Elizabeth Donovan

CLOSED MEETING: Beyond Countertransference: Treating the Untreatable Patient

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

NOTE: This is a closed meeting for NYPSI members and candidates only.

Special Event:

“Beyond Countertransference: Treating the Untreatable Patient –  A Case Report”

Thursday, May 3, 2018

8:00 pm

Presenter: Theodore Jacobs, M.D.

In this presentation Dr. Jacobs will describe a six year analysis of a woman who re-enacted traumatic interactions with her parents by acting out extraordinarily provocative behavior.  This evoked countertransference reactions that took her analyst to the brink of insanity or murder.  This case raises questions as to the management of such intense transference-countertransference reactions.

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Elizabeth Donovan

Institute Closed – President’s Day

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  •  February 19, 2018
     8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Elizabeth Donovan

Meet the Author: Louis Rose

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  •  February 12, 2018
     7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Brill Library Book Series

Meet the Author: Louis Rose

Monday, February 12, 2018

7:30 pm

The Friends of the Brill Library invite you to an evening with Louis Rose, the author of Psychology, Art, and Antifascism: Ernst Kris, E. H. Gombrich, and the Politics of Caricature (Yale University Press, October 2016).

“In this book, Louis Rose traces the path of two great Viennese intellectuals, Ernst Kris and E.H. Gombrich—one a psychoanalyst who emigrated to New York and the other an art historian exiled in London—who together elaborated how caricature emerged as an art form since the seventeenth century, until, by the twentieth, it could be used as an arm of propaganda in the struggle against fascism. A masterful and erudite study.”

Élisabeth Roudinesco, Université Paris Diderot

Louis Rose is Professor of Modern European History at Otterbein University, Executive Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives, and Editor of the interdisciplinary psychoanalytic journal American Imago. His book The Freudian Calling: Early Viennese Psychoanalysis and the Pursuit of Cultural Science (Wayne State, 1998) received the 1999 Austrian Cultural Institute Prize for Best Book in Austrian Studies. He is the author of The Survival of Images: Art Historians, Psychoanalysts, and the Ancients (Wayne State, 2001) and most recently Psychology, Art, and Antifascism: Ernst Kris, E. H. Gombrich, and the Politics of Caricature (Yale, 2016). He received his B.A. from Clark University and his Ph.D. in History from Princeton University. He is an Honorary Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and a member of the History of Psychoanalysis Committee of the International Psychoanalytical Association.

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Elizabeth Donovan

The Microbiome and Mind: Microbiota-host interactions in mood and mental health

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  •  February 10, 2018
     10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis

The Microbiome and Mind:  Microbiota-host interactions in mood and mental health

Saturday, February 10, 2018

10:00 am

Presenter: Jane Foster, Ph.D.

Researchers in psychiatry and neuroscience are increasingly recognizing the importance of microbiota to brain communication in mental health. Scientists have established the link between gut bacteria and anxiety-like behaviours in animal models and with emotional brain regions in healthy people. Work to date by our group and others suggest that microbiota influence brain structure, gene expression of stress-related and plasticity-related genes, stress-reactivity, and behaviour. Recent work in our lab has focused on how the interaction between microbiota and host genetics influence brain structure and behaviour. Bacterial community profiling of 16SrRNA gene was carried out using a modified bar-coded Illumina sequencing method in the McMaster Genome Center in different strains of mice. Strain-specific differences in microbiota richness and diversity were observed. The taxonomic profile of the microbiota showed significant strain differences in relative abundance of clinically relevant commensals such as Bifidobacterium, Lactobaccilus, Alistipes, and Prevotella. Initial analysis shows that significant strain differences in specific bacteria are associated with anxiety-related behaviours. Our results show that microbiota and host genetics influence behaviour – deciphering the molecular mechanisms involved is necessary to advance the use of microbiota-targeted therapies for use in clinical populations.

Dr. Jane Foster is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. She holds a research appointment as a Scientific Associate with the University Health Network and as a Scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, ON. Dr. Foster is an active researcher in two large translational networks –  the Province of Ontario Neurodevelopmental Disorders Network (POND) and the Canadian Biomarkers in Depression (CAN-BIND). Dr. Foster’s research focuses on the role of immune-brain and gut-brain interactions on neurodevelopment, behaviour, and brain function. She hopes that her research accomplishments lead to a better understanding of how these relationships contribute to psychiatric disorders such as neurodevelopmental disorders, anxiety and depression.

2 CME/CE credits offered.

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

1. Describe the nature of gut microbiota and their role in host physiology.
2. Refer to the clinical and pre-clinical research that supports a role for microbiota in brain function and behaviour.
3. Consider the potential role for microbiota-related biomarkers and/or microbiota-targeted therapeutics in understanding and treating mental illness.

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 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 has 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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Elizabeth Donovan

The Choreography of Enactment

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  •  February 14, 2018
     8:15 pm - 10:00 pm

Special Works in Progress Seminar: The Choreography of Enactment

A clinical paper presentation by distinguished visiting psychoanalyst

Presenter: Michael Feldman, M.D.

Dr. Feldman, a leading Contemporary Kleinian analyst, will present his paper which will include significant clinical material. Dr. Francis Baudry will moderate the event and Mr. Nasir Ilahi will provide some overall comments on the paper. There will be an opportunity for questions from the audience.

Michel Feldman, M.D. is a Training Analyst of The British Psychoanalytical Society. He studied psychology and medicine, and worked for many years in the Psychotherapy Unit at the Maudsley in London. He lectures and supervises clinical work in several centres in Europe and the USA. He has published numerous psychoanalytical papers, many of which have been gathered in his book Doubt, Conviction and the Analytic Process ( New Library, Routledge, 2009) and has co-edited, with Elizabeth Spillius, Psychic Equilibrium and Psychic Change: Selected Papers of Betty Joseph (New Library, Routledge, 1989)

Francis Baudry, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. He has a special interest in a wide range of analytic theories including Kleinian, French (especially the work of André Green), and South American. Dr. Baudry has written on a wide variety of topics including subjectivity, character supervision, and applied analysis.

Nasir Ilahi is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute of Psychoanalytic Education, affiliated with NYU Medical School. He is also an Honorary Member of New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, and graduate and Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society.

NO CME/ CE CREDITS WILL BE OFFERED.

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