Between the Pink and the Blue: Aspects of Gender Identity Development

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  •  October 25, 2018
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

NOTE: This is a closed meeting – for candidates and faculty of NYPSI, IPE, and Columbia University Center only. Child candidates are expected to attend.

Advanced Seminar in Child and Adolescent Analysis:

Between the Pink and the Blue: Aspects of Gender Identity Development 

Thursday, October 25, 2018

8:00 pm

Presenter: Mrs. Anat Gedulter-Trieman

Mrs. Anat Gedulter-Trieman will present a 3 x weekly psychoanalytic treatment of a 16 year old adolescent girl who presented with intense phobia and heightened anxiety to a paralyzing degree. Using process material, she will look at the main theme of the analysis as it unfolded. She will explore the centrality of the transference and countertransference relationship as well as the importance of understanding the developmental history in the analytic work.


2 CME/CE credits will be offered. 


Mrs. Anat Gedulter-Trieman is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society and an Anna Freud Centre-trained child analyst.  She obtained her MA from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she worked for many years with delinquent adolescents. Anat was the Anna Freud Centre nursery consultant until its closure, and was teaching baby observation as well as running toddler groups at the Centre. She is currently teaching at the Institute of Psychoanalysis, the Anna Freud Centre and in various international venues. She lives and practices in London.


Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the transference manifestations in the analytic material of a phobic adolescent.
2. Identify counter-transference manifestations.
3. Explain the importance of developmental history in the analytic work with adolescents.


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 SW CPE 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 #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.

Studies in Dysphoria: The False Accord in the Divine Symphony

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  •  October 3, 2018
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Works in Progress Seminar:

“Studies in Dysphoria: The False Accord in the Divine Symphony”

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

8:00 pm

Presenter: Marion Oliner, Ph.D.

This presentation spans forty years of study and assumes that psychoanalysts should not base their understanding of trauma exclusively on the events that trigger the traumatic process since  there are an infinite variety in the ways individuals assimilate a wide range of traumatic events.  Some  victims never recover and are simply not suitable for analytic treatment: The events truly dominate their lives. However, the clinical insights analysts have gained over the years does make it possible to help those individuals who have the capacity to benefit from psychoanalysis. Winnicott’s assessment of the close relation between cumulative trauma omnipotence is explored.  Analysts who emphasize the victimization of  traumatized  individuals may find themselves subject to a confusion of tongues and  unprepared for the resistance they encounter when they work clinically from a tacit assumption of omnipotent triumph.  The use of identification as a sufficient explanation for the transgenerational transmission of trauma is questioned, and  the difference between the experience of trauma and the memories of it over time is clarified. During the damaging experience there is a specific ego organization that is geared toward external reality and effective action.  Subjectivity has no role here, in other words, the subject is absent.  This ego state should not be confused with the work of integration, dreaming, and fantasy. Time is an important factor.  Analysts should take all elements of human experience into consideration when trying to understand their patients. This includes the role of the impact of the senses that is neglected  when analysis privileges the unconscious. In this connection it is important to remember that in the Interpretation of Dreams Freud relied on the events of the day before to penetrate the dream’s meaning. The material to be discussed  is drawn from a book that will be available in December 2018.

No CME/CE credits offered.

Marion M. Oliner, Ph.D. (Columbia University 1958, Psychoanalytic Training Program of the NY Freudian Society, 1970) is currently in the private practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. She also teaches, supervises and writes on psychoanalytic topics. Dr. Oliner is a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association and a member and on the faculty of the Contemporary Freudian Society where she obtained her training. She is also a member of NPAP and the Metropolitan Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. For many years, she participated in the study group devoted to the long-term impact of the Holocaust on survivors and their children. In the many years she has been active in the field, she has participated in the governance of the NY Freudian Society, as it was then called, and chaired the Ethics Committee. She devised a syllabus for a course on ethics that is widely used. She has published articles on a wide range of subjects, and she is the author of the following books: Cultivating Freud’s Garden in France (1988) and Psychic Reality in Context: Perspectives on Psychoanalysis, Personal History and Trauma (2012), (2015 German translation), (2018 French translation).  A collection of her essays will be published by Routledge in December 2018 as Studies in Dysphoria: The False Accord in the Divine Symphony.

Psychoanalysis in the Digital Age

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  •  October 16, 2018
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

NYPSI’s 1032nd Scientific Program Meeting:

Psychoanalysis in the Digital Age: A Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

8:00 pm

Discussants: Gillian Isaacs Russell, PhD; Todd Essig, PhD; David Goldenberg, MD
Moderator: Rebecca Twersky, MD

Digital technology has created powerful methods of communication that were previously unimaginable in any setting, let alone a psychoanalytic treatment. Many clinicians have embraced these technological advances for their convenience and promise of facilitating long distance treatment, or even local treatment conducted outside the office setting. And many patients are comfortable with distance treatment, or express a preference for it, especially younger patients who experience technology as integral to who they are. While there are advantages to using technology for psychoanalytic (or some mode of psychodynamic) treatment, there are also many problems with its use. This panel will address these advantages and problems and consider, among others, the following questions:

  • What are the limitations of the use of technology in psychoanalytic treatment?
  • How is communication hindered, or facilitated, by digital technology?
  • What does it mean to be in the presence of another person?
  • Are there differences in the ways patients of different ages and levels of technological expertise can benefit from an online psychoanalysis?

2 CME/CE credits offered. 

Gillian Isaacs Russell, PhD, is a UK-trained psychoanalyst who is a member of the British Psychoanalytic Council and American Psychoanalytic Association. She has served on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Psychotherapy, as Book Reviews Editor, and is now a member of the Reviewing Panel. She recently co-edited (along with Todd Essig) a special issue of Psychoanalytic Perspectives on technology. Her book Screen Relations: The Limits of Computer-Mediated Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy was published by Karnac Books in 2015. Dr. Russell is internationally known as a lecturer, author, consultant, and researcher. She speaks and teaches on technology and its impact on intimate human relationships, particularly in psychotherapeutic treatment. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado, where she has a private practice.

Todd Essig, PhD, is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at the William Alanson White Institutes. He’s served on the editorial boards for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and recently co-edited (along with Gillian Isaacs Russell) a special issue of Psychoanalytic Perspectives on technology. For 16 years, until 2009, he was Director and Founder of The Psychoanalytic Connection (psychoanalysis.net), becoming widely known as a pioneer in the innovative uses of information technologies for mental health professionals. He currently writes “Managing Mental Wealth” for Forbes where he writes about building an authentically good life in emerging technoculture. His clinical practice is in New York City where he treats individuals and couples, almost all of whom come to his office.

David Goldenberg, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. A graduate of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, he is on faculty here and at NY-Presbyterian, teaching in the psychoanalytic and the psychotherapy programs, both technique and theory courses including Freud’s case histories. Dr. Goldenberg is The Director of  NYPSI’s Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program. He is board certified in general psychiatry as well as psychosomatic medicine, and has published papers in this sub-specialization, including, Psychological Issues and PrEP in Private Practice (Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2016). He also recently published a review, Dreaming, One Way or Another (JAPA, 2017) of, Psychoanalysis, Identity, and the Internet: Explorations into Cyberspace (Ed. Marzi; Karnac Books, 2016).

Rebecca Twersky, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She graduated from the New York Psychoanalytic Institute in 2012, and is on faculty at NYPSI and at Mount Sinai/Beth Israel. She teaches in the psychoanalytic and psychotherapy programs at NYPSI and supervises residents in psychotherapy. Dr. Twersky is the Director of Curriculum for NYPSI’s Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program, Director of NYPSI’s Psychoanalytic Fellowship, and co-Chair of  NYPSI’s Communications Committee, where she has used her long-standing interest in technology to redevelop NYPSI’s website and to moderate this program. Dr. Twersky also has a blog where she has written about topics ranging from demystifying the arcana of complex statistical analyses to social commentary.

 

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

  1. Recognize ways in which technology can hinder the psychoanalytic process.
  2. Describe the types of technology used for distance treatment.
  3. Identify clinical situations in which technology can facilitate treatment.

 

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 SW CPE 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 #0317.

Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Psychoanalytic Association and New York Psychoanalytic Society & 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.

Welcome Reception for Members, Faculty and Students

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  •  September 11, 2018
     7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Welcome Reception for Members, Faculty and Students

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

7:00 pm

Please join us for introductions & hors d’oeuvres prior to the start of the academic year on September 12, 2018.

Archival Footage of Ellis Toney and Ralph Greenson Discussing Their Cross-Racial Psychoanalysis

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  •  September 25, 2018
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

NYPSI’s 1031st Scientific Program Meeting

Film Screening & Discussion: Archival Footage of Ellis Toney and Ralph Greenson Discussing Their Cross-Racial Psychoanalysis (1976)

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

8:00 pm

Presenter: Anton Hart, Ph.D.

In 1976, Gail Wyatt, Ph.D., of UCLA, brought together Drs. Ralph Greenson and Ellis Toney, former analyst and analysand, respectively, to discuss the psychoanalytic work they had completed together more than 25 years before, when Dr. Toney was a candidate at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Greenson was white and Dr. Toney was black, making theirs one of the earliest cross-racial training analyses, and the racial issues that this analytic dyad encountered were of their time, yet would persist into our present moment. This unique, archival footage of a panel presentation between the two offers an all-too-relevant glimpse into the challenges psychoanalysts may encounter as they try to address issues of race with their patients and with each other.

The screening will be introduced by Anton Hart, Ph.D., a member of the NYPSI Faculty, who will provide orientation to the video. After the 54-minute screening, Dr. Hart will engage audience members in reflective discussion of what they have seen.

2 CME/CE credits offered. 

 

Anton H. Hart, Ph.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst and on the Faculty of the William Alanson White Institute in New York City. He is a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA). A Fellow of the American Board of Psychoanalysis, he supervises at Teachers College, Columbia University and at the Derner Institute of Adelphi University. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the journals Psychoanalytic Psychology and Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He teaches in the Department of Psychology at Mt. Sinai Hospital, at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute, and at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies 4-year and national programs. He has published papers on issues of mutuality, disruption and safety, and also racism, diversity and otherness. He served as Associate Co-producer for the film, “Black Psychoanalysts Speak,” in which he was also featured. He is a Co-Founder of the White Institute’s Study Group on Race and Psychoanalysis. He is completing a book, to be published by Routledge, entitled, Beyond Oaths or Codes: Toward Relational Psychoanalytic Ethics. He is in full-time private practice in New York City.

 

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

1. Describe the anxieties and defenses associated with engaging issues of race and other diversities.
2. Explain the role of curiosity as an antidote to cultural ignorance, insensitivity and bias, and demonstrate such curiosity in themselves and in their patients.
3. Discuss the pitfalls and breakdowns that can occur in diversity-related explorations and find ways to use these to restore open dialogue and analytic exploration.

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 SW CPE 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 #0317.

Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Psychoanalytic Association and New York Psychoanalytic Society & 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.