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Making us Great Again? A Psychoanalytic Discussion of Populism

SPECIAL EVENT

Tuesday, October 24, 2017
8:00 pm

Presenters: Leon Hoffman, M.D. and Coline Covington, Ph.D.

The presenters will discuss the political dynamics of populism from a psychoanalytic perspective. They will stress the group’s sense of vulnerability and fear and the powerful role the populist leader plays for the group within this psychological state. A charismatic leader is chosen who promises to make the group powerful, perverting the truth by promoting “alt-facts” which fit into the fantasy life of the leader and group. Two approaches are discussed: (1) understanding how vulnerable groups attempt to deal with traumatic experiences by utilizing maladaptive defense mechanisms, such as denial and projection, in order to protect themselves from unbearable negative emotions and (2) understanding that when a large group’s survival and identity are under threat, individual mindfulness is dissolved in the service of defending against the experience of loss and trying to restore a sense of potency within the group.

$20 General Admission

$10  Student Admission (non-NYPSI)

Free RSVP for NYPSI members and students

 

Dr. Leon Hoffman is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, a Training and Supervising Analyst in adult, child, and adolescent analysis, and co-Director of the Pacella Research Center at NYPSI. He is on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Chief Psychiatrist at the West End Day School in New York City.

Most recently, Dr. Hoffman has developed the Manual for Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children with Externalizing Behaviors (RFP-C): A Psychodynamic Approach, co-written with Timothy Rice and Tracy Prout, and published by Routledge in 2016. A clinical trial using the manual is underway at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University, with Tracy Prout as Principal Investigator.

Dr. Coline Covington is a Jungian Analyst with a background in political science and criminology. She is a Fellow of the International Dialogue Initiative (IDI), a think tank formed by Prof. Vamik Volkan, Lord Alderdice, and Dr. Robi Friedman, to apply psychoanalytic concepts to understanding political conflict. Dr. Covington’s publications include: Terrorism and War: Unconscious Dynamics of Political Violence (Karnac, 2002), Shrinking the News: Headline Stories on the Couch (Karnac, 2014), Sabina Spielrein: Forgotten Pioneer of Psychoanalysis, 2nd edition (Routledge, 2015), and Everyday Evils: A Psychoanalytic View of Evil and Morality (Routledge, 2016). She is in private practice in London.

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Blos Memorial Lecture: Marijuana and the Adolescent Process

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

8:00 pm

Presenter: Rex McGehee, M.D.

Marijuana is a large and growing factor in current adolescent culture. Recent moves legalizing marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes add to both the availability and legitimization of the usage of marijuana products. Building on current research and clinical experience, this paper will look at the effects of marijuana usage during adolescence on the adolescent developmental process. Using clinical vignettes and one case in detail we will think together about the complex and sometimes permanent consequences to the adolescent, which then alter adult functioning. Implications of this information for treatment will be discussed.

2 CME/CE credits offered.

No Charge.

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Meeting the Challenge of Treating Atypically-Wired Children using Psychoanalysis

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM MEETING

Tuesday, September 12, 2017
8:00 pm

Presenter: Susan Sherkow, M.D.
Discussants: Alexander Kalogerakis, M.D. and Robert Scharf, M.D.

$20 General Admission

$10  Student Admission (non-NYPSI)

Free RSVP for NYPSI members and students

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Candidate Case Presentation: An analytic approach to issues of gender, race, and class

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM MEETING

Tuesday, June 20, 2017
8:00 pm

Presenter: Thomas DePrima, M.D.
Discussant: Avgi Saketopoulou, Psy.D.

Dr. DePrima will be presenting material from the analysis of a middle aged Latina woman with a focus on her difficulty with romantic relationships. He will highlight the ways in which gender, race, and class play a central role in the patient’s life, in her relationship issues, and in the treatment. After presenting a brief history and formulation of the case, Dr. DePrima will present process material to discuss with Dr. Saketopoulou who will offer insight into the ways she thinks through issues of gender, race, and class as they pertain to the clinical case. Time will be left for the discussion to be opened up to the audience.

No CME or CE credits offered.

Closed Meeting: NYPSI members and candidates only.

Thomas DePrima, M.D. is a fourth year psychoanalytic candidate at NYPSI. He is also an attending psychiatrist and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai working at the World Trade Center Mental Health Program treating 9/11 responders. In addition to his analytic training he has been trained in Transference Focused Psychotherapy under the supervision of Frank Yeomans, M.D., Ph. D. Recently he took over as chair of NYPSI’s Psychoanalytic Fellowship Program. He maintains a small part-time private practice in Manhattan.

Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou is on the faculty of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, the William Alanson White Institute, the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, and the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Studies in Gender and Sexuality. She has received several awards including the Ruth Stein prize from the NYU Postdoctoral Program, the Roughton award from the American Psychoanalytic Association, the Symonds prize from Studies in Gender and Sexuality and, in 2014, the annual prize for best paper from the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Saketopoulou has published work on trauma and its representation, on traumatic and normative gender, on psychosexuality and perversion and on the enigmatics of consent.

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Attachment and Autonomy: How Parents Can Help Their Adoptive Children Thrive

DIALOGUES ON…” CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOANALYSIS

Wednesday, June 14, 2017
8:00 pm

Presenter: Anna Balas, M.D.

Sometimes parents feel challenged as they need to shift gears with their children from favoring strong bonds of attachment at a younger age, to allowing them the emergence of a separate identity and sense of autonomy in adolescence. We will explore these themes with parents with adopted children where these themes are often lived out more intensely. We will discuss how to help such families thrive.

No CME or CE credits offered.

No charge. All are welcome.

Anna Balas, M.D. is a child, adolescent and adult board certified psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She is on the faculty at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute and Associate Professor on the Voluntary Faculty at The Payne Whitney Division of the New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Weill Cornell School of Medicine.

 

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