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Join us for a close reading of Stephen A. Mitchell's Hope and Dread in Psychoanalysis, one of the foundational texts of the relational psychoanalytic movement. We will explore Mitchell's articulation of a relational model that places the wishes, needs, and emotional lives of both therapist and client at the center of the therapeutic process.
Please note, the date and time of this program are TBD and will be announced ASAP.
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Please note, the date and time of this program are TBD and will be announced ASAP.
More Information Coming Soon.
Please note, the date and time of this program are TBD and will be announced ASAP.
More Information Coming Soon.
Please note, the date and time of this program are TBD and will be announced ASAP.
More Information Coming Soon.
What does it mean to be empathically attuned to a client's psychological needs? How do you navigate a therapeutic impasse, repair an empathic failure, or offer an interpretation without inducing shame? What does it suggest when you find yourself chronically bored with a client? What does it mean to function as a selfobject, and how do you recognize when you are experienced in the transference as a mirroring selfobject rather than an idealized selfobject?
What does it mean to be racialized as invisible, not only to others, but to oneself?
And what happens when that invisibility enters the consulting room, whether in the experience of an Asian American clinician or patient? The therapeutic encounter may include psychic and relational dynamics that are often misrecognized: the burden of shame, the expectation for compliance, the pressure to appear “high-functioning,” and the quiet negotiation between being seen and remaining hidden.
Can the psychoanalytic session be thought of as a shared dream? Starting from this evocative question, this event offers a reflection on clinical work through the lens of field theory, exploring the interplay between interpretation and conversation. All material brought into the session – nighttime dreams as well as everyday narratives – can be understood as an expression of an unconscious co-created by analyst and patient.
In this recent book, Ron Britton, a British psychoanalyst in the object relations tradition, explores his experience working in psychoanalysis and what he has come to see as most important. We will read selected chapters from his book on these topics of sex, death and the superego. Britton especially explores the erotic transference-countertransference experience and the problem of the destructive superego. Please contact the instructor to enroll.
The Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Society welcomes you back into our yearly event!
This year we are holding the Potential Space at the Good Shepherd Center in their famed Chapel Performing Arts and Gallery venue featuring beautiful lighting, wood floors, arched ceilings, and original stained-glass windows. Please come and join us! There will be plenty of room to move about, linger with the art, socialize, and enjoy the performances. Lite dessert and beverages will be served. Family and friends are welcome!