AAPCSW RESPONSE TO THE UNFOLDING EXECUTIVE ORDER – IMMIGRATION AND TRAVEL BAN

The American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work has deep concerns about President Trump’s executive order on immigration and the travel ban from seven majority Muslim countries. Although the subsequent legal process suspending the ban and the President’s vow to issue an alternative are ongoing and subject to change, many problems remain.

We are concerned about the intent and the manner of the Administration’s actions, not only because it fundamentally disregards basic human rights guaranteed by the Constitution. It is an offense to human dignity resulting from the relentless attribution of criminality. Moreover, by transforming immigrants into dangerous “others,” it contributes to their demonization. This experience affects the safety, health, and wellbeing of the individuals directly involved, their families, and the larger society.     Continue reading AAPCSW RESPONSE TO THE UNFOLDING EXECUTIVE ORDER – IMMIGRATION AND TRAVEL BAN

The Mind in Conflict with Ian D. Buckingham at NYPSI

NYPSI EXTENSION PROGRAM:The Mind in Conflict with Ian D. Buckingham, M.D.

The Mind in Conflict: Ian D. Buckingham, M.D. 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, and 4/19/17
Wednesdays, 8:30 – 10:00 pm, 8 classes / $200 Location: 247 East 82nd Street, NYC
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NYPSI Extension Program: The Mind in Conflict: A contemporary focus on the functioning of the mind from the perspective of Modern Conflict Theory, with emphasis on Brenner’s revisions of traditional structural theory and a new appreciation of the ideas of evolutionary biology for understanding the functioning of the mind. Continue reading The Mind in Conflict with Ian D. Buckingham at NYPSI

An Integrative Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder Presenter: William Singletary at NYPSI

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
An Integrative Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder Presenter: William Singletary, M.D. Discussant: Maggie Zellner, Ph.D.

Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 10 am, The Marianne & Nicholas Young Auditoriumm 247 E. 82nd Street, NYC

Free and open to the public
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Recent convergences within neurobiology, and between neurobiology and psychoanalysis, allow us to view autism through a new lens, seeing biological risk factors that might operate through final common pathways to produce the ASD syndrome. This talk integrates and elaborate upon this confluence of findings, developing a working model of Continue reading An Integrative Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder Presenter: William Singletary at NYPSI