NYIPSP Extension Center for the Study of the Self
Spring 2012 Seminars

The Extension Center offers a stimulating series of workshops, seminars and courses for the advanced study of the self. It has two audiences:
- The professional who wishes to learn more about self psychology.
- The community at large who can benefit from an appreciation of self psychology in daily life.

Understanding Kohut’s Legacy: Tracing the Development of Self Psychology in His Original Works

David MacIsaac PhD, ABPP

Co-founder of NYIPSP and Director of the New Jersey Extension, Dr. MacIsaac has co-authored with Crayton Rowe, MSW, Empathic Attunement: The “Technique” of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. He has also lectured, presented and published papers on numerous topics on self psychology. He has a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in Englewood, NJ.

Through select readings of Heinz Kohut’s significant works, this seminar will examine his radical shift from the experience-distant, outside observer perspective to the experience-near empathic treatment stance that led to his discovery of the self and its development.

Tying theory closely to practice, the course’s curriculum will employ Kohut’s clinical case material to demonstrate his theoretical and clinical constructs such as selfobject, defense and resistance, the place of sex and aggression in development, and the curative process in treatment.

For those wishing to continue, a second half of this seminar will be offered in the fall for eight more sessions.^*

The seminar will begin April 11, 2012 and continue through May 23, 2012 for a total of 7 sessions.

Participants will meet from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM at the New Jersey offices of the New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 163 Engle Street, Bldg 1A, Englewood, N.J..

Learning Objectives

At the end of the seminar, participants will be able to:

Explain the relevance of Kohut’s significant contributions to their clinical work.
Distinguish clinically the traditional treatment perspective from the empathic stance.
Define the meaning of the self object and how it differs from the object concept of traditional analysis.

^*The combined halves of this seminar are a full course of the New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. NYIPSP is chartered by the University of the State of New York and registered by the New York State Education Department.

Continuing education credits offered: one credit for each hour of attendance.

Fee is $200.00
Please make checks payable to:
New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology

Mail to:
Joseph Walsh, MSW
Two Fox Hunt Lane
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

FOR INQUIRIES

Telephone: 201.569.0566

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