As a result of attending this session, participants should be able to:

• Explain how the impact of sibling and parent relationships bear on one’s attachment repertoire, interpersonal functioning and sense of self and purpose throughout the lifespan.  
• Summarize a psychoanalytic framework for how a mother’s sense of self and associated Dead Mother Complex (Andre Green) has a ripple effect on overall family functioning.
• Discuss Family Systems in terms of patterns of differential treatment and develop interventions to address sibling rivalry and unresolved Oedipal interferences.

References:

Begum, A. (2024) The Parental Relationship Object and Its Internalization within Sibling Dynamics. Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis 18: 33-39

Bigda-Peyton, F. (2000) Antisocial Behavior: Personality Disorders From Hostility to Homicide. Benjamin B. Wolman. New York: Prometheus Books, 1999. 211 pp. Modern Psychoanalysis 25:281-283

Bonovitz, C (2015) Charisma and Self Destruction: A Developmental View. Contemporary Psychoanalysis 51:51-73

Cattelan, C. (2023) Treating Parents and Children Together in Cases of Serious Developmental Risk. The Italian Psychoanalytic Annual 17:141-155

Green, A. (1997) The Intuition Of The Negative In Playing And Reality. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 78:1071-1084

Loewald, H. W. (1960) On the Therapeutic Action of Psycho-Analysis. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 41:16-33

Masih, S. (2020). Madness and Otherness. The Psychoanalytic Review, 107(2), 175–195.

Modell, A. H. (1999) Chapter 3 The Dead Mother Syndrome and the Reconstruction of Trauma. The Dead Mother: The Work of André Green 36:77-87

Yi, K. (2023) Asian American Experience: The Illusion of Inclusion and the Model Minority Stereotype. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 33:45-59

Program Coordinators:

Thomas Brod, MD, Apurva Shah, MD and Mary Starks, LPCC

Discussants:

Mary Starks MA, LPCC is a psychoanalytic therapist in private practice in Santa Monica; she has a post graduate certificate in Infant Mental Health from the Harris Institute and has a special interest in the generational trauma embedded in Hollywood and the culture of the entertainment industry. 

Alex Lewin, LMFT is an advanced candidate in the adult psychoanalytic training program at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. He has a private practice in Los Angeles, where he sees many artists and creative professionals, as well as adolescents, families, and couples. Alex holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and an MFA in Playwriting from the University of California at San Diego.

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 Psychoanalysts-in-Training and Students

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 the attendance certificate 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.