Film Series: Fight Club presented by Andrew Anson, MD–ZOOM ONLY due to COVID

2023-2024 Film Series: Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Horror, Pathology and Reframing Perversion https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83771757811?pwd=YVlpK1dmWWU4akk4S016Y1dLWHNyZz09

Meeting ID: 837 7175 7811 Passcode: 831293

Our screening series will introduce mental health professionals to psychoanalytic concepts and research around sexuality, trauma, and uncanny experiences. Participants will watch psychosexually themed films and participate in professional-led discussions analyzing the material in terms of psychopathology and treatment. Our discussion of the Fight Club screening will introduce viewers to a model of the masochistic personality (Jack, played by Edward Norton) and ask them to reflect on the clinical and cultural meanings of perversion. Participants will be introduced to contemporary conceptions of perversion as a developmental stage rather than a pathological condition. Participants will be asked to reflect on the healthy expression of aggression and masochism within human relationships, and how destigmatizing perversion can help clinicians better understand and empower their patients. Learning Objectives: • Describe and diagnose Jack’s (Edward Norton) masochism and put it in a developmental context • Recite non-stigmatizing definitions of masochism and perversion • Provide examples of the healthy expression of aggression and masochism within human relationships • Use Lacanian concepts to reframe and destigmatize clients’ identities and experiences Dr. Andrew Ansen is a psychiatrist and certified psychoanalyst with interests in relational psychoanalysis and Lacan’s theory of perversion.

Attendance is free but pre-register by emailing nobpcenter@gmail.com. You may join in person via Zoom. Zoom registration ends 24 hours before the event.

1 CME credit is $10 for NOBPC members and $15 for non-members **Please watch the film prior to the 9/21 discussion** Fight Club can be rented ($3.99) from many platforms such as YouTube Apple TV, Prime Video, or Google Play. We will screen the film at NOBPC on Sunday, September 17 at 5:30pm if you want to watch with us.

CME PAYMENT

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 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. *Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. -Updated July 2021- 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.