Empathy — The ability to imagine oneself in another’s place and understand the other’s feelings, desires, ideas and actions. So simple, and yet so enigmatic! The development of empathy, the limitations of empathy, the influence of theory on empathy, and the role of culture in the determination and use of empathy were the four panel topics addressed at the Empathy Symposium on March 3 and 4, 2007, culminating with a final discussion by Glen Gabbard. Posted here at InternationalPsychpoanalysis.net are selected streaming audio files from that conference.
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How do emerging models of the brain and mind inform clinical practice? Join Mark Solms, Ph.D at NYPSI
Continued Exploration of Clinical Neuropsychoanalysis: A One-Day Workshop Sunday, April 8, 2018 New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
247 E. 82nd Street, New York City How do emerging models of the brain and mind inform clinical practice? Join Mark Solms, Ph.D. for an overview of ideas in neuropsychoanalysis that enrich our theory and technique. Two analytic case presentations will then be followed by detailed discussions of clinical material from a neuropsychoanalytic perspective.
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Session I (9:00 – 11:00 am)
The affective basis of consciousness (the conscious id)
The unconscious nature of cognition (the unconscious ego)
Automatization and repression (the ‘cognitive’ and ‘dynamic’ unconscious)
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Why and How Consciousness Arises Presenter: Mark Solms, Ph.D. at NYPSI
Why and How Consciousness Arises Presenter: Mark Solms, Ph.D. Discussant: Maggie Zellner, Ph.D.
Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 10 am The Marianne & Nicholas Young Auditorium 247 E. 82nd Street, NYC
Free and open to the public RSVP is appreciated but not required; first come, first-seated To register, click HERE, visit nypsi.org, or call 212.879.6900
Dr. Solms will discuss recent developments in neuropsychoanalysis that illuminate the “hard problem” of consciousness – how and why the subjective experience of consciousness arises in conjunction with the functions of the brain. Solms’ model integrates insights from affective neuroscience, the “conscious id” hypothesis, and Friston’s model of predictive coding, free energy and “surprise,” with implications for clinical work.
Mark Solms, Ph.D. is best known for his discovery of the forebrain mechanisms of dreaming, and his pioneering use of psychoanalytic methods and Continue reading Why and How Consciousness Arises Presenter: Mark Solms, Ph.D. at NYPSI
The Exploiters Available from IPBooks.net
From Nuremberg to Guantánamo by Nancy Sherman
As someone who has visited Guantanamo with the former presidents of the American Psychological and the American Psychiatric Associations (in Oct. 2005), the American Psychiatric has been from the beginning adamant in its belief that psychiatrists should not be involved in interrogations that are coercive. Compare the following statements. The American Psychological Association, issued a report in July, 2005 stating that psychologists consulting in interrogation involving national security should be “mindful of factors unique to these roles and contexts that require ethical consideration.” ( This is fairly permissive.) The American Psychiatric Association, in its statement of the same time, is more restrictive in its guidelines. Members can serve as behavior consultants so long as there is no “coercive” element to the interrogation. See Neil Lewis, “Guantanamo Tour Focuses on Medical Ethics,” New York Times, Sunday, November, 13, 2005, A19. These are old statements. I believe they have been updated, but they give you a sense of the difference, early on in the debate. I have written on this in a number of pieces, including a piece that just appeared in DISSENT, Winter issue. Continue reading From Nuremberg to Guantánamo by Nancy Sherman
1990: An Imperfect Psychoanalyst Commits Suicide
Click Here to Read: This Day in Jewish History 1990: An Imperfect Psychoanalyst Commits Suicide: Psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim won acclaim for his work with children, and his posthumously discrediting was only partly deserved by David B. Green on The Haaretz website on March 13, 2016.
Click Here to Read: After death, what’s learned: Fisher on Bettelheim (and Ekstein), review of Bettelheim: Living and Dying by David James Fisher, Reviewed by Nathan Szajnberg on this website.
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