In this salon, we will explore the psychopathic traits of imposters and those who might be susceptible to or co-conspirators in their deceptions. This might apply to couples, companies or societies. Fantasy can cross the line from healthy grandiosity to pathological delusions and lying to others. This condition affects 7% Read more
2 Session Study Group | Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) was developed in the 1980s when PTSD was just becoming a recognized diagnosis. First created to treat women who experienced sexual trauma, as most of the treatments at the time were focused on PTSD secondary to combat, CPT is now recognized Read more
Ehud Wolpe: Ehud Wolpe's lecture explores a phenomenon in transference wherein two opposing forces in the patient's psyche operate simultaneously. On the one hand, the analysand is attached to the psychoanalyst, expressing a longing for connection as a derivative of the life drive. On the other hand, simultaneously, the analysand maintains Read more
You’re invited to attend a summer book club and study group of Nancy McWilliams' Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. The book is a classic in our field and an indispensable reference manual. We will meet for eight sessions over the course of the summer to learn about, discuss, and clinically apply McWilliams’ taxonomy of personality types. This offering is ideal for beginning therapists who’d like to know how to distinguish between various types of patients, and as a result, which interventions work best with whom; as well as more seasoned clinicians who’d like to brush up on their knowledge and connect with colleagues for case discussions. We will learn about narcissistic, masochistic, depressive, hysterical, and many other kinds of personality structures. We will focus on understanding the defenses which underlie each structure. Each session will focus on a specific chapter(s) of the book. We will have both a didactic/discussion component and a clinical application component. You’re encouraged to bring applicable cases for discussion.