & Conversation with Francisco Gonzalez: On the Place of the Social Unconscious: Implications for Psychoanalytic Thought and Practice
DESCRIPTION:The current moment in psychoanalytic thinking has made a “turn towards the social\,” but what does this mean in theoretical and practical terms. This presentation aims to provide a conceptual basis for the Social Unconscious as a register grounded in groups\, and operating as a different kind of psychic life than what we are used to when we think of the personal unconscious. If we take the concept of the Social Unconscious seriously\, this implies a fundamental change in our theoretical frameworks. And has implications for opening up the terrain of psychoanalytic practice\, including the recovery and validation of the history of community psychoanalysis and new elaborations of training and practice.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/connections-conversation-with-francisco-gonzalez-on-the-place-of-the-social-unconsciousimplications-for-psychoanalytic-thought-and-practice/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T183000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230616T161341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230616T161341Z
UID:20000123-1687712400-1687717800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Relational Perspectives on Trauma- Estelle Shane Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Free zoom event: Connections and Conversation \nPsychoanalytic dialogue
URL:https://apsa.org/event/relational-perspectives-on-trauma-estelle-shane-ph-d-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T040000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230417T170430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T174914Z
UID:20000090-1687665600-1687665600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Certificate Program- Object relations and practice
DESCRIPTION:International Psychotherapy Institute \nThis event addresses: Object Relations Theory and Practice provides a concentrated immersion in the fundamentals of object relations theory and therapy. \nThe International Psychotherapy Institute offers a certificate program in Object Relations is life-changing. We provide a high quality\, deeply immersive\, supportive training through our two-year certificate training program. Our training is different than other organizations because of the affective learning model used at the IPI. Being a part of a small group (GAM) for the entire 2 years\, allows for deep understanding and application of object relations to your clinical practice. The group experience\, led by IPI faculty\, is the major reason our participants keep returning to IPI. The program is chaired by Lorrie Peters\, LCSW. Lorrie is in private practice in Harrisburg\, PA. She is national faculty at IPI and is the current chair of the 2 year Object Relations Theory and Practice Certificate Program at IPI. She is a doctoral student at LCSW.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/certificate-program-object-relations-and-practice/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T193000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230616T161001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230616T161001Z
UID:20000121-1686684600-1686684600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Cured: Film Preview and Q&A with Filmmaker
DESCRIPTION:LGBTQ+ rights
URL:https://apsa.org/event/cured-film-preview-and-qa-with-filmmaker/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T120000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230512T224323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T224323Z
UID:20000115-1686391200-1686398400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:“This boy is autistic”: Misinterpretation of Defensive voidance in a Six-Year-Old Boy
DESCRIPTION:Leon Hoffman\, MD\, a Psychiatrist and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist\, will discuss the importance of the therapeutic intervention “interpretation of defenses against painful affects.” This technique\, developed by Berta Bornstein\, has been indispensable in child and adolescent psychoanalysis. This paper describes in detail the defensive function of a child’s oppositional behavior\, negativism\, and avoidance. These issues were examined and interpreted in an in-depth treatment (including two years of four-time-a-week psychoanalysis). This was one of the treatments that served as a model for developing the Manual of Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors: A Psychodynamic Approach and the development of the first empirical study of a psychodynamic treatment for children with disruptive disorders. The Triangle of Conflict will be highlighted as a heuristic to conceptualize the development of symptoms. The value of empirical research will be discussed. \nEvent is June 10\, 2023 from 10AM-12PM. Registration closes on June 7th. \nPlease follow link to the event page for registration and additional information on fees.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/this-boy-is-autistic-misinterpretation-of-defensive-voidance-in-a-six-year-old-boy/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230612
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230420T200954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T201150Z
UID:20000092-1686254400-1686513599@apsa.org
SUMMARY:APsA’s 112th Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Details will be posted soon.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/apsas-112th-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Virtual\, via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230608T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230608T200000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230516T152722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T155804Z
UID:20000116-1686254400-1686254400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Aging and Dying and the Analytic Process
DESCRIPTION:The topic of this meeting is of great importance for both the psychoanalyst and patient. There is a reciprocal interest between analyst and patient concerning these vital issues. Currently\, there are more analysts and patients living to an advanced age with problems and conflicts concerning health\, vitality\, cognition\, and affect regulation. The panelists will explore the critical conflicts and therapeutic issues that are inevitably involved in the aging process.\nPanelists:\nWendy Olesker\, Ph.D.\, Henry Nunberg\, M.D.\, Harold Blum\, M.D.\, Otto Kernberg\, M.D. & Lois Oppenheim\, Ph.D. (moderator)\n______\nPLEASE NOTE: Ticket Registration is NOT the same as ZOOM registration. One day prior: Complete ZOOM registration for meeting which you will receive by email from Sharon Weller. This step involves entering your name and email address. If you do not complete this\, you will NOT receive link to meeting. PLEASE CHECK ALL EMAIL FOLDERS IN CASE IT GOES INTO SPAM OR ANOTHER FOLDER. YOU MUST COMPLETE BOTH NYPSI WEBSITE REGISTRATION AND ZOOM REGISTRATION. Click on auto-generated email from Lois Oppenheim (host) which contains ZOOM link to “enter” the meeting. Evaluation Survey and CME/CE documentation will be emailed the day after the event.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/aging-and-dying-and-the-analytic-process/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230604T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230604T110000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230516T152723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T155717Z
UID:20000119-1685876400-1685876400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Psychoanalysis\, Creativity\, and the Arts: Meditation\, Creativity and Psychoanalysis:Meeting at the Well
DESCRIPTION:During this presentation we will describe and discuss the processes that take place during meditation experiences\, the differences between mindfulness and meditation\, what happens during meditation in our brain and bodies\, how meditation can be synergic with psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic practices and with creative processes\, and how countertransference and idealization are present in meditation experiences as well.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychoanalysis-creativity-and-the-arts-meditation-creativity-and-psychoanalysismeeting-at-the-well/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T120000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230428T012159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T012159Z
UID:20000097-1685793600-1685793600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Shame and The Cover-Up of Individuality:  Social and Clinical Implications
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, I will explore the social and clinical implications of covering up our exposed vulnerability as unique individuals.  Given that shame is characterized by doubts about our fundamental adequacy\, we attempt to live in the world by covering up our shame as individuals by taking refuge under the umbrella of external authority.  Loyalty to a strong leader or social conformity to group norms derive often from the need to cover oneself.  In this sense\, a primary aim of psychoanalytic psychotherapy is to help patients accept their own uniqueness as individuals.  I will explore the importance of respecting the agency of patients and modeling an ethic of curiosity\, inquiry\, and understanding in interacting with patients.  I will conclude by showing how self-acceptance is also related to the process of mourning the original disillusionments that led to one’s shame. \nBio: Peter Shabad\, PhD is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at\nNorthwestern University Medical School. He is on the Teaching\nand Supervising Faculty of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis\n(CCP) and the Teaching and Supervising Faculty of the Chicago\nInstitute for Psychoanalysis. He is also Supervising and Training\nAnalyst at the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis He is an\nAssociate Editor on the Editorial Board of Psychoanalytic\nDialogues. Dr. Shabad is co-editor of The Problem of Loss and\nMourning: Psychoanalytic Perspectives (IUP\, 1989) and is the\nauthor of Despair and the Return of Hope: Echoes of Mourning in\nPsychotherapy (Aronson\, 2001). Dr. Shabad is currently working\non a new book entitled Seizing The Vital Moment: Passion\, Shame\,\nand Mourning to be published by Routledge.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/shame-and-the-cover-up-of-individuality-social-and-clinical-implications/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T160000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230516T152722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T155649Z
UID:20000118-1685721600-1685721600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema: Discussion of the Film "The Maid"
DESCRIPTION:This talk will use the events in the film as the basis for a discussion of the deadening effects of social inequality and emotional deprivation.  The film depicts the relationship of a middle-aged woman who has served one family as a maid for more than half her life.  While she might seem embedded in the life of the family\, and they are portrayed as loving her\, in a way\, it is clear that she is more object than person to them.  The effect of this\, and what seems to be her emotionally depriving relationship with her mother\, results in a person who is isolated\, manipulative\, and both sadistic and masochistic.  Is such a person redeemable?  What can it take to help such a deadened character come back to life?
URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychoanalytic-takes-on-the-cinema-discussion-of-the-film-the-maid/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T220000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230428T012158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T012522Z
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SUMMARY:Connections and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Free zoom event open to all on the topic of Psychoanalysis as a Means of LiberationWith Debra J. Myers\, MD\, PsyD.\nIndividuals engage in psychoanalysis motivated by dissatisfaction with life as they experience it. In psychoanalytic training\, we spend a great deal of time preparing to understand family of origin\, relationship\, and developmental discontinuities. Too often\, socio-cultural discontinuities do not receive significant emphasis as warranted. I intend to analyze my personal biography using eclectic psychoanalytic theories to demonstrate the potential to use psychoanalysis in the service of personal liberation. Mentalization\, as well as\, Developmental and Attachment psychoanalytic theories may be used in an emancipatory effort by those currently oppressed or marginalized in our society when trained psychoanalysts are accessible. I believe the history of anti-Black racism is relevant to the psychoanalysis of patients regardless of race. The concept of ‘Racial Battle Fatigue’ will be described and applied to the analysis of myself\, a person of African descent.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/connections-and-conversation/
LOCATION:Live via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T170000
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SUMMARY:Adaptation in Clinical Practice. Robert Langs and Carl Jung | Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center
DESCRIPTION: Presented by John R. White\, Ph.D.\, LPC\nThis presentation compares the clinical concepts of “adaptation” in Robert Langs and Carl Jung\, examining their central similarities and differences. \nOur presenter\, John R. White\, PhD\, LPC is a practicing Jungian psychoanalyst in Pittsburgh PA and Coordinator of the C. G. Jung Institute Analyst Training Program of Pittsburgh. He has more than forty publications in both philosophy and psychoanalysis. His book Adaptation and Psychotherapy. Langs and Analytical Psychology\, was published by Rowman & Littlefield\, 2023.Though adaptation is a concept internal to all psychoanalytic theory and practice\, perhaps no one in the psychoanalytic tradition emphasized adaptation more than Robert Langs. This presentation compares the clinical concepts of “adaptation” in Robert Langs and Carl Jung\, examining their central similarities and differences as well as deriving clinical implications from this comparison. \nadministration@pghpsa.org
URL:https://apsa.org/event/adaptation-in-clinical-practice-robert-langs-and-carl-jung-presented-by-john-r-white-ph-d-lpc-pittsburgh-psychoanalytic-center/
LOCATION:Virtual\, via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T100000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230516T152722Z
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SUMMARY:The Observational Studies Program: Open House
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URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-observational-studies-program-open-house/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T080000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
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SUMMARY:The 2023 Grotstein Memorial Lectures: Part 3
DESCRIPTION:New Center for Psychoanalysis \nThis event addresses: James Grotstein’s work in comparative psychoanalytic theory \nKlein’s Analytic Technique \nProfessor Robert Hinshelwood\, MD — Professor Emeritus of University of Essex; Member\, British Psychoanalytical Society; Fellow\, Royal College of Physicians\, London\, UK \nIn the final part of our series\, Robert Hinshelwood takes us back to Klein’s original psychoanalytic technique with children and adults—and establishes how she innovated analytic technique by reversing Freud’s emphasis on reconstructing the infantile/conflictual past of his patients as based on their adult psychopathology. Klein instead emphasized early infantile mechanisms of projection and defense—and how they informed the subsequent pathology of the mature patient. \nIn the third hour of this presentation\, Hinshelwood makes comparison between Klein\, Winnicott and Bion\, attempting to tease out what the substantive differences were between these three analytic pioneers in terms of technique.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-2023-grotstein-memorial-lectures-part-3/
LOCATION:Virtual\, via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T053000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T053000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230417T170013Z
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SUMMARY:Promoting Social Emotional Development Post-COVID in Children From Birth to Five
DESCRIPTION:Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute \nThis event addresses: COVID-19\, Children \nThe global pandemic has had a devastating impact on the social and emotional development of young children and their caregivers in early educational settings. Children at different developmental levels experience the multiple stresses caused by the pandemic and its disruptions in different ways. How do we differentiate between developmental symptoms and necessary adaptations of young children in an educational setting? This program will emphasize the power of relationships as a tool to move development forward. It will offer helpful strategies for clinicians and early educators to address the developmental lag we observe in this post-COVID era.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/promoting-social-emotional-development-post-covid-in-children-from-birth-to-five/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T210000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230512T223616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T223616Z
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SUMMARY:Ferenczi’s Secret Life: Mutual Analysis as a Relational Paradigm
DESCRIPTION:Peter L. Rudnytsky\, Ph.D.\, LCSW\, will join us via Zoom on Friday\, May 19th to discuss his ideas on how Ferenczi and Freud exemplify divergent models of psychoanalytic identity. He will discuss Ferenczi’s mutual analysis with Elizabeth Severn in a biographical\, historical\, and theoretical context with the goal of rehabilitating Severn as an original thinker and partner in the work of Ferenczi’s final phase.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/ferenczis-secret-life-mutual-analysis-as-a-relational-paradigm/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T220000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230428T012159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T171407Z
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SUMMARY:Psychedelic Drugs: Perception and Psychodynamics
DESCRIPTION:NCP Manifest Mind Series welcomes cognitive neuroscientist and philosopher of mind Link Swanson\, PhD.\nFor his lucid work on understanding the psychology of psychedelic drug effects\, Dr. Swanson has already received international early-career recognition. Swanson updates the rationalist tradition of Sigmund Freud’s “Project for a Scientific Psychology” discussing the implications of his research into the perceptual effects of the psychedelic drug psilocybin. \nIn his talk\, Dr. Swanson will lay out the connections springing from prescient observations by both Sigmund Freud and Aldous Huxley on mental “filtration.” He will describe those empirical findings and theoretical concepts of mind that help explain how psychedelic medicine participates in the therapeutic process. \nDr. Swanson will appear by Zoom from Minnesota.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychedelic-drugs-perception-and-psychodynamics/
LOCATION:Live via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T210000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230428T012158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T171617Z
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SUMMARY:How Neuromodulation and Psychedelics are Revolutionizing Psychiatry
DESCRIPTION:This talk will cover the recent advances in psychiatry for treating many mental illnesses. It will particularly focus on specialized treatments such as ketamine therapy and TMS\, as well as other types of treatments in advanced stages of development\, such as psychedelics.\nPresenter: Dr. Feifel earned a B.Sc.\, master’s\, Ph.D. (neurobiology) and MD from the University of Toronto\, Canada. He then completed an Internal Medicine internship followed by Psychiatry residency training at the University of California\, San Diego. Upon finishing his training\, he joined the faculty of UCSD Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Feifel has specialty certification in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. At UCSD\, Dr. Feifel was Director of the psychiatry inpatient unit. He established and headed the UCSD Adult ADHD program\, and he created the Department of Psychiatry’s Center for Advanced Treatments where he introduced several novel treatments such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Ketamine. He was one of the first providers in the country to utilize those treatments. At UCSD\, Dr. Feifel also regularly taught undergraduate and medical students\, resident doctors and postdoctoral fellows and he headed a NIMH-funded translational research program focused on developing new treatments for psychiatric disorders. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers. His work has been featured in the New York Times\, Time magazine\, National Public Radio (NPR)\, New England Journal of Medicine\, USA Today\, Scientific America\, among others. Dr. In 2017 Dr. Feifel established Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute\, a private institute in La Jolla\, focusing on innovative treatments such as ketamine therapy\, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and psychedelic assisted therapy for mental illness.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/how-neuromodulation-and-psychedelics-are-revolutionizing-psychiatry/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
ORGANIZER;CN="San Diego Psychoanalytic Center":MAILTO:events@sdpsychoanalytic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T113000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230417T165627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T165736Z
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SUMMARY:Karen J. Maroda\, PhD\, ABPP: The analyst’s vulnerability: How our early childhood experiences impact our choice of theory and technique.
DESCRIPTION:Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis \nThis event addresses: The Analyst’s Vulnerability \nIt has long been recognized that therapists have a history of being caretakers in their families of origin. Yet we have not pursued how that role impacted our own personal growth\, values\, ideas and limitations. What are the vulnerabilities and strengths that we share as a result of being precociously assigned the responsibility for others’ happiness or even their psychic survival? What role does the resulting guilt\, shame and desire to rescue and be rescued play in the creation of both our theories and preferred interventions? And do we tend to be excessively passive as a result of not having any real power as children when faced with the daunting responsibility of being soother\, peacemaker\, mediator and even entertainer? \nIn the spirit of expanding the conversation about the dynamics in the therapeutic dyad\, this presentation focuses on three topics: the therapist’s early experiences and how they impact both our theory and practice\, the natural human limits of empathy\, and the role of enactment in the therapeutic process. This program is designed for working clinicians\, focusing heavily on clinical examples and opening up conversation about the ways we work and how we might creatively enhance our interventions with clients.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/karen-j-maroda-phd-abpp-the-analysts-vulnerability-how-our-early-childhood-experiences-impact-our-choice-of-theory-and-technique/
LOCATION:Virtual\, via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T133000
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CREATED:20230505T191901Z
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SUMMARY:Dynamics of Maternal Narcissism | Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:“In this latest installment of our case conference series\, targeted at early career clinicians and those curious to learn more about psychodynamic approaches to therapy\, PCOP psychotherapy student Nicole Flibbert Laurino\, LPC\, will present from her work with an adult patient treated in a community mental health setting\, who struggles with feeling “”not good enough”” and self critical tendencies\, and a fraught relationship with her critical mother. \nDiscussant Barbara Gray\, Ph.D.\, psychoanalyst\, and PCOP faculty member\, will provide insight into how the dynamics of maternal narcissism contributed to this patient’s conflicts and shaped her development\, and how to understand them in the present via transference feelings in the therapy relationship. The discussion will focus on clinical interventions and case formulation\, including concrete examples of “what to say\, when” from a psychodynamic lens that attendees can apply to their own clinical work. In the question and answer period that follows\, attendees will have an opportunity to discuss the case with Ms. Flibbert Laurino and Dr. Gray.” \njseixas@philanalysis.org \n 
URL:https://apsa.org/event/dynamics-of-maternal-narcissism-psychoanalytic-center-of-philadelphia/
LOCATION:Virtual\, via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T130000
DTSTAMP:20260714T094139
CREATED:20230417T165406Z
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SUMMARY:Trauma: Developmental and Psychodynamic Views\,  Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:Denver Psychoanalytic Society \nThis event addresses: Trauma \nThe program is targeted at all levels of practitioners of mental health services and will discuss the effects of relational trauma\, misdiagnosis and misunderstanding of the effects on development and the necessity of genuine relationship in the healing process. We will look at progress and the ongoing struggle to understand experiences of early trauma on development and implications for treatment. \nDr. Annita Sawyer will trace her journey as a suicidal adolescent in 1960\, mistakenly diagnosed with schizophrenia and treated with ECT and lengthy hospitalizations over nearly 6 years. Using herself as a case study\, Annita speaks to lifetime consequences of childhood trauma\, harmful effects of fads in psychiatric diagnosis and treatment\, the enduring impact of stigma and shame\, and the power of human connection to heal.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/trauma-developmental-and-psychodynamic-views-then-and-now/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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