Après-Coup PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION
Friday, March 20, 2015
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
WINNICOTT’S STYLE: BETWEEN THE CLINIC AND TRANSMISSION
PART II: CLINICAL STYLE IN EXTENSION, Foundations of Psychoanalysis
For D.W. Winnicott, clinical work requires inventing an analytic style that responds to the singularity of the analysand—as Freud recommended. We will first examine how Winicott’s style was shaped by his reaction to the styles of his own analysts (Strachey, Riviere); and then, how his dissemination of his own style in public talks and writings met the impasse of trying to transmit an analytic theory that eschewed theories.
SUGGESTED READINGS: D.W. Winnicott, “Hate in the Counter transference” (1947), “Clinical Varieties of Transference” (1955), in Through Paedriatrics to Psychoanalysis: Collected Papers (Basic Books).
MEETING PLACE: The School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21st Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), New York City. Please ask at the front desk for the room number.
ATTENDANCE FEE: $20. For students with ID: $10. Attendance is free for all members of Après-Coup as well as for the faculty and students of the School of Visual Art