The Role of the Analyst as a Developmental Object in Therapeutic Action

  • March 28, 2019
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Advanced Seminar in Child and Adolescent Analysis:

“The Role of the Analyst as a Developmental Object in Therapeutic Action”

Thursday, March 28, 2019 

8:00 – 10:00 pm

Presenter: Carla Neely, Ph.D.

The use of the analyst as a developmental object can occur in all analyses but has been linked historically to technique applicable primarily to developmental pathology. It has also suffered by its confusion with the concept “corrective emotional experience.”  This paper attempts to correct that confusion as well as to clarify the mechanisms by which the analyst as developmental object contributes to structural change. To highlight the unique roles of the developmental object in therapeutic action, clinical material is presented contrasting the use of the analyst as a developmental object with that of the analyst as transference object. To achieve this goal, this paper draws on psychoanalytic theorists’ study of the concept and illustrative clinical examples.

2 CME/CE credits offered.

Dr. Carla Neely is a child and adolescent analyst who trained at the Hampstead Therapy Clinic in London. She completed her adult psychoanalytic training at the Denver Institute of Psychoanalysis. Prior to that, she graduated from Smith College Social Work School and she then went to the Lund University in Sweden where she obtained her Ph.D. She is on the faculty of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis, the Washington School of Psychiatry and the Washington Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute.  She is past President, past Secretary, and past Councilor of the Association for Child Psychoanalysis.  Her areas of publications and presentations are creativity, sublimation, developmental disharmony, developmental object, therapeutic action, and the nature of working through.

Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. explain the difference between a developmental object and a corrective emotional experience.
  2. compare aspects of the transference relationship with those of the developmental object.
Psychologists
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Social Workers
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0317.
Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of (2) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Important disclosure information for all learners
None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Persons with disabilities
The building is wheelchair accessible and has an elevator. Please notify the registrar in advance if you require accommodations.

Venue:  

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Second Floor, 247 East 82nd Street | New York, NY 10028

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