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East Bay Intensive Study Group: THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING YOU: Transference and Countertransference in Clinical Practice Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D.; Maureen Franey, Ph.D.; Sam Gerson, Ph.D.; Deborah Melman, Ph.D. 32 weeks, September 18, 2008 through May 21, 2009 Thursdays, 10 AM to 12 PM Epworth Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins Street, Berkeley 16 CE Credits per Section $1,650 NCSPP Members / $1,800 Non-Members Registration Deadline & Requirements For non-members: a deposit of $500 with registration; the remainder of $1,300 is due September 10, 2008. For members: a deposit of $300 with registration;the remainder of $1,350 is due September 10, 2008. Tuition does not include the cost of reading material. Enrollment is limited to mental health practitioners, students and interns. Class size in each study group is limited to 15 students. These are intermediate level instructional courses. The intensive study groups will be filled on a first-come/first-served basis. Confirmation of enrollment will be emailed to participants. Priority will be given to Members of NCSSP. Instant Registration & Payment Online You may pay your deposit online using PayPal, the Internet's most trusted payment processor. All major credit cards, as well as checking account debit payments, are accepted. 
While online registrations save valuable administrative time for NCSPP, we still offer a paper registration form on our Registration & Payment page. Program Overview Psychoanalytically informed clinical practice owes its particular distinction to the emphasis on finding meaning in unconscious experience. In recent years, the “here and now” of the transference and countertransference has become a central vehicle through which therapist and patient can reach in-depth engagement with the unconscious. As both participants come to know themselves and each other in this privileged relationship, they have the potential to emerge profoundly changed. While dreams were once considered the royal road to the unconscious, many psychoanalytic thinkers are now creatively re-working the understanding of transference and countertransference, conceptualizing these as equal to dreams in their capacity to offer access to the unconscious. These perspectives highlight the experiential nature of transference-countertransference phenomena, as captured in a variety of ideas including that of the “total situation” or the concept of the “field” of emotional experience that develops in the clinical encounter. These conceptualizations evoke new questions regarding how we think about transference and countertransference. Transference can be understood from different angles depending on where the emphasis is placed; should it be seen as a projection from the past, or as being co-created by the patient and the therapist? Can transference be considered on its own, separate from countertransference, or are the two inextricably intertwined? Should all communications be considered to reflect the transference-countertransference field or are some communications about external reality alone? Does an exclusive focus on the transference-countertransference field become too dyadic and claustrophobic, risking a foreclosure of the patient's relationship to their internal world? How these ideas are applied in clinical practice is a source of much lively debate in contemporary psychoanalysis. Clinicians vary as they consider when, what, and whether to interpret the transference in the clinical situation, and how to think about the distinction between working in the transference versus interpreting the transference. Controversial concepts such as provision and enactment are now being revisited, as well as the particular challenges presented by erotic and psychotic manifestations of transference. In the ongoing tradition of the ISG, we seek to open up a familiar concept and enliven it with new perspectives. Topics to be addressed, among others, include: 1) the use of imagination and memory to understand the transference-countertransference experience, 2) the various kinds of relating seen in the clinical encounter, 3) transference as a complex of pre-conscious, pre-conceptions that organize narratives and structure experience, 4) transference as a manifestation of both the patient and the therapist, 5) the use of countertransference as a way to understand the patient's transference, 6) extraordinary manifestations of transference and countertransference and how they help us to understand models of the unconscious, and 7) the necessity of changes in the therapist as integral to the treatment process. With the creative contributions of our faculty, we hope to stimulate an invigorating clinical exchange on these topics that continues to further our thinking about the unique transformative potentials of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. We invite clinicians from a broad range of experience to join us as we engage in this vital learning experience. Course Objectives 1. Participants will be able to discuss ways that the transference/countertransference dynamic can shed light on unconscious processes. 2.Participants will be able to identify the ways countertransference can be used to understand the transference. 3. Participants will be able to describe the effect of current perspectives on dissociation, memory and imagination on our understanding of transference and countertransference. 4. Participants will be able to discuss the implications of enactment within contemporary thinking 5. Participants will be able to summarize the historical underpinnings of contemporary views of transference and countertransference. Program Segments
Faculty Maureen Franey, Ph.D., MFT, is a psychoanalyst and Marriage, Family and Child Therapist. At PINC she is a Personal and Supervising Analyst and Chair of Admissions. She has taught and supervised at various Bay Area graduate schools, published locally in the fort da journal and currently runs an on-going consultation group. She has a private practice of psychoanalysis and consultation in Albany. Sam Gerson, Ph.D., is a founder and Past-President of both NCSPP and the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) where he is currently on the faculty and serves as a Personal and Supervising Analyst. Dr. Gerson is also a Professor at CSPP, is an Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues, and is an Editor for Studies in Gender and Sexuality and the Psychoanalytic Quarterly. He recently received the “Elise M. Hayman Award for the Study of Genocide and the Holocaust” from the International Psychoanalytic Association. Deborah Melman, Ph.D., is on the faculty of The Wright Institute and the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and teaches widely in the psychoanalytic community. She is in private practice in San Francisco and Albany. Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D., is on the faculty at PINC and teaches and facilitates consultation groups in the Bay Area. She has published on various psychoanalytic subjects including most recently on the capacity to experience beauty. She maintains a practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy in Berkeley. CE Credit 16 CE credits will be awarded for each section of the East Bay Intensive Study Group. These courses meet the requirements for CE credits for LCSWs and MFTs through the BBS (Provider #PCE 508). Psychologists will have their participation registered through Division 39. Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education credits for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content. In order to receive CE credit for any course held over multiple weeks, 80% attendance is required during any given course segment. Registration & Refund Policies Refunds will be allowed according to the following policy: Students not admitted due to space limitation will receive full refunds of their deposit. Prior to September 10, 2008: Full refunds of deposit minus $100 administration charge. Unfortunately, no refund is possible after September 10, 2008. THERE WILL BE A $25 BANK CHARGE AND AN ADDITIONAL $15 ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE ON ALL RETURNED CHECKS. Disabilities Division 39 and NCSPP are committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please contact Michele McGuinness for any special needs. NCSPP and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in strict conformity with the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles for Psychologists. If you believe that a violation of ethics has occurred during this presentation, or if you have concerns about such issues as handicapped accessibility, distress with regard to program content or other. The Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology is the local chapter of Division 39, American Psychological Association. NCSPP is committed to the study of psychoanalytic psychology and the encouragement of its interests in the professional and general communities. It is a multi-disciplinary, nonprofit educational membership organization open to all mental health professionals. For information call (415) 457-9949 or visit our website at www.ncspp.org. The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), an International Psychoanalytic Association Provisional Society, was established in 1989 as a center for comparative psychoanalytic inquiry, research, and training. PINC provides professionals from all mental health disciplines the opportunity to study the full scope of psychoanalytic theory and practice. For information regarding training or referral for analysis, call (415) 922-4050. Intensive Study Group Committee Diane Swirsky, Ph.D., Chair Nancy Drooker, Ph.D. Susanne Chassay, MFT Carol Cleland, MFT Genie Dvorak, Psy.D. Boukje Eerkens, Psy.D. Eric P. Essman, M.A. Dvora Honigstein, MFT For program related questions, please call Diane Swirksy, Ph.D. (510) 444-5458 For questions related to enrollment, locations, CE credit, special needs, course availability and other administrative issues contact Michele McGuinness by email or 415-457-9949. |
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