An Introduction to Psychosomatics: Christine Anzieu, M.D. and Francis Baudry, M.D. October 24, 2019 – February 6, 2020 (10/24, 11/14, 12/12/2019; 1/16, 2/6/2020) Thursdays, 8:00 – 9:30 pm 5 classes  /  $185 Location: NYPSI (247 East 82nd Street, NYC) To register, click here, visit nypsi.org or call 212-879-6900 NYPSI Extension Course: An Introduction to Psychosomatics
This course will explore the dynamic between psyche and soma, using the theoretical frame of the Paris Psychosomatic School. We will read and discuss articles about operational thinking and suppression of affects. We will present adult and child clinical cases of patients suffering from somatic illness and presenting some specific mental organization that requires technical changes in the analytic intervention.

7.5 CME/ CE credits offered.

Christine Anzieu-Premmereur, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in NYC who works in private practice with adults and children, parents and their babies. A member of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris, she is on the faculty of the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research, where she directs the Parent-Infant Psychotherapy Training Program, and she is Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Anzieu-Premmereur is a member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society and she chairs the discussion group Parent-Infant Programs at Psychoanalytic Institutes at the American Psychoanalytic Association meetings.

In French she has co-authored books on play in child psychotherapy and on psychoanalytic interventions with parents and babies.  She co-edited with Vaia Tsolas the recently published A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Body in Today’s World (Routledge, 2018). In 2017, Dr. Anzieu-Premmereur published the chapter “Attacks on Linking in Parents of Young Disturbed Children” in Attacks on Linking Revisited: A New Look at Bion’s Classic Work.

Francis Baudry, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. He has a special interest in a wide range of analytic theories including Kleinian, French (especially the work of André Green), and South American. Dr. Baudry has written on a wide variety of topics including subjectivity, character supervision, and applied analysis.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1) Describe specific unconscious issues associated with psychosomatic disorders
2) Identify the techniques of analytic therapy in child and adult work when applying the theory on representing and psychosomatics.

Psychologists

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0317.

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 New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. 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 (7.5) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Important disclosure information for all learners

None of the planners and presenters of this CME/CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Persons with disabilities

The building is wheelchair accessible and has an elevator. Please notify the registrar in advance if you require accommodations.

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