Film Series – AI and Therapeutic Action in ‘HER’; Will She Replace Us? by Andrew Anson, MD
May 18 @ 2:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Psychoanalysis and Cinema: This film screening explores how psychotherapists and psychoanalysts are increasingly confronted with the question of whether an AI platform (ChatGPT, therapy bots, or a future operating system) can replace the therapy relationship and to what degree it can mimic it. This talk looks at the potential and limits of AI therapy from a multi-theoretical perspective of attachment, mentalization, the depressive position, and desire and fantasy.
Psychologists, Social Workers, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits.
Screening begins at 2pm Central Time at NOBPC.
Discussion begins at 4:15pm Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom
Can artificial intelligence (AI) satisfy our desire for meaningful relationships? Will AI eventually surpass and replace human psychotherapists?
Come watch Spike Jonze’s prophetic movie, “Her,” and join us for a discussion of the essential elements of therapeutic change and whether they require human-to-human interaction.
Dr. Andrew Anson, MD, will analyze the therapeutic relationship from a multi-theoretical perspective. He will draw on the concepts of attachment, mentalization, the depressive position, desire and fantasy in order to determine AI’s capacity for therapeutic action and interpersonal connection.
Learning Objectives:
- Define attachment, mentalization, the depressive position, and desire and fantasy
- Describe how attachment, mentalization, achieving the depressive position, and desire and fantasy each change how we think about therapeutic action in clinical practice
- Analyze the degree which a relationship to AI facilitates and reciprocates (or not) attachment, mentalization, achieving the depressive position, and desire and fantasy, based on previous definitions
Dr Andrew Anson is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst at Atlas Psychiatry and teaches psychoanalytic candidates at NOBPC. He also supervises psychiatric residents at Tulane. He has presented at the NOBPC film series in the past and currently serves on the Board.
Attendance is free but pre-register HERE
Please click HERE for registration with CME credits. If you prefer to pay by check, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com.
Fee for 1.5 CME credits:
- NOBPC members $10
- Non-members $15
In-person space is limited so please register early.
If you wish to join only for the discussion, please watch the film prior to joining. If joining for the discussion only, please arrive at NOBPC by 4pm or join the Zoom link.
The film is available to rent on several streaming services.
Zoom registration ends 24 hours before the event and is only available for the discussion portion.
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 NOBPC. 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 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
Optional Readings:
- Cooper, S. (2016). The analyst’s experience of the depressive position. In Routledge eBooks. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315730615
- Freeman, C. (2016). What is Mentalizing? An Overview. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 32(2), 189–201. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12220
- Karbowa-Płowens, M. (2021). John Bowlby and Attachment Theory. In Springer eBooks (pp. 4286–4289). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_3574