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Presenter: Paula J. Miller, Ph.D.
Dr. Miller is a psychologist with a private practice in the West Chester
area. She received her doctorate from the Union Institute and her
certification as a psychoanalyst from the Philadelphia School of
Psychoanalysis. In addition, she interned for four years at Haverford College.
Dr. Miller has been practicing yoga and meditation for 35 years, and is
currently working on a book on the legacy of Marion Milner.
Objectives:
- To present the methodology Marion Milner used to demonstrate how psychic
creativity is achieved.
- To familiarize attendees with the specific terminology which make up
Milner's personal idiom: "spinning the cocoon of body awareness,"
the imaginative body, organic images, internal gestures of mind, wide
focused attention, "the other," and the "answering
activity."
- To illustrate how Milner's discovery of the "feminine attitude"
in herself transformed her work as an Industrial Psychologist into a
vocation as a psychoanalyst
- To present how psychic creativity can be used for experiences of leisure
such as travel, painting, music, and spiritual consciousness.
Marion Milner's life and work is like a pentimento: the broad brushstroke of
the "feminine attitude" is never obscured by the succeeding layers of
her life's work and experience. How this receptivity relates to her psychic
creativity is the cornerstone of her early diaries and her book, On Not Being
Able to Paint. This talk will focus on diaries begun in her twenties and
revisited in her eighties. It is here that we find one of the best examples of a
psychoanalysis, which hides none of the details from its readers. Milner
reflects on the spiritual nature and purpose in her life noting how the word
"God" which had once so emotionally gripped her has been replaced by
the "wisdom of emptiness" that she experienced beneath the wide Dome
of St. Sophia. She crossed paths with the Eastern spiritual traditions of Yoga,
Buddhism, and meditation, and returned through the mirror that subtends Western
psychoanalytic speculation. This playful crossing allowed her to oscillate
freely between visual images and verbal metaphors holding "gently in her
bones" the paradox of the visible and the invisible.
| Date: |
March 13, 2005 |
| Time: |
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Presentation
12:00 p.m. to 12:15
p.m. Break
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Discussion |
| Cost / Registation: |
Each brunch, including CEU credits, is free for members of
PSPP. Nonmembers may attend the brunches for free, but must pay $25 if
they wish to receive CEU credits for their attendance. Registration in
advance helps us to plan for the refreshments and seating
arrangements. |
| CE Credits: |
Each brunch is approved for 2.0 CE credits by the American
Psychological Association for those psychologists filling out evaluation
forms at the end of the presentation. Division 39 of the American
Psychological Association (APA) is approved to offer continuing
education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for
the program. For any grievances such as access, confidentiality,
fairness, nondiscrimination, or privacy, please contact Dr. Rachel
Kabasakalian-McKay at 610-660-9887. CEU credit may be available for social
workers. Please call prior to each brunch to confirm that the program
has been approved. |
| Location:
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Courtesy of Phillip Bennett, Ph.D. 3467 Midvale Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19129 (215) 848-7434 |
| Contact:
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For information about the locations of the brunches and to
register, please contact:
Dr. Jay Moses at 215-951-7153. |
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Philadelphia Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology