Modern Psychoanalytic Approaches to Understanding Compulsive Gambling

Friday, December 4, 2015. 9:30 – 11:30 AM

This workshop focuses on gambling, “the hidden addiction,” as an expression of narcissistic pathology rooted in the preverbal period of development. It explores conditions necessary for this addiction to occur and what clients and patients may be communicating with such behaviors. RSVP by email.

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The Iron Law of Oligarchy: Can Psychoanalysis Escape It?

Friday, October 30, 2015. 7:30-9:30 PM

This paper addresses the current crisis in psychoanalysis – its fall from public favor and its shrinking patient and student base. It considers the ideological commitments of the European founding analysts, the impact of Marxist ideology, and the optimism of these early analysts regarding personal and societal change. RSVP by email.

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Countertransference

Friday, October 16, 2015. 7:30-9:30 PM

Distinguishing between countertransference and countertransference resistance occupies much of what we study in treatment. Arousals that occur when we work with narcissism are particularly intense and require us to confront and work through the narcissism in our own personalities.  RSVP by email.

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Modern Conflict Theory, Compromise Formation, Patient's Stories and Metaphor

Sunday, March 8, 2015 Noon–2:00 PM

Modern conflict theory and compromise formation focus on the multiple determinants of all mental activity and reject Freud’s structural model of conflict between id, ego, and superego. Because each patient exhibits highly complex compromise formations, treatment requires an individualized approach, with special attention to the affects contained in patients’ stories and their metaphors. RSVP here.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Modern Psychoanalysis—Informal group conversations with distinguished leaders in the field.

Sunday, March 15, 2015 Noon–2:00 PM

Our next guest in the series is Theodore Laquercia, PhD, LP. 

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Brain and Mind in Borderline and Related Conditions

Friday. January 9th. 2015 7:30-9:30 PM CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Dr. Stone talks about the etiology and clinical diversity found in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) stemming from combinations of genetic and environmental factors. BPD is always accompanied by traits of other personality disorders and various symptom-conditions. His Power Point presentation shows brain changes and similarities in the diverse manifestations of BPD and related conditions. Download flier.

Violence and Virginia Woolf: Grappling with the Root Causes of War

Friday. December 19, 2014 7:30-9:00 PM CLICK HERE TO RSVP

This lecture explores the ways in which Woolf’s responses to violence and war were formative in constructing definitions of “positive” peace and in establishing an intellectual climate in which the discipline of Peace Studies and peace research have prospered. Download flier.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Modern Psychoanalysis

Friday. October 10^th, 2014. 7:30-9:30 PM CLICK HERE TO RSVP

A Series of Informal Group Conversations with Distinguished Leaders in the Field.

Our guest, Robert Marshall, PhD, has two books and 35 articles to his credit. He is currently writing an autobiographical anthology, Reading, Writing, and Rhythm: The Excitement of Being a Psychoanalyst, and a paper, The Influence of Hungarian Psychoanalysts on Hyman Spotnitz. Sara Sheftel, PhD, LP moderates. There are two readings for this event: reading 1, reading 2.

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Before Analysis Can Begin: Treating Pre-Analytic Patients

Sunday, April 27^th, 2014,12pm-2pm

Patients often enter treatment with real problems but little if any interest in free-associating. They seek relief from their psychic suffering but for some, years may pass before they become curious and strong enough to explore their unconscious for the underlying motivations of their behaviors. In this seminar we will explore what helps pre-analytic patients to stay in treatment and begin a psychoanalysis. Presentation will be followed by refreshments and a social gathering.