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Jan112025 NEW! Seminar: Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic PsychotherapyWhen:Saturday, January 11, 2025 - 10:00am to Saturday, June 14, 2025 - 11:30am(Meetings will be on the 2nd Saturday of each Month)Where:SDPCThis series of six-monthly sessions, running from January to June 2025, offers an opportunity to learn basic psychoanalytic concepts and techniques, along with their application in clinical practice. Clinicians will discuss case material to deepen their understanding of these principles and explore their practical use throughout the sessions. Over the course of the six monthly sessions,...
Jan182025 Stefano Bolognini, M.D. - The Unconscious Triad: Hidden Unconscious, Buried Unconscious, Implicit Unconscious - Zoom Only!When:Saturday, January 18, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pmWhere:SDPCDescription: The current extension of the concept of the unconscious to different levels, configurations, and functioning of the mind is the result of decades of collective reflection on the clinic and on theory. Analysts today have a broader, more refined and complex knowledge of defensive and transformative processes, and this has also led to an evolution in technique. The paper...
Feb12025 David Tuckett, Ph.D. - Varieties of Transference and Transference Interpretation Today (Hybrid)When:Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm(* Zoom link will be provided 24 hours before event time)Where:SDPC and ZoomUsing a new theoretical framework for comparative analysis in psychoanalytic work, David will explore the different ways transference is understood, detected, and interpreted by different psychoanalysts practicing today and attempt to highlight the vulnerabilities in each approach.
Mar72025 Cal Colarusso, M.D. (Presenter) & Reid Meloy, Ph.D. (Discussant) - Psychoanalytic Perspectives Near the End of Life (In-Person)When:Friday, March 7, 2025 - 6:30pm to 8:30pmWhere:SDPCDr. Colarusso will share insights on his paper, Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Nearness of Death, which contimues his lifelong interest in normal and pathological development. Using the psychoanalytic tools of observation, insight and introspection, he describes the very sparse, psychoanalytic literature on late-late adulthood, and describe his own experience as he ...
Apr102025 New! Seminar: Psychoanalysis & Psychedelics SeminarWhen:Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 5:30pm to Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 7:15pmWhere:SDPCAs the exploration of psychedelics as potential solutions forpsychological disorders gains momentum, it becomes crucial fortherapists to gain an in-depth understanding of these substances.Our patients will inevitably approach us to discuss theirexperiences with psychedelics, and some of us may findpsychedelics useful to assist psychotherapy with certain people.Psychoanalysis intersects with...
Apr262025 Alan Karbelnig, Ph.D. - The Perils and Promises of a Unified Clinical ModelWhen:Saturday, April 26, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm(* Zoom link will be provided 24 hours before event time.)Where:SDPC & ZoomDismayed by the fragmentation haunting the psychoanalytic project for more than a century, Dr. Karbelnig has proposed an overarching clinical model for psychoanalysis. The approach intends to unify practitioners using Freudian, Jungian, Kleinian, Self-Psychological, Relational, or any psychodynamic approach. The presentation expands upon his February 2022 paper, "Chasing Infinity: Why Clinical...