The New School for Social Research
Sandor Ferenczi Center
December 2, 2011, 8:00 PM
Decoding Ferenczi’s Clinical Diary
Presented by B. William Brennan
In the Clinical Diary of Sándor Ferenczi (1988) certain codes are used to refer to particular patients. The identities of some of these patients are known to us, notably, Dm (Clara Thompson) and RN (Elizabeth Severn), but the others have remained a mystery. This paper will reveal the identities of the other patients in the Clinical Diary and provide important biographical data on Ferenczi’s other cases. The author will also discuss the ethics of revealing the identities of historically important patients.
B. William Brennan ThM, MA, LHMC is a psychoanalyst in independent practice in Providence, RI. He is a graduate of the National Training Program, National Institute for the Psychotherapies. He is past president of the Rhode Island Association for Psychoanalytic Psychologies (APA-Div 39). He is a Board Member of the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education and a co-chair of the History of Psychoanalysis Committee.
December 14, 2011, 8:00 PM
The Dialogue of Unconsciouses, Mutual Analysis and Contemporary Relational Technique
Presented by Anthony Bass
Dr. Bass will speak on the topic of the ‘Dialogue of Unconsciouses, Mutual Analysis and Contemporary Relational Technique’ and the evening will include experiential work illustrating the phenomena using clinical vignettes provided by audience members.
Anthony Bass, Ph.D, is on the faculty of the New York University Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, where he was formerly the chairperson of the Relational Track, the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, the NIP National Training Program, the Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia, and the Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies, for which he also serves as President of the Board. He is the Joint Editor in Chief of Psychoanalytic Dialogues
Co-Chairs: Lewis Aron, Ph.D., Adrienne Harris, Ph.D., & Jeremy Safran,
Ph.D Location: Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th St., 5th floor
·Please join us for a reception after the presentations·
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