Fall 2009 Workshops
Empathy in a Non-Empathic World
Instructor: David MacIsaac, PhD, ABPP
6 Hours: Four 90-minute sessions
In this managed care, fast paced and instant cure environment, do we have time for empathy and the gradual development that accrues from such a treatment approach? Come and have a glimpse of Self Psychology, one of the most significant analytic developments since Freud.
Learn why empathy is such a radical perspective in understanding and explaining our patients inner life. Find out why the theory of the self accords so accurately with human experience.
Finally, learn about Crayton Rowe's recently discovered undifferentiated selfobject transference that complements Kohut's original self-selfobject theory and offers a new slant on such symptoms as eating disorders, addictions, suicide, obsessive-compulsive and AD/HD behavior.
David MacIsaac, PhD, ABPP. Co-Director, The New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology; Co-author, Empathic Attunement: The Technique of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology; Private practice, Englewood, NJ.Dates: Friday October 2, 9, 16, 23
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Place: NYIPSP New Jersey Extension, 163 Engle Street, Bldg. 1A, Englewood, NJ
Fee: $60.00
Working with the Hard to Reach Patient: Understanding the Selfobject Transferences
Instructor: Crayton Rowe Jr., MSW, BCD-P
8 Hours: Four 2-hour sessions
This workshop will focus on understanding how the selfobject needs of the patient are relevant in understanding the difficult patient, and how the selfobject transferences emerge in treatment.
Additionally, Rowe will discuss his discovery of the undifferentiated selfobject transference as it is expressed in symptoms and fixations.
Participants will enhance their skills of listening as they gain a broader understanding of the inner life of their patients. They will also have the opportunity of presenting cases and applying these concepts to their clinical work.
Crayton E. Rowe Jr, MSW, BCD-P Founder, AAPCSW; Director, NY Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology; IPA; Author, Treating the Basic Self: Understanding Addictive, Suicidal, Compulsive, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Behavior; Co-author, Empathic Attunement: The Technique of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology; Private practice, NYC.Dates: Sunday October 18, 25, November 1, 8
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Place: NYIPSP, 230 West End Avenue, #1D (enter on West 70th Street), New York, NY
Fee: $80.00
The Secret Addiction: Suicide
Beverly Kolsky, MSW, BCD-P
2 Hours: One 2-hour session
This workshop will examine the "purpose" of suicidal thinking and will use case illustration to underscore transference and countertransference functions.
It will differentiate suicide addiction from other forms of suicide.
The work of Heinz Kohut will be summarized, with particular emphasis on the therapist's distinct use of empathy and its power to reveal the inner secret life of these patients.The problems that this raises for the therapist will also be discussed.
Beverly Kolsky, LCSW, BCD-P NYU SSW; NY Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology; Past affiliation, The Guild of Psychotherapists and The Society for Analytic Psychology in England; Private practice, Englewood, NJ.Date: Sunday, October 11
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Place: NYIPSP New Jersey Extension, 163 Engle Street, Bldg. 1A, Englewood, NJ
Fee: $20.00
Applying Kohut's Major Contributions to the Treatment of Parents and Children
Joanna Hulton, PhD
2 Hours: One 2-hour session
This workshop will demonstrate how a parent understands his child from a self psychological perspective, and the insights that an adult gain into his own childhood via his parent-child interactions.
The selfobject experiences needed for healthy development will be explored. Case vignettes will illustrate how a parent's unmet needs can distort the child's experience of his own needs.
Participants will learn how this clinical approach encourages treatment outcomes that benefit parent and child.
Joanna Hulton, PhD Graduate, The New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology; NYS licensed psychoanalyst; Private practice, Long Island, NY.Date: Sunday, November 15
Time: 10 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Place: NYIPSP, 230 West End Avenue, #1D (enter on West 70th Street), New York, NY
Fee: $20.00
Open to all mental health professionals. CEUs from the NJ Board of Examiners are pending approval.