NOBPC | New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center

Introduction to Psychoanalytic Political Psychology - Dr. Vamik Volkan--Registration strongly recommended (see below)
2016-10-22 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Tulane University Lavin-Bernick Center, Qatar Ballroom, New Orleans, United States
As a presidential election year, politics has assumed center stage again for collective discourse. This Scientific Presentation considers the psychological dynamics underlying certain aspects of global politics from the framework of psychoanalytic political psychology. Relevant to this realm of applied psychoanalysis are group psychology, the role of psychological constructs in political movements whose members respond and resonate with each other in ways that lead to political movement, religious fundamentalism, terrorism and mass trauma. The consequences of such phenomena carry relevance to modern political ideologies, emerging leaders and their ability to garner support from their constituencies, political alliances and conflict, and modern challenges including the conscious and unconscious ideologies used to justify terrorism. Applications of these constructs will be made using a case study illustrating large group psychology
Learning Objectives:
• Participants will gain knowledge related to the application of psychoanalytic constructs to world political events and movements and how the ideas and constructs used in clinical work apply to large groups and the societal/geopolitical events that these groups ultimately determine.
• Participants will gain knowledge and understanding of the role of trauma on cultural and societal concepts including the role of leaders, chosen trauma, entitlement ideology, and the collapse of time that leads to modern enactments of historical grievances which, in turn, can be understood as driven by envy and perceived exclusion leading to the pursuit of “justice” and justified revenge.
• Participants will gain better understanding with individual patients whose responses to such events are tied to the links between their internal worlds and the external events driven by group phenomena.
Vamık Volkan, MD, DLFAPA, FACPsa., is an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia; an Emeritus Training and Supervising Analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Washington, DC and the Senior Erik Erikson Scholar at the Institute of Education and Research of the Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In addition to being the author of numerous articles and books on political psychology and psychoanalytic thought, he is the founder of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP).
REGISTRATION FORM
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and NOBPC. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

New Orleans Film Festival Community Partner of 'Are We Not Cats?' and 'She Was Famous'
2016-10-16 20:15 - 2016-10-18 18:15
In addition to sponsoring My First Kiss and the People Involved, NOBPC is proud to be a community partner for two films:
Are We Not Cats? A young garbage man loses his girlfriend, job, and his home, but acquires an old truck. He takes a trip that quickly turns dreadful, increasingly plagued by a compulsion to eat his own hair. Perhaps the only thing stranger than his new habit is his introduction to a young woman who does the same.
Screening times:
Sunday October 16 8:15pm Audubon Aquarium (1 Canal St.)
Monday October 17 6:00pm Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp St)

She Was Famous A widowed college dropout finds herself going down a rabbit hole inspired by her recent discovery of Karl Marx and the German language, only to learn that things have become a bit mental.
Screening time:
Tuesday October 18 6:15pm ACE Hotel (600 Carondelet St)

New Orleans Film Festival sponsorship of "My First Kiss and the People Involved"-reception to follow
2016-10-16 15:45 - 18:45 | Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
The New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center is once again teaming up with New Orleans Film Society by sponsoring a feature film screening as part of the annual New Orleans Film Festival. This exciting event will include the film screening of My First Kiss and The People Involved followed by an on-stage Q & A with the director and psychoanalysts from NOBPC.
My First Kiss and the People Involved
Sam is a silent young woman living in a group home. She shuns human contact and retreats into a world of her own – until her caregiver Lydia suddenly goes missing. As Sam sets out to find Lydia, a shocking turn of events forces her to confront reality, uncovering a tale of violence that shatters her fragile world.
There will be a reception for NOBPC members and attendees immediately following the screening.
Ticket Information:
September 26: Online tickets on sale for NOFS members + pass holders + Unlimited Film Package holders
October 3: Online tickets on sale for general public www.neworleansfilmfestival.org
October 10: Main Box Office + Merchandise Store + Pass Pick Up opens at Ace Hotel New Orleans

Windows Into the Therapy Process 5 week course--Registration Extended
2016-09-20 19:00 - 2016-11-15 21:00 | NOBPC, 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States
Instructors: Denise Dorsey, MD & Jamie Cromer, LCSW ACSW
Dates: Tuesdays September 20, October 4 and 18, and November 1 and 15
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Fee: $175 (book fee included)
10 CME hours
For clinicians and those in training who are curious about what it is that psychodynamic therapists actually do, we offer a “window” into the process and a chance to connect an introduction to theory with actual clinical material. Each class will begin with a brief theoretical description of a core clinical concept, followed by the presentation and discussion of material from a long-term psychotherapy process. We welcome discussion. We encourage therapists working from within other theoretical frameworks to take this class. Some knowledge of psychodynamic theory and practice is helpful but not required.
Learning Objectives:
• Identify characteristics aspects of clinical material.
• Clarify the relationship of theory to clinical practice.
• Describe various phases of treatment.
• Describe the experience and use of transference and countertransference.
• Define the concepts of conflict and compromise formation.
• Describe multiple models of psychological functioning.
• Describe the spectrum of psychodynamic treatments.
• Begin to assess suitability for psychodynamic treatments.
• Describe various types of defensive operations.
• Describe the emotional challenges experienced by psychotherapists.
• Describe the reasons why a therapist’s personal therapy is important.
• Describe what is meant by the concept of psychotherapeutic frame.
Enrollment is Limited. RSVP to nobpcenter@gmail.com.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and NOBPC. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Membership Meeting
2016-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 | NOBPC, 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States

Tulane Grand Rounds: David Goldberg
2016-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Tulane Medical School, 1441 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States
“The Characteristics, Aims and Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.”
Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center (NOBPC) present Joint Grand Rounds on Friday February 26th from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. by David Goldberg, Psy.D., a psychoanalyst and faculty member of NOBPC. In addition to full time private practice, Dr. Goldberg is the Director of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training for the University of Alabama Birmingham Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology.

New Orleans BioInnovation Center- 1441 Canal St.
1st Floor Conference Room
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Tulane University, Center for Continuing Education has been accredited as an Accredited Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Tulane University, Center for Continuing Education is authorized by IACET to offer .1 CEUs for this program.
(For questions regarding credit, please contact Noemi Mercado at 988-3772)

Why Is It Always the Women? THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
2016-02-20 10:30 - 12:30 | NOBPC, 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States

Sex, Lies, and Videotape
2015-11-12 18:00 | Second Line Stages, 800 Richard St., New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
Second Line Stages at 800 Richard Street presents Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
Pizza, Wine, Beer @ 6:00pm
Show @ 7:00pm
Discussion to follow.
Rated R – 100 MIN – Drama. *RSVP Encouraged at FrontDesk@SecondLineStages.com

The Mourning Hills
2015-10-18 16:00 - 19:00 | Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
The New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center is once again teaming up with New Orleans Film Society by sponsoring a feature film screening as part of the annual New Orleans Film Festival. This exciting event will include the film screening of “The Mourning Hills” followed by an on-stage Q & A with the filmmakers and psychoanalysts from NOBPC. NOBPC will also host a reception for its members and attendees immediately following the screening.

Film Synopsis
Mattie and Kate are sisters. They’re also orphans. Their mother died in a tragic accident, and their father took his own life shortly after that. Known as ‘The Mourning Hills,’ the wilderness where their father committed suicide has long been known as a place where people pilgrimage to end it all. Once Mattie convinces Kate to run away with her, they decide that the best place to hide out is the very place where their father made them orphans. It is here where they learn to grieve by growing up too fast.
Read More www.themourninghillsfilm.com
