NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:Freud Anniversary Lecture
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium, 247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900, www.psychoanalysis.org, www.nypsi.org
Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 8 PM
Rosemary Balsam, M.D. on: Freud, the Birthing Body, and Modern Life
Shelley Orgel, M.D. will introduce the speaker
2 CME/CE credits offered, General Admission: $15, to register, click HERE, visit nypsi.org, or call 212.879.6900
A Reception will follow the lecture. All are welcome.
Starting with a closer look at Freud’s early astute sense of the psychic impact of the bodily power of females’ biological sex and child-bearing potential, the lecture will show how this appreciation became obscured until about the 1970s. In spite of sporadic subsequent efforts, moreover, the impact of the female body has never been acknowledged in general in psychoanalytic thought (except as an infantile archaic fantasy, or sidelined in a special adult “woman’s” category). Given the new vibrant culture of enacted gender multiplicities that we encounter in the clinic these days, where, then, can this lag leave us with psychoanalytic ideas about natally sexed female or male bodies as they articulate with gender?
Rosemary Balsam, M.D. is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London; Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine; Staff Psychiatrist at the Yale Student Mental Health and Counseling Service; and Training and Supervising Analyst at Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis. She is the author of numerous writings, including Women’s Bodies in Psychoanalysis published in 2012 by Routledge.
Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
a) describe Freud’s early sense of the biological body
b) appreciate why and how this changed, and how the body became obscured
c) assess the long term effects of this obfuscation on our thinking, that can still affect today’s analysts dealing with patients’ gender dilemmas.
d) think more creatively with patients about the modern role of the biologically female body.
Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and New York Psychoanalytic Society & 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.
Psychologists: New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists.
Important disclosure information for all learners: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Social Workers: New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0317.
2 CME/CE credits offered
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