Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas

Triangle of Conflict; children's defense mechanisms; value of systematic empirical work

Presented by Presented by Boris Thomas, JD, PhD, with discussant Huey Hawkins, Jr., PhD Regardless of our approach to treatment, a foundational aspect of the work is the relationship between therapist and client/patient. For those accustomed to working psychoanalytically or psychodynamically, how do we think about incorporating somatic work with our clients (or somatic work […]

With Amy Levy, Psy.D. & Todd Essig, Ph.D. In her paper, “The Phone as a Subject,” Dr. Levy contests the commonly held assumptions that the smartphone is an object, susceptible to healthy or pathological employment and comparable to other objects used to ameliorate the pain of reality. Instead, she will argue that the phone is […]

Presented by Martha Stark, MD Highlights the primary difference between relentless hope and relentless despair, elaborate upon the patient’s intense ambivalence about entering the world of objects, explains the relevance of the concept of dreading surrender to resourceless dependence upon another, expounds upon the importance of moments of authentic meeting as offering opportunity for restoring […]

Presented by David Tuckett, PhD - Dr. David Tuckett will discuss core issues for psychoanalysts that emerge from the research presented in his latest book.

Presented by Amy H. Olson, LCSW, CEDS-S

Presented by Charles E. Parks, PhD