APsaA Meeting: San Francisco: June, 2015
Invitation to attend a Clinical Case Discussion on Loneliness and Aloneness
Those attending the APSaA meeting in San Francisco, June, 2015, (Palace Hotel)we invite you to our discussion group: Towards and Understanding of Loneliness and Aloneness
Psychotherapists are frequently challenged by the many lonely, and/or alone people whom they treat. To enhance our understanding about loneliness, social isolation, and why a person lacks intimate connections, Arthur A. Lynch, Ph.D., Co-editor: Encounters with Loneliness: Only the Lonely, will present a case of a patient in psychoanalysis who defensively avoided intimate connections. Factors that contributed and reinforced his loneliness and lack of intimacy will be addressed.
Before the clinical case presentation, Lucille Spira, Co-Chair, will give a brief overview of how we understand the topic.
From this session one can expect to learn:
1. The various ways loneliness and aloneness manifests itself in and out of the clinical situation.
2. Be able to differentiate the various types of loneliness.
Presenter: Arthur A. Lynch, Ph.D., Training and Supervising Analyst American Institute for Psychoanalysis. Adjunct Professor Columbia School of Social Work. Private Practice Psychoanalysis, NYC. Co-editor with A. K. Richards and L. Spira: Encounters with Loneliness (Gradiva, Award best anthology, 2014.)
Date: June 5, 2015 ( Friday, 3-5 PM )
Arlene Kramer Richards and Lucille Spira
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