IN PERSON or VIRTUAL

Over the past several decades, the concept of enactment has had a growing hold over analysts of a wide range of theoretical leanings. From our initial invitation of analysis through every interaction on the analytic field, our own conscious and unconscious desires saturate our patients’ experiences. A broad definition of enactment like this may throw into question how we appraise enactment, and when we define it as a problem that impinges on our analytic work. On the other hand, by considering the omnipresence of enactment, it is possible to gain better traction on the ethical dimensions that imbue its effects. In this program, I will work through a philosophical framing of enactment, showing the way in which this term broadens our understanding of the analyst’s unconscious role in the mutative dimensions of our work.

In a second talk, I will dig into the topic of ethics, evaluating the way in which enactments can be both an expression of our ethical commitments as well as a signal of an ethical breach. In the final part of this program, I will invite the audience to consider a clinical case account of an enactment, allowing us to put these ideas into action in the unfolding of an analytic process.

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