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Presenter: Robert Calcaterra, MD

Discussant: M. Nasir Ilahi, LLM

Join us for a case presentation and discussion of a man who suffered from a dramatic split between his inner self and his real life functioning. The result was a veneer of a normal, even exemplary character, camouflaging a darker, impulsive yet paradoxically freer side.

We will use a psychoanalytic object relations approach, including Winnicott’s concept of the False Self, to understand the patient’s dynamics. Session material will provide an opportunity to discuss how this theoretical approach can inform effective interventions. The goal of this presentation is to increase participants’ knowledge in clinical work with this challenging patient population.

There will be a Q&A where representatives from the Outreach Committee and PANY Faculty will be available for questions. Lunch will be served.

Since Freud's opus of 1900 the dream and the process of dreaming remain the royal road to the heart of our work. To know how to work with dreams is tantamount to knowing how to do psychoanalysis. This lecture will review the core discoveries of mind, starting with Freud, which explains the why and wherefore of dreaming with the goal of underscoring how to work with them in the office to enrich and deepen the therapeutic exchange.

Theodore Jacobs, MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at PANY and the New York Psychoanalytic Institute; a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Emeritus) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine;  Author of The Use of the Self: Countertransference and Communication in the Analytic Situation;  The Possible Profession; The Analytic Process of Change; Co-Editor, On Beginning an Analysis

60+ papers and book reviews on a variety of analytic topics, and a winner of the 2018 Sigourney Award.

In this lecture, Dr. Jacobs will discuss the all important question of the sense of self in analytic patients and which attitudes and approaches on the part of the analyst favor its improvement and which are ineffective or work against such improvement.

He will discuss the developments in psychoanalysis over the past half century that have led to changes in analytic technique.

Emphasizing transference and countertransference, the presentation will focus on the experience of money within the psychoanalytic collaboration.

• Understand how a psychoanalyst manages the seemingly competing roles of helping patients understand and overcome their personal conflicts and of being a provider of services who demands payment for those services.
• Understand how the financial relationship between clinician and patient may highlight and bring to the fore core issues in the patient's relationships.
• Recognize the importance of understanding the patient's transference and the analyst's counter-transference as they are played out in the financial relationship.

Presenter: Robert Calcaterra, MD

Discussant: M. Nasir Ilahi, LLM

Join us for a case presentation and discussion of a man who suffered from a dramatic split between his inner self and his real life functioning. The result was a veneer of a normal, even exemplary character, camouflaging a darker, impulsive yet paradoxically freer side.

We will use a psychoanalytic object relations approach, including Winnicott’s concept of the False Self, to understand the patient’s dynamics. Session material will provide an opportunity to discuss how this theoretical approach can inform effective interventions. The goal of this presentation is to increase participants’ knowledge in clinical work with this challenging patient population.

There will be a Q&A where representatives from the Outreach Committee and PANY Faculty will be available for questions. Lunch will be served.

TBD

Kathleen Lyon, MD

Leslie Cummins, DSW

TBD

Chap Attwell, MD

Jason Wheeler, PhD is on the faculty of PANY and teaches on Freud and sexuality and gender in the Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic programs. He is also active in writing and editing and is a member of the editorial board of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly.

Midlife, the period that spans the "old age of youth" and the "youth of old age," brings new challenges as well as amplifying old conflicts and deficits. This presentation integrates relevant theoretical ideas with cultural and clinical examples of midlife issues. Success or failure at coping with the tasks of this period can mean the difference between negotiating a transition and suffering a crisis.

It can be daunting for clinicians who work primarily with individuals to conduct therapy sessions with couples. Part of the challenge is shifting the focus of the clinical work from the dynamic mind of the individual to the dynamic created by the couple. In this presentation, we will review concepts from both psychoanalytic and systemic perspectives to better understand that shift, and to help clinicians gain confidence in their work with couples.