Discussion of “On the Scientific Prospects for Freud’s Theory of Hysteria”

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  •  December 1, 2018
     10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis:

Discussion of new paper in Neuropsychoanalysis:  Michael T. Michael, “On the Scientific Prospects for Freud’s Theory of Hysteria”

Saturday, December 1, 2018

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Michael T. Michael’s new paper, “On the Scientific Prospects for Freud’s Theory of Hysteria,” looks at recent empirical evidence about hysteria (or conversion disorder) in the context of emerging Bayesian models of predictive coding.  His intriguing and clearly-written paper is a great platform for a discussion about psychosomatic symptoms, repression, and related topics.

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Institute Closed for Winter Break

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  •  December 25, 2018 - January 1, 2019
     12:05 am - 11:55 pm

The Role of the Analyst as a Developmental Object in Therapeutic Action

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  •  March 28, 2019
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Advanced Seminar in Child and Adolescent Analysis:

“The Role of the Analyst as a Developmental Object in Therapeutic Action”

Thursday, March 28, 2019 

8:00 – 10:00 pm

Presenter: Carla Neely, Ph.D.

The use of the analyst as a developmental object can occur in all analyses but has been linked historically to technique applicable primarily to developmental pathology. It has also suffered by its confusion with the concept “corrective emotional experience.”  This paper attempts to correct that confusion as well as to clarify the mechanisms by which the analyst as developmental object contributes to structural change. To highlight the unique roles of the developmental object in therapeutic action, clinical material is presented contrasting the use of the analyst as a developmental object with that of the analyst as transference object. To achieve this goal, this paper draws on psychoanalytic theorists’ study of the concept and illustrative clinical examples.

2 CME/CE credits offered.

Dr. Carla Neely is a child and adolescent analyst who trained at the Hampstead Therapy Clinic in London. She completed her adult psychoanalytic training at the Denver Institute of Psychoanalysis. Prior to that, she graduated from Smith College Social Work School and she then went to the Lund University in Sweden where she obtained her Ph.D. She is on the faculty of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis, the Washington School of Psychiatry and the Washington Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute.  She is past President, past Secretary, and past Councilor of the Association for Child Psychoanalysis.  Her areas of publications and presentations are creativity, sublimation, developmental disharmony, developmental object, therapeutic action, and the nature of working through.

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

  1. explain the difference between a developmental object and a corrective emotional experience.
  2. compare aspects of the transference relationship with those of the developmental object.
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.

Immortality Wishes in Dreams

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  •  December 5, 2018
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Works in Progress Seminar:

“Immortality Wishes in Dreams”

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

8:00 – 10:00 pm

Presenter: Arnold Richards, M.D.

This paper proposes that wishes for longevity and immortality should be added to Freud’s list of wish fulfillment (sexual and aggressive) in dreams. The author provides examples of his own dreams to support his thesis. The paper also maintains that the distinction between wish fulfillment and traumatic dreams is not as absolute as Freud maintains – traumatic dreams may also be wish fulfilling. The paper discusses how the child knowledge of death develops from early life on.  The fear of immortality as well as the wish for immortality is considered.

No CME/CE credits offered.

 

Arnold Richards, M.D. is Training and Supervising Analyst at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and is on the Faculty of the Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program and the Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. He is a member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute; the American Psychological Association, Division 39; the New York Freudian Society, and the Psychoanalytic Association of New York.  He is also Honorary Member of the American Institute of Psychoanalysis/Karen Horney Clinic.

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Bodily Experiences and the Developing Capacity for Representation

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  •  December 6, 2018
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Advanced Seminar in Child & Adolescent Analysis:

“Bodily Experiences and the Developing Capacity for Representation:

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with an Autistic Toddler and her Depressed Mother”

Thursday, December 6, 2018

8:00 pm

Presenter: Christine Anzieu-Premmereur, M.D., Ph.D.

This presentation discusses the treatment of a disturbed baby encapsulated in an autistic relationship with a severely depressed mother. This mother-baby dyad was unable to develop a communicative relationship with potentially catastrophic effects for the baby’s future mental health.

The lack of synchrony between the baby’s needs and feelings and the mother had blocked the baby’s capacity to develop an integrated self capable of sustaining the Body Ego. The young child’s long treatment demonstrates how bodily experiences and affects are present from the beginning of life as the core of the developing self and can be evaluated and interpreted by the analyst. The child’s early mental life initially creates the first representations of the self in relationship with the object. Eventually, through bodily sensations linked with emotions and memories of pleasurable moments, the baby’s capacity to integrate these representations enriches the process of symbolization.

2 CME/ CE credits offered.

Christine Anzieu-Premmereur 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; she is Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at Columbia University. She is a member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, and she chairs the discussion group on Parent-Infant Programs at Psychoanalytic Institutes at the American Psychoanalytic Association meetings.

She recently published “The Process of Representation in Early Childhood,”  and “Attacks on Linking in Parents of Young Disturbed Children.” 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 in October 2017 “A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Body in Today’s Psychoanalysis.”

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

  1. identify psychodynamically-based responses to children who present autistic symptoms and developmental delay.
  2. describe the multilayered dynamics present in mother-baby interactions and the consequences on mental health.
  3. identify approaches to the development of a working alliance with parents in order to facilitate in-depth work with young 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.