May 1, 2014
UNCONSCIOUS PHANTASY, SYMBOL FORMATION
& ACTUALIZATION
Presenter:
Catalina Bronstein, MD
London Contemporary Kleinian Adult & Child Analyst
May 1, 2014
The concept of unconscious phantasy continues to play a central role in psychoanalytic thinking. Through the details of clinical case material, Bronstein will discuss the various symbolic forms by which unconscious phantasies manifest themselves in the analytic session as they are lived out and enacted in the transference relationship. She will explore the impact that emotional aspects connected to early “raw”, “pre-symbolic” phantasies have in the analysis and how their corporeal elements interlock with the signifying process.
Early “embodied” phantasies, often considered “pre-symbolic” manifestations still carry meaning. They bear an intimate connection to the body and to unprocessed emotions when they are projected into the analyst and actualized in the session. In these moments they can produce a powerful resonance that can sometimes be experienced in a physical way and form an integral part of the analyst’s counter-transference.
Prof. Catalina Bronstein, MD: Visiting Professor, Psychoanalysis Unit, University College, London; Training and Supervising Analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society; Child/Adolescent and Adult Psychoanalyst in Private Practice in London, England. Medical degree in Psychiatry from Buenos Aires. Trained as a Child Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic (London). Consulting Psychoanalyst at the Brent Adolescent Centre (London). Former London Editor of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, currently on IJP’s Board. Recent publications include an edited book, “Kleinian Theory: A Contemporary Perspective”
This conference is sponsored by Understanding Primitive Mental States (UPMS), an independent study group committed to learning Klein, Bion and Contemporary Kleinian theory and technique.
Location: The Culture Center, 410 Columbus Avenue, NYC
Time: 8:00-10:00pm
Early Registration Fee: $35.00. Please make check payable to “Understanding Primitive Mental States” and mail to: Connie Stroboulis, 11 Bunker Hill Drive, Manalapan, NJ 07726
For additional information, please contact Susan Finkelstein (212-254-8501 or susanfcsw@aol.com)
Program Members: Susan Finkelstein (Director), Leslie Bornstein, Audrey Brockner, Nancy Cromer-Grayson, Mary Edlow, Vivian Eskin, Debra Gill, Lynne Herbst, Eva Kantor, Janet Madigan, Judith Marcus, Laura Rubinstein, Ann Rudovsky, Marilyn Sande, Jacqueline Schachter, and Donna Roth Smith
Susan N. Finkelstein, LCSW, Moderator: Training and Supervising Analyst and Faculty, Contemporary Freudian Society, Associate Member of IPTAR. Organizer of Contemporary Kleinian study groups in NYC, through Understanding Primitive Mental States and Primitive States of Mind.