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SUMMARY:How do Analysts Understand  the Embodiment of Fascist Experience?
DESCRIPTION:THE EMBODIMENT SERIES of 2025-2026\nWITH MODERATOR-HOSTS \nDORIS BROTHERS\, PhD\, and JON SLETVOLD\, PsyD\nHow do Analysts Understand the Embodiment of Fascist Experience?\nA panel discussion with\nJessica Benjamin\, PhD\,  Sue Grand\, PhD\, Daniel Posner\, MD\, and Doris Brothers\, PhD\, & Jon Sletvold\, PsyD\nSATURDAY\, APRIL 25th\nOnline from 12 Noon-2:00pm/Eastern\nThis series is presented in collaboration with The Wilhelm Reich Center for the Study of Embodiment\n  \nABOUT THIS EVENT\nThe rise of fascist movements all over the globe has infiltrated our therapeutic relationships.\nIn the belief that understanding the embodied experience of fascism helps us confront this frightening development\, participants in this conversation provide a variety of perspectives.\n\n  \nEVENT COSTS\nProfessionals $50\nCandidates and Students $30\n\nCE CREDIT INFORMATON\n2 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE. Instructions about how to obtain available CEs are sent out to registrants in the entry link email\, prior to the event. If you miss that letter (for late sign-ups)\, please request CE instructions after the event.\nIMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ENTRY LINKS FOR ONLINE EVENTS\nNOTE TO ALL REGISTRANTS FOR ONLINE EVENTS: Entry links for Zoom events are sent in two ways: (1) the entry link is sent on the Registration payment receipt delivered to your email INBOX; and (2) links are sent out to Registrants 1-3 days prior to the scheduled event date. If you register just prior to the event’s start\, you will only receive the link on the payment receipt.\nFor those who do not see a link letter in their Inbox\, check Trash and Spam files. If you do not find your link-letter by the business day prior to the event\, you may email: e.rodman@wawhite.org\nWe will do whatever we can to get your link to you\, however the Institute is not responsible for your email provider’s security settings. There are no refunds for paid events if a link was sent to you.\n\nTHE GUEST PANELISTS\nJessica Benjamin\, PhD\, is best known for her books The Bonds of Love (1988)\, which brought a feminist intersubjective perspective into the psychoanalytic field\, and for Beyond Doer and Done To: An Intersubjective View of Thirdness (2004)\, which provided the basis for her recent Beyond Doer and done To: Recognition Theory\,\nIntersubjectivity and the Third (2018). The last emphasizes the importance of acknowledgment in therapeutic interaction and in relation to trauma\, including collective historical trauma. Additionally\, she is the author of Like Subjects\, Love Objects (1995); and Shadow of the Other (1998). Dr. Benjamin has been one of the leaders in the relational movement in psychoanalysis since its inception. She teaches and supervises at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis as well as at the Stephen Mitchell Relational Studies Center which she is a co-founded. She initiated and co-directed a project for acknowledgment between Israeli and Palestinian mental health professionals during the period 2003-2011. Recently she has written on the psychological aspects of domination and destructiveness manifest in the current social world and is currently exploring the interconnections between affect regulation theory and recognition theory.\nSue Grand\, PhD\, is faculty and supervisor at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis; faculty\, the Mitchell Center for Relational Psychoanalysis; faculty\, the National Institute for the Psychotherapies; visiting scholar at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. She is the author of The Reproduction of Evil: A Clinical and Cultural Perspective and The Hero in the Mirror: From Fear to Fortitude. She is the co-author of Trans-generational Transmission: A Contemporary Perspective\, and has co-edited multiple books on trans-generational transmission and on relational theory. Dr. Grand teaches in Ukraine and in Israel. She is on the boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Psychoanalysis\, Culture and Society. Her area of interest is political/social/psychic violence and trauma. She maintains a private practice in New York City and in Teaneck New Jersey.\nDaniel Posner\, MD\, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a member of the faculty at the Wilhelm Reich Center for the Study of Embodiment. His writing explores a range of topics through the multiple lenses of psychoanalysis\, enactive phenomenology\, epistemic justice and infancy research. He has published work in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders\, Psychoanalysis\, Self and Context and Psychoanalytic Inquiry\, where he is an associate editor. He is also the co-host\, with Daniel Goldin\, of The Conversation\, the podcast of Psychoanalytic Inquiry. He is currently writing a book on Daniel N. Stern for Routledge.\nADDITIONAL PANELISTS and SERIES MODERATORS\, THE CO-DIRECTORS OF THE WILHELM REICH CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF EMBODIMENT\nDoris Brothers\, PhD\,  is a co-founder and faculty member of the Training and Research in Intersubjective Self Psychology Foundation (TRISP). She was co-editor with Roger Frie of Psychoanalysis\, Self and Context from 2015-2019 and is an associate editor of Psychoanalytic Inquiry. She has served on the executive and advisory boards and council of the International Association of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (IAPSP).  Dr. Brothers has published many journal articles and book chapters as well as five books. Her forthcoming book\, written with Jon Sletvold is entitled\, Psychoanalytic Explorations of Embodied Relational Knowing. Earlier books include\, A New Vision of Psychoanalytic Theory\, Practice and Supervision: TALKING BODIES written with Jon Sletvold\, Toward a Psychology of Uncertainty: Trauma-Centered Psychoanalysis (2008)\, Falling Backwards: An Exploration of Trust and Self-Experience (1995)\, and with Richard Ulman\, The Shattered Self: A Psychoanalytic Study of Trauma (1988). She has presented her work internationally and leads supervision/study groups with Jon Sletvold. She sees patients in private practice in New York and Oslo.\n\nJon Sletvold\, PsyD\, is founding board director and faculty member of the Norwegian Character Analytic Institute. He has written articles and book chapters on embodiment in psychoanalytic theory\, practice\, and training. He is the editor of four books and the authorof The Embodied Analyst: From Freud and Reich to Relationality\, which won the Gradiva Award in 2015.  In 2019 he wrote\, From Muscular Armor to Bodies in Dialogue with Per Harbitz. His forthcoming book\, written with Doris Brothers\, is Psychoanalytic Explorations of Embodied Relational Knowing. His last book\, also written with Doris Brothers\, is A New Vision of Psychoanalytic Theory\, Practice and Supervision: TALKING BODIES. Dr. Sletvold has presented his work internationally and he co-leads online supervision/study groups on embodiment in Europe\, North America and China with Doris Brothers. He practices in Oslo and New York.\n  \nABOUT THE WILHELM REICH CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF EMBODIMENT\nInspired by the pioneering work of Wilhelm Reich and encouraged by the recent surge of interest in embodiment among clinicians\, co-Directors Drs. Doris Brothers and Jon Sletvold have founded the Center. With it\, they are introducing an online forum for dialogues about the ways in which embodiment affects the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.\nA wide range of approaches to embodiment have emerged in the last two decades that have led them to believe that a “turn toward embodiment” is underway. In the interest of furthering this turn they are offering a format that differs from the usual at psychoanalytic meetings. Rather than featuring a paper presenting a specific theorist or clinician followed by discussions\, they intend that each event will center around a specific topic. Speakers from around the world\, each of whom employs a different perspective on embodiment\, will be invited to participate in a roundtable conversation of the topic. Afterward\, online participants will be encouraged to join the conversation.\nLearn more about The Wilhelm Reich Center for the Study of Embodiment\n 
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SUMMARY:The Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program Open House
DESCRIPTION:The Child & Adolescent​ Psychotherapy Training Program\n\nIN PERSON OPEN HOUSE\n\nWednesday\, April 29th\, 2026 from 7:30-9:00pm\nNot Fully Formed:  Using Modeling Clay and Slime-making in Psychoanalytic Play Therapy with a 7-year-old Girl\nA CLINICAL CAST PRESENTATION by Erin Cantor\, LCSW\nHeld at the Institute\, 20 West 74th Street (between Columbus Avenue & Central Park West)\n  \nABOUT THIS EVENT\nA fascinating and insightful case presentation describing the play therapy with a seven-year-old girl\, that took place over a two-year period. Ms. Cantor describes her patient’s tenacious use of utilitarian molding clay and slime in creating evocative sculptures\, allowing a greater psychological containment during a devastating\, high-conflict custody battle between her parents. \nAttendees will be encouraged to participate with questions\, take part in discussion\, and learn about our unique program.\nJoin us!\n  \nABOUT THE PRESENTER\nErin Cantor\, LCSW\, is a graduate of the Institute’s three-year Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPTP). She is a social worker\, symbolic play therapist for children\, an adolescent talk therapist\, and  a clinical writer.  She lives and works in New York City.\n  \nFor questions about the program\, contact Lisa Dubinsky\, CAPTP Director:  ldubinskypsy@gmail.com\n 
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SUMMARY:On the Work of Camel Collective with Anthony Graves
DESCRIPTION:The Artist Study Group of The Psychotherapy Service for People in the Arts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\npresents\nOn the Work of Camel Collective\nwith Anthony Graves\, MFA\, LP\n\nTHURSDAY\, May 7th\, 2026\, 1:30-3pm Eastern time/In-person and Online \nJoin us in-person at the Institute Library at 20 West 74th Street\nor online at: https://wawhite.zoom.us/j/8180152948?pwd=cDkrUTlMSndQendyZzhnc054c0tpQT09\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nABOUT THIS PRESENTATION\nArtist and psychoanalyst Anthony Graves will present the work of Camel Collective\, his collaboration with artist Carla Herrera-Prats which was active from 2005–2020. Camel Collective’s works in video\, sculpture\, performance\, and photography think through the subjects of collaboration and the often laborious production of sensation as they relate to contemporary labor and shared myths of cultural production. From philosophers to Foley artists\, labor theorists to lighting designers\, the work of the collective sought to bring together collaborators from a variety of often incongruent professions and backgrounds\, and to provide occasion to question the disciplinary assumptions of knowledge and meaning.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCamel Collective is the name that artists Anthony Graves (US) and Carla Herrera-Prats (MX\, d. 2019) worked under from 2005–2019. Together they exhibited internationally at museums and galleries including The Queens International 2018: Volumes; MUAC\, Mexico City (2017); REDCAT Gallery\, Los Angeles (2016); Trienal de Artes Frestas\, Sesc\, Sorocaba\, Brazil (2015); the Bard Hessel Museum\, Annendale-on-Hudson\, New York (2014); Casa del Lago\, Mexico City (2013); Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan\, Puerto Rico (2012); Mass MoCA\, North Adams\, Massachusetts (2011); and Aarhus Kunsthalle\, Denmark (2010). They were recipients of numerous awards and grants including Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes\, two Jumex Foundation Grants\, and the Statens Kunstrad Danish Arts Council project grant.The presentation will include video screenings\, images\, and discussion. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nAnthony Graves\, MFA\, LP (b. 1975\, South Bend\, Indiana) received his BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, MFA from Cornell University\, and was a fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program. Graves is currently an Advanced Candidate at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) in New York\, has a private psychoanalytic practice in Manhattan\, and is represented by Ulterior Gallery in New York. He is also adjunct faculty in the Department of Art and Art Professions at NYU\, Steinhardt.\nPlease join us for a discussion that explores and challenges social\, political and institutional structures.\nPlease RSVP to:   fvdillon@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrances V. Dillon\, MSW and Eric Dammann\, PhD\, Co-Directors\,  the Artist Study Group
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SUMMARY:SUNIL BHATIA\, Toward a Decolonial Psychology: Recentering Global Marginalized Knowledges
DESCRIPTION:IN DIALOGUE: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE HUMANITIES\nThe 2025-2026 Colloquium Series\npresented by the Psychoanalytic Society of the William Alanson White Institute\nToward a Decolonial Psychology: Recentering Global Marginalized Knowledges\nSUNIL BHATIA\, PhD\, Professor of Human Development and Cultural Psychology\, Connecticut College\nwith Hosts & Moderators\, Roger Frie\, PhD\, PsyD\, and Nancy Freeman-Carroll\, PsyD\, Co-Presidents of the Psychoanalytic Society\nFRIDAY\, MAY 8th from 7:30-9:00pm/Eastern\nNote that this event is being held via live stream online.\n1.5 CEs are available for attending. In order to receive your credit for attending\, follow the instructions that are sent prior to the event.\n  \nABOUT THIS EVENT\nDr. Bhatia grapples with a fundamental question: how do we imagine and build futures in psychology that are genuinely grounded in Indigenous cultures\, peoples\, places\, and lands — futures no longer entangled in the logic of colonialism and coloniality? He offers a rich\, place-sensitive map of decolonial scholarship that has taken shape within psychology over the last decade.\nSpeaking to the experiences of the majority world\, and to communities whose lives remain marginalized in postcolonial and settler-colonial nations\, he draws upon his 25 years of work in cultural and decolonial psychology\, to address the question: Why decolonize psychology?\nIn particular\, the presentation is organized around five thematic threads\, each distinct yet deeply interconnected\, all oriented toward retrieving and reclaiming knowledges that have been suppressed or sidelined: 1) the discipline’s colonial history and its ongoing colonial present; 2)  transnational expressions of decoloniality that move past the oversimplified Global North/South divide;  3) the entanglements of race\, racism\, and colonial domination with psychology; 4) alternatives to individualism that center community\, relational agency\, and collective liberation; 5)  Indigenous psychologies and settler colonialism\, with particular attention to the reclamation of land\, culture\, spirituality\, and ecology. Dr. Bhatia’s presentation invites the audience toward fundamental rethinking of psychological theory and practice\, pointing toward decolonial futures built on justice\, relational ways of being\, and the revival of epistemologies long silenced.\n\n\nABOUT OUR SPEAKER\nSunil Bhatia\, PhD\, is an internationally recognized authority on culture and psychology and Professor of Human Development at Connecticut College. He is at the forefront of studies on decolonization and author of such books as American Karma; Race\, Culture\, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora; Decolonizing Psychology: Globalization\, Social Justice\, and Indian Youth Identities; and Globalization and Culture: Narratives of Indian Youth from Call Centers to Chail Stalls (forthcoming Oxford U. Press) among others. Additionally\, he is a frequent lecturer and commentator on current events.\n  \nABOUT THIS SERIES\nFrom its very beginnings\, psychoanalysis has existed at the intersection of science and the humanities. In the face of increasing pressures from evidence-based practice and medicalization\, what can psychoanalysis learn from the humanities? Collectively\, our speakers represent the leading edge in humanities and the arts and bring a diverse array of perspectives to bear. These talks promise to illustrate the manifest and often overlooked links between psychoanalysis and the humanities and provide a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary learning and dialogue.\nAll speakers will present their talks in person. We encourage everyone who can\, to attend in person and continue the tradition of meeting together at the Institute. For those who are unable to join in person\, we offer a real-time stream\, to reach beyond New York to a broader audience.\nThis series is presented at no charge to its audience. Please consider making a donation to The Psychoanalytic Society when registering.\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES:\nOverall objectives of this colloquium series:\n\n\nDescribe the many interactions between the humanities and psychoanalysis.\n\n\nExplain how psychoanalytic practice can benefit from the insights of the humanities.\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES THIS PRESENTATION:\n\n\nExplore how decolonization matters for psychoanalytic practice.\n\n\nExplain what decolonization is and what its implications are.\n\n\n\n\nRelated Events\n\nColloquium 2025-2026
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SUMMARY:The Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program Online Open House
DESCRIPTION:The Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program\nONLINE OPEN HOUSE \nTHURSDAY\, JUNE 11th\n7:30-9:00PM/Eastern\nA panel of graduates and current candidates will discuss their training experiences in the program.\nLisa Dubinsky\, PhD\, Director of the CAPT Program will moderate the discussion and lead a Q&A for all attendees following the panel’s presentations.\nPanelists include Maria Lakis\, LCSW\, Megan Lothian\, LCSW\, Liz Manus\, LCSW\, and Jascon Vazquez\, LMSW.\nJoin us!\nApplications for the coming academic year are currently being accepted.
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SUMMARY:Retracing the Trace with Luzene Hill\, MFA
DESCRIPTION:The Artist Study Group of The Psychotherapy Service for People in the Arts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\npresents \nRetracing the Trace\nwith Luzene Hill\, MFA\nOnline on Thursday\, June 18th\, 2026 1:30-3pm/EST\nUse this link to join the meeting: https://wawhite.zoom.us/j/8180152948?pwd=cDkrUTlMSndQendyZzhnc054c0tpQT09\n\n\nABOUT THIS PRESENTATION\nLuzene Hill\, a Native American multimedia artist and citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. In this presentation she will explore themes of trauma and shame produced by various types of violence enacted against women and indigenous cultures and the transformative healing powers of art. Combining performance with installation to reflect acts of violence against women\, she uses lyrical abstraction to approach difficult topics.\nMs. Hill is best known for her 2011-2015 work\, Retracing the Trace\, an installation about the prevalence and pain of sexual assault seen through the lens of Hill’s own experience.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nLuzene Hill  was born in Atlanta\, GA. She received her bachelor of fine arts and master of fine arts from Western Carolina University. She lives and works on the Qualla Boundary\, Cherokee\, NC.  She has exhibited throughout the United States\, as well as in Canada\, Russia\, Japan\, and the United Kingdom. Awards she has received include: Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists\, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship\, Eiteljorg Museum Fellowship\, and First Peoples Fund Fellowship. She has had recent residencies at IAIA\, MoCNA Social Engagement Residency; the Anderson Ranch Arts Center; and a Township 10 Residency. Hill’s work is featured in Jeffrey Gibson’s book\, An Indigenous Present; the anthology\, Gender Violence\, Art and the Viewer\, edited by S. Caldwell; Art\, Activism and Sexual Violence\, edited by S. Kitch and Gilpin\, as well as on the PBS Documentary\, Native Art NOW!   \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nPlease join us for a discussion exploring the intersection of culture\, art and sexual abuse.\n  \nRSVP to:   fvdillon@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrances V. Dillon\, MSW and Eric Dammann\, PhD\, Co-Directors\,  the Artist Study Group and Ernesto Mujica\, Ph.D.\, Director Sexual Abuse Study Group and Service \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Paradox\, Containment\, and the False Self in Clinical Practice
DESCRIPTION:A New Four-Part Workshop with Todd Anderson\, PhD\, PsyD\, LP\nParadox\, Containment\, and the False Self in Clinical Practice\nPRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONFERENCE ADVISORY BOARD OF WAWI\nHeld in person at the Institute* on four Monday evenings in October and November\n6 CEs are available\n* The William Alanson White Institute is located at 20 West 74th Street\, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenues.\n  \nABOUT THIS SERIES\nDrawing upon four chapters from Todd Anderson’s book\, The Fragmented Self\, Recognition\, and the Edge of Desire\, this workshop explores how clinicians work with paradox\, fragmentation\, premature adaptation\, and difficulties in symbolic life. \nAcross the four sessions\, Dr. Anderson will examine the clinical tension between coherence and containment\, the legacy of premature self-organization\, and the paradoxes of false-self functioning and authenticity. Emphasis throughout the meetings will remain on applied clinical thinking: analytic stance\, listening\, timing\, symbolization\, and the conditions under which experience can become more thinkable and livable in treatment.\nComplete session descriptions and readings are detailed below.\n\n  \nABOUT THE PRESENTER\nTodd Anderson\, PhD\, PsyD\, LP\, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. His clinical and theoretical work focuses on personality structure\, dissociation\, paradox\, symbolic life\, and the conditions under which experience becomes thinkable in analytic treatment. Rooted in a relational and developmental orientation\, his writing draws on object relations\, queer theory\, and post-structural thought. He is the author of The Fragmented Self\, Recognition\, and the Edge of Desire and three other books in psychoanalysis.\n\n\n\nTHE SCHEDULE\nSessions are being held in person on the following four Monday evenings from 7:00-8:30PM: October 26th\, November 2nd\, 9th\, 16th\n\n\nSERIES COST\nProfessionals with Early Registration discount\, $450 – register by September 25th\nProfessionals\, Regular pricing\, $600 – starts September 26th\nCandidates and students\, $300\nSpecial Bonus: Registrants of this Workshop will be offered a discount to attend the new\, 5-part Fran Anderson mini-series set for  Spring 2027\, a follow-up workshop to her popular series\, Chronic Somatic Pain. Announcement to come during the 2026-2027 season.\n\nSESSION CURRICULUM\nSession 1: The Original Paradox\nThis session introduces paradox not as a problem to be solved\, but as a basic structure of psychic life and analytic process. It will consider how contradiction\, fragmentation\, and internal complexity may need to be borne rather than prematurely resolved\, and how clinicians can work more responsively when experience cannot yet be organized into coherent meaning. The meeting will also include time to explore clinical material in relation to these themes\, allowing for integration of theory and practice.\nSession 2: The Dialectic of Coherence and Containment: Ferenczi’s Legacy and the Ethics of Listening\nThis session focuses on the tension between the analyst’s wish to help create meaning and the equally necessary capacity to contain affect\, dissociation\, and uncertainty without rushing toward interpretation. It will examine coherence and containment as mutually necessary yet potentially disruptive analytic functions\, especially in trauma\, dissociation\, impasse\, and enactment. The meeting will also include time to explore clinical material in relation to these themes\, allowing for integration of theory and practice.\nSession 3: The Wise Baby and the Unborn Self\nThis session explores the figure of the prematurely knowing child and the “unborn self” as enduring psychic structures organized around survival\, dissociation\, and foreclosed development. It will consider how some patients come to know too much before they have been sufficiently held\, and how analytic work may involve not simply insight\, but the gradual emergence of what has not yet been able to take form. The meeting will also include time to explore clinical material in relation to these themes\, allowing for integration of theory and practice.\nSession 4: The False Self as Curator: Symbolic Life\, Containment\, and the Paradox of Authenticity\nThis session rethinks the false self not as a simple mask to be stripped away\, but as an intelligent structure of survival\, adaptation\, and symbolic mediation. It will explore how performance and accommodation may preserve aliveness under conditions of mis-recognition\, and how authenticity may depend less on dismantling the false self than understanding its protective and developmental function. The meeting will also include time to explore clinical material in relation to these themes\, allowing for integration of theory and practice.\nSUGGESTED READING\nAll readings are from The Fragmented Self\, Recognition\, and the Edge of Desire.\nReadings may consist of one book chapter for each meeting:\n1. “The Original Paradox”\n2. “The Dialectic of Coherence and Containment: Ferenczi’s Legacy and the Ethics of Listening”\n3. “The Wise Baby and the Unborn Self”\n4. “The False Self as Curator: Symbolic Life\, Containment\, and the Paradox of Authenticity”\n 
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