Dancing with the Locos: A Comparative Study of Argentine Tango and Psychoanalysis

Friday, November 20, 2015. 7:30–9:30PM

It takes two to tango and two to form the analytic pair. While both Argentine tango and psychoanalysis were born in 1881, what else do they have in common? RSVP by email.

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Standing Where the Towers Fell: A Study of Psychic and Physical Collapse and Reconstruction

Friday, March 8th 2013 from 7:30–9:30 PM

This talk examines the evolution of a research project in terms of the interplay between emerging clinical material, relevant literature, and the writing process. A profound terror of annihilation formed the nucleus of this case and over the span of treatment, the patient began to contextualize death and move toward life. It addresses the author’s experiences in conducting the analysis, with a focus on how the research itself became an effective tool in treating this primitive patient.