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SUMMARY:Beyond Words: Exploring Countertransference Through Art & Sensory Expression by Robert Wolf\, DPsa Scientific Conference In-person or Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Svenson Lectureship Fund\nNOBPC in collaboration with Imagine Recovery New Orleans presents\nBeyond Words: Exploring Countertransference Through Art & Sensory Expression\nAn Experiential Workshop for Clinicians on Navigating Unconscious Responses\nRobert Wolf\, DPsa\nAttendees will receive a 3-hour CME certificate. This is a hybrid event. Please choose to join us at Imagine Recovery (details below) or via Zoom. In-person space is limited so please register early. VIRTUAL (ZOOM) REGISTRATION ENDS Friday\, December 6 at Noon Central Time. \n9:30am – 12:30pm Central Time \nFacing the rise of pre-neurotic patients\, often presenting early developmental character disorders\, dissociation\, or internalized trauma\, clinicians often experience intense countertransference inductions. \nThis experiential workshop provides a supportive environment to explore and process countertransference feelings and inductions through nonverbal\, expressive modalities\, and sensory motor techniques like drawing\, role-playing\, visualization\, and somatic exploration\, to help understand how our unconscious constantly collects information without our overt awareness. To prevent being completely inundated by this information\, our brain selects information necessary to respond to present situations and filters out the rest\, delegating it to our unconscious. We will explore how we can access this data by using a variety of non-verbal sensory and motoric forms of communication. Non-verbal experience precedes verbal development and continues to evolve throughout our life\, often without our conscious awareness. Volunteers will be asked to think of a difficult patient in their current practice and present this patient to the group by imitating the posture and gait\, drawing this patient\, and using other forms of sensory exploration. \nVolunteers will be selected from the physical audience to participate in this group and present patients for exploration through these processes. Virtual audiences will be encouraged to follow the instructions with a patient of their own. \nBy externalizing these inductions\, participants can identify and resolve inductions\, so they no longer interfere with treatment flow. The group format provides a ‘community of peers”\, crucial for addressing practice isolation and encouraging deeper explorations to identify where personal issues of the clinician may intersect the inevitable inductions experienced through projective identification. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify countertransference reactions by using expressive modalities\nDescribe how a group experience helps to process countertransference material\nList nonverbal\, expressive techniques that can be utilized in processing countertransference inductions\n\n Dr. Wolf received his degree\, Doctor of Psychoanalytic Studies\, from the Parkmore Institute after completing a course of study at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. As a member of the NPAP Neuro-Psychoanalysis Study Center Steering Committee he continues to integrate his interests in art and psychoanalysis with contemporary neuropsychological concepts. He is a Fellow at the Parkmore Institute and a Training Faculty member at NPAP. He is Professor Emeritus at the College of New Rochelle. He is a licensed psychoanalyst and creative art therapist in NY State and has conducted a private practice in Manhattan\, NY since 1980.  \nIn person at Imagine Recovery Imagine Recovery 728 Nashville Ave New Orleans\, LA 70115 \nRegistration Information (includes 3 CME credits) \nAdvance registration is required. Please click HERE to register online. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \n Early Registration Discount by November 8\, 2024:\nNOBPC Members: $40 \nNon-members: $85 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n AFTER November 8\, 2024 and before November 28:\nNOBPC Members: $55 \nNon-members: $100 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n Week of Registration Fees:\nNOBPC Members: $70 \nNon-members: $115 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n Optional Readings:\n\nAbabio\, B. (2022) Nafsiyat Therapy Center: Challenges\, Insights and Developments. Psychoanalysis and History 24:311-318\nAbend\, S. (2018) Countertransference and Psychoanalytic Technique\, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly 87:497-515\nWolf\, R. (2024) Synthesis of Photography\, Art and Neuropsychological Concepts Within Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: an Illustrated Case Study\, British Journal of Psychotherapy 40\, 1 (2024) 117–142\n\nThis 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. \nThe American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. \nThe 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. \nPsychologists\, Social Workers\, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. \n 
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/beyond-words-exploring-countertransference-through-art-sensory-expression-by-robert-wolf-dpsa-scientific-conference-in-person-or-zoom/
LOCATION:Imagine Recovery New Orleans\, 738 Nashville Ave\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70115\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sutures to the Psyche: Weaving Contemporary Treatments and Psychoanalysis into Hospital-Based Trauma Recovery by Nathan Brown\, Psy.D and Sandy Hyatt\, Psy.D
DESCRIPTION:Psychoanalytic Explorations is a series in which faculty members and students of the NOBPC\, as well as interested members of the community\, present and discuss issues of current concern to them. The focus will be on clinical practice\, theoretical challenges\, and non-clinical applications of psychoanalytic theory; all presentations are intended to deepen attendees’ ability to think psychoanalytically. Each session will begin with a presentation followed by questions and answers and open discussion\, with the intention of facilitating relaxed\, informal peer exchange. \nPsychologists\, Social Workers\, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. \nDiscussion begins at 11am Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom \nThis presentation will provide an overview of trauma and its treatment among patients seeking medical care for traumatic injuries in a Level 1 Trauma Center in New Orleans\, Louisiana. Presenters will then provide a review of current research on “evidence-based” treatments for PTSD\, specifically Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)\, compared with certain psychoanalytic treatments. Presenters will explore how these contrasting modalities may be integrated effectively within a hospital-based setting. Throughout this culturally informed presentation\, presenters will use case examples\, live demonstrations\, and group discussion with the hope that attendees will be able to utilize concepts presented in their clinical practices. \n Nathan H. Brown\, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry for LSU Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC). He is also the dedicated Psychologist at the Burn Center at University Medical Center\, New Orleans (UMCNO). He earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University in Chicago and completed internship and postdoctoral fellowship at LSUHSC. He was a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Fellow at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis from 2017-2019. He has been licensed in Louisiana since 2020. Dr. Brown provides clinical services in English and Spanish\, and specializes in the psychological assessment and treatment of patients in both outpatient and integrated medical settings. Dr. Brown works in the UMCNO Behavioral Health Clinic\, in general mental health and the Intensive Outpatient Program\, and the UMCNO Burn Center\, providing psychological care to inpatient and outpatient burn survivors. He is also a Phoenix Society SOAR Coordinator and facilitates a long-running Burn Survivor Support Group. His professional interests include health and burn psychology\, psychotherapy with Latinx patients\, clinical supervision\, and multicultural competence in mental health treatment. Dr. Brown has presented locally and regionally on topics related to psychological care for burn patients. He also supervises predoctoral psychology interns as they rotate through the Burn Unit.  \n \nSandy Hyatt\, Psy.D. (2020\, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology\, Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology; 2020\, Post-Doctoral Fellowship\, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC)): Dr. Hyatt is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at LSUHSC. She currently provides clinical services at University Medical Center (UMC) and serves as the Associate Director for UMC’s Seeds of NOLA Trauma Recovery Center. As part of her work at UMC\, Dr. Hyatt is engaged in multiple staff wellness initiatives aimed at increasing trauma-informed care practices throughout the hospital and associated academic institutions. Dr. Hyatt is actively involved in the training and education of psychology trainees and psychiatry residents\, concurrently assuming the role of Director of Group Supervision of Supervision within LSUHSC‘s Psychology Internship Program. In addition to these pursuits\, her professional and clinical interests include health psychology\, programmatic development\, increasing access to treatment for underserved populations\, and culturally responsive treatment and education. \nLearning Objectives: \n\n Attendees will be able to compare and contrast psychoanalytic theories and interventions for trauma with certain ”evidence-based” modalities (i.e.\, EMDR and PE)\n Attendees will be able to identify practical ways in which they could integrate EMDR and/or PE with psychoanalytic treatments for trauma (e.g.\, using the language of Stricker’s 1994 article on integration in psychotherapy)\n Attendees will demonstrate understanding of the ways in which trauma-focused treatments may be applied in a hospital-based clinical setting \n\n  \nPlease join us at NOBPC or via Zoom. Participation is open to all. In-person space is limited so please register early. \nPlease click HERE for online registration. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \nFee for 1.5 CME credits: \n\nNOBPC members $15\nNon-members $25\n\nZoom registration ends 24 hours before the event. \n  \nOptional Readings: \n\n Charles\, M. (2019). The Clinical Psychologist in an Open Inpatient Setting: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. In Clinical Psychology in the Mental Health Inpatient Setting (pp. 31-49). Routledge.\n Paintain\, E.\, & Cassidy\, S. (2018). First-line therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review of cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic approaches. Counselling and psychotherapy research\, 18(3)\, 237–250. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12174\n Peri\, T.\, Gofman\, M.\, Tal\, S.\, & Tuval-Mashiach\, R. (2015). Embodied simulation in exposure-based therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder-a possible integration of cognitive behavioral theories\, neuroscience\, and psychoanalysis. European journal of psychotraumatology\, 6\, 29301. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v6.29301\n\nThis 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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/sutures-to-the-psyche/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film Series - "X" (2022 horror movie) by Franklin Worell\, PhD & Paul Doyen\, LMSW
DESCRIPTION:Psychoanalysis and Cinema: This film screening explores the pleasure and fascination we experience when consuming horror movies and true crime media. Presenters will draw from analytic philosophy and psychoanalytic theory to explain our attraction to what is frightening and uncertain in our world. By identifying horror genres with attempts to resolve our deepest anxieties\, presenters will discuss how horror can help us understand both our clients and ourselves. \nPsychologists\, Social Workers\, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. \n Screening begins at 2pm Central Time at NOBPC Discussion begins at 4pm Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom \nWhy do we watch horror movies? Why do we listen to true crime podcasts? Why do we voluntarily expose ourselves to situations that frighten and disturb us? \nCome watch Ti West’s classic 2022 horror movie “X” and join us for a discussion of what attracts us to the genre of horror. \nFranklin Worell\, PhD\, will discuss the “paradox of horror\,” or the problem of why human beings derive pleasure from negative emotions like fear and disgust. He will review theories in analytic philosophy\, challenge the idea that there can be a universal theory of horror and discuss the aesthetic and philosophical pleasures of scaring ourselves. \nPaul Doyen\, LMSW\, will review psychoanalytic explanations for why we pursue uncanny experiences\, including the need to master outer dangers and resolve inner conflicts. He will also connect the horror genre to obsessive anxieties and suggest that an interest in horror media may be a hallmark of neuroticism. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nSummarize the “paradox of horror” as defined within analytic philosophy and psychoanalytic theory\nDescribe the reasons that people choose to pursue experiences that frighten and disgust them\nAnalyze the relationship between horror and mental health\, including connections to neuroticism and psychosis\n\nDr. Franklin Worell is a former student and professor of philosophy at Tulane University\, where he researched and wrote about horror as a genre. Dr. Worell is highly knowledgeable about what is known as the “paradox of horror” within analytic philosophy. His 2022 dissertation\, “Peaking Through Our Fingers: Theorizing Horror and its Appeal through its Genres\,” critiqued theories of horror as well as proposed its own Aristotelian theory of horror’s appeal. \nPaul Doyen\, LMSW\, is a psychotherapist in psychoanalytic training at the Saint Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. He works in private practice at Garden District Mental Health\, where sees several clients who have obsessions and interests involving horror and crime. Paul has a longstanding interest in horror films as well as in psychoanalytic theories around horror and the uncanny. \nAttendance is free but pre-register HERE \nPlease click HERE for registration with CME credits. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \nFee for 1.5 CME credits: \n\nNOBPC members $10\nNon-members $15\n\nIn-person space is limited so please register early. \nIf 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 3:50pm or join the Zoom link. \nThe film is available to rent on several streaming services. \nZoom registration ends 24 hours before the event and is only available for the discussion portion. \nThis 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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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. \n  \nOptional Readings: \n\nHauke\, C. (2015). Horror films and the attack on rationality. Journal of Analytical Psychology\, 60(5)\, 736–740. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12181\nSimpson\, D. (2022). Life on the margins: movement between the ‘Canny’ and the ‘Uncanny’—a requirement for psychic growth. British Journal of Psychotherapy\, 39(1)\, 232–248. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12803\nWorell\, F. (2022). Peeking Through Our Fingers: Theorizing Horror and Its Appeal Through Its Genres. Ph. D. Dissertation\, Tulane University\, 2022. 222 p. (DAI-A 84(1)(E).)
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/film-series-x/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250429T203000
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SUMMARY:Murder-Suicide in Post-Katrina New Orleans: A Perfect Storm of Multidetermined Causes - W. Scott Griffies MD\, DFAPA
DESCRIPTION:Psychoanalysis & Culture consists of presentations on topics exploring aspects of culture through a psychoanalytic lens. Topics will span humanities\, science\, as well sociocultural dynamics. The format will include a presentation by a selected speaker followed by informal group interaction between presenter and those in attendance. \nPsychologists\, Social Workers\, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. \nDiscussion begins at 7pm Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom \nThis applied psychoanalytic presentation explores the phenomenon of murder-suicide in post-Katrina New Orleans\, focusing on the case of Zack Bowen and Addie Hall. The aftermath of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina often leads to increased mental health issues\, including violence and suicide. The author\, who lived and practiced psychiatry in the New Orleans French Quarter (FQ)\, was involved in a documentary about the couple\, providing a unique perspective on their tragic story. Zack Bowen\, a veteran of Iraq and Kosovo with PTSD symptoms\, and Addie Hall\, an artist with a history of abuse\, were star-crossed lovers in the post-apocalyptic FQ. In the immediate aftermath of the storm\, with the higher socioeconomic population evacuated\, the city experienced lawlessness\, but also a bond between subcultural groups seeking anarchy\, freedom\, escapism\, and avoidance of past troubles. Drawing from excerpts of the documentary and material from a book about the couple entitled Shake the Devil Off\, this presentation utilizes an object relational framework to understand the multidetermined causes of the murder-suicide. It highlights how disasters can bring individuals together in desperate situations\, destabilize social connections\, and exacerbate avoidant defenses through increased substance abuse. Furthermore\, it reveals how such traumatic events can reopen past wounds\, including PTSD and experiences of abuse\, creating a mental health crisis that extends far beyond the initial impact of the storm. It also underscores the significance of interpersonal containment of toxic projections in the aftermath of a disaster\, particularly for individuals with intrapsychic vulnerabilities. \nDr. Scott Griffies’ is a psychodynamic psychiatrist certified in psychoanalysis from the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute. He is from New Orleans where he was the residency director for the LSU Department of Psychiatry for many years through Hurricane Katrina. After Katrina\, he developed the New Orleans Center of Mind Body Health\, a psychiatric group practice\, in the upper French Quarter. In 2015 he relocated to Duke Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences as an Associate Professor and the Medical Director of the Psychosomatic Service at Duke Raleigh Hospital and an attending in the Duke Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. In 2020\, he became the Medical Director for Mindpath Health\, Director of the Mind-Brain-Body Center and Director of Education. He continues to have an active psychodynamic practice with a focus on patients with psychosomatic disorders. His academic and clinical interest has been in understanding how mind\, brain and body interactions can result in problematic physical and somatic symptoms. He continues to teach within the psychodynamic course at Duke and has been honored with teaching awards throughout his career. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nList the four core stages of post-disaster recovery\nDescribe how external and internal factors of a disaster affect individuals with intrapsychic vulnerabilities\nExplain the regressive defensive use of projective identification in situations of overwhelming stress\nDiscuss an object relational perspective of murder-suicide in the context of domestic violence\n\nPlease join us at NOBPC or via Zoom. Participation is open to all. In-person space is limited so please register early. \nPlease click HERE for online registration. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \nFee for 1.5 CME credits: \n\nNOBPC members $15\nNon-members $25\n\nZoom registration ends 24 hours before the event. \nOptional Readings: \n\nGriffies\, W. S. (2024). Murder‐suicide in post‐Katrina New Orleans: A perfect storm of multidetermined causes. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies\, 21(2)\, e1865.\nCianconi\, P.\, Betrò\, S.\, & Janiri\, L. (2020). The impact of climate change on mental health: a systematic descriptive review. Frontiers in psychiatry\, 11\, 74.\nKernberg\, O. F. (2015\, January). Neurobiological correlates of object relations theory: The relationship between neurobiological and psychodynamic development. In International forum of psychoanalysis (Vol. 24\, No. 1\, pp. 38-46). Routledge.\n\nThis 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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/murder-suicide-in-post-katrina-new-orleans-a-perfect-storm-of-multidetermined-causes-w-scott-griffies-md-dfapa/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Member Events,Paid Events,Public Events
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SUMMARY:Film Series - AI and Therapeutic Action in 'HER'; Will She Replace Us? by Andrew Anson\, MD
DESCRIPTION: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. \nPsychologists\, Social Workers\, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. \n Screening begins at 2pm Central Time at NOBPC.   \nDiscussion begins at 4:15pm Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom \nCan artificial intelligence (AI) satisfy our desire for meaningful relationships? Will AI eventually surpass and replace human psychotherapists? \nCome 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. \nDr. 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. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDefine attachment\, mentalization\, the depressive position\, and desire and fantasy\nDescribe how attachment\, mentalization\, achieving the depressive position\, and desire and fantasy each change how we think about therapeutic action in clinical practice\nAnalyze 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\n\nDr 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. \nAttendance is free but pre-register HERE \nPlease click HERE for registration with CME credits. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \nFee for 1.5 CME credits: \n\nNOBPC members $10\nNon-members $15\n\nIn-person space is limited so please register early. \nIf 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. \nThe film is available to rent on several streaming services. \nZoom registration ends 24 hours before the event and is only available for the discussion portion. \nThis 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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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. \nOptional Readings: \n\nCooper\, S. (2016). The analyst’s experience of the depressive position. In Routledge eBooks. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315730615\nFreeman\, C. (2016). What is Mentalizing? An Overview. British Journal of Psychotherapy\, 32(2)\, 189–201. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12220\nKarbowa-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
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/ai-and-therapeutic-action-in-her-will-she-replace-us/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250621T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250621T171500
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SUMMARY:Film Series - DATE CHANGE -I Have to Think These Things Up: Imagination\, Differentiation\, and Defense at Grey Gardens by Jon Dimond\, Phd
DESCRIPTION:Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Elevate your clinical competence by understanding the persistent impact of fused family dynamics in adult patients. This talk addresses the gap in recognizing how defenses maintain these relationships and how cultural shifts impede separation. Learn to apply these insights to your practice\, fostering deeper understanding and more effective interventions with clients navigating individuation and lifespan challenges. \nPsychologists\, Social Workers\, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. \n Screening begins at 2pm Central Time at NOBPC.  \nDiscussion begins at 3:45pm Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom \nThe Maysles Brothers’ Grey Gardens (1976) is many things – a genre defining cinema verite masterpiece that inspired a Broadway musical\, an HBO dramatic remake\, and truly singular fashion iconography. Some call it a definitive cult classic. It is also a psychologically intense and profoundly intimate portrait of a mother/daughter struggle for dominance\, independence\, and love at a particularly vulnerable moment in their shared developmental trajectory. Together we will visit the real life East Hampton estate of Grey Gardens and encounter its singular inhabitants Edith “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale and Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale in media res. \nWe will attempt to read this documentary as a narrative representation of the imaginative world of the home’s occupants\, returning to cyclical memories of loss\, thwarted ambition\, and an aching desire for security and love. We will also focus on the ways in which humor and intimacy create opportunities to both connect with and wound others. Participants will additionally be invited to link these observations and insights to their own work with patients contending with overly fused relationships\, attempts at individuation\, decay\, and the precarity of the lifespan. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify and describe the defenses that Big Edie and Little Edie use throughout the film\nDefine Jung’s concept of differentiation and determine whether Big Edie and Little Edie achieve it within their mother-daughter dyad\nAssess Big and Little Edie’s respective self-concepts and how that is defended and interfered with throughout the film in the domains of seduction\, loss\, and decay\n\nDr. Jon Dimond received his doctorate in clinical psychology from The New School for Social Research in New York City. Although his practice is broadly oriented toward general adult psychotherapy\, he has specialized training in treatments for severe personality disorders and trauma. Dr. Dimond additionally has an extensive research and clinical background working with individuals who identify as transgender\, genderqueer\, gender non-conforming\, and gender non-binary. \nAttendance is free but pre-register HERE \nPlease click HERE for registration with CME credits. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \nFee for 1.5 CME credits: \n\nNOBPC members $10\nNon-members $15\n\nIn-person space is limited so please register early. \nIf 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 3:40pm or join the Zoom link. \nThe film is available to rent on several streaming services. \nZoom registration ends 24 hours before the event and is only available for the discussion portion. \nThis 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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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. \nOptional Readings: \n\nChodorow\, N. (2020). Women\, mother\, daughters: The reproduction of mothering after the second wave. International Psychoanalytical Association. https://www.ipa.world/IPA/IPA_DOCS/PDFDocuments/Chodorow%202020-%20Women%20Mother%20Daughters.pdf\nGolan\, M.\, & Bachner-Melman\, R. (2021). Keep it quiet: Mother–daughter parentification and difficulties in separation–individuation shaping daughters’ authentic/true self and self-silencing: A mediation model. Journal of Adolescence\, 89\, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.04.002\nAkhtar\, S. (2022). Selected papers of Salman Akhtar. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003278736
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/film-series-grey-gardens/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Free Events,Member Events,Paid Events,Public Events
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SUMMARY:Freud vs. Jung: A Dangerous Method film screening
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the C.G. Jung Society of New Orleans\nFreud vs. Jung: A Dangerous Method & a Historic Dialogue \nScreening begins at 7pm Central Time at Studio 633  (633 Carondelet Street\, New Orleans\, Louisiana 70130). \nParticipation is open to all. \n \nPsychoanalysis and Cinema: Who was the better analyst—Sigmund Freud or Carl Jung? Which father of psychoanalysis speaks more to our times in 2025? And why did these once-close allies stop speaking altogether? \nJoin us for a powerful night of cinema and conversation as the New Orleans Birmingham-Psychoanalytic Center and the C.G. Jung Society of New Orleans come together for the first-ever collaborative event between the Freudian and Jungian communities in our city. We’ll screen David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method (2011)\, which dramatizes the intense and ultimately fractured friendship between Freud and Jung—and the influence of Sabina Spielrein\, one of the first female psychoanalysts. Their entangled story raises timely questions: What caused the split between these two towering minds? And why are their followers still divided today? \nFollowing the film\, join us for a live dialogue exploring the diverging theories of the unconscious—Freud’s Oedipal insights\, Jung’s collective unconscious\, and the very different paths their legacies took. Let’s open the conversation that Freud and Jung never finished\, and bring our communities together at last. \nLet’s talk—because the founders of the talking cure aren’t. \nPre-register HERE \nWe look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/freud-vs-jung/
LOCATION:Studio 633\, 633 Carondelet Street\, New Orleans\, 70130\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Free Events,Member Events,Public Events
ORGANIZER;CN="NOBPC & C.G. Jung Society of New Orleans":MAILTO:nobpcenter@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250913T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250913T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185159
CREATED:20250815T150953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T151452Z
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SUMMARY:Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years Later – Reflections and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:The New Orleans Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center invites you to join us on September 13 at 11am for a morning of reflection\, remembrance\, and renewal. \nLed by our Emeritus Faculty\, this event will feature a short documentary and discussion about the shared trauma of Katrina: how the Center came together to manage the crisis and evolved as a result\, personal accounts of rebuilding\, and how the storm impacted their career trajectories.  \nDon’t miss this opportunity to experience the profound impact of the storm on NOBPC and those who dedicated their careers to healing and recovery. \nPlease join us at NOBPC or via Zoom.  Participation is open to all. This presentation does not offer CME credits. \nPre-register HERE.  \nIn-person space is limited so please register early.\nTo learn more about the academic research that led to the documentary\, click HERE \nTo read Reports from the Front: The Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Mental Health Professionals in New Orleans\, click HERE \n$15 suggested donation.  If you would like to donate in advance\, please use this Venmo QR code.  
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/hurricane-katrina-20-years-later/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Free Events,Member Events,Paid Events,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250918T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250918T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185159
CREATED:20250901T154359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T141009Z
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SUMMARY:Psychotherapist Social Hour at Bayou Beer Garden
DESCRIPTION:Are you a psychotherapist in the New Orleans area?  Do you need to build your referral network?  Do you want more opportunities to connect with like-minded therapists? \nWe are excited to announce our second Psychotherapist Social Hour on Thursday\, Sept. 18th\, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Bayou Beer Garden. \nThe Social Hour is a casual event for psychotherapists to relax\, network and enjoy a drink together every three months.  Our hope is to build community\, create high quality referral networks and reduce the stress and isolation that we can experience as mental health professionals. \nAll counselors\, social workers\, psychologists and psychiatrists are welcome.  Clinicians who are curious about psychoanalysis and our Center will have the opportunity to learn more from our members\, but an interest in psychoanalysis is not required to attend. \nPlease join us and help us build community together! \nRSVP\, invite colleagues and spread the word using the link below. \nRSVP HERE \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/save-the-date-psychotherapist-social-hour-at-bayou-beer-garden/
LOCATION:Bayou Beer Garden\, 326 N Norman C Francis Parkway\, New Orleans\, 70119\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Member Events,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251004T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251004T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185159
CREATED:20250812T171406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250812T175233Z
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SUMMARY:Secrets in Psychotherapy: Clinical\, Somatic\, and Ethical Perspectives with Kathryn J. Zerbe MD Scientific Conference In-person or Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Secrets in Psychotherapy: Clinical\, Somatic\, and Ethical Perspectives \n Kathryn J. Zerbe MD \n11am – 1pm Central Time\n 2 In-person Clinical and Ethics continuing education credits available\n 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.  \nParticipation is open to all. Attendees will receive a 2-hour CME certificate. This is a hybrid event.  In-person space is limited so please register early and use the early registration discount through September 17. \nHearing secrets is part of every clinician’s practice. The impact of keeping secrets has received little attention in psychodynamic training or the analytic literature. These disclosures can exert powerful and unanticipated reactions in the therapeutic relationship. Somatic countertransference reactions and the body/mind relationship is an entry point to more fully appreciate the importance of secrets that come to light in treatment. Ethical complications can also arise when bearing witness to others’ “ghosts” and trauma. It is essential to distinguish normative but conflictual ‘professional camouflage’ from unconscious or dissociated ‘secret identities. \nThis presentation (based on Kathryn Zerbe’s new book Secrets in Psychotherapy: Stories that Inform Clinical Work) brings together contemporary perspectives from psychodynamic treatment\, advances in cognitive science\, medicine\, and neuroscience to assist practitioners in working with secrets that emerge during psychotherapy or psychoanalysis. Clinical examples will illustrate and integrate the multiple perspectives from which to understand the impactful role secret keeping has on our patients’ lives and our own. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDistinguish between the ethical complications that may arise from ‘therapist camouflage’ or less conscious\, dissociated ‘secret identities’.\nRecognize multiple and unanticipated impacts on the therapist-patient relationship when a warded off secret is spoken aloud.\nUse somatic countertransference as an additional guide in treatment.\n\n Kathryn J. Zerbe\, MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at Oregon Psychoanalytic Center and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University who has written several papers and a book on the topic of secret keeping in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Her experience in treating eating disorders for over 30 years led her to undertake a deeper dive into the topic of secrets that reside on the conscious/unconscious continuum\, impact the mind/body of patient and clinician\, and can create complicated ethical dilemmas in the treatment. \nRegistration Information (includes 2 CME credits) \nAdvance registration is required. Please click HERE to register online. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \n VIRTUAL (ZOOM) REGISTRATION ENDS Friday\, October 3 at Noon Central Time. \n In person at NOBPC\, 3624 Coliseum St \, New Orleans\, LA 70115 \n Early Registration Discount by September 17\, 2025:\nNOBPC Members: $40 \nNon-members: $85 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n AFTER September 5 and BEFORE September 27:\nNOBPC Members: $55 \nNon-members: $100 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n Week of Registration Fees:\nNOBPC Members: $70 \nNon-members: $115 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n Optional Readings:\n\nZerbe\, K. (2019). The secret life of secrets: Deleterious psychosomatic effects on patient and analyst. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association\, 67:1\, 185 – 214.https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0003065119826624\nZerbe\, K. (2022).  Aches\, pains\, rumbles\, and stumbles:  Applying somatic countertransference and body reactivity in clinical work and teaching. Psychoanalytic Review\, 109:2\, 167 – 193.\nZerbe\, K. (2022). The analyst’s self-care:  Further reflections on cultivating resilience and the essential role of the body-mind relationship in clinical practice\, Psychodynamic Psychiatry\, 50:4\, 603 – 621.\n\nThis 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. \nThe American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. \nThe 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.
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/secrets-in-psychotherapy/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Free Events,Member Events,Paid Events,Public Events
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260111T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185159
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SUMMARY:Cases in Conversation: Reading and Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed for the study group \nThe Cases in Conversation Study Group is for clinicians who are interested in psychoanalytic ideas and their application to psychotherapy. The group will be facilitated by Jeanne Cunningham\, LCSW. \nIn this new study group\, we will read psychoanalytic cases and discuss how to work concretely with psychoanalytic concepts. Therapists with an analytic background as well as those who are brand new to psychoanalysis are encouraged to join us to explore what it means to work within a psychoanalytic frame of mind\, use of self\, and the evolution from classical to relational psychoanalysis. \nTogether\, we’ll read and discuss six short case studies from Dr. Beth I. Feldman’s 2025 book\, Case Studies in Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: If I Could Turn Back Time. Dr. Feldman’s accessible\, relational approach invites us to think deeply about the meaning of analytic work and how it unfolds in real therapy rooms. \nParticipants will also examine Feldman’s nuanced use of the analytic frame and self-disclosure\, enhancing their theoretical grasp of psychoanalysis and supporting reflection on how relational techniques might inform their own clinical practice. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDiscuss the core tenants of contemporary psychoanalysis and how to apply them to clinical practice\nDefine the analytic concepts used by Feldman\, including misattunements\, ruptures\, enactments and self-states\nExamine Feldman’s use of relational techniques such as self-revelation and evaluate their effectiveness\n\nThis is an in-person study group meeting on the following Sundays at 3624 Coliseum Street from 4pm-5pm Central Time: \nJanuary 11\, 2026 \nFebruary 8\, 2026 \nMarch 8\, 2026 \nApril 12\, 2026 \nMay 10\, 2026 \nJune 14\, 2026 \nJuly 12\, 2026 \nAttendance is free. Fee for semester-based CME credits: $50 NOBPC member / $75 non-member. Each session is a 1-hour CME offering. In its entirety\, the course will offer 7 CME credits.  \nPlease click HERE for online registration. \nThis 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. \nThe American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. \nThe 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. \nPsychologists and Social Workers may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits.
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/cases-in-conversation-reading-and-study-group/
LOCATION:NOBPC\, 3624 Coliseum Street\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Free Events,Member Events,Paid Events,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260117T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260117T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185159
CREATED:20250901T154543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T173629Z
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SUMMARY:The I in You by Jeffry Luria\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Psychoanalytic Explorations is a series in which faculty members and students of the NOBPC\, as well as interested members of the community\, present and discuss issues of current concern to them. The focus will be on clinical practice\, theoretical challenges\, and non-clinical applications of psychoanalytic theory; all presentations are intended to deepen attendees’ ability to think psychoanalytically. Each session will begin with a presentation followed by questions and answers and open discussion\, with the intention of facilitating relaxed\, informal peer exchange. \nPsychologists\, Social Workers\, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. \nDiscussion begins at 11am Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom \nWe think about ourselves\, but how much do we think about our thinking about our selves? When we do\, what is the Self we think about? If I am thinking about myself\, who is the I and who is the Self? We will briefly outline the history of narcissism and the Self in western culture from biblical to present days. We will explore the pervasive narcissism of our culture and attempt to re-define the concepts of Self\, Narcissism and Well-Being. By redefining we may be more open to appreciating how these concepts inform and deepen our understanding of their influence on the dynamics of transference and countertransference. How much of transference and countertransference is based on the narcissistic processes of both analyst and patient? If so\, is the question below a serious one? Is the psychoanalytic relationship a therapeutically necessary narcissistic fever dream progressively disrupted by transient awakenings of the patient and analyst whose successful completion depends on an enduring awakening of both? \nDr. Jeffry Luria\, a clinical psychologist/psychoanalyst\, began practicing in 1975. He trained as a psychoanalyst at the Post Graduate Center for Mental Health in New York City and later served as a supervising psychoanalyst at two training institutes there. He is a member of the faculty of the New Orleans Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center He is working on a book entitled The I in You\, a slightly ego-centric stroll through Self and Narcissism in culture and clinical practice. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the origin\, definition\, and role of Self in human experience and behavior and increase their awareness of the role of Self in human behavior\nExamine the social and cultural influences that reflect and exacerbate the role of Self in individuals\nExplain the role of Self in transference and countertransference and how it expands the efficacy of psychoanalytic treatment\n\nPlease join us at NOBPC or via Zoom. Participation is open to all. In-person space is limited so please register early. \nPlease click HERE for online registration. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \nFee for 1.5 CME credits: \n\nNOBPC members $25\nNon-members $35\n\nZoom registration ends 24 hours before the event. \n  \nOptional Readings: \n\nFischman\, L. G. (2019). Seeing without self: Discovering new meaning with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Neuropsychoanalysis\, 21(2)\, 53–78.\n“A Neural Signature of the Bias Toward Self-Focus” by Danika Geisler et al. Journal of Neuroscience August 25\, 2025\nNarcissistic Personality Disorder: Progress in Understanding and Treatment Am Psychiatr Publ. 2022 Oct;20(4):368-377\n\nThis 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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/the-i-in-you/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Member Events,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260226T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185159
CREATED:20260109T181633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T182011Z
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SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program Virtual Open House and Informational Q&A
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe’re excited to welcome you to an engaging open house and discussion with the Chair of our Psychoanalytic Education Committee\, Molly Rothenberg\, PhD\, about our upcoming Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program\, launching in Fall 2026. The virtual event will take place on February 26\, 2026\, at 7:00 p.m. CST via Zoom\, \nAn in-person event will take place at the Center on February 28\, 2026\, at 10:00 a.m. CST\, lasting approximately 30–45 minutes. \nPlease click HERE for online registration. \nThe Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program offers a rich learning experience for mental health professionals eager to deepen their understanding of psychoanalytic principles and elevate their skills in conducting intensive psychotherapy. The curriculum features 26 classes each academic year\, including psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory and clinical case presentations\, meeting once a week in the evening. This is a stand-alone program and is not part of the training track for psychoanalytic candidates. Applications are due April 15\, 2026\, and full program details—including the application—are available on our website. Whether you are considering training now or in the future\, all are welcome to attend. \nWe look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/psychoanalytic-psychotherapy-training-program-virtual-open-house-and-informational-qa/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom\, LA
CATEGORIES:All Events,Free Events,Member Events,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260228T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260228T104500
DTSTAMP:20260403T185159
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T182528Z
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SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program In-Person Open House and Informational Q&A
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe’re excited to welcome you to an engaging open house and discussion with the Chair of our Psychoanalytic Education Committee\, Molly Rothenberg\, PhD\, about our upcoming Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program\, launching in Fall 2026. The virtual event will take place on February 26\, 2026\, at 7:00 p.m. CST via Zoom\, \nAn in-person event will take place at the Center on February 28\, 2026\, at 10:00 a.m. CST\, lasting approximately 30–45 minutes. \nPlease click HERE for online registration. \nThe Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program offers a rich learning experience for mental health professionals eager to deepen their understanding of psychoanalytic principles and elevate their skills in conducting intensive psychotherapy. The curriculum features 26 classes each academic year\, including psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory and clinical case presentations\, meeting once a week in the evening. This is a stand-alone program and is not part of the training track for psychoanalytic candidates. Applications are due April 15\, 2026\, and full program details—including the application—are available on our website. Whether you are considering training now or in the future\, all are welcome to attend. \nWe look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/psychoanalytic-psychotherapy-training-program-in-person-open-house-and-informational-qa/
LOCATION:NOBPC\, 3624 Coliseum Street\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Free Events,Member Events,Public Events
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260228T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185159
CREATED:20251009T150837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T210120Z
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SUMMARY:Rehabilitating the Heart: A Jungian Psychoanalytic Exploration of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tale The Snow Queen by Elizabeth Colistra\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Psychoanalytic Explorations is a series in which faculty members and students of the NOBPC\, as well as interested members of the community\, present and discuss issues of current concern to them. The focus will be on clinical practice\, theoretical challenges\, and non-clinical applications of psychoanalytic theory; all presentations are intended to deepen attendees’ ability to think psychoanalytically. Each session will begin with a presentation followed by questions and answers and open discussion\, with the intention of facilitating relaxed\, informal peer exchange. \nPsychologists\, Social Workers\, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. \nDiscussion begins at 11am Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom \nAccording to Bruno Bettelheim\, “Psychoanalysis was created to enable man to accept the problematic nature of life without being defeated by it\, or giving in to escapism. Freud’s prescription is that only be struggling courageously against what seem like overwhelming odds can man succeed in wringing meaning out of his existence.” This is also the message that fairy tales deliver: that a struggle against severe difficulties in life is unavoidable\, archetypal\, and an intrinsic part of human existence. However\, if one engages consciously in the struggle\, one may discover that it is a meaningful suffering\, not simply a meaningless one. \nHans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale\, The Snow Queen\, follows the story of a young girl and boy and the trouble they both get into regarding their hearts. It is the heart which allows us to experience feeling values of love\, empathy\, compassion\, and relatedness. In Jungian psychology\, is is the realm of the archetypal feminine principle. The Snow Queen teaches us the dangers of being too one-sided\, either too naively in the heart\, or too cooly in the mind. Separated and eventually conjoined\, the heart and mind both require distillation and refinement. If we can submit to his process\, not only does it lead to the rehabilitation of the heart\, but a chance for love and insight to reign together equally and powerfully in the psyche of individuals and the larger collective consciousness \nElizabeth Colistra\, PhD is a certified Jungian psychoanalyst in New Orleans who offers a unique perspective on psychoanalytic discourse given her Jungian training and clinical practice. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the clinical relevance for use of fairy tales in psychoanalytic practice\nDemonstrate the ways in which fairy tales help make internal processes more comprehensible and meaningful by externalizing these processes in the figures of the story and its events\nDescribe the process of development out of an original undifferentiated state into one of integration of opposites within the personality through the use of the fairy tale\n\nPlease join us at NOBPC or via Zoom. Participation is open to all. In-person space is limited so please register early. \nPlease click HERE for online registration. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \nFee for 1.5 CME credits: \n\nNOBPC members $25\nNon-members $35\nStudents $10\n\nZoom registration ends 24 hours before the event. \nThis 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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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. \nOptional Readings: \n\nCunha\, I. (2021). The Jaguar\, The Fire\, The Man: A Jungian Interpretation of a Brazilian Indigenous Tale. Psychological Perspectives\, Vol. 64\, issue 3\, (pp. 369-382).\nNewton\, L. (2019). Resolving a Split in Feminine Development: The Pretty and the Ugly Maidens. Psychological Perspectives\, Vol. 62\, issue 1\, (pp. 79-88).\nTakenaka\, N. (2016). The Realization of Absolute Beauty: an interpretation of the fairytale Snow White. Journal of Analytical Psychology\, Vol 61\, issue 4\, (pp. 497-514).
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/rehabilitating-the-heart/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Member Events,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260321T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260321T123000
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SUMMARY:Language Strangeness at the Core of Psychoanalysis: The Educator\, The Artist\, and The Hiker Scientific Conference In-person or Zoom by John Rosegrant\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Language Strangeness at the Core of Psychoanalysis: The Educator\, The Artist\, and The Hiker \n John Rosegrant\, PhD \n10:30am – 12:30pm Central Time\n 2 In-person Clinical continuing education credits available\n 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.  \nParticipation is open to all. Attendees will receive a 2-hour CME certificate. This is a hybrid event.  In-person space is limited so please register early and use the early registration discount through March 4. \nThe “talking” part of the talking cure is strange. Often we encounter patients who want to hear from us but don’t like what we say\, or want us to stop talking when they seem most in need of our help. And often patients wish we would understand them but don’t want to say anything\, or at least not anything about what they most want us to understand. \nWe will look at clinical material with the help of an imaginary educator\, an imaginary artist\, and an imaginary hiker\, to explore how Freud\, infant researchers\, and Lacan understand this strangeness. We will identify a fundamental uneasiness and alienation between language and nonverbal parts of the mind\, and think about how to address clinically the problems this creates. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nExamine the fears that make it difficult for patients to talk about what is most important to them\nExamine what makes patients afraid to hear from their therapists about what is most important to them\nSummarize how Freud\, infant researchers\, and Lacan understand these fears\n\n John Rosegrant\, Ph.D. trained in Adult and Child & Adolescent Psychoanalysis at the Contemporary Freudian Society in New York City and is on the Faculty and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center. He is a highly experienced clinician who has published and presented on psychoanalytic technique\, psychoanalytic theory\, play therapy\, dreams\, fairy tales\, and fantasy literature\, including a psychoanalytic investigation of the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien\, “Tolkien\, Enchantment\, and Loss”. Dr. Rosegrant is on the Editorial Boards of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly\, Psychanalytic Psychology\, and The Journal of Ursula K. LeGuin Studies\, and is the Reviews Editor of Mythlore\, a journal of fantasy literature.  \nRegistration Information (includes 2 CME credits) \nAdvance registration is required. Please click HERE to register online. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email nobpcenter@gmail.com. \nVIRTUAL (ZOOM) REGISTRATION ENDS Friday\, March 20 at Noon Central Time. \nIn person at NOBPC\, 3624 Coliseum St \, New Orleans\, LA 70115 \n Early Registration Discount by March 4\, 2026:\nNOBPC Members: $40 \nNon-members: $85 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n AFTER March 4 and BEFORE March 14:\nNOBPC Members: $55 \nNon-members: $100 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n Week of Registration Fees:\nNOBPC Members: $70 \nNon-members: $115 \nStudents (enrolled in a formal academic or training program) $25 (No CME) \n Optional Readings:\n\nBucci\, W. (2018) The Primary Process as a Transitional Concept: New Perspectives from Cognitive Psychology and Affective Neuroscience. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 38:198-209\nBusch\, F. (2016) Methods of Understanding: Revisions to a Freudian Method. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 36:548-557\nFink\, B. (2019) On the value of the Lacanian approach to analytic practice. International Journal of Psychoanalysis 100:315-332\n\nThis 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. \nThe American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. \nThe 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.
URL:https://nobpc.org/event/language-strangeness/
LOCATION:NOBPC or Zoom\, 3624 Coliseum St.\, New Orleans\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Member Events,Public Events
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