Galadriel’s Mirror-and Winnicott’s, and Lacan’s by John Rosegrant, PhD (Psychoanalytic Explorations)

NOBPC 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Lacan and Winnicott both believed that mirroring was very important in early development, but focused on different aspects and outcomes. Lacan theorized that when a young child first views her reflection in a mirror and sees her image as complete, her anxiety about her actually undeveloped and unintegrated state is relieved; henceforth she imagines herself ... Read more

First World Problems and Gated Communities of the Mind: An Ethics of Place in Psychoanalysis– Francisco González, MD Scientific Program

Virtual Event via Zoom LA

Sponsored by The Knight Fund Fee to attend: $30 for NOBPC members; $50 non-members; and $15 student rate. All attendees will receive a 2 hour CME certificate. This meeting is virtual. Pre-registration is required. Using the social meme of “first world problems” as an opening, this paper articulates a continuous field of psychoanalysis which extends ... Read more

Freud, Lacan and Race in Contemporary America– Sheldon George, PhD Scientific Presentation

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Sponsored by The Svenson Lectureship Fund Fee to attend: $30 for NOBPC members; $50 non-members; and $15 student rate. All attendees will receive a 3 hour CME certificate. This meeting is virtual. Pre-registration is required. The tripartite familial structure of the oedipal complex has been central to Freudian understandings of the psychoanalytic subject. In the ... Read more

Beyond Woke: Why the Focus on Unconscious Bias Will Not Address Systemic Racism– Ann Pellegrini, PhD Scientific Presentation

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Fee to attend: $30 for NOBPC members; $50 non-members; and $15 student rate. All attendees will receive a 2 hour CME certificate. This meeting is virtual. Pre-registration is required. This presentation begins with a short history of the concept of unconscious bias. Dr. Pellegrini will track the legal, educational, and therapeutic attempts to remedy unconscious ... Read more

Psycho-Social Factors that Influence Mental Health Treatment Outcomes for Persons of Color: Psychodynamic Consequences and Intervention Possibilities–C. Jama Adams, PhD Scientific Program

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Fee to attend: $30 for NOBPC members; $50 non-members; and $15 student rate. All attendees will receive a 2 hour CME certificate. This meeting is virtual. Pre-registration is required. Contemporary psychodynamic treatment approaches tend to be insensitive to the effects of macro-social factors on the intra-psychic and inter-psychic functioning of persons of color. Racism and ... Read more

Magritte’s Mysterious Memory by Alvin Burstein, PhD (Psychoanalytic Explorations)

Virtual Event via Zoom LA

This virtual event is free to attend and pre-registration is required by emailing your name and degree to nobpcenter@gmail.com. The Life and Influence of the surrealist painter, Rene Magritte will be reviewed, with special emphasis on the influence of his mother's suicide on his work. Familial suicide can have profound impact on development and creative ... Read more

Case Consultation Workshop by Travis Tanner, PhD

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This virtual event is free to attend and pre-registration is required by emailing your name and degree to nobpcenter@gmail.com. The Case Consultation Workshop is for clinicians interested in practicing psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy. Travis Tanner PhD will present an analytic case from his current practice. The presentation will explore the dilemma of working with a ... Read more

Therapeutic Work with Children and Their Parents to Address Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma–Laurel Silber, Psy.D Scientific Program

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Fee to attend: $30 for NOBPC members; $50 non-members; and $15 student rate. All attendees will receive a 2 hour CME certificate. This meeting is virtual. Pre-registration is required. Intergenerational transmission of trauma, metaphorically referred to as haunting ghosts, has been an elusive subject to unpack in the context of clinical work with children. How ... Read more

Lost in the Mirror: Parent-Child Psychotherapy in the Context of Assisted Reproductive Technology and Unresolved Mourning–Norka T. Malberg, PsyD–Scientific Program

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Fee to attend: $30 for NOBPC members; $50 non-members; and $15 student rate. All attendees will receive a 2 hour CME certificate. This meeting is virtual. Pre-registration is required. The emotional pain of infertility often brings about a reactivation of old losses and narcissistic vulnerabilities, along with a sense of great helplessness, inadequacy, and frustration. ... Read more

Embodied Experience and Social Rhythms: The New Frontier for Psychoanalytic Work–Steven Knoblauch, Ph.D. Scientific Program

Virtual Event via Zoom LA

Fee to attend: $30 for NOBPC members; $50 non-members; and $15 student rate. All attendees will receive a 2 hour CME certificate. This meeting is virtual. Pre-registration is required. Much is currently being written about the value of attention to embodied experience as a central dimension of the psychoanalytic interaction. Additionally, attention has been given, ... Read more