NOBPC | New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center

Analysis via Skype of Trauma Response in a Chinese Woman by Molly Rothenberg, PhD (Psychoanalytic Explorations)
2017-11-11 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | NOBPC, 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States
In this clinical paper, I briefly describe the analysis of a Chinese woman who suffered repeated traumas from early childhood into adulthood. ZhoLi, as I will call her, suffered post-traumatic memory disorder in reaction to some of her traumatic experiences. She also developed masochistic symptoms. During our work together, it became clear that her responses to trauma were structured defensively: that is, rather than simply repeating unintegrated experiences, as some theories of trauma suppose, she created a complex set of symptoms that not only kept her tethered to her traumas but also contributed to her resilience. My purpose is to demonstrate the utility of a psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of trauma, with particular attention to psychic defenses in response to traumatic experience, including their role in traumatic repetition, symptom formation, and resilience. Other unusual features of the analysis played a role in the treatment: the analysand lives in China, and the analysis was conducted almost entirely via SKYPE technology; the analysand’s first language is Mandarin but she spoke English, so she frequently associated to Chinese words and phrases; and the analysand had participated in the Cultural Revolution as a young person.
Learning Objectives:

Participants will learn about a psychoanalytic approach to understanding defensive reactions to trauma that can be applied even in severe cases.
Participants will gain an appreciation for the utility as well as the limits of using internet communication technologies for psychotherapy.

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 2 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.
Psychologists and Social Workers may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits.
Admission is Free.
Fee for 2 CME credits: $15 for NOBPC members; $25 non-members

Difficult Patients Through a Cross-Cultural Lens by Helen Ullrich, MD, PhD (Psychoanalysis & Culture)
2017-10-14 09:00 - 12:00 | NOBPC, 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States
Cultural patterns in childhood socialization have an impact on the negotiation of normal narcissism, self-image, and autonomy. When individuals find their cultural ideals a poor fit, they are likely to fall into the category of difficult patients, i.e., patients who need life-long treatment as well as a supportive social network. This paper will examine adaptive aspects of socialized passivity among women in a South India community and its implications for two American patients with a history of anorexia nervosa. Individuals in both cultures whose childhood socialization gave them inner security successfully utilized mentalization, while those without inner security lacking the resources for mentalization were vulnerable for chronic psychiatric symptomatology.
Cross-cultural observations will examine the protection that socialized passivity may provide women against physical and mental abuse. As the culture changed with education for both women and men, assertiveness rather than submission marked appropriate feminine behavior. By comprehending the underlying psychodynamics necessitating passivity among South Indian women and the inability of some women so socialized to abandon passivity, learners will have increased empathy for difficult patients.
Learning Objectives:
• Participants will develop improved capacity for empathy through attention to sociocultural dynamics and their influence on mentalization.
• Participants will gain knowledge in treating patients with excessive passivity.
• Participants will acquire improved understanding of how cultural norms and roles influence personality development and character functioning.
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 2 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.
Psychologists and Social Workers may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits.
Admission is Free.
Fee for 2 CME credits: $15 for NOBPC members; $25 non-members

Psychoanalytic Theory in the Treatment of Transgender and Gender Variant People by Bobby Kizer, PhD (Psychoanalytic Explorations)
2017-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 | NOBPC, 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States
Psychoanalysis has historically pathologized variance in gender identities and expressions. In recent years, gender variance has become increasingly normative and transgender patients are presenting to therapy (and psychoanalysis) more and more. Recent writings by some psychoanalysts are encouraging new interpretations of psychoanalytic theory that affirm transgender identities. After reviewing some of the historical background and recent theorizing regarding transgender identity development within psychoanalysis, this presentation will focus on case examples of the therapeutic process with transgender and gender variant patients and discuss how the psychoanalytically inclined therapist can use their theoretical models to provide a healthy environment for the transgender patient to explore their identity, decrease their mental health symptoms, and live a more authentic life.
Learning Objectives:
• Recall/Review how original psychoanalytic theoretical models have understood transgender identity and expression.
• Understand how to apply psychoanalytic models to the healthy development of transgender identity.
• Evaluate one’s own understanding of transgender development and explore the possibility of developing a trans-affirming psychoanalytic theory to meet the needs of transgender patients.
• Explore possible courses of treatment with transgender patients.
• Explore possible counter-transference reactions that the therapist might feel when working with transgender patients.
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 2 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.
Psychologists and Social Workers may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits.
Admission is Free.
Fee for 2 CME credits: $15 for NOBPC members; $25 non-members

CANCELLED: Aggression, Violence, Hatred, Apologies and Forgiveness Video Conference Panel Discussion with The St. Louis Psychoanalytic Society
2017-04-08 08:45 - 12:00 | NOBPC, 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Aggression, Violence, Hatred, Apologies And Forgiveness
SATURDAY APRIL 8, 2017 8:45AM – 12:00PM
NOBPC 3624 Coliseum St.
*This event does not offer CME credits.*
This is a free event.
Presenter: Volney Gay Ph. D. Title: “Atrocities and Atrocity Narratives: Their Intergenerational Effects” The history of warfare is replete with actual atrocities and with atrocity narratives. The first are visited upon actual persons, the second are provocative images and stories about atrocious actions done against innocent victims. State actors use these images to induce outrage, to provoke retaliation against the enemy, and to mobilize for war. Both ancient religious authors and contemporary politicians exploit the power of atrocity narratives for similar purposes. Clinicians deal with the effects of atrocities committed against persons whom we treat as patients. We also deal with the effects of narrations about atrocities on second and third generations. Children who learn of atrocities committed against family members (or co-religionists) often struggle to metabolize fantasies about those actions.
Presenter: Matthew Shatzman, MA. Title: “I Hate, Therefore I am.” Hatred is a part of human development that can serve profoundly destructive ends, as well as constructive ones. We’ll explore the spectrum and nuances of this complex affect state and how its manifestations influence both the individual and the collective.
Presenter: Rev. Linda A. Horrell, M.Div., MSW. Title: “Apologies and Forgiveness: The ones that must not be named.” In the Harry Potter tales, the villain is referred to as He Who Must Not Be Named. Considering the void of psychoanalytic publications which discuss the benefits of apologies and forgiveness, it leaves us to wonder why. Is forgiveness a villain of treatment? Are giving apologies and seeking forgiveness a psychoneurotic response to unsolved problems or solutions to them? The presentation will be a call to psychoanalysts to consider the benefits of co-creating a space of working with suffering, forgiveness and reconciliation. We will look at clinical aspects that facilitate relief and change for the sufferer and the offender. Additionally, there is a greater challenge to consider the expansion of these concepts beyond the individual to achieving psycho-social justice for groups, communities and global human rights to heal from expressions of violence and aggression.

OPEN HOUSE Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
2017-04-06 19:00 - 20:30 | NOBPC, 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States
Join NOBPC Faculty for an informal discussion and Q&A about our upcoming Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program.
The two year training program is designed for mental health professionals in clinical practice who want to enhance their theoretical understanding of psychoanalytic principles and improve their skill in conducting intensive psychotherapy.
The program includes classes in psychoanalytic psychodynamic theory, as well as clinical case presentations.
Refreshments will be served
RSVP Dale Firestone at nobpcenter@gmail.com

Todd McGowan, PhD presents "The Paranoid Thriller and the Suspect Law" at Tulane University
2017-03-11 10:00 | Tulane University Lavin-Bernick Center, Qatar Ballroom, New Orleans, United States
The Paranoid Thriller and the Suspect Law
Saturday, March 11, 10am-12pm
Tilton Hall 305
Tulane University
Professor Todd McGowan (University of Vermont), a distinguished scholar in psychoanalysis, film studies and cultural analysis, will present a public lecture treating films such The Conversation, The Matrix, and the Jason Bourne thrillers. Using a psychoanalytic framework, Professor McGowan shows how these films expose the dark underside of the public law, engendering a suspicion about the law that obscures its role in grounding our freedom, contributing to the paranoid fantasies in our political sphere.
The lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Tulane University’s Department of English, the School of Liberal Arts and the New Orleans Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center.

Creative Listening and The Psychoanalytic Process-Dr. Fred Griffin-registration strongly encouraged
2017-02-11 09:00 | Tulane University Anna Many Lounge, Caroline Richardson Building
Dr. Griffin will discuss creative listening and provide a conceptual framework by which works of literary fiction can be used to develop clinicians’ attunement to the expressiveness of language and to foster emotional receptivity to psychoanalytic experience. Dr. Griffin will use Virginia Woolf’s novel, To the Lighthouse, to teach engaged, embodied analytic listening. This novel is unrivaled in capturing the interdependence of subjectivity and intersubjectivity that informs contemporary clinical psychoanalysis. Woolf achieves this feat by generating states of consciousness within and among characters, which by way of imaginative empathy, the reader can enter and occupy for a while.
Learning Objectives:

Expand their capacities to listen for and identify the multi-sensorial therapeutic experience and to make fuller use of countertransference as a source of communication regarding the patient’s inner and relational worlds.
Make use of this more visceral view of the transference-countertransference to discover more precise language that fits the patient’s states of consciousness, affective tone, and embodied sense of self.
Apply these skills in the service of better attuned therapeutic engagement with patients, by which to facilitate an analytic process that not only addresses psychic conflict, but that also provides the potential for new development.

Fee for 3 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits: $45 for NOBPC members; $75 non-members
Fred Griffin, M.D. specializes in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Dallas, Texas. He is board-certified in both
psychiatry and psychoanalysis and is currently Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of Texas Southwestern
Medical School and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center. Dr. Griffin is well
published in the fields of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and narrative medicine.
REGISTRATION FORM
DIRECTIONS
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.
Psychologists and Social Workers may receive credit for this activity with a CME certificate

Introduction to Psychoanalytic Political Psychology - Dr. Vamik Volkan--Registration strongly recommended (see below)
2016-10-22 09:00 - 12:00 | 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 | LA
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
