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

• Describe how trauma and loss are visualized through the material choices of the architectural elements, including in the connection with the title of the film.
• Summarize the main character’s constructive and destructive elements of ambition through a psychodynamic reading of what gets mobilized after the experience of war.
• Discuss internal conflict and its surface manifestation in the film’s portrayal of personal integrity and artistic vision against social pressures and commercial interest.

Program Coordinators:

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

Discussants:

Bettina Soestwohner, PhD, PsyD holds a doctoral degree in Comparative Literature and taught literature and language for many years. She is a Research Psychoanalyst with the New Center for Psychoanalysis, where she regularly presents in the film series. A member of the Freudian School of Quebec (EFQ), she is in charge of the work of the EFQ in California. She is a founding member of the SPIIRAL project where she participates in research on post-Lacanian psychoanalysis in a world where the mixing of cultures and civilizations requires new modalities to take seriously the loss of cultural credibility. Currently she is also doing research for a project on Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater. She is interested in the intersection of studies in daily life with trauma, fantasies and aesthetics. Her private practice is in Los Angeles. 

Josh Richmond, MPW, FIPA, offers psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for adults at his office in South Pasadena. He is a psychoanalyst and a graduate of the New Center for Psychoanalysis of Los Angeles, where he is also on faculty, and a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Psychoanalytic Association. Joshua Richmond is in the process of getting certified in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, an evidence-based modality designed to treat personality disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He was an Adjunct Professor at Cal State Fullerton for four years and is a vested member of the Writers Guild of America West. 

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.