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The Human Association Cortex in the Context of Evolution: A discussion of Buckner & Krienen (2013)

Saturday, November 4, 2017

10:00 am

Presenter: Maggie Zellner, Ph.D., L.P.

This will be an open discussion, facilitated by Maggie Zellner, Ph.D., L.P.

In this meeting, we will discuss a paper by Buckner and Krienen (2013) on the development of the association cortex through evolution. As the association cortex has expanded, a number of mental capacities have evolved in tandem, including the capacity to inhibit instinctual responses; working memory; affect and behavior regulation; symbolization; fantasy and imagination; theory of mind; and more. These capacities have become more complex, interacting with the primary sensory and motor cortex, and the emotional and instinctual subcortical circuits, that all mammals share. Participants should read the paper before the meeting. (See reference and link to paper below.)

Dr. Zellner will give an overview of the main points of the paper. Discussion will follow, linking the concepts from the article to clinical phenomena and to important questions in metapsychology.

Buckner, R. L., & Krienen, F. M. (2013). The evolution of distributed association networks in the human brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(12), 648–665.

No charge. All are welcome.

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Personality Disorders from a Neuroscience Perspective

NYPSI’s 1025th Scientific Program Meeting

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

8:00 pm

Presenter: M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, MD, PhD Read more

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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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Developmental Psychoanalysis and the Promotion of Progressive Development: A Retrospective Discussion

ROBERT J. KABCENELL MEMORIAL LECTURE IN CHILD ANALYSIS

Tuesday, June 13, 2017
8:00 pm

Presenter: Jill Miller, PhD

Most children who enter analysis suffer from what Anna Freud called the mixed psychopathology of childhood– the interweaving of both conflict and developmental disturbances. The technical approach with these children is also mixed as the focus is not only on conflicts, but also on developmental imbalances and internal structural deficits. In this presentation detailed clinical material from the analysis of a 4 and one half-year old girl will be outlined to elucidate this approach. In addition, when looking back at an analysis one always wonders if there were alternative ways of understanding the patient and what could have been done differently, issues which will be open for discussion.

2 CME/ CE credits offered.

No charge.

Jill M. Miller, Ph.D. is a child, adolescent and adult psychoanalyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. and the President of the Association for Child Psychoanalysis. She is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Medical School, Training and Supervising Analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, and a Supervising Analyst for child and adolescent candidates at a number of institutes across the country. Dr. Miller has presented and published a number of papers on the work of Anna Freud, children’s development of insight, the mind of the child analyst, and other issues related to child analytic technique, as well as a book with Dr. Carla Neely entitled The Psychoanalytic Work of Hansi Kennedy: From War Nurseries to the Anna Freud Centre.

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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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