“It can’t be”: How two “child analytic experiences” look to a man who re-enters analysis on the occasion of strange feelings regarding an analysis for his grandson

The 19th Robert J. Kabcenell Memorial Lecture in Child Analysis:

“It can’t be”: How Two “Child Analytic Experiences” Look to a Man Who Re-Enters Analysis on the Occasion of Strange Feelings Regarding an Analysis for his Grandson

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

8:00 – 10:00 pm

Presenter and Awardee: James Herzog, M.D.

The talk will examine the ways in which previous “child analyses” are regarded by a 70-year-old man who re-enters psychoanalysis.  It will explore the relationships between his own memories, historical realities and his ‘inscape.’  The talk will consider the influence of the child analyst’s theory on his or her technical stance and the ways in which these “technical matters,” “ideologies” or other agendas shape meaning and memory for the analysand.  It will also examine the roles of curiosity, compassion and what Dr. Herzog calls ‘safety.’

2 CME/ CE credits offered.

James Herzog is an Adult and Child Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst.  He is a Training and Supervisory Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute i in adult, child and adolescent psychoanalysis.  He is a supervisory analyst at the Sigmund Freud Institute in Zurich and at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis in Boston.  He writes about fathers, play, the transmission of trauma and ways of conceptualizing analytic process

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

1. Describe how child analytic technique is related to theory and to ideology
2. Identify how the memory of the child analytic experience is preserved,  altered, or otherwise accessed in later treatments
3. Define the impact of a child analysis on the older child’s attitudes toward such a treatment and on her or his subsequent professional choices and ongoing character development.