Film & Mind: The Boy and The Heron
**PACIFIC TIME** : February 21, 2025, 8:00 - 9:30 PM
*** Registration will close at 4:30 PM the day of the event. No registrations are possible after this time, no exceptions. *** See our Policy page for more info.
PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- You will receive confirmation and details by email. Contact Byrd at byrdb@n-c-p.org if you have questions.
- The program presentation runs from 8 PM to 9:30 PM
- This program is being presented Online Only.
- A signature is required (in the meeting Chat) for CE/CME Credit.
- 1.5 CE/CME credits are offered for this program.
The Boy and the Heron (originally titled "How Do You Live?" in Japanese) is Hayao Miyazaki's 2023 animated film, which marks his return from retirement. The film explores profound emotional themes typical of Miyazaki's work:
- Grief and Loss: The film centers on a young boy named Mahito who is processing the death of his mother during World War II. The emotional journey of grief, mourning, and finding hope after tragedy is a central theme.
- Coming of Age: Mahito's narrative is a classic coming-of-age story, exploring how a young person navigates complex emotions, trauma, and personal transformation during a challenging period of life.
- Connection to Nature: Typical of Miyazaki's films, there's a deep exploration of humanity's relationship with the natural world, represented symbolically through the mystical heron and the magical realm Mahito encounters.
- Resilience and Healing: The film delves into how individuals, especially children, can find strength and healing through imagination, adventure, and confronting difficult emotional landscapes.
- Life and Death: The narrative explores the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth, presenting these concepts through a fantastical and metaphorical lens that is both beautiful and profound.
The film is deeply personal for Miyazaki, drawing on his own experiences and reflections on life, loss, and the human spirit's capacity for renewal and psychological adaptation.
Available on:
Amazon Prime, Apple,Hulu, Max (click for options)
Schedule
*** All times listed are Pacific Time (PT) ***
Discussion (on Zoom): 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM - We will hear from our discussants and explore the film together.
We will not watch the film together prior to the discussion. Participants should watch the film beforehand or begin screening on their own before 6:15 pm PT.
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this session, participants should be able to:
- Discuss Bowlby’s attachment framework in terms of the emotional dynamics present in coping with loss as seen in the narratives of young patients.
- Discuss how the protagonist Mahito transforms his grief through fantasy, demonstrating that children often process trauma through non-linear, symbolic means rather than direct verbal communication.
- Discuss how the protagonist's journey illustrates the psychological process of integrating traumatic experiences into a coherent personal narrative, highlighting the importance of agency, imagination, and personal meaning-making in healing.
Program Coordinator: Thomas M. Brod, MD, coordinates the NCP Film & Mind Program with Apurva Shah, MD.
Discussants:
Deborah Lynn, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist/general psychiatrist, and recent graduate from the New Center for Psychoanalysis psychoanalytic training. She is in private practice in Westwood as well as a member of the clinical faculty at UCLA, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is a consultant at City of Hope in pediatric oncology. She is a lecturer at Reiss-Davis Child Development Center and she teaches in NCP’s Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program.
Luis Alejandro Nagy, PhD, is a psychoanalyst and a computer scientist who practices in Arcadia, CA. In addition, he works as Chair of the IPA Social Media Committee and is President-Elect of NCP. He serves as Board President of Rose City Center in Pasadena, CA, where he is also a supervisor and member of the Training Committee. With a special interest in films and communications, he serves as advisor to the Website Editorial Committee of the IPA and was former Chair of Communications of the Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies of Latin-America. He is a Professor and a Training Analyst at the Chinese American Psychoanalytic Alliance and an international speaker promoting online safety and prevention through detection of pathological use of the internet in treating children and adults.
IMPORTANT:
- This is online only. It will be held via Zoom.
- Pre-registration is required.
- Target audience: Mental health professionals and open to the public interested in psychoanalytic perspectives. Open to members and the community.
- Level: Every level.
- 1.5 CE/CME credits offered.
- Signature is required for Continuing Education Credit. Zoom attendees must "sign" in and out at the beginning and end of the discussion in the Zoom Meeting Chat to receive credit.
- You will receive a confirmation and event-details message by email after registering. Contact Byrd at byrdb@n-c-p.org if you have questions.
FEES:
$25 with CE Credit
$15 without Credit
Free for NCP Clinical Associates and Students
"How do I get my CE/CME Credit?"
- Pre-Register below
- If you are registering for the first time you will receive a welcome email. You must follow the directions in this email to complete your registration in order to access your certificates.
- "Sign" in and "sign" out during the event (by typing your full name into the chat). This is how we record your attendance at the event.
- Wait 5 business days.
- Download your Certificate on the NCP website.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
PHYSICIANS: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and the New Center for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: The New Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The New Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists must report CE credits directly to MCEP using this document to verify attendance. Please note that a psychologist must attend the CE program in its entirety in order to receive credit.
SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE and FAMILY THERAPISTS (LCSW, LMFT, ASW, IMF, LEP, LPCC, PCCI): The New Center for Psychoanalysis offers continuing education via the organizations listed above whose requirements meet the course content requirements set by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (see 16 CCR section 1887.4.0 for General CE Course Content Requirements). Acceptance of the CE credits for this activity is at the discretion of the licensing board.