Institute Closed for Independence Day
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July 4, 2022
12:05 am - 11:55 pm
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm (EST)
Presenter: Jorge C. Ulnik, M.D., Ph.D.
Discussant: Harvey Schwartz, M.D.
Is there a relationship between what appears marked on the body and is perceived as a symptom or sign of disease and what can be represented in the psyche? If such a relationship does not exist, is it possible to create one and make it therapeutically useful? From these foundational questions, two types of “marks” expressive of emotions and from which internal and external stimuli are processed will be described, one leading to language and the other to the body. Using both Freud’s text on Gradiva and clinical examples, a form of psychoanalytic work will be proposed that allows us to link and then differentiate the representations of the body, the world, and the other.
2 Contact Hours. 2 CME/CE credits offered. See details below.
Jorge Claudio Ulnik, M.D., Ph.D. is a training and supervising analyst at the Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina. He is Professor in the Pathophysiology and Psychosomatic Diseases Department in the School of Psychology and Adjunct Professor in the Mental Health Department, School of Medicine, at the University of Buenos Aires. Dr. Ulnik is also Professor of Psychosomatics at Complutense University of Madrid. The 2021 winner of The Sigourney Award, he has been an invited lecturer at psychoanalytic institutes in Portugal, Australia, Italy, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. as well as invited Professor at McGill University, Tel Aviv University, Sao Paulo University, and elsewhere. Dr. Ulnik has taught on the dermatology services of Russia, Spain, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay and in the Study Group of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Psychosomatic Patients in Russia. He has been President of EULAPS (Euro-Latin American Psychosomatics School), an IPA Research Fellow, a member of the Editorial Boards of Archivos Argentinos de Dermatología and Dermatología Argentina, and the founder of a private skin center with interdisciplinary teams of dermatologists and psychoanalysts. In addition, Dr. Ulnik has published widely on psychosomatic medicine, psycho-dermatological diseases, and related topics.
Harvey Schwartz, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York and the Psychoanalytic Center in Philadelphia. Currently, he is the Co-Chair of the IPA in Health Committee and the Book Series Editor – IPA in the Community. Dr. Schwartz has contributed to and edited six volumes; most recently, The Jewish Thought and Psychoanalysis Lectures and Applying Psychoanalysis in Medical Care. He is the producer and host of the IPA podcast: Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch.
Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
1) describe concepts, as well as theoretical and practical approaches, that help the psychoanalyst work with patients suffering from somatic diseases
2) describe different levels of symbolization while taking into account variations in the relationship between perception and consciousness and the role of the body in replacing words
Please note this meeting is closed to the public. Child candidates at NYPSI, Columbia and PANY are expected to attend.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
10:00 am – 12:00 pm (EST)
Please note this meeting will be held virtually on ZOOM. Registrants will receive ZOOM link.
Presenter: Angela Joyce
Come Find Me (2021, Wagman, 00:12:41) quietly shows the unfolding trauma of the sudden death in an accident of her younger sister, experienced by a latency aged child Sophia. This evocative film, sensitively observes not only the unspeakable shock of this tragedy for the family, but subtly raises questions about the pre-disposing features of how this child is attended to at an emotional level, which means that mourning this profound loss seems impossible. Angela Joyce, psychoanalyst, will discuss her responses to the film through a psychoanalytic lens, particularly that of the British Independent tradition.
2 Contact Hours. 2 CME/CE credits offered. See details below.