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SUMMARY:Revisiting Donald Winnicott’s 1968 Encounter and the Ongoing Limits of Regional Psychoanalysis
DESCRIPTION:The history of psychoanalysis since Freud has been marked by fragmentation into multiple theoretical schools\, often with limited dialogue across them. M. Nasir Ilahi\, LLM\, LP’s paper examines the deeper reasons for such failures of communication—focusing on schools that originate across transatlantic traditions\, specifically the US and the UK. It proposes that these failures cannot be explained solely in terms of intellectual divergence\, but must also be understood in relation to “internalized psychoanalytic cultures”—the non-conscious cultural value systems that shape the development\, reception\, and practice of analytic theories within a given geographical culture. Focusing on the reception of D.W. Winnicott’s “The Use of an Object” paper at NYPSI in 1968\, Ilahi illustrates how a lack of awareness of differing underlying cultural frameworks and implicit worldviews—especially between British Object Relations theory and American Ego Psychology—obstructed meaningful dialogue despite a shared professional language on the surface. Whereas British approaches emphasize the preverbal mind\, unconscious phantasy\, and early object relations\, American ego psychology privileged adaptation\, verbal processes\, and later developmental stages. These transatlantic confusions continue to the present day\, as will be briefly illustrated by the case of Thomas Ogden\, where despite an explicit affinity at the level of theoretical statements\, clinical work remains firmly—and unknowingly—rooted in North American traditions. These divergences demonstrate that theories in psychoanalysis migrate unevenly across cultural contexts\, often undergoing unconscious transformations. While recognizing the influence of such internalized cultures—rather than assuming universal agreement on psychoanalytic concepts—may create anxieties that our theories are not free of local values (and thus not totally “scientific”)\, it nevertheless offers a way forward for more genuine dialogue across schools and geographies\, helping to differentiate what is regional versus universal in our theories. The paper argues that without acknowledging the cultural and non-conscious foundations of theoretical orientations\, psychoanalysis risks perpetuating confusion\, false consensus\, and seriously missed opportunities for growth and global relevance.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/revisiting-donald-winnicotts-1968-encounter-and-the-ongoing-limits-of-regional-psychoanalysis/
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SUMMARY:Examination of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Technique Fundamentals
DESCRIPTION:Transference\, countertransference\, resistance\, neutrality\, focus on the unconscious…these are a few of the key elements of a psychodynamic approach to treatment that will be explored in this seminar.  The speaker will use video clips from the HBO series “In Treatment” (2008-2010) in which a psychotherapist meets with patients in a re-enacted version of actual therapeutic material.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/examination-of-psychodynamic-psychotherapy-technique-fundamentals/
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SUMMARY:Different Meanings of Fantasy and Phantasy
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Nasir Ilahi\, LLM\, LP\nThe term “fantasy” is foundational to psychoanalysis\, yet its clinical application varies dramatically across the Atlantic. While all schools share a common Freudian root\, the British Kleinian tradition added something additional. It developed the concept of “unconscious phantasy” as a continuous\, somatic\, and structural undercurrent of the psyche. This talk will explore these divergent definitions\, tracing their development from Freud’s central usage to his subsidiary notions of fantasy in his concepts of hallucinatory wish-fulfillment and negation.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/different-meanings-of-fantasy-and-phantasy/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-person (1 Park Ave 8th Fl\, New York\, NY 10016) & Virtual
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SUMMARY:Impact of Medication on the Psychotherapeutic Situation
DESCRIPTION:How do psychoanalysts work with medication? What is the significance to both patient and analyst of an analyst prescribing medication? \nDr. Garza will address these topics and provide clinical examples from his psychoanalytic practice. \nAbout Our Speaker.\nLuis Garza\, MD\nDr. Luis Garza graduated from the University of Texas-Houston School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency training at NYU in 2002. Upon completion of his residency\, he enrolled in and graduated from the two-year Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training program at PANY. Dr. Garza then pursued his analytic training at PANY\, from which he graduated in 2011. For twelve years\, Dr. Garza worked at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital adult outpatient psychiatry clinic treating HIV and AIDS patients. While at Columbia\, he served as the psychopharmacologist for all of the Columbia Psychology interns and provided the interns with teaching and supervision regarding issues related to medication and psychotherapy. Dr. Garza was also a staff psychiatrist at the NYU Medical Student Health Services\, where he evaluated medical students and provides short term treatment and referrals. In addition to his academic positions\, Dr. Garza has been in private practice for the past twenty one years.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/impact-of-medication-on-the-psychotherapeutic-situation/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-person (1 Park Ave 8th Fl\, New York\, NY 10016) & Virtual
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