I think we have to consider that brain development, although related to experience, is not equal to it. We still have to try to imagine what the baby experiences remembering the difference between us. I would prefer a different word than "adult".

I think we have to consider that brain development, although related to experience, is not equal to it. We still have to try to imagine what the baby experiences remembering the difference between us. I would prefer a different word than "adult".

It is well founded that early intervention is a crucial element in the treatment of autistic and severely traumatized children. In this presentation Dr. Gilbert Kliman presents a therapeutic model which can begin in the pre-school classroom. This innovative program is co-sponsored by Los AngelesChild Development Center, Saint John's Child and Family Development Center, and the New Center for Psychoanalysis Child Analytic Program.

Dr. Kliman will outline how to create small group networks with teachers, students, parents and therapists. He shows how therapeutic gains are enhanced by the network as these children develop a heightened capacity to reflect and be empathic with themselves and others. Dr. Kliman punctuates his discussion with videotape of actual sessions in the classroom, paying special attention to the traumatized and the autistic child. Two Executive Directors of the Center for Reflective Parenting, John Grienenberger, Ph.D and Diane Reynolds, M.A., MFT, are the discussants.

Gilbert Kliman, M.D., a Board Certified child psychiatrist and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association is the founder and director of The Children's Psychological Trauma Center. He is the author of over 50 articles and books and has received an International Literary prize for “Responsible Parenthood” as best book concerning well-being of children.

For full details and to register go to http://www.n-c-p.org/edu-event.asp?id=282&the_type=Course

With its inherent intimacy, cloistered sessions & risks of sexual boundary violations, psychoanalytic psychotherapy is still a dangerous method for patient & therapist.

This workshop examines circumstances in which sexual violations develop, transference/countertransference dynamics, traumatic sequellae for transgressor & victim, training issues & more. 

 

 

Saturday, October 20, 2012

9:00 AM–4:30 PM

$115 Pre-registration/$125 Day of Event

$ 65 students, clinical associates, residents, and interns

Lunch is included

 

 

On September 28, 2012 a massive, rogue planet will do a 'pass by' at NCP, and Carmageddon, the Sequel, will close down the 405 (between the 10 and 101). Let none of these stop you from hearing Psychoanalytic, Jungian and Bionian perspectives on Lars von Trier's 'end of the world' film Melancholia. Sign up on-line: http://www.n-c-p.org/edu-event.asp?id=260&the_type=Film+Series

Our format for this program will be different from usual. Dr. Power will present a lecture illustrated with several long excerpts from the film. Discussion will follow.

Pamela Power, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst practicing in Santa Monica. She is an analyst member of the C G Jung Institute of Los Angeles where she teaches and supervises. She is past clinic director and past director of training at the Institute. She lectures frequently on topics related to the interfacing of psychoanalysis and analytical psychology. 

Elyn Saks, a member of the New Center for Psychoanalysis,  just returned from Scotland where she gave a TED talk. Telling of her personal experience with sciziphrena, she provides incredible insight into mental illness and the benefits of compassionate care. Here is the link to the talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness.html.

 Dr. Saks is a lawyer and law professor, author, MacArthur "genius" grant winner and head of USC's Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy and Ethics. Her book about life as a schizophrenic, "The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness,"  opens the door to the inside story of mental illness. Her courageous personal accounts are helping break down the stigma of mental ilness. 

 "The Mother's Signature: A Journal of Dreams" is being translated into German and will be available in the fall of 2012 in German. The author, Dr. Bernard Bail, has done groundbreaking work exploring the origins of life and its effects on the individual and this book is the result of years of research. “The Mother’s Signature” details his hypothesis that a child's mind is initially influenced by the state of mind of his or her mother.

The March 15, 2012 Scientific Meeting of the New Center for Psychoanalysis will tackle the subject of Linking Neurobiology and Psychodynamics. For obvious reasons, the “talking cure” has had a deep and pervasive bias toward speech, language and abstract thinking. Since Wilhelm Reich was expelled from the garden of mainstream psychoanalysis, somatic forms of therapy have usually been forced to find alternative homes. As our knowledge of the evolution and function of the brain continues to expand, new ideas and intuitions are emerging about the inextricable connectivity between the mind, brain and body. This presentation will explore a number of findings from cognitive and social neuroscience that may point to a future convergence of Freudian and somatic unconscious.

The Program is from 8 PM-10 PM. Admission is free without continuing education credits and with CE credits the fee is $20. 

Dogma and Flexibility in Psychoanalytic Technique is the title of this year's prestigious lecture Franz Alexander Lecture which takes place on Friday evening, March 23, from 8 PM-10PM. The presentation by Dr. Hedda Bolger addresses the life and personality of Franz Alexander as well as his legacy of flexibility in psychoanalytic theory, technique, research and education. Dr. Bolger discusses the issues of the "corrective emotional experience," the analytic frame, and the length of time an analysis should take.  She attempts to answer the question of whether Alexander was ahead of his time or was what he advocated not really psychoanalysis.

Hedda Bolgar, PhD is co-founded the Wright Institute of Los Angeles and its Director Emerita and co-founder of the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. At 102 years of age, Dr. Bolgar is a practicing psychoanalyst and in 2011 was named one of two of America's outstanding Oldest Workers. She is an Honorary Member of the New Center for Psychoanalysis.

Dr. Gabbard is the featured speaker at an upcoming program A Dangerous Method: Sexual Boundary Violations Then and Now to be held at the New Center for Psychoanalysis on March 17, 2012 from 9 AM-1:30 PM. Dr. Gabbard provides an overview from his extensive experience studying sexual boundary violations while four psychoanalyst historians address the relationships between Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Sabina Spielrein that occurred at the very beginning of the practice of psychoanalysis. Joseph Aguayo, PhD, Elena Bezzubova, MD, PhD, David James Fisher, PhD, and Peter Loewenberg add the historical details and perspectives that allow a deeper look at the boundary issues under consideration. Thomas Brod, MD is the conference coordinator and moderator.

Dr. Hellinger was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who touched deeply the lives of all who knew him; he died January 5, 2012. He practiced more than 50 years in New York, NY, Lexington, KY, and Beverly Hills, CA.  Dr. Hellinger left us in the love and grace that exemplified his life.  He was a lifetime fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the New Center for Psychoanalysis, Sr. Surgeon (Lt. Col.) in the US Public Health Service and a member of the clinical faculty at UCLA. He is survived by loving wife Joan, sons Douglas and James, grandchildren Jason and Michele, niece Skye Van Raalte-Herzog, daughters in-law Valeria and Catherine, among many others who adored him and will miss him greatly.