APsaA Meeting: NYC Jan. 2015 : Those who are attending the meeting we invite you to our Discussion Group #113 : See below: On Jan. 15, 2015 : 7PM-9 PM . Arlene Kramer Richards and Lucille Spira
DISCUSSION GROUP:
Towards an Understanding of Loneliness and Aloneness
Co-chairs: Arlene K. Richards, Ed.D. (New York, NY) Lucille Spira, C.S.W., Ph.D.* (New York, NY)
Presenters: Jack Novick, Ph.D. (Ann Arbor, MI)Kerry Kelly Novick (Ann Arbor, MI)
Loneliness is an important feeling in adolescent development. Jack and Kerry Novick will use clinical material from analyses of some late adolescents, who defended against loneliness in various pathological ways. They will consider a psychoanalytic and cultural pathologizing of solitude and discuss issues of separation, isolation, autonomy, and creativity to demonstrate that the capacity to experience, bear, and then use loneliness for progressive development was a crucial step toward adulthood for these patients. Jack Novick and Kerry Kelly Novick are developmental psychoanalysts on the faculties of numerous psychoanalytic training centers around the country. They have written extensively since the 1960s on topics of development, theory and technique, with many articles published in major professional journals. They have published four books, which have been translated into several languages.
After attending this session, participants should be able to: 1) Compare defenses against loneliness from progressive enjoyment of autonomy; 2) Describe some early developmental roots and adolescent manifestations of loneliness.