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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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