New York Freudian Society – NY Division
Scientific Program
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
8:30 –10:00 pm
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Hatch Auditorium, Madison Ave & 100th Street
Admission is free. No reservations are required.
Certification of Attendance forms will be provided.
The Supervisory Dyad: Creating a Developmental Space
Marsha H. Levy-Warren, PhD, presenter
Kate Oram, PhD, discussant
The supervisory relationship is a multi-dimensional one, filled with the possibility of transformation in each dimension. These dimensions include the supervisee’s therapeutic persona, the supervisor’s role as a mentor, their working relationship, the supervisor’s awareness of who the patient seems to be, and the joint narrative the supervisee and supervisor create for what is happening in and for the patient. In order for these transformations to occur, what is posited here is that a developmental space must form, one in which there is an acknowledgment of the multiple psychic truths of transference and counter-transference present for all participants, the omissions and misrepresentations that are intrinsic both to the supervisory process and to growth in general, and the fluidity in thinking and experience that is necessary for change. The presentation demonstrates how this developmental space unfolds in the supervisory relationship.
Marsha H. Levy-Warren, PhD, is a Supervising and Training Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Training Institute of NYFS and the International Psychoanalytical Association, faculty member and supervisor in the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, faculty at The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) and the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis (MIP), and the Associate Director of the Institute for Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies (ICAFS) in New York City. She is the author of The Adolescent Journey (Jason Aronson, 1996; reissued, Rowman & Littlefield, 2004) and numerous articles on adolescence, developmental and clinical theory, media, and culture. She is in private practice with adolescent and adult patients in New York City.
Kate Oram, PhD, is a Supervising and Training Analyst in the Adult Psychoanalysis Program of the Psychoanalytic Training Institute of NYFS. She has also taught and supervised in the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program of the PTI of NYFS. In addition, she is on the faculty of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and is active in The Fostering Connection, a non-profit organization that provides pro-bono psychotherapy to children in foster care. Her private practice includes child psychotherapy as well as psychotherapy and psychoanalysis with adults.
NYFS-NY Scientific Program Committee
Vivian Eskin, Chair; Ani Buk, Susan Light, Kristina MacGaffin
The Psychoanalytic Training Institute of NYFS offers a variety of programs in both New York City and Washington, DC for students interested in adult psychoanalysis, child/adolescent psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and parent-infant treatment. Our NY Adult Psychoanalysis Program is registered as licensure qualifying by the NYSED. All Masters-level professionals are welcome to apply. Please visit instituteofnyfs.org for further information.