Psychoanalytic Practice in the 21st Century:
Seminars in Contemporary Self Psychology
Fall 2011 Program
If you are a mental health practitioner working in private practice
or a hospital, agency or educational setting, you may be interested in
learning more about contemporary Self Psychology as a way of enhancing
your understanding of the complexities and often hidden aspects of the
subjective worlds of your clients.
This year, the Institute for the Advancement of Self Psychology's
seminar program begins with a package of three seminars that are
particularly oriented to the exploration of the fundamentals of
contemporary Self Psychology and their application to your clinical
work. They include:
Empathic Development In Self Psychology: An Introduction
One of Kohut's most important contributions was his insistence on the
centrality of empathy as a mode of knowing what is clinically relevant
about the patient for psychoanalysis. In fact, for Kohut, it defined the
field of psychoanalytic inquiry.
The concept of empathy has different meanings for each of us and
remains controversial as a concept even amongst experienced Self
Psychologists.
In this seminar we will review the basic principles underlying
empathic understanding. These principles will be illustrated in video
moments in which patients describe experiences of increasing complexity
and challenge. Participants will learn how to grasp the subjective
content of these moments and then practice how to communicate their
understanding to the patient. In the afternoon session we will put these
ideas into clinical practice utilizing clinical material provided by
those participants who wish to do so.
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Alan Kindler, MBBS, FRCP(C)
Location: Northern District Library, Toronto
Download registration form here (PDF)
New Perspectives on Development:
What We Are Learning from Infant Research
Part 1: Development in Self Psychology and Intersubjectivity
In this introductory seminar we shall survey and review several major
theories that form the foundation of psychoanalytic understanding of
development. Beginning with Freud, and moving through Klein, Erikson
and Mahler, we'll spend time on Bowlby's thinking regarding attachment
theory, the observations of Rene Spitz, Daniel Stern, and the ideas of
Heinz Kohut and Robert Stolorow. These will be discussed with regard to
their relevance to theoretical formulations and clinical approaches in
Self-Psychology and Intersubjectivity.
Part II: Infant Research in Self Psychology and
Intersubjectivity
In this subsequent seminar, we'll initially survey highlights from
the early and recent work in infant and early childhood, and
parent-child interaction research, including that of Target, Fonagy,
Schore, Beebe, Lachmann, Knoblauch and others. Their relevance to
understanding development and relatedness from Self-Psychology and
Intersubjectivity will be examined and their importance to clinical work
within these frameworks will be illustrated and discussed.
Date: Wednesday evenings, October 19 and 26, 2011
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Instructor: Taras Babiak, MD
Location: 204 St. George Ave. Toronto
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The Heart of Self Psychology
Clinicians who develop a sensitivity informed by the principles of
contemporary self psychology will find their capacity for therapeutic
effectiveness greatly enhanced in even the most difficult clinical
circumstances. In this seminar we will discuss the fundamental
principles of Heinz Kohut's Self Psychology with its focus on empathic
inquiry into the subjective experience of the patient, the nonjudgmental
understanding of symptoms and defenses in the context of early
development, selfobject transferences, and the disruption/repair
process. We will also review some of the new perspectives that inform
Self Psychology today, in particular the perspectives found in
Intersubjectivity Theory. Throughout the seminar, we will emphasize the
way contemporary Self Psychology can be applied in our clinical work.
Registrants will receive two readings beforehand for background
preparation and handouts will be provided at the seminar. Participants
will be encouraged to raise questions and ideas and to apply the
material to clinical examples of their own.
Date: November 12, 2011
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Midge Breslin, MEd
Location: Northern District Library, Toronto
Download registration form here (PDF)
Seminar Fees
Package Seminar Price
(To obtain the package price all three seminars must be registered for at the same time.) |
|
Early Bird* |
Regular Fee |
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$450.00 |
$480.00 |
| Individual Seminar Price |
|
Early Bird* |
Regular Fee |
| Standard |
$160.00 |
$170.00 |
| Student** |
$120.00 |
$130.00 |
*Early Bird: Register at least 21 days prior to the seminar.
**Students must be enrolled full time in a full time Psychotherapy Training Program.
REFUND POLICY: 75% of the registration fee will be refunded if
notice of withdrawal is received in writing from registrant on or before
14 days of the seminar start date. 50% of the registration fee will be
refunded if notice of withdrawal is received in writing from registrant
on or before 3 days before the seminar start date. No refunds thereafter.
Register
Download registration form here (PDF) and send to:
76-2192 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario M4E 1E6
For more information please contact info@iasptoronto.com.
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