BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//American Psychoanalytic Association - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:American Psychoanalytic Association X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://apsa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for American Psychoanalytic Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T190000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20241030T024754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T024754Z UID:20000467-1729882800-1729882800@apsa.org SUMMARY: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. DESCRIPTION: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 only an idiosyncratic phenomenon but also one that is interfused within a wider psychosomatic and sociocultural matrix passed down from generation to generation. URL:https://apsa.org/event/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/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T133000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240813T175633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T142817Z UID:20000359-1729767600-1729776600@apsa.org SUMMARY:Linking Field Theory and Systems Psychodynamics to Enhance Leadership: Perspectives on Racism\, Discrimination & Othering DESCRIPTION: URL:https://apsa.org/event/linking-field-theory-and-systems-psychodynamics-to-enhance-leadership-perspectives-on-racism-discrimination-othering/2024-10-24/ LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250101 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20241031T161003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T161126Z UID:20000478-1729468800-1735689599@apsa.org SUMMARY:Video Launch by ROOM: Speaking of Home: An Intimate Exchange on Israel-Palestine DESCRIPTION:ROOM\, A Sketchbook for Analytic Action has released a video entitled “Speaking of Home: An Intimate Exchange on Israel-Palestine.” \nThis video provides an urgent focus on Israel-Palestine\, Eyal Rozmarin (Israeli) and Karim Dajani (Palestinian) engage in a powerful and tender conversation showing how unconscious process underlies political-cultural realities and individual misunderstandings. \nIt is available to view at analytic-room.com/speakingofhome. URL:https://apsa.org/event/room_video_launch_oct2024/ CATEGORIES:Member Events LOCATION:https://analytic-room.com/speakingofhome END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T160000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240814T193305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T183416Z UID:20000383-1729429200-1729440000@apsa.org SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Workshop: "Holding Laplanche Lightly: The Story of Two Queer Treatments" DESCRIPTION:Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm \nPresenter: Sam Guzzardi\, LCSW \n“Holding Laplanche Lightly: The Story of Two Queer Treatments” \nVia Zoom \nPresentation: \nAs 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 the stories of two queer patients whose treatment was\, borrowing from Donna Orange\, informed “holding lightly” the theories of Jean Laplanche. Designed particularly for those who may be unfamiliar with Laplanche’s ideas or uncertain about their relevance to those interested in clinical practice\, this presentation will both explicate the fundamentals of Laplanchian theory while avoiding the notion of “applying” Laplanche to clinical work. Rather\, through conversation and the telling of clinical story\, participants will be invited to experience a Laplanchian sensibility in clinical work\, particularly as it relates to issues of queerness and LGBTQ+ experience. URL:https://apsa.org/event/lgbtq-workshop-holding-laplanche-lightly-the-story-of-two-queer-treatments/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T153000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240814T193201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T181859Z UID:20000382-1729342800-1729351800@apsa.org SUMMARY:A Competency-Based Approach to Psychodynamic Supervision DESCRIPTION: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.\nTopics include best practices for developing the supervisory alliance\, facilitating reflective practice\, addressing countertransference\, and using a competency-based learning cycle. The program intends to support those who supervise graduate students\, interns\, postdocs\, and associates at multiple levels of training in academic\, community\, and private practice settings. \nLed by Edward Shafranske\, Ph.D.\, ABPP\, FIPA and\nShirley Liao\, Ph.D.\, FIPA URL:https://apsa.org/event/a-competency-based-approach-to-psychodynamic-supervision/ LOCATION:In-person: Huntington Beach\, CA – Full address provided upon registration\, CA\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Newport Psychoanalytic Institute":MAILTO:admin@npi.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T140000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240909T145856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T182259Z UID:20000413-1729339200-1729346400@apsa.org SUMMARY:Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Society Scientific Meeting w/ Greg Rizzolo\, PhD. DESCRIPTION:Compulsions and Obsessions: A Lifespan Perspective. \nGreg Rizzolo\, PhD. \nFreud’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 tied to any one developmental phase or bodily zone.” Over three developmental phases\, he looks in depth at how the obsessive person internalizes relationships through introjection\, identification and repudiation of an anxious/critical parent or unpredictable environment. URL:https://apsa.org/event/wisconsin-psychoanalytic-society-scientific-meeting-3/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T133000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240229T171203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T192037Z UID:20000300-1729339200-1729344600@apsa.org SUMMARY:Connections And Conversation: Can You Cure Your Patient? – Koichi Tagashi\, PhD\, LP DESCRIPTION: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 psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy can cure the human mind\, or what cases it can cure\, or how patients can be cured. I am examining how we are tempted to use psychoanalytic theory to explain and justify ourselves when we are asked these clinical questions. Imagine being asked by a patient\, “Can you cure me?” We may likely respond\, “Psychoanalysis is effective for cases of x\,” or “Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is less about treatment and more about making sense of the experience\,” or “Here is the process by which the mind is cured.” But none of these are an answer to the question the patient is asking us. URL:https://apsa.org/event/connections-and-conversation-can-you-cure-your-patient-koichi-tagashi-phd-lp/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T141500 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T182716Z UID:20000438-1729335600-1729347300@apsa.org SUMMARY:Conference - Vitality as a Theoretical and Technical Parameter in Psychoanalysis DESCRIPTION:Presented by Giuseppe Civitarese\, MD\, PhD with Discussant Joseph Aguayo\, PhD \nTerms 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 them. The thesis of this article is that vitality should be taken out of its vagueness and transformed as much as possible into a precise psychoanalytic concept. This can be done by discussing it in the light of Bion’s concept of negative capability and the post-Bionian theory of the analytic field. Every time the analyst rediscovers to her surprise the dreamlike dimension of the session\, she becomes more vital and reinvests in the patient\, the analysis and the psychoanalytic method. Then\, she realizes that she is always a character in the narratives of the analytic conversation and has the chance to try to guess what is happening by relying on her intensified physical or emotional reaction. URL:https://apsa.org/event/conference-vitality-as-a-theoretical-and-technical-parameter-in-psychoanalysis/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T120000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T183122Z UID:20000439-1729332000-1729339200@apsa.org SUMMARY:The Importance of Group Experience During Adolescence and Beyond: Pathways from Trauma to Growth DESCRIPTION: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 from groups is characterized by bullying dynamics. Clinical vignettes demonstrate the authors’ way of addressing hurtful and beneficial group experiences within their patients’ individual therapies. They include an example from their work together with a specific family. Finally\, they offer technical suggestions for this work\, including how to recognize when an additional referral for group therapy is indicated. URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-importance-of-group-experience-during-adolescence-and-beyond-pathways-from-trauma-to-growth/ LOCATION:Hybrid (Rockland – East Fairmount Park 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr. Philadelphia\, PA & via Zoom)\, 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19121\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T110000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240614T183536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T185518Z UID:20000353-1729328400-1729335600@apsa.org SUMMARY:Working With Dreams: New Stops on the Royal Road DESCRIPTION: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 of race and gender\, some have asked if dream work was eclipsed in the process. Will this skill be lost to future generations? \nWe will begin by reviewing the classical method of dream interpretation\, which continues to structure the presenter’s work. However\, Freud had very little to say about color\, and nothing about race. With the use of clinical examples\, we will see how reflecting on color and race in the unconscious can help patients grapple with questions of identity\, self\, and other. URL:https://apsa.org/event/working-with-dreams-new-stops-on-the-royal-road/ LOCATION:Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center\, 2460 Fairmount Blvd #312\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44106\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T200000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240814T193201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T181200Z UID:20000380-1729276200-1729281600@apsa.org SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Work With Homeless and Formerly Homeless Adults: Unsettling Theory DESCRIPTION:A Scientific Meeting presented by Deborah Luepnitz\, Ph.D. URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychoanalytic-work-with-homeless-and-formerly-homeless-adults-unsettling-theory-2/ LOCATION:Hybrid (In-Person and Virtual) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T200000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240614T183536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T185337Z UID:20000352-1729276200-1729281600@apsa.org SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Work With Homeless and Formerly Homeless Adults: Unsettling Theory DESCRIPTION: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 (Insight For All)– a group in Philadelphia that connects analytically trained clinicians with individuals who are\, or have been\, street homeless. \nA relational framework leaning on Winnicott’s concepts will be used while making room for relevant insights from the French tradition. There will be one case history of the 10-year treatment of a man who had nearly ruined his health on the street\, and who made good use of the talking cure. Caring for marginalized people can have the positive effect of unsettling psychoanalytic theories and expanding them for our time. URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychoanalytic-work-with-homeless-and-formerly-homeless-adults-unsettling-theory/ LOCATION:Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center\, 2460 Fairmount Blvd #312\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44106\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T010000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240909T145842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T180840Z UID:20000412-1729206000-1729213200@apsa.org SUMMARY:The Perils and Promises of a Unified Clinical Model DESCRIPTION: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 Pluralism.” In brief\, Dr. Karbelnig believes that psychoanalytic clinicians practice framing\, presence\, and engagement in their work with patients. They pursue the unconscious mind through focusing on transference and countertransference\, repetitive psycho-behavioral themes\, and dreams (and other signifiers of the unconscious). After explaining the six-point model\, Dr. Karbelnig will invite the audience to question and discuss these admittedly ambitious ideas. \nBy the end of the presentation\, participants will know how to: \nApply three fundamental psychoanalytic interventions\nDistinguish between theories of engagement\nPractice confrontation\, followed by empathy\nComprehend the three foundational paths to accessing unconscious material URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-perils-and-promises-of-a-unified-clinical-model-2/ LOCATION:Hybrid (Virtual & Inperson: New Center for Psychoanalysis – LA)\, 2014 Sawtelle Bvld\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90025\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="New Center for Psychoanalysis":MAILTO:byrdb@n-c-p.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T133000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240813T175633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T142817Z UID:20000358-1729162800-1729171800@apsa.org SUMMARY:Linking Field Theory and Systems Psychodynamics to Enhance Leadership: Perspectives on Racism\, Discrimination & Othering DESCRIPTION: URL:https://apsa.org/event/linking-field-theory-and-systems-psychodynamics-to-enhance-leadership-perspectives-on-racism-discrimination-othering/2024-10-17/ LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T110000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240814T193200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T180008Z UID:20000379-1728637200-1728644400@apsa.org SUMMARY:Empty Heart Disease in China and the West DESCRIPTION:Jill Savege Scharff and David Scharff \n  \nCE URL:https://apsa.org/event/empty-heart-disease-in-china-and-the-west/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T220000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T175319Z UID:20000436-1728592200-1728597600@apsa.org SUMMARY:City and Psyche: Understanding Cities and Communities as Psychological Spaces DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ricardo Ainslie\, PhD \nCities are interesting and complex psychological spaces that shape our subjective experience in ways that are both conscious and unconscious. Drawing from Bion\, Winnicott\, and other psychoanalytic theorists\, but also from the work of architects and researchers from a variety of disciplines. This presentation examines the thesis that we simultaneously create and are shaped by the built environments within which we live and work. \nThis program is intended to help fulfill licensure renewal requirements for continuing education in diversity and cultural competence. However\, registrants should check with their licensing board if uncertain. URL:https://apsa.org/event/city-and-psyche-understanding-cities-and-communities-as-psychological-spaces/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T220000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T175459Z UID:20000437-1728592200-1728597600@apsa.org SUMMARY:I.H. Cohn Lecture: When the Teacher's Feelings Hurt DESCRIPTION:Edmund Sprunger\, MSW\, LCSW: Students sometimes seem to dismiss their teachers’ best attempts to help them learn. They might ignore simple directions\, roll their eyes\, sigh\, or mention that elephants are the only animal that cannot jump. Teachers can also feel disregarded by parents\, who may attempt to discredit a teacher\, fail to support their children’s learning\, or fault a teacher for not being motivating enough. This lecture presents ways to understand these behaviors\, and useful ways to react to them—including using them as a springboard for development. URL:https://apsa.org/event/i-h-cohn-lecture-when-the-teachers-feelings-hurt/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T133000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240813T175633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T142817Z UID:20000357-1728558000-1728567000@apsa.org SUMMARY:Linking Field Theory and Systems Psychodynamics to Enhance Leadership: Perspectives on Racism\, Discrimination & Othering DESCRIPTION: URL:https://apsa.org/event/linking-field-theory-and-systems-psychodynamics-to-enhance-leadership-perspectives-on-racism-discrimination-othering/2024-10-10/ LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T193000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240909T145842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T145842Z UID:20000410-1728502200-1728502200@apsa.org SUMMARY:Mark Solms’ “Source of Consciousness” Prep Course DESCRIPTION:Mark Solms\, neuroscientist and psychoanalyst\, has substantially altered contemporary understanding of both Consciousness and Self-Experience. Solms is a clear and personable writer\, but his understanding draws on science largely unfamiliar to psychotherapists. \nIn preparation for his appearance at next Spring’s NCP Manifest Mind conference\, we are offering an introductory course (5 monthly sessions over Zoom) in which we will study Solms’ important 2021 book: The Hidden Spring. The final session will review a recent paper by Dana Sawyer\, who will also be presenting at the May 2025 Manifest Mind Conference. \nThe following is a partial list of the topics and concepts to be covered in this course. \nAffect is the fundamental form of consciousness;\nFeeling by an organism of fluctuations in its own needs enables choice and thereby supports survival in unpredicted contexts. This is the biological function of experience;\nConsciousness is seated in the midbrain\, not the Cortex;\nThe cerebral cortex provides context\, “memory of the future”\, to consciousness;\nConsciousness is part of nature and it is mathematically tractable;\nPerception is applied uncertainty;\nAction is an ongoing process of hypothesis-testing and error correction;\nAffect is an extended form of homeostasis\, bringing choice into LIFE’s fight against ENTROPY;\nAffect hedonically valences biological needs… Each category of need—of which there is a great variety—has an affective quality of its own;\nNeeds cannot all be felt at once. They are prioritized in midbrain and ranked on a “saliency map”. The actions that are generated by prioritized affects are voluntary\, which means they are subject to here-and-now choices rather than pre-established algorithms;\nAll mammals share midbrain seated MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEMS described by Jaak Panksepp;\nThe default drive (when all goes well) is SEEKING—proactive engagement with uncertainty\, with the aim of resolving uncertainty in advance. When this affect is prioritized\, it is felt as curiosity and interest in the world.\n*Course has a limited space for participants and will be held over Zoom only.*\nCourse Sessions & Learning Objectives:\nRegarding Session Learning Objectives (below): These objectives aim to connect Solms’ work in “The Hidden Spring” to practical applications in psychodynamic education and clinical practice\, focusing on its relevance to psychiatry\, neurology\, and psychoanalysis. They encourage learners to critically engage with the material and consider its implications for patient care and clinical decision-making. \nSESSION 1 – Oct. 9\, 2024\nTopic: Feelings \nReading: Chapters 1-6 (to page 148) \nLearning Objectives: \nExplain the role of the brainstem in generating consciousness\, emotions\, and the core of self- experience;\nList the seven Panksepp motivational systems that define mammalian behavior;\nSESSION 2 – Nov. 13\, 2024\nTopic: Friston Free Energy \nReading: Chapters 7-8 (pages 148-189) \nLearning Objectives: \nDefine the terms “Friston Free Energy” and “predictive priors”;\nExplain the importance of the terms “Friston Free Energy” and “predictive priors” to neuro-psychoanalytic analysis of brain function;\nSESSION 3 – Jan. 8\, 2025\nTopic: Consciousness \nReading: Chapters 9-10 (pages 190-237) \nLearning Objectives: \nDescribe the key neurobiological mechanisms underlying consciousness as presented by Solms\, and their implications promoting adaptive\, creative\, and pathological behavioral consequences;\nAnalyze the relationship between affect and consciousness outlined in “The Hidden Spring” to understand the demands on the mind for action;\nSummarize Solms’ critique of consciousness as a cerebral cortex function;\nSESSION 4 – Feb. 12\, 2025\nTopic: Mind \nReading: Chapters 11+post (pages 238-305) \nLearning Objectives: \nExplain how Solms’ integration of psychoanalytic concepts with neuroscience can be applied to improve psychodynamic formulations in psychiatric evaluations;\nDiscuss the psychological importance of Solms’ characterization of the function of the Cortex is to provide “memory of the future”;\nSESSION 5 – Mar. 12\, 2025\nTopic: Perennial Philosophy in relation to Solms work and topics presented in Manifest Mind \nReading: Sawyer\, D. W. (2024). Redressing a Straw Man: Correcting Critical Misunderstandings of Aldous Huxley’s Perennial Philosophy. Journal of Humanistic Psychology\, 64(4)\, 535-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678211024399 \nLearning Objectives: \nDiscuss the ethical implications of Solms’ views on consciousness and free will in the context of psychotherapeutic process and change\, particularly regarding patient autonomy and informed consent;\nPrepare a case presentation that integrates Solms’ neuropsychoanalytic approach emphasizing the seven drives studied by Panksepp with traditional psychodynamic assessment\, demonstrating its potential to enhance clinical understanding of motivational systems.\nCourse Readings:\nSolms\, M. (2022). The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness. National Geographic Books. \nSawyer\, D. W. (2024). Redressing a Straw Man: Correcting Critical Misunderstandings of Aldous Huxley’s Perennial Philosophy. Journal of Humanistic Psychology\, 64(4)\, 535-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678211024399 \nFaculty:\nBarton J. Blinder MD\, PhD\, is an active member of the NPC Senior Faculty in Adult and Child Psychoanalysis and Chair of the NPC Research Committee. He is an active member of APsA and IPA and a Distinguished Life Fellow of APA and AAPAC. He is a Clinical Professor and past Director of Eating Disorder Treatment Research at UC Irvine and additionally on the teaching faculty at the University of Washington and USC. At APA\, in addition to leadership\, Dr. Blinder participated in the establishment of Practice Guidelines\, Commission and Caucus on Psychotherapy in Psychiatry\, and editing a major text on Integrating Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy. His active research interests include Autobiographical memory\, Neuropsychoanalysis\, Spontaneous Thought\, and Free Association in Psychoanalysis and relation to Neuroscience Contributions\, and Treatment Resistant Depression and Early Life Trauma\, Response to psychoanalytic/psychodynamic treatment\, psychodevelopmental and neurobiologic roots of somatization\, embodiment and eating disorders. He is in private practice of Adult and Child Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis in Newport Beach. \nThomas M. Brod MD\, Coordinator of the NCP Manifest Mind Series\, is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine. He is a senior faculty member at NCP\, the co-coordinator of the Film and Mind Series\, and is psychoanalyst in private practice. \nRecording:\nEven though all sessions will be held on Zoom\, this presentation will not be recorded. URL:https://apsa.org/event/mark-solms-source-of-consciousness-prep-course/ ORGANIZER;CN="New Center for Psychoanalysis":MAILTO:byrdb@n-c-p.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T094500 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240814T193200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T193200Z UID:20000378-1728467100-1728467100@apsa.org SUMMARY:Couple Therapy in the UK DESCRIPTION:Brett Kahr URL:https://apsa.org/event/couple-therapy-in-the-uk/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241006T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241006T130000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240814T193146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T193146Z UID:20000377-1728219600-1728219600@apsa.org SUMMARY:Raphling Memorial Lecture: Racial Rage\, Racial Guilt: The Uses of Anger in Asian America DESCRIPTION:Racial Rage\, Racial Guilt: The Uses of Anger in Asian America \nTime: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \nPresenter: David L. Eng \nLive Presentation \nPost Hall\nGeorge Washington University Mt. Vernon Campus \nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday\, October 2\, 2024 \nDescription: \n Asian Americans are conventionally described as “middle-man minorities\,” outside of dominant racial paradigms of White and Black\, adjunct to White privilege and exempt from the brunt of systemic violence directed against Black people. Historical accounts of the in-betweenness of Asian Americans trace their origins to how Asian coolie labor has served to triangulate White capital and African slavery over the course of European modernity. If this is the material history of in-betweenness\, what is the psychic corollary of the middle-man thesis? Through an analysis of the Netflix dark comedy series Beef\, as well as case histories of Asian American patients and students\, I argue that the psychic effects of occupying a racially intermediate position implicate an unexplored terrain of racial rage and racial guilt that Asian Americans are insistently socialized to hold on behalf of others. URL:https://apsa.org/event/raphling-memorial-lecture-racial-rage-racial-guilt-the-uses-of-anger-in-asian-america/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T200000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240909T145842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T145842Z UID:20000409-1728072000-1728072000@apsa.org SUMMARY:Film & Mind: The Headless Woman DESCRIPTION:The Headless Woman is a 2008 Argentine psychological thriller art film written and directed by Lucrecia Martel and starring María Onetto. After hitting something with her car\, a bourgeois woman’s life slowly descends into paranoia and isolation\, as she fears she may have killed someone. Not well-known to American movie-goers\, Martel is “arguably the most critically acclaimed auteur in Spanish-language art cinema.[Paul Julian Smith]” and “one of the greatest directors in the world right now [Vogue]”. \nIn a 2009 interview\, Lucrecia Martel explained the usual layered narration of her films\, “I work with a number of elements that are tied together\, and each one of them is present in each scene in different positions\, different perspectives\, foreground or background”. In The Headless Woman Martel ties together the personal (the protagonist personal reaction to her car accident); the sociocultural and economic world she belongs and operates into; the recent Argentine history (the genocide during the 1976-1983 military rule)\, and the Latin American history based upon colonial power\, oppression\, and racism. She creates a character of complexity and ambivalence in disarray for the audience to share and ultimately identify with. \nPresenter:\nJorgelina Corbatta was born in Bahia Blanca\, Argentina where she studies and graduated as Licenciada and Professor in Philosophy and Letters (Universidad Nacional del Sur). She also has a Master and Ph.D. in Hispanic Literatures (University of Pittsburgh) and is an Academic Analyst (Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute). Emerita Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture and ex-Director of Women Studies at Wayne State University\, and Academic Associate Faculty at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute\, she has taught courses on Contemporary Narrative and Film\, Latin America Literature\, Women’s and Cultural Studies\, Literature and Psychoanalysis at universities in Argentina\, Colombia\, Chile\, US\, Sweden\, France\, Belgium\, Austria\, and Spain. In 2004 she received a Research/Teaching Fulbright Award (Universidad de los Andes\, Bogotá\, Colombia). She has seven books on literary/film criticism – on sociology of literature\, on the narratives of the Dirty War\, on Feminism and Women Writers in Latin America\, on Juan José Saer\, on Jorge Luis Borges\, on Manuel Puig\, published in Spain and Argentina. Her latest book and first in English\, is Psychoanalysis and Narrative. Literature\, Film and Autobiography by Routledge (2024). She has also published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed Journals and is currently looking for a publisher for her Spanish manuscript on “Auto-fiction/ Psychoanalysis and Intertextuality”. In 2017 she received the IPA/IPSO International Psychoanalytic Award for her paper “The Quest for\, and the Denial of\, Intimacy in Luisa Valenzuela’s Dark Desires and the Others. Diaries of New York (IPA/Buenos Aires\, July 2017). In addition\, she has received several awards for teaching\, directing graduate students and conducting research at Wayne State University. She is currently writing her autobiography and continue writing essays on literature and film through a psychoanalytic lens. URL:https://apsa.org/event/film-mind-the-headless-woman/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) ORGANIZER;CN="New Center for Psychoanalysis":MAILTO:byrdb@n-c-p.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T110000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T210424Z UID:20000435-1728039600-1728039600@apsa.org SUMMARY:Alumni Group - Psychoanalysis and Childhood Trauma: An Uneasy Relationship DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Jean Goodwin\, MD.\, MPH | Psychoanalysis was both a help and a hindrance to me in the late twentieth century as I was beginning to explore child sexual abuse and its sequelae. It was unhelpful that my medical school mentor(1968) explained that incest occurs one per million population. Also unhelpful when my supervisor in residency (1973) explained that my patient was fantasizing when she disclosed the sexual relationship with her father (1973). URL:https://apsa.org/event/alumni-group-psychoanalysis-and-childhood-trauma-an-uneasy-relationship/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241003T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241003T213000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T033019Z UID:20000434-1727985600-1727991000@apsa.org SUMMARY:Book of the Month - Coming to Life in the Consulting Room: Toward a New Analytic Sensibility by Thomas H. Ogden\, MD DESCRIPTION:What do you want to be when you grow up? This provocative question is the title of one chapter as well as the theme woven throughout Thomas Ogden’s book\, Coming to Life in the Consulting Room: Toward a New Analytic Sensibility. While the question seemingly refers to occupational goals\, Ogden clarifies that he really means what kind of person/analyst do you want to be now\, and what kind of person/analyst do you want to become? Ogden differentiates two general kinds of stances in psychoanalytic thinking and practice: (1) epistemological\, which focuses on knowing and understanding\, and (2) ontological\, focused on being and becoming. As introduced and developed by Freud\, Klein\, and Fairbairn\, epistemological psychoanalysis views the mind as an “apparatus for thinking” and privileges the clinical intervention of transference interpretation to promote insight. Over the past 70 years\, there has been a shift in emphasis to ontological psychoanalysis\, which is rooted in concepts pioneered by Winnicott (i.e.\, “going on being” and transitional space/phenomena) and Bion (i.e.\, reverie and “without memory or desire”). Ontological psychoanalysis conceives of the mind as a living process located in the act of experiencing. The analyst is present with the patient in the act of experiencing\, more likely describing what the analyst senses is occurring rather than explaining. The goal is to facilitate the patient’s experience of creatively discovering for themselves\, to foster their becoming more fully alive. \nThough psychoanalytic interventions inevitably involve intertwined epistemological and ontological aspects\, one aspect or the other tends to predominate. Ogden described his own personal journey from an internal object relations orientation\, which is an epistemic approach\, to a more ontological stance. However\, he emphasized that ontological and epistemological psychoanalysis refer to sensibilities and attitudes\, not separate schools of psychoanalytic thought or technique. He provides numerous clinical vignettes throughout the book\, but does not prescribe specific interventions. He instead suggests that each practitioner must develop their own analytic style and essentially “invent psychoanalysis” for each patient. His book is a collection of previously published papers\, which describe and exemplify an ontological stance\, and delve into its foundational roots. After summarizing Ogden’s concept and practice of ontological psychoanalysis with online attendees\, discussant JoAnn Ponder would like to explore with them why\, or why not\, this might constitutes wild analysis. So how do we safeguard against a wild analysis? If there is time\, Ponder also plans to talk with attendees about the applicability of Ogden’s ideas to psychoanalytic supervision. URL:https://apsa.org/event/book-of-the-month-coming-to-life-in-the-consulting-room-toward-a-new-analytic-sensibility-by-thomas-h-ogden-md/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T131500 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T032547Z UID:20000433-1727523900-1727529300@apsa.org SUMMARY:Introduction To Theory And Technique In Psychoanalysis And Psychotherapy DESCRIPTION:This seminar will present basic tenets of theory and practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy\, including a consideration of the differences between the two. The first half of the seminar will include fundamental psychoanalytic and psychodynamic concepts\, as well as psychoanalytic models of the mind\, of development\, and of technique. The second half of the seminar will consist of the presentation of analytic case material illustrating these models and concepts\, and their practical application. \nInstructors:\nMalini Singh\, PhD; Leslie Cummins\, DSW\, LCSW URL:https://apsa.org/event/introduction-to-theory-and-technique-in-psychoanalysis-and-psychotherapy/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T120000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240909T145841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T031920Z UID:20000408-1727517600-1727524800@apsa.org SUMMARY:Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP): A Brief History and Modern Day Application DESCRIPTION:featuring Tyler Beach\, MSW\, LCSW URL:https://apsa.org/event/intensive-short-term-dynamic-psychotherapy-istdp-a-brief-history-and-modern-day-application/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T120000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240814T193145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T031455Z UID:20000376-1727257500-1727265600@apsa.org SUMMARY:The Neuropsychology of Sex and Romance DESCRIPTION:Janice Hiller URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-neuropsychology-of-sex-and-romance/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T160000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T030907Z UID:20000431-1726927200-1726934400@apsa.org SUMMARY:Philip C. Wilson Twenty Second Memorial Lecture A Developmental Perspective on Eating Disorders DESCRIPTION:In this era of increasing recognition that most individuals who enter our consulting rooms are struggling with symptoms that mark developmental impasses\, we encounter bright individuals who appear to have the capacity for reflective thought but there is often insufficient grounding in integrating thoughts and feelings to learn from experience. In that context\, adaptive efforts that fail to resolve the underlying dilemma tend to become addictive. Such difficulties have been traced to inconsistent parenting that leaves the child insufficiently able to mindfully attend to internal and external cues\, impeding the symbolization of experience so essential for interpersonal communications and relationships. \nFrom this perspective\, eating disorders become addictive because the behaviors cannot resolve the underlying deficits. These deficits can be traced to parental failures across the generations that cannot be recognized and worked with\, leaving subsequent generations inhibited in the development of self-regulatory functions and the progressive differentiation of self from other so crucial to maturation. Eating disorders mark early disturbance in relation to what it means to take in and make use of what is offered by another. We will note commonalities and differences in the anorexic versus the bulimic dilemma\, recognizing that each position may be seen as a waystation along the road to self-development in relation to overly intrusive and/or neglectful parents. Explorations into the metacognitive and affective difficulties associated with eating disorders can provide useful anchors for our efforts to create space for development in our consulting rooms. Case examples will explore some of the dynamics underlying such difficulties and the value of interactive modeling of reflective capacities and of creative\, playful engagement in effecting change. \nMarilyn Charles\, PhD\, ABPP is a psychologist and psychoanalyst at the Austen Riggs Center\, Chair of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) and Scholar of the British Psychoanalytic Council. Affiliations include Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis; Universidad de Monterrey; Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis; and Harvard Medical School. A contributing editor of Psychoanalysis\, Culture\, and Society\, she is actively engaged in mentoring and promoting socially relevant research. Research interests include creativity\, psychosis\, resilience\, reflective function\, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma. Marilyn is also an artist\, a poet\, and a writer. \nBooks include Patterns; Constructing Realities; Learning from Experience; Working with Trauma; and Psychoanalysis and Literature. Edited volumes include Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis; Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering (with Michael O’Loughlin); Women and Psychosis and Women and The Psychosocial Construction of Madness (with Marie Brown); and The Importance of Play in Early Childhood Education (with Jill Bellinson). Forthcoming from APA Press: Trauma\, Development\, and Identity: A Clinician’s Guide. URL:https://apsa.org/event/philip-c-wilson-twenty-second-memorial-lecture-a-developmental-perspective-on-eating-disorders/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T140000 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240909T145838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T025350Z UID:20000407-1726920000-1726927200@apsa.org SUMMARY:Wisconsin Psychoanolytic Society Scientific Meeting DESCRIPTION:Art Nielsen\, MD. Asking for Things and Listening to Criticism: Two Fundamental Challenges in Intimate Relationships and Targets for Couples Therapy.\nGrounded in self psychology\, Dr. Nielson uses everyday language to convey complex challenges in working with couples. He begins his talk with an experience-near discussion of why people have trouble asking for what they want\, how they avoid making themselves vulnerable and how to more effectively be self assertive. He follows this with the related challenge of listening to criticism\, common pitfalls and mistakes made. He concludes with practical suggestions to help couples do better.  URL:https://apsa.org/event/wisconsin-psychoanolytic-society-scientific-meeting/ LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T131500 DTSTAMP:20260712T153516 CREATED:20240920T210420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T024518Z UID:20000432-1726919100-1726924500@apsa.org SUMMARY:Sadomasochism; Understanding and Working with the Self-Defeating Patient DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nSelf-defeating behaviors are present to some degree in every psychodynamic treatment. We will explore ways in which sadomasochism manifests\, particularly in the transference/countertransference arena. The developmental roots and psychodynamic underpinnings will be illuminated through clinical examples. A contemporary understanding via Neuropsychoanalysis will explore self-defeating behavior as a problem with the PLAY instinct\, leading to impairment in the ability to collaborate. The goal will be to fortify practitioners for what are often long and difficult treatments. \nAbout the Presenter: \nRobert Calcaterra\, MD \nPANY Faculty \nPsychoanalytic Research and Development Fund – Board of Directors \nZucker Hillside Psychiatric Residency – Lead Psychotherapy Instructor and Supervisor \nPrivate Practice\, Long Island URL:https://apsa.org/event/sadomasochism-understanding-and-working-with-the-self-defeating-patient/ LOCATION:Virtual and In-person PANY\, One Park Ave 8th Fl\, New York\, NY\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR