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New York Freudian Society - DC Division
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Upcoming Events
NYFS-DC Scientific Program: February 2012
NYFS-DC Scientific Programs 2011-2012
Recent Events
NYFS-DC Scientific Program: December 2011
2011 Annual Scientific Conference: October 2011
NYFS-DC Scientific Program
Friday, February 10, 2012
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Cleveland Park Club
3433 33rd Place, NW (off Highland Place)
Washington, DC
Admission is free and no reservations are required.
A Modern Freudian Ego-Psychology Response
Judith F. Chused, MD, presenter
This program will continue to be devoted to revisiting James Strachey’s paper “The Nature of the Therapeutic Action in Psychoanalysis” (1934). We have heard the relational response to this paper from Dr. Jay Greenberg at a prior scientific Meeting. The remaining programs will feature analysts (Dr. Judith Chused, Dr. Shelley Rockwell, and then a clinical panel with Drs. Greenberg, Chused and Rockwell) with differing perspectives, who will address what ideas in Strachey’s paper continue to have value and meaning as they work and what is particularly pertinent to their clinical thinking and practice.
Judith Fingert Chused, MD, is an emeritus training and supervising child, adolescent and adult analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. She has a private practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis with children, adolescents, and adults in Washington, DC, and is a supervising child and adolescent analyst at the Cleveland and Seattle Psychoanalytic Institutes. She is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies in Princeton, New Jersey, and Aspen, Colorado, on the editorial board of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly, and reader for the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Psychiatry, and The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. She is the author of many psychiatric and psychoanalytic articles and has spoken throughout the United States, England, and Europe.
After attending this program, participants will be able to:
1) Explain the relevance of James Strachey’s paper, “The Nature of the Therapeutic Action of Psychoanalysis,” to current clinical work by analyzing some of the important ideas in this paper.
2) Describe the use of non-verbal communication in psychoanalysis and be able to analyze its importance in clinical work.
3) Explain the importance of psychic development in building a theory of psychoanalytic technique and demonstrate this by presenting clinical material.
Continuing Education Credits
Psychologists:
The New York Freudian Society is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. NYFS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. APA-approved CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance of the entire conference and completed evaluation forms. It is the responsibility of participants seeking APA-approved CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion of the conference participants will be granted certificates for 2 CE credits.
Social Workers:
The Social Work Boards of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia will grant continuing education credits to social workers attending a program offered by an APA authorized sponsor, provided they comply with the requirements stated above for Psychologists.
Important disclosure information:
None of the planners and presenters of this CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Shelley Rockwell, PhD at
The Psychoanalytic Training Institute of NYFS offers a variety of programs in both New York City and Washington, DC for students interested in adult psychoanalysis, child/adolescent psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and parent-infant treatment. All Masters-level professionals are welcome to apply. Please visit instituteofnyfs.org for further information.
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NYFS-DC Scientific Programs
2011-2012
All meetings will be held at:
Cleveland Park Club
3433 33rd Place, NW (off Highland Place)
Washington, DC
Admission is free and no reservations are required.
This year we are delighted to present a four part series centered around contemporary views of James Strachey's classic paper, The Nature of the Therapeutic Action in Psychoanalysis. The first three evenings will feature analysts with differing perspectives. All three analysts will address how Strachey's ideas continue to have value and meaning as they work and where they differ. They will focus on their understanding of therapeutic action in their clinical thinking and practice. On the final evening the three presenters will return for a case presentation to demonstrate these different points of view.
Friday, December 2, 2011
7:00 – 9:00 pm
A Relational Response
Jay R. Greenberg, PhD
Friday, February 10, 2012
7:00 – 9:00 pm
A Modern Freudian Ego-Psychology Response to a Classic James Strachey Paper
Dr. Judith Chused
Friday, April 13, 2012
7:00 – 9:00 pm
A Contemporary Kleinian Response to a Classic James Strachey Paper
Dr. Shelley Rockwell
Friday, May 11, 2012
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Clinical Panel: Contemporary Responses to a Classic James Strachey Paper
Dr. Jay Greenberg, Dr. Judith Chused & Dr. Shelley Rockwell
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NYFS-DC Scientific Program
Friday, December 2, 2011
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Cleveland Park Club
3433 33rd Place, NW (off Highland Place)
Washington, DC
Admission is free and no reservations are required.
A Relational Response
Jay R. Greenberg, PhD, presenter
James Strachey's classic paper on therapeutic action was simultaneously groundbreaking and very much of its time. Because of this, the paper provides a unique window through which we can examine the most important controversies about psychoanalytic goals, process, and technique. In his presentation, Dr. Greenberg will discuss Strachey's ideas in their historical context and will also explore the ways in which they illuminate contemporary thinking about the psychoanalytic situation.
Jay R. Greenberg, PhD, is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute. He is the current editor of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly and a member of the North American Editorial Board of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. He is a former editor of the North America, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, and Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
After attending this program, participants will be able to:
1) Explain the historical context and the development of psychoanalytic conceptualizations of therapeutic action that led to Strachey's paper;
2) Describe the ways in which Strachey's paper preserved the current ideas of his time;
3) Explain how Strachey's paper also created new ways of thinking that shifted psychoanalytic technique in new directions;
4) Apply Strachey's ideas about therapeutic action to contemporary treatment using examples from the presenter's clinical work.
Continuing Education Credits
Psychologists:
The New York Freudian Society is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. NYFS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. APA-approved CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance of the entire conference and completed evaluation forms. It is the responsibility of participants seeking APA-approved CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion of the conference, participants will be granted certificates for 2 CE credits.
Social Workers:
The Social Work Boards of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia will grant continuing education credits to social workers attending a program offered by an APA authorized sponsor, provided they comply with the requirements stated above for Psychologists.
Important disclosure information:
None of the planners and presenters of this CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Shelley Rockwell, PhD at
The Psychoanalytic Training Institute of NYFS offers a variety of programs in both New York City and Washington, DC for students interested in adult psychoanalysis, child/adolescent psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and parent-infant treatment. All Masters-level professionals are welcome to apply. Please visit instituteofnyfs.org for further information.
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2011 Annual Scientific Conference
Saturday, October 22 – 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday, October 23 – 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Hyatt Regency Bethesda – Ambassador Diplomat Room
One Bethesda Metro Center
7400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814
Stefano Bolognini, MD
President-Elect, International Psychoanalytical Association
President, Italian Psychoanalytic Society
Secret Passages: Theory & Technique of
The Interpsychic Relationship
Dr. Stefano Bolognini is known for his unique capacity to hold many different theories in mind as he works with patients. Rather than aligning himself with any particular psychoanalytic school of thought, Dr. Bolognini is able to integrate and respond to the patient with fine empathic attunement. He often speaks about his and the patient's preconscious speaking with each other. It as at this juncture, of preconscious communication, that Dr. Bolognini's engagement with the patient through "secret passages" leads to the inevitable teasing out of the transference/ countertransference relationship.
Dr. Bolognini will present his own clinical work and respond to presented clinical work. His clinical examples take a microscopic focus on moments of struggle in the effort to find analytic engagement at the preconscious level. The humanistic story of the analyst and patient is illuminated in fantasy and reality.
Linking crucial therapeutic process to his emerging ideas of shared unconscious dimensions, Dr. Bolognini will provide a forum for a lively discussion between all participants. Two clinicians will present a clinical hour and, after all participants have ample time to respond, Dr. Bolognini will bring their, and his, ideas into perspective. At the end of each day, three discussants will join Dr. Bolognini for an interactive discussion with each other and the entire group.
Dr. Bolognini has more than 130 psychoanalytic publications and has published four books with a fifth out this year.
In keeping with Dr. Bolognini's unique capacity to engage in such a lively and fruitful dialogue, the conference is limited to 60 participants to allow for in-depth discussion.
Saturday, October 22 - 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
8:30–9:00 – Registration
9:00–10:15 – Stefano Bolognini
10:30–12:00 – Clinical Hour
12:00–1:15 – Lunch
1:15–3:45 – Stefano Bolognini
3:45–5:00 – Discussion
Sunday, October 23 - 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
9:00–10:00 – Stefano Bolognini
10:00–11:30 – Clinical Hour
11:30–12:30 – Lunch
12:30–2:00 – Stefano Bolognini
2:15–3:30 – Discussion
Stefano Bolognini, MD, is President of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society and a Training & Supervising & Teaching Analyst; Member of the European Editorial Board of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis; and Supervisor of Adult & Adolescent Psychiatric Services of the Italian National Health System. He is the author of numerous psychoanalytic articles, and of several books, including, Psychoanalytic Empathy and the Interpsychic Relationship and Secret Passages - Theory and Technique of the Interpsychic Relationship. He has a Private Practice in Bologna, Italy.
Discussants & Clinical Presenters:
Daniel Ciudin, MD, Advanced Candidate in PTI of NYFS; and Private Practice in Charlottesville, VA.
Paula Ellman, PhD, Member of NYFS; Training & Supervising Analyst, Faculty, and DC Institute Director of PTI of NYFS; Member of CIPS; and Private Practice in Bethesda, MD & Washington, DC.
Debra Neumann, PhD, Advanced Candidate in PTI of NYFS; Washington School of Psychiatry Faculty; George Washington University PsyD Program Supervisor; Board Member of the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance; and Private Practice in Chevy Chase, MD.
Marilyn Sande, LCSW, Member of NYFS; Training & Supervising Analyst, Faculty, and Vice-President of PTI of NYFS; and Private Practice in NYC.
Stephen P. Solow, PhD, Member of NYFS; Training & Supervising Analyst, Faculty, and Board Member-at-Large of PTI of NYFS; Supervising & Teaching Faculty & Chair of Contemporary Freudian Track at NYU Post Doctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis; and Private Practice in NYC.
Learning Objectives:
This conference is designed to help you:
• Analyze the concept of empathy in the context of Bolognini's distinction between "empathy" & "identification."
• Demonstrate the capacity to describe analytic process beyond the level of its universality, focusing specifically on the analysand's unique "“secret passages" at the preconscious level.
• Define interpsychic/"broad band" functioning and recognize it in clinical material which presents both intrapsychic and interpersonal dynamic currents.
• Define the four fundamental mechanisms which produce both sleeping and daydreams, and apply them to demonstrate an ability to transform latent dream material into manifest content.
• Summarize Bolognini's description of the dynamics of panic attacks and be able to apply it to clinical case material.
Continuing Education Credits
Psychologists:
The New York Freudian Society is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. NYFS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. APA-approved CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance and completed evaluation forms. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who arrive late, or depart early. Credit will be granted to participants who submit a completed evaluation form. It is the responsibility of participants seeking APA-approved CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion of this program, participants will be given 11 CE credits.
Social Workers:
Social Workers are granted continuing education credits through this American Psychological Association (APA) program.
Conference Co-Chair: Harmon Biddle, LICSW, Member of NYFS; Training & Supervising Analyst, Faculty, and Chair of DC Training Analyst Committee, PTI of NYFS; Washington School of Psychiatry Faculty; Private Practice in Washington, DC.
Conference Co-Chair: Molly Jones-Quinn, PhD, Member of NYFS; Training & Supervising Analyst, Chair of DC Advisor Program, PTI of NYFS; Adjunct Faculty Georgetown Medical School; Private Practice in Washington, DC.
Registration Fees:
Early Registration before September 15 is $200
Registration after September 15 is $225
Fee for Candidates/Students is $175
Parking available at Hyatt and Public Lot on Edgemore Lane Bethesda Metro Stop at Hyatt
For questions, contact Harmon Biddle at 202 296 8121 or
The Psychoanalytic Training Institute of NYFS offers a variety of programs in both New York City and Washington, DC for students interested in adult psychoanalysis, child/adolescent psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and parent-infant treatment. All Masters-level professionals are welcome to apply. Please visit instituteofnyfs.org for further information.
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