“The Paradox of Hate—Complexity Lost and Found” is presented in terms a conceptual framework Dr. Ringstrom calls the “Three P's” which refer to ideas about prediction, paradox, and play. He will illustrate this framework in his work with “Wendy”, a patient who returned…
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In this study group, participants will be introduced to the life and theoretical contributions of Melanie Klein (1882-1960). We will begin by reviewing the cultural, historical, and biographical influences on Klein and her clinical work. Emphasis will be placed on her significant…
Contemporary discourse on self-disclosure frequently emphasizes enactment, dismissing the possibility of formulating effective guidelines for deliberate use. This perspective contradicts existing literature and raises ethical questions about both disclosing and withholding the therapist’s countertransference. The view that it is impossible to determine…
Freud identified dreams as providing the "royal road" to the unconscious and considered The Interpretation of Dreams his most important work. Dream work significantly enhances treatment of individuals and couples. Yet fewer psychoanalytic institutes currently emphasize this clinical skill. This workshop opens with an overview of classical dream…
This overview of self psychology will answer the titular questions, offering an introduction to the theory and clinical practice. We will begin with a brief synopsis of the historical origins of the theory, initially developed by Heinz Kohut at the Chicago Institute…
The value of insight as a mutative factor in psychoanalysis has long been a central question in psychoanalysis. Most analysts of this generation believe that although insight has clear value, it isn’t normally sufficient to produce structural change in most patients. Alternatively, the tide…
The Oedipus complex is widely considered the centerpiece of classical psychoanalytic theory. It was hypothesized as a universal constellation arising between age 3 and 6 years, at the height of the genital phase of psychosexual development. Its resolution involved the child’s move…
A conversation between two psychoanalysts, Beatrice Patsalides Hofmann and Garrett Tanner, members of the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis, will focus on clinical and theoretical questions arising from the practice of psychoanalysis in the context of war. Topics of discussion will include the…
In this workshop, Dr. Feinstein will begin with a group discussion on uses, benefits, and limitations of doing supervision using five forms of supervision: case-based supervision, video/audio recordings of patient sessions, process notes supervision, transcription supervision, and live supervision. A mini-lecture will then…