Administrative Director

Creativity in the Science of Psychoanalysis

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  •  December 10, 2019
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The 1040th Scientific Program Meeting: Jointly sponsored by NYPSI, PANY, and APM

“Creativity in the Science of Psychoanalysis”

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

8:00 – 10:00 pm

A reception will precede the lecture from 7:15 – 8:00 pm. All are welcome. 

Moderator: Christine Anzieu-Premmereur, M.D.

Panelists: Eric R. Marcus, M.D. (APM), Marina Mirkin, M.D. (PANY), Theodore Shapiro, M.D. (NYPSI)

For years psychoanalysts have been so invested in proving that psychoanalysis is a science that they have all but forgotten that it is an art of a kind.  There have been many attempts to tease apart creative and scientific aspects of psychoanalysis.  Bowlby famously made a distinction between “the art of psychoanalytic therapy and the science of psychoanalytic psychology.” Is such separation possible?  Is it useful?  This panel will discuss different aspects of creativity in everyday psychoanalytic work.  Dr. Shapiro will consider various definitions of creativity and explore their applicability to art and psychoanalysis.  He will investigate the use of the psychoanalytic setting as a creative integrative opportunity to facilitate the treatment.  Dr. Marcus will take up the issue of creativity in science and apply these thoughts to creativity and science in psychoanalytic work and research. The claim will be made that psychoanalytic work is inherently creative and can be scientific. Examples from dream interpretation with patients and use of dreams in social science research will be used to illustrate his ideas. Dr. Mirkin will discuss the transformative role of creativity in therapeutic action of psychoanalysis.  She will outline the analyst’s contribution – the analyst’s own creativity – to the treatment and suggest that the development of the patient’s creative capacity is a measure of the progress of the treatment.  The panelists will engage in discussion amongst themselves and with the audience to further our understanding of these complex issues.

2 CME/CE credits offered.

Christine Anzieu-Premmereur, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in NYC who works in private practice with adults and children, parents and their babies. A member of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris, she is on the faculty of the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research, where she directs the Parent-Infant Psychotherapy Training Program, and she is Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Anzieu-Premmereur is a member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society and she chairs the discussion group Parent-Infant Programs at Psychoanalytic Institutes at the American Psychoanalytic Association meetings.
In French she has co-authored books on play in child psychotherapy and on psychoanalytic interventions with parents and babies.  She co-edited with Vaia Tsolas the recently published A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Body in Today’s World (Routledge, 2018). In 2017, Dr. Anzieu-Premmereur published the chapter “Attacks on Linking in Parents of Young Disturbed Children” in Attacks on Linking Revisited: A New Look at Bion’s Classic Work.
Eric R. Marcus, M.D. is a training and supervising analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, where he was the director for ten years. He is a professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Marcus is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, The American College of Psychoanalysts, The New York Psychiatric Society, The American Board of Psychoanalysis and the Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies. In addition, Dr. Marcus is a past president of the New York County district branch of the American Psychiatric Association and currently on their executive committee; a past president of the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine; and a counselor-at-large to the Executive Committee and past chair of the University and Medical Education Committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He now chairs discussion groups there on modern ego psychology and also on the psychodynamic treatment of the very ill psychiatric patient. For twenty-seven years Dr. Marcus was Director of Medical Student Education for the Department of Psychiatry of Columbia University. His teaching awards include the Columbia University President’s Teaching Award, the first Roeske Teaching Award of the American Psychiatric Association, the first Sabshin teaching award of the American Psychoanalytic Association, the regional teaching award of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, and numerous College of Physician’s and Surgeons teaching awards, including Commencement Speaker. Dr. Marcus’ latest book is Psychosis and Near Psychosis: Ego Function, Symbol Structure, Treatment, revised third edition (2017, Routledge). The first edition won The Hartmann Prize of The New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
Marina Mirkin, M.D. is a faculty member and Program Committee Chair at PANY.  She is in full-time private practice in NYC.  Additionally, Dr. Mirkin holds a teacher’s diploma in Japanese flower arrangement (Ikenobo ikebana).
Theodore Shapiro, M.D. is a training and supervising analyst. A graduate of NYPSI, he was Professor of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine from 1972 to 1976 and has been Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell Medical College from 1976 to the present. He has served on NYPSI’s Board of Trustees, as Chair of the Research Program, and on the Education Committee. He also served as Chair of the Subspecialty Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.  Dr. Shapiro’s many awards and recognitions include the Sandor Rado Lecturer (1991), the A.A. Brill Lecturer (1999), the Heinz Hartman Memorial Lecturer (2004), the Salmon Akhtar-Brenner Lecturer (Jefferson Medical School, 2007), and the Philip Wilson Memorial Lecturer (2013). He has been the editor of JAPA (1984-1993) and book review editor of The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (1993-2001). Dr. Shapiro has published over 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is the author or co-author of nine books.

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

  1. Use the transformative role of the psychoanalytic setting as a creative integrative opportunity to facilitate treatment in the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis
  2. Describe the transformative role of creativity in the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis.
  3. Assess the progress of a treatment through the development of the patient’s creative capacity

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.
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.
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For Want of Ambiguity: Order and Chaos in Art, Psychoanalysis, and Neuroscience

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  •  November 2, 2019
     10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis:

“For Want of Ambiguity: Order and Chaos in Art, Psychoanalysis, and Neuroscience”

Saturday, November 2, 2019

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Co-Presenters: Ludovica Lumer, Ph.D. and Lois Oppenheim, Ph.D.

Everything changes, moves, varies, appears and disappears in the environment around us and within our selves. This continual change has modelled our nervous system to extract a sort of stability out of what is not stable. The stability, as sole consolation, rescues us from the inevitability of our fate. Indeed, we adopt patterns in order to survive, we relate to people according to established behaviors that even become patterns, and we adopt defensive mechanisms that we tend to repeat over and over. But keeping possibilities alive is the matter of every creative process and of psychoanalysis itself. Art and psychoanalysis help us to overcome these constancies; they give us the freedom to choose among different possibilities of being, relating, perceiving, and interacting. We will address in this presentation the ways in which the dialogue between psychoanalysis and neuroscience sheds light on the transformational capacity of contemporary art. New questions arise in the context of such a dialogue as to the uniquely transgressive and often provocative arena in which meaning is made in art and patterns of making sense are revealed. From a neuroscientific and psychoanalytic exchange on the work of several visual artists, we will seek to uncover new ways of thinking about how insight is achieved outside the arena of certainty.

2 CME/CE credits offered. 

Ludovica Lumer, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist who earned her Ph.D. from University College London where she worked in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology conducting seminal research on the relationship between visual perception and artistic representation. She coauthored (with Lois Oppenheim) For Want of Ambiguity: Order and Chaos in Art, Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience (Bloomsbury, 2019), and (with Marta Dell’Angelo) C’è daperderci la testa: scoprire il cervello giocando con l’arte (Laterza, 2009), the first introductory book on neuroscience for children and (with Semir Zeki) La bella e la Bestia (Laterza, 2011), a book on neuroscience and contemporary art. Additionally, she has lectured for many years in the Psychology Department of Milano-Bicocca University. Dr. Lumer currently lives in New York where she is a psychoanalyst in private practice.

Lois Oppenheim, Ph.D. is University Distinguished Scholar, Professor of French, and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Montclair State University where she teaches courses in literature, medical humanities, and applied psychoanalysis. She is also Scholar Associate Member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute and Honorary Member of the William Alanson White Society. Dr. Oppenheim has authored or edited fourteen books, the most recent being For Want of Ambiguity: Order and Chaos in Art, Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience (co-authored with Ludovica Lumer, Bloomsbury), Psychoanalysis and the Artistic Endeavor: Conversations with Literary and Visual Artists (Routledge), and Imagination from Fantasy to Delusion (Routledge, awarded the 2013 Courage to Dream Prize from the American Psychoanalytic Association). She is the co-creator of two documentary films on mental heath: How to Touch A Hot Stove: Thought and Behavioral Differences in a Society of Norms and Daniel, Debra, Leslie (and You?).

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

  1. Compare the need for stability in contrast with the need to transcend it
  2. Demonstrate ways in which metaphors and symbols reveal the imperative of experiencing new ways of being in the world
  3. Revise the definition of order and chaos from a psychoanalytic perspective

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.
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.
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Administrative Director

Closed Meeting: A Boy and His Bed-Ridden Mother: The Impact of Maternal Illness on a Child’s Development

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  •  November 14, 2019
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Please note this meeting is closed to the public. Child candidates at NYPSI, Columbia and PANY are expected to attend.

Advanced Seminar in Child and Adolescent Analysis:

“A Boy and His Bed-Ridden Mother: The Impact of Maternal Illness on a Child’s Development”

Thursday, November 14, 2019

8:00 – 10:00 pm

Presenter: Matthew Shaw, Ph.D.

Discussant: Adam Libow, M.D.

Severe parental illness not only debilitates the parent but the child for which he or she cares.  Dr. Shaw will present the case of an explosive, erratic 5 year-old boy whose mother was devastated both by breast cancer and its treatment when he was 18 months old.  Through tracing his three years in analysis, Dr. Shaw will highlight the fragmentation of the boy’s inner-world and the centrality of working with his own countertransference in order to find him emotionally.

2 CME/CE credits offered. 

Matthew Shaw, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst for children, adolescents, and adults in New Haven, CT.  He is on the clinical faculty of Yale School of Medicine and the Western New England Psychoanalytic Institute.  He has published a book and numerous articles and recently presented to the Boston Group for Psychoanalytic Studies and the Association for Child Psychoanalysis.

Adam Libow, M.D. is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is currently the President of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, where he is also on faculty. He also teaches and is on the  faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.  Adam has presented at the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Association for Child Psychoanalysis.  He has a private practice in Manhattan, where he sees children, adolescents, adults and parents.

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

  1. describe the psychological impact of maternal illness on young children.
  2. utilize counter-transference responses in the clinical setting when working with particularly disturbed children.
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.
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.
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Administrative Director

A Courageous Trip by First Responders to Puerto Rico Following Hurricane Maria in September 2017

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  •  November 6, 2019
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Works in Progress Seminar:

“A Courageous Trip by First Responders to Puerto Rico Following Hurricane Maria in September 2017”

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

8:00 pm

Presenter: Dr. Edward Colt

We were 3 doctors and 6 nurses. What we found was chaos – roads destroyed, electricity gone, clean water unavailable, medical care unavailable, education unavailable.  No one was helping the local population.  We were not to drink water from the tap.  There were broken water mains, broken sewers, diarrhea, parasitic infections.  The rule was drink only bottled water.  Clean your teeth only with bottled water.  Spray with DEET to kill the mosquitos and other insects.

We divided  into 2 teams – one for San Juan and one for Arecibo, towns on the North coast of Puerto Rico.  Each day we worked to exhaustion.  Lost count of the number of patients.  Diabetes, hypertension, depression, anxiety.  Our morale and esprit de corps was high.  We realized that our efforts were inadequate and that a huge amount of work needed to be done.  Most of us came back to Puerto Rico several times.

We learned how poverty affected medical insurance in Puerto Rico and how Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy and political relationship with the U.S. government made the island vulnerable to natural disasters.

No CME or CE credits offered. 

 

Edward Colt, MB, BS, FACP graduated from University College Hospital Medical School, London, in 1962. He was Assistant Professor at Columbia University and is a Senior Attending Physician at St. Luke’s Hospital. A researcher in genetics and endocrinology, he has authored over 20 publications and peer-reviewed articles.

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Art, Art History, and Psychoanalytic Insights

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  •  November 12, 2019
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

NYPSI’s 1039th Scientific Program Meeting:

“Art, Art History, and Psychoanalytic Insights”

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

8:00 – 10: 00 pm

Presenter: Laurie Wilson, Ph.D.

Discussant: Lois Oppenheim, Ph.D.

Two diverse approaches to writing a psychoanalytic biography of an artist will be described. A focus on unconscious fantasy as a means of unraveling enigmas in Alberto Giacometti’s life characterized the first approach. Close attention to the artist’s behavior and the stylistic development of a signature style were crucial in making sense of Louise Nevelson’s work and life.

No CME/ CE credits offered.

 

Dr. Laurie Wilson is a psychoanalyst, art historian, and art therapist.She received psychoanalytic training at The NYU Psychoanalytic Institute and is on the faculty at PANY affiliated with NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Wilson is the U.S. Chair of 8th Triennial Symposium on Psychoanalysis and the Arts, Florence 2020; and chairs the Committee on Arts  and Psychoanalysis at the  American Psychoanalytic Association. She was awarded Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association and is Professor Emerita at New York University. She has published over 40 papers in three fields and the books Alberto Giacometti: Myth, Magic and the Man (Yale, 2003) and Louise Nevelson: Light and Shadow (Thames & Hudson, 2016.)

Dr. Lois Oppenheim is University Distinguished Scholar, Professor of French, and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Montclair State University where she teaches courses in both literature and applied psychoanalysis.  She is Scholar Associate Member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute and Honorary Member of the William Alanson White Society.  Dr. Oppenheim has published over 100 papers and authored or edited fourteen books, the most recent being For Want of Ambiguity: Order and Chaos in Art, Psychoanalysis, and Neuroscience (co-authored with Dr. Ludovica Lumer) and Imagination from Fantasy to Delusion, awarded the 2013 Courage to Dream Prize from the American Psychoanalytic Association.  Other recent books include A Curious Intimacy: Art and Neuro-Psychoanalysis and The Painted Word: Samuel Beckett’s Dialogue With Art.

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