NYFS-NY Scientific Program
Friday, March 4, 2011
8:30 – 10:00 pm
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Hatch Auditorium
Madison Avenue & 100th Street
Admission is free and no reservations are required.
Free Certification of Attendance forms will be provided.
Concretization, Reflective Thought,
and the Emissary Function of the Dream
Maxine Anderson, MD, presenter
One aspect of ‘fit’ involves the ability of the therapist to hold on to potential meaning and the pursuit of emotional truth when the patient cannot bear to do so. An aid in this task involves an awareness of the forces for and against knowing that we all face. This paper will discuss one of those forces, the entropic effect of concretization, which transforms metaphoric thought into its sensory elements (eg, words become meaningless sounds; previously interesting ideas lose their vitality). Clinical vignettes will illustrate this process, as well as the attentive care that is needed to counteract the loss of symbolic meaning. In addition, the function of the well-attended dream as aid in restoring meaning will be presented.
Maxine Anderson, MD, has studied psychoanalysis for over three decades, training in both Seattle and in London, England. She is a Training and Supervising Analyst for several institutes in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. In addition she is a Founding Member of the Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society, a Component Society of the IPA. She has written on a variety of subjects, and is deeply influenced by Bion’s thoughts about learning from emotional experience, the hatred of reality, and the dreaming processes. Most recently she has been exploring the nature of evil, and, from a wider perspective, the nature of reality. She resides, practices and teaches in Seattle.
Objectives:
1. To familiarize the participant with the concept of concretization and its role in the loss of meaning of metaphoric thought.
2. To illustrate the role of attentive thought in the restoration of the capacity for metaphoric thought and meaning.
3. To illustrate the function of the well-attended dream as an aid in the restoration of meaning.
Who Should Attend:
Mental Health Professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed therapists, such as LP’s, LCAT’s, LMHC’s, pastoral counselors), and people with an interest in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking and clinical applications.
APA-approved CE Credits:
Psychologists: The New York Freudian Society is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. NYFS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. APA-approved CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance and completed evaluation forms. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who arrive late, or depart early. Credit will be granted to participants who submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the session. It is the responsibility of participants seeking APA-approved CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion of this program, participants will be given 1.5 CE credits.
Registration Fees:
There is no fee for attending this program.
Basic Certification of Attendance forms will be provided to ATR-BC’s and others at no charge.
The fee for APA-approved CE Credits for Members of NYFS and Candidates of the PTI of NYFS is $15, and for non-members and non-candidates it is $30. Fee is due at the event. Please make checks payable to the New York Freudian Society. Cash will not be accepted.
Important disclosure information:
None of the planners and presenters of this CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Vivian Eskin, PhD, at veskinphd@gmail.com
NYFS-NY Scientific Program Committee
Vivian Eskin, Chair; Ani Buk, Susan Light, Kristina MacGaffin
The Psychoanalytic Training Institute of NYFS offers a variety of programs in both New York City and Washington, DC for students interested in adult psychoanalysis, child/adolescent psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and parent-infant treatment. Our NY Adult Psychoanalysis Program is registered as licensure qualifying by the NYSED. All Masters-level professionals are welcome to apply. Please visit instituteofnyfs.org for further information.