APSA17-301

Presidential Symposium on Research: The Scientific Standing of Psychoanalysis

Speakers: Chair: Harriet L. Wolfe, M.D., President (San Francisco, CA) Presenter: Mark Solms, Ph.D. (Cape Town, South Africa)

This presentation will take stock of the current scientific standing of psychoanalysis, both in terms of its theoretical claims about the human mind and in terms of its clinical claims about the efficacy and mode of action of psychoanalytic treatments. The presentation will be aimed at informing and updating the general membership about these basic issues; it is not a specialist ‘research’ presentation.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$18.00

$18.00

APSA17-405

Symposium II: Poetry and Psychoanalysis

Speakers: Moderator: Carol Snow (San Francisco, CA) Presenters: Forrest Hamer, Ph.D. (Oakland, CA) Susan Kolodny, D.M.H. (Oakland, CA)

This symposium will be a moderated conversation between three analyst-poets and a poet “interviewer” reflecting on the relationship between psychoanalysis and poetry. Listening, embodied experience, time, language, inspiration, blocks to (and supports of) creative expression all will be considered. The three will discuss the process of making poems, their own paths to writing poetry, as well as the relationship of poetry to psychoanalysis. The two psychoanalyst-poets are Forrest Hamer, Ph.D. and Susan Kolodny, D.M.H. The interviewing poet is Carol Snow who is an esteemed poet and not a psychoanalyst.

MP3

$15.00

$15.00

APSA17-406

Artist/Scholar-in-Residence 3: "Scary Old Sex": A Conversation With Arlene Heyman

Speakers: Chair: Susan Scheftel, Ph.D. (New York, NY) Presenter: Arlene N. Heyman, M.D. (New York, NY) Discussant: Fred L. Griffin, M.D. (Dallas, TX)

Artist-in-Residence Arlene Heyman, psychoanalyst and writer, will read from her recent book and runaway success, “Scary Old Sex.” In step with this year’s Artist and Scholar-in-Residence theme— “Creativity Over the Life Span”— this collection of short stories shatters taboos by taking a stringently perceptive yet unstintingly humanistic look at the vicissitudes of aging—including, well, sex. The New York Times singles out “Scary Old Sex” for its superb prose, and a “bliss that lifts right off the page.” Following the reading, Fred Griffin will in conversation with Heyman explore the mutual influence of her clinical psychoanalytic work and her construction of fictional universes, as well as the evolution of Heyman’s work over her writing career. The session will end with a question and answer with audience members.

MP3

$15.00

$15.00

APSA20-304

Navigating the Paradox in the Language of Achievement & the Language of Substitution

Speakers: Chair: Dolan Power, Ph.D. Author: Afsaneh Alisobhani, Psy.D.

MP3

$18.00

$18.00

APSA20-413

Current Findings in Neuropsychoanalysis

Speakers: Chair: Richard J. Kessler, D.O. Presenter: Margaret R. Zellner, Ph.D., L.P.

Modern neuroscience has allowed us to recognize more complex and dynamic organizing principals of brain functioning. This development has encouraged exploration of basic psychoanalytic principles within neuropsychoanalysis. Understanding the brain networks that process memory, fantasy, emotion and value has offered insights into the essentials of human motivation. New information challenges our understanding of the therapeutic process and at the same time reveals to us the nature and power of psychoanalysis to promote change.

MP3

$18.00

$18.00

APSA20-300

Plenary Address: Dr. Robert Lifton: “Owning Reality – Reflections on Cultism & Zealotry”

Speakers: Dr. Robert Jay Lifton

This address connects Dr. Robert Jay Lifton’s past work on the psychology of zealotry with current observations on mental predators who claim to own reality. It draws upon examples from Chinese thought reform, the Aum Shinrikyō cult, Nazi genocide, and the solipsistic reality of Donald Trump. An alternative is the collective expression of a more open and resilient “protean self,” which can enable us to respond to these threats to the human future.

MP3

$18.00

$18.00

APSA20-306

University Forum: Racism in America IV – Return of the Biological Race: Has the Old Become the New Again?

Speakers: Chair: Beverly J. Stoute, M.D., Evelynn Hammonds, Ph.D., Dorothy Roberts, J.D. Discussant: Dionne Powell, M.D.

In the fourth part of University Forum: Racism in America we expand our vital discussion of race to contrast how the categorization of race as a social construct versus racial difference as a biological entity impact theory formulation and practice in the biological and psychological sciences. Evelynn Hammonds, Ph.D., formerly Dean of Harvard College, who holds joint appointments in the Department of the History of Science and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard, will integrate the history of sociopolitical concepts of race, the history of disease, and public health, in the sciences and medicine, and present “The Return of Biological Race in the 21st Century?” Dorothy Roberts, J.D., an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and the law, in the University Pennsylvania Law School and Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology, will review advances in scientific research that elucidate race-based genetic differences in the human genome, and propose an alternative model for studying race and racism in, “Racism, and the New Racial Science in the Genomic Age.”

MP3

$30.00

$30.00

APSA17-100

Professional Development Workshop 1: Promoting Your Psychoanalytic Practice

Speakers: Chair: Sue Kolod, Ph.D. (New York, NY) Presenters: Jack Drescher, M.D. (New York, NY) Wylie G. Tené, APsaA Director of Public Affairs (NY)

This workshop will address the importance for psychoanalysts to identify and brand their practice as psychoanalytic, while discussing the many concerns associated with labeling oneself as an analyst. Presenters will also provide participants with a laundry list of best practices for promoting their practice in today’s fast-paced world of 24-hour news channels and lightning-fast social media. The two hour presentation will cover everything from websites, blogging, online videos, and podcasts to traditional advertising, public speaking, and media relations.

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

APSA20-305

DPE Seminar: Thinking Critically About Psychoanalytic Education

Speakers: Chair: Britt-Marie Schiller, Ph.D. Presenters: Gail Glenn, M.A.Ed., Ellen Rees, M.D.

MP3

$18.00

$18.00

APSA17-202

Coffee with a Distinguished Analyst: Dr. Abbot Bronstein

Speakers: Chair: Phoebe Cirio, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. (St Louis,MO) Presenter: Abbot A. Bronstein, Ph.D. (San Francisco, CA)

This program is an informal gathering in which a senior analyst discusses their life and work as an analyst. In this program Dr. Abbot Bronstein will discuss his development as an analyst, some of his thoughts about his analytic work, and will share his reflections on the changes that have occurred in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic education in his professional lifetime. A lively discussion is expected, where candidates will discuss current concerns and there will be time for questions and answers with Dr. Bronstein.

MP3

$15.00

$15.00

APSA17-306

Psychoanalysis & Health Care Policy – What to Expect From the New President & Administration

Speakers: Chair: Herbert S. Gross, M.D. (Rockville, MD) Presenter: Peggy Tighe, J.D. (Washington, DC)

The presentation will be in three parts, 1) The presenter will provide substantive policy insight and a vision of how the White House and its agencies will prioritize and advance policy objectives; 2) She will offer an analysis of key issues of interest to the profession including the politics and policy implications supporting or undermining each issue, including how Congress is expected to react to each; 3) and will conclude with an interactive session where participants can weigh in with issues of greatest concern for further APsaA consideration.

MP3

$15.00

$15.00

APSA20-310

Plenary Address: Dr. Carol Gilligan: “Disrupting the Story: Enter Eve”

Speakers: Dr. Carol Gilligan

The historical association of a disruptive voice with a woman’s voice will be considered and the story of Eve will be revisited in light of contemporary insights. Educational methods will involve the presentation of research evidence and a new framework for understanding the function of disrupting a story that otherwise can appear natural or inevitable.

MP3

$25.00

$25.00

APSA17-201

CORST Essay Prize Winner in Psychoanalysis and Culture

Speakers: Chair: Lewis A. Kirshner, M.D. (Cambridge, MA) Presenter & Prize Winner: Christine Maksimowicz, Ph.D. (Amherst MA) Title: “Poverty, Parenting, and the Foreclosure of Ordinary Devotion: Rethinking Winnicott Socioanalytically”

This annual prize is awarded for essays on psychoanalytically informed research in the biobehavioral sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. The Undergraduate Essay Prize and Courage to Dream Book Prize will also be awarded during this session. In this paper, Dr. Maksimowicz applies the fiction of Toni Morrison and sociologic research into effects of social class and poverty on the developmental process of maternal recognition. She proposes a complex understanding of how economic necessity, pragmatic imperatives, and a desire for respectability shape a style of caregiving that prioritizes “doing” over “being” and can inhibit the development of a child’s unique subjectivity.

MP3

$20.00

$20.00

Subtotal

$255.00