John Lennon, Microwave Ovens, and the Enacted Dimension of Analytic Process with Gil Katz at MITPP



The Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy,
The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health and The Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists

Invite you to a Scientific Meeting

Friday, April 8, 2011  at 8:00 P.M.

JOHN LENNON, MICROWAVE OVENS, AND THE ENACTED DIMENSION OF ANALYTIC PROCESS
Presenter: Gil Katz, Ph.D.

This lecture will discuss the concept of enactment, illustrating what the author calls the enacted dimension of analytic process-a continuously evolving second dimension of analytic treatment that exists alongside of and interwoven with the treatment’s verbal content. Contemporary Freudian and Relational/Intersubjective perspectives on enactments will be distinguished-in particular, the relationship between enactments and analytic technique, and the meaning of the concept “co-creation.” The centrality of the enacted dimension in the treatment of patients with a history of early trauma will be discussed and illustrated via two clinical vignettes. Support for these ideas from current research in cognitive neuroscience will be presented.

Gil Katz, Ph.D. is a Faculty Member and Supervisor in MITPP’s Adult Program.  He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology, Faculty member, and Supervising Analyst at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and a Faculty member, Fellow (Training and Supervising Analyst), and former Dean of Training at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR).

The following articles by Dr. Katz on the subject of enactment and the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis can be emailed to you by contacting Dr. Katz at gilkatz@nyc.rr.com: “Where the Action Is: the Enacted Dimension of Analytic Process” (J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 1998) and “Missing in Action: the Enacted Dimension of Analytic Process in a Patient with Traumatic Object Loss” (In Symbolization and Desymbolization: Essays in Honor of Norbert Freedman. Other Press, 2002).
No registration or fee required.  Refreshments served following the presentation.

Meeting Will Be Held At:
The Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Institute and Center
329 East 62nd Street (1st & 2nd Avenues)
1st Floor Auditorium, New York, NY 10021

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Program Committee: Thomas McCoy, M. Div., LCSW, Co-Chair * Rosemarie Verderame, LMSW, Co-Chair * *Alexandra Cattaruzza, MS, LP * Debra Gill, LCSW * Joyce A. Lerner, LCSW *
Barbara Reichenthal, LCSW, BCD * Ivy Vale, BFA *

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