A new limited series offered online for clinicians at all levels

Inquiry as the Unique Aspect of Interpersonal Technique

with Ira Moses, PhD, ABPsa

Offered online on four Wednesday mornings:

April 23 & 30 and May 7 & 14 from 9:00-10:30am/Eastern

Inquiry holds a unique position in Interpersonal psychoanalytic technique. This short program demonstrates through clinical vignettes how inquiry can be incorporated into psychodynamic work with patients. It is appropriate for therapists of all levels of experience and is presented online.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Inquiry holds a unique position in psychoanalytic technique. Classical analysts dismissed it as a parameter beyond the accepted practices of interpretation and free association. More recently, inquiry appears to conflict with intersubjective relational approaches that privilege inter-objectivity and unconscious communication. However, this seminar will demonstrate that inquiry can be integrated with both schools of thought when viewed as a complex phenomenon with considerable variability. We will utilize participants’ case material to explore ways to demonstrate how inquiry can serve to elicit the patient’s expressive speech toward the aim of  articulating experiences that were previously repressed, dissociated, or unformulated.

Topics discussed in this series will include:

How inquiry may be integrated in forming an alliance and developing a history

The grey area of inquiry vs intrusiveness

Relationship of inquiry and free association

Inquiry across cultures

Countertransference aspects of inquiry

Inquiry as a check on the analyst’s inferences and subjective assumptions

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Ira Moses, PhD, ABPsa, is a Training and Supervising Analyst, and is the former Director of Training and the former Director of Clinical Services at the William Alanson White Institute. He is on the faculty of the Western New England Psychoanalytic Institute and is Visiting Faculty of the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center;  former Board Member and Faculty of the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance, and is on the faculty of the Russian Intensive Psychodynamic Program. Dr. Moses is a Member of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA), and a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He has published articles on the Misuse of Empathy; Anonymity and Self Disclosure; and The Analyst’s Resistance to Asking Questions.

SERIES COST:

$350 for the series of four online Wednesday morning classes from 9:00-10:30am/Eastern

6 CEs are offered

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Registrants will receive their entry link to classes upon completing registration and payment.

Entry links will also be sent out by email 1-3 days prior to the series’ first class – so enter your email address carefully! We are not responsible for links that don’t reach registrants whose email addresses are entered incorrectly. If you cannot find your link by the business day prior to the event, email: e.rodman@wawhite.org 

Instructions about how to obtain available CEs are sent out to registrants in the entry link email, prior to the event. You must follow those instructions in order to receive the available CEs for this course.

For more information about this series, contact: Karen G. Gennaro, MD, MBA at karenggennaro@aol.com and be sure to type “Inquiry Course” in the subject line of your email.