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OPEN HOUSE Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program

NOBPC 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 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, ... Read more

CANCELLED: Aggression, Violence, Hatred, Apologies and Forgiveness Video Conference Panel Discussion with The St. Louis Psychoanalytic Society

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

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.Aggression, Violence, Hatred, Apologies And ForgivenessSATURDAY APRIL 8, 2017 8:45AM – 12:00PMNOBPC 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 ... Read more

Psychoanalytic Theory in the Treatment of Transgender and Gender Variant People by Bobby Kizer, PhD (Psychoanalytic Explorations)

NOBPC 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 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 ... Read more

Difficult Patients Through a Cross-Cultural Lens by Helen Ullrich, MD, PhD (Psychoanalysis & Culture)

NOBPC 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 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 ... Read more

Analysis via Skype of Trauma Response in a Chinese Woman by Molly Rothenberg, PhD (Psychoanalytic Explorations)

NOBPC 3624 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, LA, 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 ... Read more

Why is it Always the Women? by Dale Firestone, LCSW (Psychoanalytic Explorations)

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

This psychoanalytic discussion will explore unconscious fears of women that may form the basis of various forms of control and subjugation of women. It may be understood that cultural and religious practices, as well as myths, may express universal, unconscious anxieties and a particular culture's attempts at defense and compromise to contain anxiety through accepted ... Read more

Adrienne Harris, PhD “Contemporary Studies of Gender and Sexuality: Beyond the Binary” Registration strongly recommended (see below)

Virtual Event via Zoom LA

Scientific Presentation Psychoanalytic theory of gender and sexual development has been an area of significant expansion and revision since Freud’s theories on masculinity and femininity as well as his Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. With generous support from the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) via the Helen Meyers National Women’s Psychoanalytic Scholar Program, Adrienne ... Read more

Sheldon Bach, PhD “Some Thoughts on Trust and Betrayal” Registration strongly recommended (see below)

Virtual Event via Zoom LA

Scientific Presentation Beginning in infancy, trust is an experience that spans relationships. Opposing trust and belief are betrayal and cynicism. In the current sociopolitical context that includes mistrust and pessimism, Dr. Sheldon Bach explores the role of trust in development as well as in the psychoanalytic situation. He will also historically examine how conflict between ... Read more

Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy by Rick Ferm, PhD (Psychoanalytic Explorations)

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

This presentation will focus on Time-limited Dynamic Psychotherapy (TLDP) (Strupp and Binder, 1985, Hannah Levenson, 1995, 2010). The TLDP model integrates relational, interpersonal, object-relations and attachment theory (emphasizing early internal working models of self-other experiences with primary care-takers) perspectives from within the larger psychodynamic framework, and provides a case formulation structure, which supports time sensitive ... Read more

Eros and Divine Madness: Questions and Reflections Inspired by Plato by Frances Coolidge, PhD (Psychoanalytic Explorations)

Socrates maintains, in Plato’s Phaedrus, that eros is the highest form of divine madness. The central queries of my presentation are: is there a divine kind of madness? What is the meaning of eros construed as divine madness? Following, but diverging from, Plato’s Symposium, I propose that eros, understood as divine madness, is the capacity ... Read more