Maybe He’s the Most Demanding Man: Authoritarian Ambivalence and The Wounded Patriarch Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Many psychotherapists struggle to understand the dynamics of power and control that emerge with their obsessive clients. Other therapists recognize these dynamics but fail to see the defensive operations, destructive pleasures and hidden vulnerabilities within these complex games of control. ... Read more
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. Discussion begins at 11am Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom Psychotherapists do not always consider the importance of names in their work. Yet a name can carry secret wishes, internal ... Read more
Joan’s Wire Hangers: Reconciling that Recollection is the Best Fake We Have on Hand Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Many psychotherapists struggle to reconstruct patients' early life stories and parse external reality from unconscious phantasies. This challenge is further complicated by pervasive images, prejudices, and power dynamics that imbue even the most private traumas with cultural meanings. ... Read more
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