Discussion Group #37: Psychoanalysis and China

You are cordially invited to attend Discussion Group # 37: Psychoanalysis and China. We will meet Thursday, June 19, 7:30-10:00 P.M.

CAPA’s President, Elise Snyder, will be flying back from Chengdu, China on Wednesday night and will give us an update on the situation in Sichuan and on CAPA’s mental health relief efforts there. We will also be discussing new CAPA initiatives in China.

Please join us.
Shana
Shoshana Shapiro Adler, Ph.D.
8000 E. Prentice Ave., #B-5
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-2726 (just Southeast of Denver)
#303-721-7939

shanaadler@comcast.net

Charles Brenner: 1913-2008

lilcharlesbrennermd_1982_4x5.jpg Click Here for: Audio Interview of Charles Brenner by Frank Parcells.  

Click Here for: Charles Brenner Interviewed by Edward Nersessian.

Click Here to Read: Review of Psychoanalysis: Mind and Meaning by Charles Brenner reviewed by Arnold Richards  

Click Here to Read: Obituary of Charles Brenner in the New York Times. 

Charles Brenner:
A little more than a month ago, on April 8 2008, I had the privilege of introducing my friend Charles Brenner at a Scientific Meeting of the New York Psychoanalytic Society. Yesterday I learned that he died. As we all do, I feel a great loss both personally and to psychoanalysis. Here is what I said about Charlie last month:

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The Erotic Transference: Multiple Perspectives: The William Alanson White Institute

THE EROTIC TRANSFERENCE:
MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
THE WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INSTITUTE
20 WEST 74TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10023
SATURDAY, MAY 17TH
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

This workshop will explore from a variety of perspectives both the
theoretical as well as clinical data on the complexity of the erotic
transference/ countertransference matrix. To ensure a diversity of
perspectives both gay and heterosexual, female and male analysts will
participate in the workshop and present clinical vignettes for discussion.
Some of the issues that will be examined are: How central is the erotic
transference to our work? Are there technical approaches that may
unwittingly inflame or suppress erotic material? How does one’s model of
therapeutic action affect the emergence of sexual feelings? Does the
erotic transference mask other conflicts and desires? How significant is
the analyst’s gender?

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Stock-Still Behavior: A Potential Developmental Marker for the Representation of Self and Other in Toddlers: Meeting at NYPS&I

THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd

Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 8:15 p.m.

Peter Fonagy, Ph.D. will discuss a paper by Susan Sherkow, M.D. and Lissa Weinstein, Ph.D. on Stock-Still Behavior: A Potential Developmental Marker for the Representation of Self and Other in Toddlers.

Join us for light refreshments from 7:30 to 8 p.m.

For information about our training programs please visit us at: www.psychoanalysis.org

Silvan Research/Clinical Fellowship Program: NYPSI Research Center

THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE
247 East Eighty-Second Street, New York, NY 10028
 

Silvan Research/Clinical Fellowship Program
NYPSI Research Center
4 year SCHOLARSHIP for ANALYTIC TUITION & SUPERVISORY FEES
$10K Research STIPEND for 2 years
Affiliations with Mt. Sinai, Department of Psychiatry, City University, Department of Clinical Psychology, and Adelphi University, Department of Psychology

We seek applicants interested in pursuing psychoanalytic training in combination with full-time academic research careers.  If you see the value of full psychoanalytic training as a way of enhancing your research interests and career come to NYPSI.  Applicants already established in other academic centers are welcome.

Contact Dr. Wendy Olesker,  Wendy_Olesker@psychoanalysis.net or Dr. John Crow, jfcrow@med.cornell.edu.  

For information about our training programs please visit us at: www.psychoanalysis.org

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program Informational Session at NYPS&I

THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE
247 East Eighty-Second Street, between 2nd & 3rd

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program
Informational Session
Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7-8 p.m.

Understand Theory to Improve Practice
Supervision with Experienced Analysts
Case Conferences
Optional Child/Adolescent Track

Evening Classes
2 Year Program

Please RSVP
admasst@nypsa.org or 212-879-6900

For information about our training programs please visit us at: www.psychoanalysis.org

Psychoanalytic Themes in Jane Austen’s Work with Muriel Morris and Adrienne Scott at NYPSI Extension Division

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Jane Austen

THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE: Extension Division
247 East Eighty-Second Street, between 2nd & 3rd

PSYCHOANALYTIC THEMES IN JANE AUSTEN’S WORK
Muriel Morris, M.D. & Adrienne Scott, LCSW

Thursdays, May 22 – June 19, 2008
7:30 – 9 pm (5 sessions)
Fee $100

Study Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, and juvenilia to uncover the unconscious chords Austen struck to make her work irresistible and timeless.

To register call 212-879-6900
For information about our training programs please visit us at:
www.psychoanalysis.org