2010 PSPP FALL MEETING
Presenter: Anthony Bass, Ph.D.
Title: The Analytic Relationship and the Dialogue of Unconsciouses: A Clinical Workshop
Program Description
This master class workshop will explore the nature of the psychoanalytic relationship in depth, through the lens of the “relationship as a dialogue of unconsciouses.” Using Ferenczi’s concept of a “dialogue of unconsciouses” as a point of departure for the experience, we will attempt to deepen our grasp of unconscious dimensions of psychoanalytic relating through our engagement with difficult analytic moments that workshop participants will be invited to offer for the group’s consideration. Participants will have an opportunity to share their work with patients with whom they have found themselves to be unusually intensely involved: that is, with patients who have evoked particularly intense reactions in their therapist. This might include patients who are found to be particularly affectively arousing in one way or another, or disturbing, patients about whom one dreams at night, or becomes preoccupied by day, or who evoke anxious or counter-resistive responses, such as falling asleep or becoming bored. These analytic moments that are often at the heart of enactments in psychoanalytic work provide special opportunities for gaining access to the ways in which the unconscious life of patient and analyst emerge in the work, creating special challenges and special opportunities for deepening the work. Participants are expected to come to the workshop prepared to share some clinical process from their own practices with Dr. Bass and the group.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Develop a deeper appreciation for the mutual and psychically symmetrical and complementary aspects of psychoanalytic relations.
2. Participants will gain a fuller appreciation of the dimension of enactment in intense analytic engagement and to learn new ways to attend to this dimension in bringing it to the joint awareness of therapist and patient.
3. Participants can expect to have an experience in which they experiment with new ways of using their own self-experience, at conscious and unconscious levels, to deepen analytic work at difficult junctures.
About the Presenter
Anthony Bass, Ph.D. is on the faculty and is a supervising analyst at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and the Stephen Mitchell for Relational Studies, for which he also serves as president of the board of directors. He is also on the faculty of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, the Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia, and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies National Training Programs. He is the joint editor in chief of Psychoanalytic Dialogues, and a founding director of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He has written widely and run workshops nationally and internationally on the analytic relationship and the nature of unconscious communication between patient and analyst.
Registration Fees and Policies
PSPP members $TBA
Non-members $TBA
ECPs*/Candidates $TBA
Retired $TBA
Graduate Students $TBA
*Early career professionals are those who are within three years of graduating with their doctorate or other professional degree.
Online registration will be available soon through October 23, 2010. Following this date participants may register at the door.
Policy Notes
Fees are listed per person. Space is limited, so please register as soon as possible. Refunds in full, less a $10 administrative fee, will be made with written request up to 24 hours before the program. Division 39 and PSPP are committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in their continuing education activities. Participants with special needs will be accommodated if possible. For any questions or other concerns regarding access, confidentiality, privacy, ethics or other issues, contact Jay Moses, Ph.D. at mjaymoses@gmail.com. Dr. Moses may be contacted on the day of the program at TBA.
Location and Parking
TBA
Program Schedule
TBA
Participants
This program is intended for mental health professionals. The instructional level is intermediate.
Continuing Education
Psychologists and Social Workers: This program is offered for 3 continuing education credits (3.0 CE). Participants must attend 100% of the program. Upon completion of a conference evaluation form, a certificate will be issued. This serves as documentation of attendance for all participants. Psychologists will have their participation registered through Division 39. Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists and Social Workers. Division 39 maintains responsibility for the program and its content. PSPP and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in strict conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists.