Public Events

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 ... Read more

Language Strangeness at the Core of Psychoanalysis: The Educator, The Artist, and The Hiker John Rosegrant, PhD 10:30am – 12:30pm Central Time 2 In-person Clinical continuing education credits available 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. Participation ... Read more

Maybe He’s the Most Demanding Man: Authoritarian Ambivalence and The Wounded Patriarch Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Many psychotherapists struggle to understand the dynamics of power and control that emerge with their obsessive clients. Other therapists recognize these dynamics but fail to see the defensive operations, destructive pleasures and hidden vulnerabilities within these complex games of control. ... Read more

Psychologists, Social Workers, and Licensed Professional Counselors may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits. Discussion begins at 11am Central Time at NOBPC or Zoom Psychotherapists do not always consider the importance of names in their work. Yet a name can carry secret wishes, internal ... Read more

Joan’s Wire Hangers: Reconciling that Recollection is the Best Fake We Have on Hand Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Many psychotherapists struggle to reconstruct patients' early life stories and parse external reality from unconscious phantasies. This challenge is further complicated by pervasive images, prejudices, and power dynamics that imbue even the most private traumas with cultural meanings. ... Read more

The Lost Daughter : If Autonomy Is Reactive, What Do We Do? Psychoanalysis and Cinema: uses the immersive power of cinema to explore the complex interplay between internal psychic life and external social structures. Although patients routinely grapple with authoritarian social demands, theory alone can mistakenly reduce them to passive objects of social control. Cinema ... Read more

Sponsored by The Svenson Lectureship Fund 3 CME/CE Credits available   What is authoritarianism? Do we live in an authoritarian society? What is the difference between the authoritarian impulse and the artistic impulse? Can art help us resist the allure of authoritarianism? Join us on Saturday, October 17, from 9:30 to 1:00 pm at the ... Read more