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CASE CONFERENCE SERIES Fall 2019/ Spring 2020 Theme: Working at the Boundary: Inclusion, Exclusion, Identity and Otherness in Groups, Organizations and Nation States IPTAR Conference Room — Wednesdays: 11:30am to 1pm 1651 Third Avenue, Suite 205 — NYC 10128 CE Credits Available for LCSW’s, LP’s, LCAT’s and LMHC’s (included in Fee for this event with pre-registration).
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November 13, 2019 Brian Vitunic, MIA Political Affairs Officer, The United Nations Internal Reform at the United Nations: Boundary is management, Political and Psychosocial Considerations With Michael A. Diamond, Ph.D. — Moderator and Consultant
Brian Vitunic will share his views and perspectives on organizational dynamics in two departments of the United Nations Secretariat undergoing a process of change management and (semi) merger.
Brian Vitunic is a political affairs officer in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) in New York. His work has included assignments in Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iraq, and Tajikistan, and more recently the topic of internal reform at the Organization. He holds a Masters of International Affairs (MIA) from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University.
Michael A. Diamond is Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Organization Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, Organizational Consultant and Steering Committee Member,
The Gould Center.
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Learning objectives
Participants will learn the significance and psychodynamics of boundary management and mismanagement within institutions like the UN.
Participants will be asked to consider the psychosocial and political consequences of structural change, particularly within organizations as complex and bureaucratic as the UN.
Participants will be asked to consider the complexity of roles and role relationships, and attempts to change them, in bureaucratic organizations such as the UN.
Learning format:
Case presentation (summary) of reform at the UN; Brian will discuss his experience and primary concerns, personally and organizationally, with the matter of reform at the United Nations. Michael will follow with a brief comment on Brian’s overview from the perspective of a psychoanalytic organizational consultant.
Key topics:
Psychosocial considerations on organizational transition and leadership.
Organizational and professional costs of unilateralism and autocratic leadership styles.
Limited learning and suppression of critical dialogue among participants (fellow staffers) and its consequences.
Overall consideration of personal, professional, and political, costs of organizational change at the UN.
CE Credits for LCSW’s, LP’s, LCAT’s and LMHC’s
Social Workers: The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Inc. (IPTAR) 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 #0226.
Licensed Psychoanalysts: The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts (P-0011).
Licensed Creative Arts Therapists: The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists (#CAT-0037).
Licensed Mental Health Counselors: The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (#MHC-0112).
(1.5) CE credits will be granted to participants who have registered, have documented evidence of attendance of the entire program and have completed the on-line evaluation form. Upon completion of the evaluation form a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to all participants who comply with these requirements.
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The Case Conference Series consists of presentations of applied material from an organizational consultation, executive coaching engagement, or presentation relevant to systems-psychodynamic thinking and practice in organizational as well as clinical settings for therapists and analysts . The format is interactive and all who attend are invited to participate. For further information contact
Dahlia Radley-Kingsley, dahlia@radley-kingsley.com .
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IPTAR’s L.J.Gould Center is named for Lawrence Gould, a psychoanalyst, psychologist, Organizational Consultant and international figure in the discipline instrumental in designing and implementing Systems-Psychoanalytic work at IPTAR.
UPCOMING CASE CONFERENCES
Spring 2019:
January 22, 2020:
Susan Berger, PsyD, FIPA
Response-able:
Germans, Poles and Jews — – a step toward
healing an 80 year old collective trauma at the border.
February 12, 2020: TBA
March 11, 2020:
Warren Spielberg, PhD
Psychoanalytic Focus on the Seam: Reflections on Working in the Space between Israelis and Palestinians.
April 22, 2020: TBA
THE GOULD CENTER ADMINISTRATION:
Co-Chairs:
Joseph A. Cancelmo, PsyD, FIPA and Dahlia Radley-Kingsley, MBA, MA
Steering Committee and Additional Faculty: Joseph A. Cancelmo, PsyD,FIPA; Susan Berger, PsyD,FIPA; Michael A. Diamond, PhD.; Dahlia Radley-Kingsley, MBA, MA; Michael Moskowitz, PhD,FIPA; Ferne Traeger, LCSW, MBA, FIPA; Matthew von Unwerth, PhD, FIPA.
Visiting Faculty:
Avi Nutkevitch, PhD
Sharon Horowitz, PhD