NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Scientific Meeting
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
Special two-day conference: Friday, February 7, 2014, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, February 8, 2014, 10 am – 5 pm
Violence in Schools, Homes, & on the Streets: Psychoanalytic Collaboration with Educators, Law Enforcers, & Community Leaders
Drs. Will Braun, Jonathan Cohen, Steven Marans, Lois Oppenheim, Wendy Olesker, Lloyd Sederer, Mark Smaller, Stuart Twemlow, Josephine Wright and Chief of Police Dean Esserman
$55 early-bird registration before January 15th for the two-day conference
$60 after January 15th for the two-day conference
$30 for NYPSI Members for the two-day conference
$30 for Graduate Students (with valid ID) for the two-day conference
$10 for NYPSI Trainees, undergraduates and high school students (with valid ID) for the two-day conference
Purchase your tickets HERE or visit nypsi.org
Friday, February 7, 2014, 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Off the Couch and into the Streets: Being a Socially Active Psychoanalyst in the 21st Century
Saturday, February 8, 2014, 10 am – 12 pm
Psychoanalysis as Community Work
Keynote presentation: Dr. Lloyd Sederer
Medical Director, New York State Office of Mental Health
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Opening Closed Doors: Helping families help their loved ones with a mental illness
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Psychoanalysts, Educators, and Law Enforcement in Dialogue
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Q & A
For info, contact Dr. Lois Oppenheim at oppenheiml@mail.montclair.edu
Panel Participants:
William H. Braun, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice and on the faculty at NYPSI, where he is also Director of Training for the Clinical Psychology Internship and Externship Programs.
Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D., is co-founder and president of the National School Climate Center: Educating Minds and Hearts Because the Three R’s Are Not Enough; Adjunct Professor in Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; and practicing clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst.
Dean M. Esserman, J.D., is Chief of Police, New Haven Department of Police Service and lecturer, Yale University Child Study Center.
Steven Marans, Ph.D., a child and adult psychoanalyst, is the Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry at the Child Study Center and Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. He is the director of the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence and founder of the Child Development-Community Policing Program. Dr. Marans has worked closely with the White House, U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on trauma due to violence and related issues.
Wendy Olesker, Ph.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and a Clinical Associate Professor at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
Lois Oppenheim, Ph.D., is Distinguished Scholar, Professor of French, and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Montclair State University where she teaches courses in both literature and applied psychoanalysis. She is Scholar Associate Member and Scientific Program Chair of NYPSI and Honorary Member, the William Alanson White Society. She has authored or edited eleven books and co-created two documentary films on mental health stigma currently in post-production.
Lloyd Sederer, M.D., is Medical Director of the New York State Office of Mental Health. Dr. Sederer is also Adjunct Professor at the Columbia/Mailman School of Public Health; the Medical Editor for Mental health, The Huffington Post /AOL Media Group; and the Mental Health Advisor for Turner Broadcasting’s upwave.
Mark D. Smaller, Ph.D., is President-elect of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He is an adult and child psychoanalyst practicing in Chicago and Southwest Michigan and serves on the faculties of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Institute for Clinical Social Work. Dr. Smaller is Founding Executive Director of Project Realize, an in-school treatment and research project at Morton Alternative High School in Cicero, Illinois.
Stuart W. Twemlow, M.D., who is in private practice in psychoanalysis and psychiatry, is a past President of the Topeka Psychoanalytic Society, has served as Medical Director of the HOPE unit for Treatment Refractory Adults at the Menninger Clinic and as Senior Psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry at the Baylor School of Medicine in Houston.He is also Visiting Professor, University College, London;faculty member of the Houston Center for Psychoanalytic Studies;and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His more than 200 publications cover a wide variety of fields, including school violence, prevention of community violence, the impact of trauma on children and communities, and terrorism and cult dynamics.
Dr. Josephine Wright, M.D., is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist and psychoanalyst on the faculty of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and of the Berkshire Psychoanalytic Institute. Her many publications focus on the struggles of school age children, including children with ADHD and learning disabilities, as well as issues pertaining to adoption. Dr. Wright works closely with both boarding and day schools in NYC and in New England, assisting individual students and consulting with faculty and administrations about problems affecting the larger school community.
Students, academics and clinical professionals in the analytic community are encouraged to attend. Members of the general public are also welcome.
Educational Objectives:
1. Describe the relation between bullying and childhood trauma.
2. Explain the psychoanalytic principles that inform educational, law enforcement, and community responses to violence.
Information regarding CME credit for physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of [7] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Information regarding CE credit for psychologists
Psychologists: New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. NYPSI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. APA-approved CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance and completed evaluation forms. Upon receipt of the completed evaluation form, we will send you via email a PDF of your CE credits.
Persons with disabilities: The building is wheelchair accessible and has an elevator. Please notify the registrar in advance if you require accommodations.
DISCLOSURE: None of the planners or presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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