Extension Course: Shame and Conflict
Instructor
April 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021
Thursdays, 8:30 – 10:00 pm (EST)
Pay fee $180 REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
6 Contact Hours. 6 CME/CE credits offered. See details below.
Course Description
Clinical practice requires an approach to dealing with the affects that arise in treatment. The course examines the development of theories of affects and their application in clinical work with particular attention to the affect of shame. Clinical material will be provided by the participants and supplemented when necessary with clinical examples provided by the instructor.
Dr. Ian Buckingham was formerly President of NYPSI and Director of NYPSI’s Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program. He is also on the faculty of NYPSI and NYU Medical Center.
Educational Objectives:
After attending this course, participants should be able to:
3. Evaluate the particular roles of shame in symptom formation and identify psychotherapeutic strategies for working with patients with shame as a particular problem.
Continuing Education Information
Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and the New York Psychoanalytic Society & 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 (6) 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.
Psychologists: New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. APA-approved CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance and completed evaluation forms. ***PLEASE NOTE CE APPLICATION IS STILL PENDING WITH NYSED AS OF 3/1/21.***
DISCLOSURE: None of the planners or presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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.
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I. Shame as an Affect
CLASS 1: April 1, 2021
Freud mentioned Shame in a number of writings which are briefly summarized by Wurmser. A more recent account of affects as understood in Conflict Theory is provided by Brenner in The Mind in Conflict.
REQUIRED READINGS
Brenner, C. (1982). The Mind in Conflict. New York: International Universities Press. (Read Chapters 3 – 5)
Wurmser, L. (1981). The Mask of Shame. United Kingdom: Johns Hopkins University Press. (Read pp. 146-148)
SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
Freud, S. (1905). Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905). The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume VII (1901-1905): A Case of Hysteria, Three Essays on Sexuality and Other Works, 123-246.
II. The Calamities of Childhood, The Superego and Modern Conflict Theory
CLASS 2: April 8, 2021
Shame and Guilt are fundamental affects in aspects of mental life related to conscience and morality. Their relation to conflict is described by Brenner in The Mind in Conflict. A later paper outlines a view of Modern Conflict Theory.
REQUIRED READINGS
Brenner, C. (1982). The Mind in Conflict. New York: International Universities Press. (Read Chapters 6-8)
Brenner, C. (2008). Aspects of Psychoanalytic Theory: Drives, Defense, and the Pleasure-Unpleasure Principle. Psychoanal Q., 77(3):707-717.
SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
Brenner, C. (1998). Beyond the Ego and the Id Revisited. J. Clin. Psychoanal., 7(1):165-180.
Brenner, C. (2002). Conflict, Compromise Formation, and Structural Theory. Psychoanal Q., 71(3):397-417.
III. Alternative Theories of Shame
CLASS 3: April 15, 2021
Alternative theories of Shame have been expounded by proponents of Self-Psychology and by followers of Melanie Klein. Some writings on these theories will be explored.
REQUIRED READINGS
Morrison, A.P. (1983). Shame, Ideal Self, and Narcissism. Contemp. Psychoanal., 19:295-318.
Steiner, J. (2015). Seeing and Being Seen: Shame in the Clinical Situation. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 96(6):1589-1601.
IV. Shame and Conflict
CLASS 4: April 22, 2021
Papers by Rothstein are employed as the launching pad for a discussion of the roles of Shame and Guilt in current Conflict Theory.
REQUIRED READINGS
Rothstein, A.M. (1994). Shame and the Superego: Clinical and Theoretical Considerations. Psychoanal. St. Child, 49:263-277.
SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
Carr, E.M. (1999). Wounded But Still Walking: One Man’s Effort to Move Out of Shame. Psychoanal. Inq., 19(3):289-308.
Rothstein, A. (1999). Shame Conceived from the Perspective of Compromise Formation Theory. Psychoanal. Inq., 19(3):332-346.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS FOR THE COURSE
Weiss, H. (2015). Introduction: The Role of Shame in Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 96(6):1585-1588
Wille, R. (2014). The Shame of Existing: An Extreme form of Shame1. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 95(4):695-717
Wurmser, L. (2015). Mortal Wound, Shame, and Tragic Search: Reflections on Tragic Experience and Tragic Conflicts in History, Literature, and Psychotherapy. Psychoanal. Inq., 35(1):13-39