NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
Saturday, December 1, 2012, 10 am – 12 pm, Donations accepted
Becoming Aware of Feelings: Integration of Cognitive-Developmental,
Neuroscientific & Psychoanalytic Perspectives
David A. Garfield, M.D.
Rosalind Franklin University for Medicine and Science/The Chicago Medical School, and the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
Richard D. Lane, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Arizona
Moderator: Maggie Zellner
One of Freud’s great insights was the discovery of psychic reality – the concept that current experience is determined by mental representations of past experiences. This insight was foreshadowed in his early work as a neurologist when he coined the term “agnosia” to refer to a failure in recognition due to an inability to mentally represent and know an external object despite intact perception. Although affect has been critical to psychoanalysis since Freud and Breuer founded the field in the mid-1890s, the clinical manifestations and the therapeutic implications of emotion with and without mental representation has been a relatively neglected area. The main thesis of our presentation is that the distinction between implicit and explicit processes, which is foundational in cognitive neuroscience, also applies to emotion and the process of becoming aware of feelings, which is so central in psychoanalytic work.
Dr. Lane will begin by describing the psychological model of “levels of emotional awareness,” which holds that the ability to know one’s own emotions is a cognitive skill like any other and that individual differences in emotional awareness can be understood from a cognitive-developmental perspective. Research on emotional awareness in normative and clinical contexts will be summarized, including findings from a recent study of psychodynamic psychotherapy for panic disorder. A parallel systems-neuroscience model will also be presented supported by neuroimaging research. It will be argued that our growing neuroscientific understanding of emotion permits an extension of Freud’s legacy and an advance in neuroscience by applying the concept of agnosia to emotional awareness and deficits related to it. Dr. Garfield will then discuss the model of emotional awareness and the distinction between implicit and explicit emotional processes from a clinical psychoanalytic perspective. Case material will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on the clinical phenomena that this model helps to explain and the implications of this perspective for therapeutic technique.
Students, academics and clinical professionals in the analytic community are encouraged to attend. Members of the public are also welcome.
For more information: admdir@nypsi.org
Educational Objectives: After attending, participants will be able to
1) Understand how a cognitive-developmental model applies to emotional awareness, including the distinction between implicit and explicit emotion.
2) Describe the neurobiological substrates of emotional awareness and how they are involved in emotional insight (visceral, focal and reflective awareness of emotional states).
3) Be able to identify different levels of emotional awareness during clinical encounters.
4) Apply the model clinically by engaging the patient at their current level and promoting progression to the next level.
Information regarding CME credit for psychiatrists:
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 [2] 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:
The 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, attendees will receive a PDF via email documenting CE credits.
Persons with disabilities: This building is wheelchair accessible.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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