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 The Logic of the Unconscious and the Drive: Remarks on the Foundation of Psychoanalysis with André Michels online with André Michels
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Henri Matisse, Sorrow of the King, 1952
FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS  The Logic of the Unconscious and the Drive: Remarks on the Foundation of Psychoanalysis  André Michels  Saturday, February 6, 202110:00 AM – 12:30 PM (EST)

Lacan’s logical investigations of the unconscious is already at work in Freud’s elaboration of The Interpretation of Dreams. The radical newness of psychoanalysis is to situate the unconscious in relation to the drive, as its ethical kernel; yet the amazing proximity, if not identity, in psychoanalysis of logic, ethics, and aesthetics is one anticipated by Wittgenstein.
Suggested readings: Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams (1900). Lacan: Seminar XIV, La logique du fantasme, 1966-67. Wittgenstein, Ludwig: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922).
André Michels is a psychoanalyst practicing in Luxembourg and Paris, and a member of the Après-Coup faculty. He is the co-editor of the Jahrbuch für klinische Psychoanalyse, editor of Actualité de l’hystérie, and author of numerous articles on psychoanalysis.
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WCSPP Open House
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The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy  ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSE ON ZOOM Saturday, February 6, 2021 10:30 am-noon Learn about our extensive training opportunities for Fall 2021 in:
*Psychotherapy *Psychoanalysis *Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy *Couples Therapy

  • Join us for a clinical presentation by a recent graduate with supervision by two senior faculty members, examining the case from unique perspectives.
  • Ask questions of current candidates, graduates, and faculty.
  • Hear personal experiences about the transformational impact of training on deepening work in agency settings and helping grow private practices..

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Is Jouissance a Psychoanalytic Concept? with  Darian Leader at Après-Coup
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Jackson Pollock, Shimmering Substance, 1946
FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: Is Jouissance a Psychoanalytic Concept?  Darian Leader   Saturday, January 16, 2021
11:00 AM – 1:30 PM (EST)

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Advanced Lacanians are supposedly those who have a ‘clinic of the real’ or of ‘jouissance,’ but beyond the sophisticated terms we often find feeble and unhelpful conceptualizations. The label ‘jouissance’ is now used almost entirely descriptively, thus blocking further exploration of a variety of clinical issues and shutting down rather than opening up clinical and conceptual questions about the symptom, the body, repetition, and sexuality. Continue reading Is Jouissance a Psychoanalytic Concept? with  Darian Leader at Après-Coup

Psychoanalytic Themes in Six Classic Hollywood Films with Thomas Wolman online with NYPSI
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Psychoanalytic Themes in Six Classic Hollywood Films Thomas Wolman, M.D. January 4 – February 22, 2021 Mondays, 7:00 – 8:15 pm 6 classes  /  $150 Fee Location: Virtual – Held on ZOOM To register, click here, visit nypsi.org or call 212-879-6900

NYPSI Extension Course: Psychoanalytic Themes in Six Classic Hollywood Films 
This course will explore six films representing six different genres: Musical, Thriller, Western, Youth film, Science Fiction and Romance. In each case, the connections with psychoanalysis will vary with the film’s subject and style. “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), for example, is a veritable palimpsest of psychoanalytic ideas and an illustration of primitive fantasy a la Melanie Klein. “Spellbound” (1945) offers an interesting, though some would argue distorted, vision of psychoanalysis. “High Noon” (1952), while not overtly psychological in tone presents a model of ethical choice, of interest to therapists and psychoanalysts. And in “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955), the Ur-youth picture, James Dean offers an indelible portrait of Continue reading Psychoanalytic Themes in Six Classic Hollywood Films with Thomas Wolman online with NYPSI