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Master Speaker Videoconference Series
David E. Scharff, M.D., Chair
This year's Master Speaker videoconference series, using the latest videoconference technology, connects groups in Chevy Chase, Salt Lake City, Long Island and Omaha in real time. The present lays out the ideas for discussion and the groups interact across the Internat Protocol to engage in a lively discussion chaired by David Scharff. Using new bridging equipment provided by our partner Westminster College in Salt Lake City, the series can now be extended beyond the original sites to individuals and groups connecting via their own computer or telephone.
If you or your group is interested in joining, please contact annainnes@theipi.org or davidscharff@theipi.org to discuss costs and arrangements.
The videoconference seminars are each two hours, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time. Speakers will present on a selected topic, with group discussion across the four sites, facilitated by IPI faculty at each site. Readings are made available prior to each seminar. An optional continuing monthly case seminar meets following the videoconference in each site.
2008-2009 Series
September 26, 2008: Nancy McWilliams in Salt Lake City
The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual and Character Disorders
Readings: PDM section on Personality Patterns and Disorders, pp. 17-69 and the Profile of Mental Functioning (pp. 71-90).
October 24, 2008: Nasr Ilahi (British Psychoanalytic Society) in Long Island
Reflections on Narcissistic States - An Object Relations Perspective Part 1
November 14, 2008: Linda Hopkins in DC
Life and Work of Masud Khan
Reading: False Self: The Life of Masud Khan by Linda Hopkins. 2006, Other Press.
December 5, 2008: Richard Waugaman in Omaha
Dissociative Identity and Multiple Personality Disorders
January 16, 2009: Virginia Ungar (Argentine Psychoanalytic) in Long Island
The Work of Child Analysis
February 13, 2009: Steve Tuber in Long Island
Understanding Winnicott Part II
March 20, 2009: Steve Tuber in Omaha
Understanding Winnicott Part III
April 17, 2009: Judith Mitrani in SLC
The Problem of Empathy: Bridging the Gap between Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis Toward a Better Understanding of Autism
Readings: Mitrani, J. (2001). 'Taking the transference': Notes on some technical implications in three papers by Bion. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 82(6):1085-1104.
Optional Readings: Mitrani, J. (1992). On the survival function of autistic maneuvers in adult patients. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 73(2):549-560
Mitrani, J. (2007). Some technical implications of Klein's concept of 'Premature Ego Development.' International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 88(4):825-842.
May 8, 2009: Nasr Ilahi in Long Island
Reflections on Narcissistic States - An Object Relations Perspective Part 2.
2007-2008 Series
September 2007
September 14: Irene Cairo, M.D. and Rogelio Sosnik, M.D., Part 1 in Long Island
Bion on Psychoses
October 2007
October 5: James Poulton, Ph.D. in Salt Lake City
The Uses and Misuses of Self-Disclosure in Analytic Therapy
November 2007
November 2: Irene Cairo, M.D. and Rogelio Sosnik, M.D., Part 2 in Long Island
Bion's Papers on Thinking
December 2007
December 7: Richard Zeitner, Ph.D. in Salt Lake City
Being an Individual while Being in a Couple
January 2008
January 11: Pier Ferrari in Long Island
Mirror Neurons
February 2008
February 1: Esther Rashkin in Salt Lake City
Do Androids Have Mothers? Star Trek and the Dance of Analysis
March 2008
March 14: Carl Bagnini, C.S.W. in Long Island
Keeping a Partially Closed Mind: On Retrieving Unprocessed Countertransference
April 2008
April 18: Bruce Fink, Ph.D. in Omaha
Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique: A Lacanian Approach for Practitioners
May 2008
May 9: Steven Tuber, Ph.D. in Long Island
The Remarkable Dr. Winnicott: Key Moments in Early Development
Fees
Students may register for all nine two-hour videoconferences, or attend individual sessions: $650 for all nine, or $90 for each individual videoconference seminar. Participation in the ongoing local study group following each videoconference is optional and requires attendance at all nine seminars, with an additional registration fee (please contact IPI for information about the on-going study group following the videoconference at each of the main sites).
Registration
See General Information for a registration form and complete details about the registration process. IPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, nationality, religion, age, gender, sexual preference or physical handicap.
Infant Observation Seminar
IPI offers an infant observation seminar led by Christine Norman, MSW. This seminar links participants across the U.S. Seminar meets by telephone 2-3 times per month. In the tradition of Esther Bick of the British Psychoanalytical Society, the goal is to learn how personality forms in the natural setting of the ordinary family The task for the seminar participant is to observe a baby in its home surroundings without influencing the course of events. Participants present their observations, discuss colleagues’ observations, and process their reactions so as to develop hypotheses about developmental processes and to improve their capacities for observation. Please contact us for more information about joining the infant observation group.
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IPI will be glad to offer seminars by video link or teleconference to groups at other sites by arrangement. To inquire, contact us at IPI.