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SUMMARY:Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Society Scientific Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Wendy Katz\, PhD. Silence\, Second Skin\, and the Unrepresented.\nDr. Katz uses the concepts of microdialect and secondskin to to explore the patient’s silence in session and how it may function on multiple levels of psychic and relational organization. Using this as a vehicle for moving between levels\, it provides a potential avenue to access and creatively transform unrepresented experience.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/wisconsin-psychoanalytic-society-scientific-meeting-5/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250125T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250125T141500
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
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SUMMARY:Ethics Conference - Toward An Ethic of Play:  How to Conceptualize Ethics in Play in Adult Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Steven H. Cooper\, PhD with discussion by Joyce Slochower\, PhD \nThrough a series of clinical vignettes\, the author explores the ethical undergirding of play in analytic work with adult patients. He defines play as a form of idiomatic\, verbal responsiveness that emerges in the context of the analytic intersubjectivity\, one that can illuminate elements of fixed transference-countertransference engagement. He outlines an ethic of play that considers whether these forms of responsiveness deepen and enliven the patient’s understanding of unconscious fantasy\, conflict\, and internalized object relations. Play poses challenges and potential risk for the analytic couple since in play\, rules are often changing in the dialogue between the conscious and unconscious minds of the analytic couple. \nThis conference is intended to fulfill licensure renewal requirements for continuing education in ethics. However\, registrants should check with their licensing board if uncertain.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/ethics-conference-toward-an-ethic-of-play-how-to-conceptualize-ethics-in-play-in-adult-analysis/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250125T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250125T113000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241220T182834Z
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UID:20000513-1737797400-1737804600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Kramer Mahler Forum: The Moving Picture: How Children’s Art Illustrates Change During Treatment
DESCRIPTION:Robin Holloway\, PhD\, CPsych\, will use children’s artwork from psychotherapy to explore how drawings provide insights into a child’s mind\, helping to understand fears\, relationships\, and emotional growth. Click here for the flyer and full description. \nCE.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/kramer-mahler-forum-the-moving-picture-how-children-s-art-illustrates-change-during-treatment/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250124T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241105T032603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T193659Z
UID:20000483-1737743400-1737748800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm’s Fight Against Fascism and Racism
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Roger Frie asks: What does it mean to be both a social critic and a practicing psychotherapist? In this talk he draws on the early work of Erich Fromm to answer this and other questions.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/edge-of-catastrophe-erich-fromms-fight-against-fascism-and-racism/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T213000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20240909T150058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241220T182151Z
UID:20000422-1737577800-1737581400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Judith Butler's Psychoanalysis
DESCRIPTION:This course will focus on Butler’s experience and engagement with psychoanalysis\, in order to explore what impact their thinking can hold for clinical practice. We will focus both on their early work concerning gender as well as more recent writings about non-violence.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/judith-butlers-psychoanalysis/
LOCATION:Hybrid (In-Person and Virtual)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250119T130000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241220T182835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T192842Z
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SUMMARY:“Will Psychoanalysis\, AI\, and Philosophy Collide\, Or Enrich Each Other?"  A Conversation with Luca Possati\, Ph.D. hosted by Amy Levy\, Psy.D.
DESCRIPTION:The APsA/DPE Council on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) is pleased to announce the next event in our Workshop Series. On January 19th\, from 11 AM to 1 PM EST\, Dr. Amy Levy will be in conversation with Dr. Luca Possati\, author of The Algorithmic Unconscious: How Psychoanalysis Helps in Understanding AI. They will consider Dr. Possati’s theories of projective identification between machines and humans\, his theories about a new unconscious forming through human-machine interactions\, his research into “grief bots” (AI companions that simulate the deceased)\, and the unconscious human needs driving the AI revolution. You can also expect conversation about\, among other topics\, Dr. Possati’s model of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) developed as a critique of Mark Solm’s model for artificial consciousness. \nLuca Possati’s work has been a frequent topic of discussion within the CAI. As an internationally recognized philosopher whose research illuminates historical\, ethical\, social\, and psychological implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, we have been significantly enriched by our encounters with his work. Well versed in Lacan\, Object Relations theory and software studies\, he is well positioned to dialogue with the psychoanalytic community about the nature of our relationship to AI and what we may expect in the coming AI wave. \nWe are delighted by the opportunity to share his work\, and this conversation\, with our community. There is no charge to attend and attendance is open to all who may be interested. Here is the link to the registration form: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqdu-pqTIjGNah476wSSwPed_Yb2HeDTQx
URL:https://apsa.org/event/will-psychoanalysis-ai-and-philosophy-collide-or-enrich-each-other-a-conversation-with-luca-possati-ph-d-hosted-by-amy-levy-psy-d/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T161000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20240920T210839Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Salon: Exploring the Transgender Edge in the Analytic Relationship
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tiffaney Hale\, LMFT\nAttendees will explore Griffith Hansbury’s paper\, The masculine vaginal: Working with queer men’s embodiment at the transgender edge (2017) as a conduit for both thinking about their own gendered experiences and clinical stances toward patients’ gendered presentations.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/saturday-salon-exploring-the-transgender-edge-in-the-analytic-relationship/
LOCATION:Long Beach\, CA (In Person)
ORGANIZER;CN="Newport Psychoanalytic Institute":MAILTO:admin@npi.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T150000
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CREATED:20241010T184626Z
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SUMMARY:The Unconscious Triad: Hidden Unconscious\, Buried Unconscious\, Implicit Unconscious
DESCRIPTION:Description: The current extension of the concept of the unconscious to different levels\, configurations\, and functioning of the mind is the result of decades of collective reflection on the clinic and on theory. Analysts today have a broader\, more refined and complex knowledge of defensive and transformative processes\, and this has also led to an evolution in technique. The paper presents a combination of psychoanalytic theory and technique through two clinical cases that present complex articulations of spurious unconscious functional areas and modalities\, alternately repressed and not repressed. \nEducational Objective(s)\n1) To provide the audience with an update on the current extension of the concept of the unconscious\, with regard to different levels\, configurations and functioning of the mind.\n2) To present clinical examples of these new conceptual extensions\, to transfer this update to daily therapeutic practice.\nPresenter Information \nBio: Stefano Bolognini\, M.D. is a psychiatrist and training analyst of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society\, of which he was Scientific Secretary and President. After serving as a Representative on the first IPA Board\, he became its President in 2013 and served in that role until 2017. He also founded the “IPA Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychoanalysis” and is a member of the Advisory Board of the International Psychoanalytic University Berlin (IPU)\, Honorary Member of the New York Contemporary Freudian Society (NYCFS)\, and of the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS). Bolognini was a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis for 10 years\, and has published over 250 psychoanalytic works\, both books and papers.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-unconscious-triad-hidden-unconscious-buried-unconscious-implicit-unconscious/
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:20250118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T133000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241220T182820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T193244Z
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SUMMARY:Doubting Doubt:  Success\, Failure and Ambiguity in Two Psychodynamic Treatments of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
DESCRIPTION:Paul Doyen\, LMSW\, will discuss Glen Gabbard’s claim that psychoanalytic therapy cannot cure OCD. He will present two cases in which the use of behavioral interventions brought on benefits as well as unexpected conflicts and transference reactions in clients with OCD. Finally\, Paul will review recent research on the need to combine psychoanalytic and behavioral models in order to successfully treat OCD.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/doubting-doubt-success-failure-and-ambiguity-in-two-psychodynamic-treatments-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/
LOCATION:Hybrid (In-Person and Virtual)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T110000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20240814T193506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T191841Z
UID:20000391-1737104400-1737111600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Body and Mind
DESCRIPTION:Donald Campbell
URL:https://apsa.org/event/body-and-mind/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T220000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20240920T210640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T051243Z
UID:20000449-1737059400-1737064800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Paul A. Dewald Lecture: Developing a Stable Internal Home
DESCRIPTION:Aisha Abbasi\, MD: Homesickness is a commonly used term\, and a feeling that has been studied with interest\, in psychoanalysis. The connection and distinction between homesickness and nostalgia has been noted in many analytic papers. Normal and pathological forms of both have been described. In this paper\, Dr. Abbasi discusses the theoretical framework that informs our current understanding of homesickness. She outlines developmental factors that affect the evolution\, emergence\, and at times\, the persistence of this feeling. Using clinical vignettes from her work\, she demonstrates how and why the sense of homesickness emerges in therapeutic work at the time when it does\, and the challenges and opportunities it presents\, both for the patient and the analyst. Dr. Abbasi also shares with us her evolving understanding of her own feelings of homesickness\, following two major immigrations in her life: one\, when she moved from Pakistan to the USA in 1987; and the other\, when she moved from Michigan to Portland\, Oregon\, in 2023. She delineates the intrapsychic work involved in such a process\, and postulates that such work gives rise to the development of a new and more stable internal home within one’s mind. She elaborates on the implications of this idea for analytic technique\, especially as patients consider ending their work with the analyst. She also sees this as an important aspect of adult maturation and growth\, one that is profoundly helpful during relocations\, both local and distant\, that many adults go through. Building upon Mahler’s description of the first separation-individuation phase of toddlerhood\, Blos’ understanding of adolescence as a second individuation\, and Akhtar’s insights about immigration as a third individuation\, Dr. Abbasi suggests that the development of a stable internal home in one’s mind\, during mid to late adult life\, is akin to a fourth individuation process within the self.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/paul-a-dewald-lecture-developing-a-stable-internal-home/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T213000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241220T182817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T191103Z
UID:20000507-1737057600-1737063000@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Playing and Becoming in Psychoanalysis by Steven H. Cooper\, PhD - Book Review and Discussion with Nora Swan Foster\, MA\, ATR-BC\, LPC\, NCPsyA
DESCRIPTION:What if the leading purpose of the therapeutic relationship is to elevate the process of play? And when this capacity is absent\, how might we find ways to fertilize the imagination? These questions were posed by Nora Swan-Foster\, a Jungian analyst and art therapist who was invited to review and discuss Steven Cooper’s recent book. In his book\, Playing and Becoming in Psychoanalysis\, Cooper suggests that there is tremendous value in play. He writes: “the capacity to mourn is often paradoxically helpful to the capacity to play\, just as the capacity to play is often a part of the mourning process” (p. 6). With Winnicott’s radical theory of play as the foundation for intersubjective therapeutic work\, Cooper builds upon Winnicott’s key contributions through exploring such ideas as the “bad object\,” the relationship between play and mourning\, metaphors and dreaming\, ethics and play\, and the role of play in transference-countertransference dynamics. Cooper shows us through clinical examples how and why play is clinically essential\, and how its application can have a powerful influence on the direction of the analytic work. Holding play in mind shifts our clinical attitude and therapeutic approach\, perhaps at times helping to detangle difficult emotional knots. \nNora invites us to bring paper and any art supplies we might have available to our online discussion\, so that we can have a lived experience of spontaneous play. No need to be an artist for these two to three-minute explorations\, she assures us\, but have in mind a clinical dilemma or specific case. She has been experimenting with this method as a means of gaining a new perspective on countertransference issues. Theoretically\, it should tap on right-brain functions and expand the play space in our discussion group.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/playing-and-becoming-in-psychoanalysis-by-steven-h-cooper-phd-book-review-and-discussion-with-nora-swan-foster-ma-atr-bc-lpc-ncpsya/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T114500
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20240814T193506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T050947Z
UID:20000390-1736934300-1736941500@apsa.org
SUMMARY:“I’ll Be Your Mirror”: Love Songs and Couples - A Mentalizing View
DESCRIPTION:Perrine Moran
URL:https://apsa.org/event/ill-be-your-mirror-love-songs-and-couples-a-mentalizing-view/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241220T182835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T190835Z
UID:20000514-1736883000-1736888400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Steven Cooper & Judy Kantrowitz
DESCRIPTION:Join Steven Cooper\, PhD\, and Judy Kantrowitz\, PhD\, for our next Meet the Author event with John Martin-Joy\, MD\, and the online audience.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/meet-the-author-steven-cooper-judy-kantrowitz/
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:20250111T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T110000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20250114T190552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T190552Z
UID:20000519-1736593200-1736593200@apsa.org
SUMMARY:COWAP: Women the Longest Revolution: Session 4: Women’s Role as Caregivers Through Their Lifespan
DESCRIPTION:COWAP: Women the Longest Revolution\nSession 4: Women’s Role as Caregivers Through Their Lifespan \nPanel: Jessica Benjamin in conversation with Margarita Cereijido\, Erika Lepiavka and Tracy Sidesinger \nPresentation: \nNotions of woman and the feminine have changed dramatically over the last decades and this is reflected in how women perceive themselves\, how they are perceived by society\, and how this is understood from a psychoanalytic perspective. Jessica Benjamin will talk about how feminism changed our understanding of the human psyche\, including issues in psychosexual development related to gender and our rejection of normative heterosexuality. She will also reflect on her early work. She will have a conversation about these issues with Tracy Sidesinger\, and Erika Lepiavka\, considering new gender dynamics\, the deconstruction of motherhood and women having multiple ideals. \nFull Program Flyer: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/PR/24-25/V3%20of%20COWAP%20Women%20The%20Longest%20Revolution%20%28Final_No%20Bios%29.pdf \nPresenter Biographies: https://www.wbcp.org/cowap-women-the-longest-revolution-presenter-biographies/ \nRegistration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/registration_cowap_women_revolution_2024-2025#!/ \nRegistration Deadline: Registration Deadline: January 8\, 2025 at 4:30 pm ET
URL:https://apsa.org/event/cowap-women-the-longest-revolution-session-4-womens-role-as-caregivers-through-their-lifespan/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T120000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241203T221203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T044927Z
UID:20000502-1736589600-1736596800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Elements of Vitalization in Psychoanalytic Work with Empty or Dissociated Patients
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Anne Alvarez\, PhD
URL:https://apsa.org/event/elements-of-vitalization-in-psychoanalytic-work-with-empty-or-dissociated-patients/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250110T133000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20240920T210640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T044643Z
UID:20000448-1736510400-1736515800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Alumni Group - The Lure of the Symptom in Psychoanalytic Treatment
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Glen O. Gabbard\, MD | Psychoanalysis\, which at its core is a search for truth\, stands in a subversive position vis-a-vis the contemporary therapeutic culture that places a premium on symptomatic “cure.” In this communication I am tracing the evolution of Freud’s thinking about the relationship between the aims of psychoanalysis and the alleviation of symptoms.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/alumni-group-the-lure-of-the-symptom-in-psychoanalytic-treatment/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T233000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241203T221144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T044255Z
UID:20000490-1736460000-1736465400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:The Work of Christopher Bollas
DESCRIPTION:The Work of Christopher Bollas
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-work-of-christopher-bollas/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T220000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241220T182816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241220T220917Z
UID:20000505-1736454600-1736460000@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Evening Lecture: Metaphors and their Storylines
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Daniel Goldin\, PsyD \nAristotle believed that having a grasp of metaphor was a sign of genius\, as it “implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in dissimilarities.” Freud saw this metaphoric grasping together in the art of the dreamer\, who compresses into a single story a day’s worth — perhaps even a life’s worth — of important stories. He compared the metaphoric mandate of condensation implicit in the dream work to the task an illustrator faces in coming up with a single illustration to represent the day’s headlines. This talk aims to trace the hidden imaginative process behind this process of augmenting through reduction\, of compressing dissimilar ideas into one working parable. Both the dreamer and the analyst follow invisible immaterial schemas or storylines that serve as a kind of procedure for the telling of a story but are not the story itself. Like the symmetry of a group of marbles\, a storyline has no existence of its own — symmetry cannot be separated out from the grouping of marbles nor a storyline from its story — and yet both have the power to organize other groupings and other stories. They have an immaterial coding power. We psychoanalysts have divided ourselves into tribes\, each arguing in favor of one site of psychoanalytic change — the here-and-now — the transference — the so-called real relationship – dreams — trauma — infancy — the self-self-object matrix — moving from dissociation to conflict — but our true art lies in following a structural invariant that invisibly organizes our imaginings together in all these realms\, following it wherever it may lead with a certain faith in the rule \nof metaphor.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/evening-lecture-metaphors-and-their-storylines/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T233000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241203T221144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T043945Z
UID:20000489-1736373600-1736379000@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
DESCRIPTION:This series of ten bimonthly meetings is designed to meet the needs of clinicians interested in incorporating psychodynamic concepts and techniques into their clinical practice. This course will have a clinical focus and will provide an opportunity for participants to hear and discuss case material e will apply the technique of free association as a group to understand clinical material from a psychodynamic perspective.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/fundamentals-of-psychoanalytic-psychotherapy/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T114500
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20240909T150057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T043741Z
UID:20000421-1736326800-1736336700@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Online intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program-The Online IPPP
DESCRIPTION:The Online IPPP is designed for working clinicians who wish to learn the Interpersonal psychoanalytic perspective.The 28 week curriculum is divided into 4 modules: Consultation and Beginning a Treatment\, Key Concepts in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy\, Child Development and Adult Psychotherapy and Listening\, Formulating and Intervening. Each class consists of two parts\, lectures in theory and clinical case seminars. The program meets on 28 Wednesdays from January 8\, 2025 to August 6\, 2025 from 9:00-11:45am Eastern Time.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/online-intensive-psychoanalytic-psychotherapy-program-the-online-ippp/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T213000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241220T182817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241220T201321Z
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SUMMARY:Study Group - Meaning and Metaphor in Psychoanalysis
DESCRIPTION:A Note from the HPS Program Chair: Metaphor is a fitting topic for our 2024-2025 educational program this year\, in that it evokes both depth and vitality. It will be fun to explore this form of symbolism and word play with Gretchen Heyer\, who is a published writer and poet as well as a practicing Jungian analyst!***** JoAnn Ponder\, PhD \nA metaphor makes an implicit comparison between two unlike things\, usually by succinctly stating that one thing is the other. This form of symbolism and word play is used in poetry\, writing\, and everyday conversation\, as well as psychoanalysis. In dialogue\, metaphors can enhance understanding between people and aspects of their experience that seem\, on surface level\, to be very far apart or even beyond comprehension (Orange\, 2011). The insight might prove surprising\, and the effect is perhaps softening or jarring. As part of a psychoanalytic treatment process\, a metaphor can evoke\, discover\, and create meaning\, thereby expanding consciousness even as it organizes it (Seiden\, 2004). Metaphors thus serve beneficial functions in treatment by connecting with the patient’s unconscious\, bridging affect and cognition (Modell\, 2009)\, and deepening the analytical work (Caspi\, 2018). \nThis study group will explore the use of metaphors in psychoanalytic treatment. The group will be limited to 23 participants. Registrants should have a basic grasp of psychoanalytic theory and be willing to complete the assigned readings. We will discuss the concepts and consider their application in our own clinical practices.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/study-group-meaning-and-metaphor-in-psychoanalysis/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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SUMMARY:Luminaries of the Interpersonal Tradition-The Online TOPP
DESCRIPTION:The Online TOPP is an ADVANCED course for clinicians who are already working interpersonally or relationally and wish to deepen their clinical work. Most students in the program are psychoanalysts or have extensive clinical experience. Currently\, the topic is “Luminaries of the Interpersonal Tradition” and includes the work of Edgar Levenson\, Jay Greenberg\, Philip Bromberg\, and Donnel Stern. It is taught by senior faculty members – Miri Abramis\, Jenny Kaufmann\, Seth Aronson and Luis Rippol. The program runs for 28 SUNDAYS\, January 5 – August 3\, 2025\, 10:00am-12:00pm EASTERN TIME.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/luminaries-of-the-interpersonal-tradition-the-online-topp/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241220T125000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241220T135000
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SUMMARY:Considering Child Development in Adult Clinical Work
DESCRIPTION:2024-25 Grand Rounds Series \nDr. Theodore Fallon will present ongoing work illuminating a developmental perspective on working with adult patients in talk therapy. This perspective focuses on three different stages in child development: \nDeveloping a core sense of self which in “normative” chronology takes place during the first 18 months of life;\nThe psychic equivalent mode of thinking predominates and the child lives in dyadic relationships in the present moment which has been identified “normatively” between the ages of 3 and 7 years of life\, and;\nAfter a watershed developmental moment\, reflective thinking\, object constancy\, theory of mind\, empathy\, triadic and community relationships predominate in the child’s mind. The child “normatively” has the capacity to reach these psychological capacities by seven years of age.\nAt each of these three stages of development\, growth promoting interactions\, that is\, good parenting\, occur in one of three frames depending on the development of the child. In each of these three frames\, the parent and the child predominantly follow one of three general sets of rules of engagement that fit the stage of development. \nIn ongoing clinical work\, as well as extensive observations of residents’ interactions with patients\, and recent public events over the last ten years\, Dr. Fallon has observed that each adult thinks\, behaves and interacts with others using predominantly one of these three sets of rules of engagement. In the context of a talk therapy\, growth promoting interactions seem to occur when the therapist follows the rules of engagement that match the patient’s. Teaching residents to identify and engage in the rules of engagement that are growth promoting for each particular adult patient has enhanced the residents’ capacity for effective talk therapy.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/considering-child-development-in-adult-clinical-work/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T180000
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CREATED:20241203T221143Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy\, Heidegger and Hans W. Loewald’s Early Papers
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Elizabeth Brett\, PhD\nDiscussant: Alfred Margulies\, MD\nFrom his first publications\, Hans Loewald presents a model of mother?infant unity\, in which psychic development takes place in the tension systems of an interpersonal field. He outlines the almost undetectable and emergent processes in the psyche as psychological functioning begins to form and evolve in its earliest stages\, proposing a conception of development based on successive levels of differentiation and integration. All of these proposals\, influenced by Heidegger and Loewald’s philosophic training\, challenged basic concepts of Freud’s and of the psychoanalytic theory of the day. Many\, especially early readers\, were confused by these challenges\, particularly given Loewald’s strong agreements and disagreements with carefully\, explicated positions of Freud’s; by the magnitude of the theoretical questions under consideration; and by the attraction to and suspicion of Loewald’s poetic writing.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/philosophy-heidegger-and-hans-w-loewalds-early-papers/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T161000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20240920T210640Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Salon: Identifying and Treating “Psychotic Pockets” in Relational Psychotherapy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Lawrence Hedges\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, ABPP:\nOver the past two decades\, it has become increasingly clear that the earliest of life’s experiences have left “pockets” of primitive relational patterns in many otherwise well-developed people. Hedges will discuss the nature of early relational experience and how early experiences of distress often leave marks on later personality functioning\, and how these experiences can be addressed in Relational Psychotherapy.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/saturday-salon-identifying-and-treating-psychotic-pockets-in-relational-psychotherapy/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
ORGANIZER;CN="Newport Psychoanalytic Institute":MAILTO:admin@npi.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T123000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241030T024758Z
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SUMMARY:COWAP: “Women\, The Longest Revolution”: Session 3: In Her Own Voice
DESCRIPTION:Session 3: In Her Own Voice: Challenging Theories of Women’s Development \nParticipants: Nancy Kulish and Catherine Mallouh \nRegistration Deadline: December 11\, 2024 \nFor additional information including the program flyer\, speaker bios\, and information about future sessions please visit the informational program page: \n\nCOWAP: “Women\, The Longest Revolution” Presenter Biographies \n\nDescription: \nNotions of woman and the feminine have changed dramatically over the last decades and this is reflected in how women perceive themselves\, how they are perceived by society\, and how they are understood from a psychoanalytic perspective. This program will look at the ways in which Nancy Kulish has transformed and enriched psychoanalytic thinking about female development\, femininity and gender. With Deanna Holtzman\, she broke new ground in reformulating Freud’s notion of the feminine Oedipal and radically incorporating a feminist perspective on women’s sexuality and girl’s and women’s experiences\, a perspective which has deepened our understanding of the early relationship to the mother. She has also considered the female body and women’s conflicts around competition and envy. Her ideas have had implications for clinical work with women and the struggles they face both internally and in the society at large. Catherine Mallouh will be in conversation with Nancy about her the development of her ideas and how she views sexuality and gender and women’s development now.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/cowap-women-the-longest-revolution-session-3-in-her-own-voice/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T090000
DTSTAMP:20260712T143819
CREATED:20241220T182816Z
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SUMMARY:Lacan’s Early and Later Work on Love
DESCRIPTION:What do we mean by the simple word “love”? Do we mean passion? Affection? Lust? Attachment? Friendship? And how could love be so many different things to different people\, and even to one person at many different times?   \nPsychoanalysts have long been divided over the question of whether to condemn love as a form of self-deception or as the greatest of all psychical accomplishments. The situation becomes far more complex when\, instead of simply giving love the thumbs-up or thumbs-down\, we raise the thorny question\, “What is Love?” But an all-encompassing theory of love is not possible and probably not even desirable! Instead\, we will develop further a deeper appreciation for the complexity of the human experience of love and passion\, relying on Lacan’s registers of the Symbolic\, the Imaginary\, and the Real.  \n“Love is giving what you don’t have.” \nThis claim by Lacan will be explored from several perspectives\, as will the notion that in love\, we don’t simply give what we don’t have; we love other people for what they don’t have. We love them for their foibles\, failings\, defects\, inabilities\, and insecurities. In a word\, we love them\, not in spite of their warts\, but because of their warts. Time permitting\, Lacan’s later glosses on love\, including smoldering and “hainamoration\,” will be laid out. \nLearning Objectives:  \nAs a result of attending this session\, participants should be able to: \nExplain what is meant by Lacan’s thesis\, “love is giving what you don’t have”\nSummarize the many facets of what we mean by the word “love”\nDescribe three different ways Lacan thinks about love\, from the standpoints of the three registers of the Symbolic\, the Imaginary\, and the Real\nDiscuss how love involves loving “the partner’s ‘warts’” (or flaws or defects)\nCompare the differences between love\, desire\, and jouissance\nExplain why Freud says it is impossible to “love thy neighbor”\nExplain three reasons\, according to Freud and Lacan\, why we distrust love on the one hand and idealize it on the other\nThere will be a 90-minute break for lunch from 11:45 am – 1:15 pm. (If attending in person\, a list of area restaurants will be available.)
URL:https://apsa.org/event/lacans-early-and-later-work-on-love/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T190000
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology:  Caring for the Treatment-Resistant Patient
DESCRIPTION:Discussion with author David Mintz\, MD with discussion by Catherine Stevenson\, MD \nThe histories of psychoanalysis and biomedical psychiatry have promoted a polarization between these disciplines. Often\, this has led psychoanalysts to adopt a narrowly biomedical view of psychopharmacology (while simultaneously being critical of biopsychiatry for holding a biomedically-reductionist focus). Under scrutiny\, a dualistic understanding of pharmacotherapy breaks down. In many cases\, psychiatric medications are even more symbolically-active than they are directly biologically-active. Psychoanalysis has much to say about symbolic aspects of pharmacotherapy and clinically-meaningful aspects of the therapeutic relationship that can helpful to psychiatry. At the same time\, polarization has promoted a general neglect of interactions of pharmacotherapy and psychoanalysis\, despite the fact that a large percentage of analysands are now receiving both treatments. In this discussion\, we will consider a specific model for integrating psychodynamics and pharmacotherapy\, Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology\, as well as broader questions of the relationship of psychoanalysis
URL:https://apsa.org/event/meet-the-author-psychodynamic-psychopharmacology-caring-for-the-treatment-resistant-patient/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T163000
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SUMMARY:Psychopathology and the Psychoanalytic Process
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Avedis Panajian\, Ph.D.\, ABPP in Clinical Psychology \nDr. Panajian will discuss the differences between neurotic\, borderline\, and psychotic mental functioning. Personality disorders with severe and not-so-severe psychotic functioning will be reviewed. The impact of psychiatry\, culture\, and some analytic practice that views suffering as destructive for our patients will be discussed. Destructive suffering from creative suffering will be discussed with clinical examples. Healthy primitive mental states will be distinguished from pathological primitive mental states. The impact and the damage on analytic practice since DSM-3 will be discussed. Misconceptions of the meaning of regression will be explored. Dr. Panajian will discuss the psychoanalytic process with various types of psychopathologies. Misconceptions in understanding and in the treatment of narcissistic organizations will be focused. Enactments that hinder and enactments that foster growth will be explored with examples. The conference will not be didactic in nature. Dr. Panajian will ask for questions and comments at various points during his lecture.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychopathology-and-the-psychoanalytic-process/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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