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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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