Giorgio De Chirico, Les jeux terribles, 1925-1926.
FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS New Forms of Melancholia  Massimo  Recalcati  Wednesday, April 8, 2020  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm  zasa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University 24 West 12th Street, NYC

The Freudian clinic has described melancholia as a moral delusion mostly based on a sense of guilt. Due to the way in which repression is now being understood, we are identifying forms of melancholia that indicate an Continue reading New Forms of Melancholia with Massimo  Recalcati at Apres-Coup

The NYPSI administration has decided to limit in person contact at the Institute to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Therefore, this meeting has been postponed and will be rescheduled later this spring. Registration fees will be refunded shortly. We apologize for any inconvenience. Continue reading POSTPONED: Scientific Meeting: The Analyst: Disabled and Enabled by What’s Personal on 3/10 at NYPSI

The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute presents /the Fourth Peter J. Blos Sr. Memorial Lecture: V is for Vendetta: Exploring the Interference Posed by a Sibling’s Chronic and Debilitating Medical Condition on an Adolescent’s Emerging Psychic Individuation with  John Tisdale, D.Min. Tuesday, April 14th, 2020  8:00 – 10:00 PM The Marianne & Nicholas Young Auditorium 247 East 82nd Street, NYC No charge. All are welcome. To register, click HERE, visit nypsi.org or call 212.879.6900

Peter Blos Sr. brought the developmental concept of an adolescent’s second individuation into the mainstream of psychoanalytic theorizing and discussion. He proposed this concept, among other things, as a 4th phase of psychosexual development propelling an adolescent toward the emergence of a more complex, rich, and, individualized identity as a sexually mature Continue reading V is for Vendetta: Exploring the Interference Posed by a Sibling’s Chronic and Debilitating Medical Condition on an Adolescent’s Emerging Psychic Individuation with  John Tisdale, D.Min. at NYPSI

This meeting is based on Dr. Bachant’s recently published book, Exploring the Landscape of the Mind: An Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.It will introduce attendees to seven types of listening: content, feeling, defense, transference/countertransference, meaning, Continue reading Upcoming Events at WCSPP

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How do we become analysts? This presentation will focus on how the analyst can be both enabled and disabled by his/her own character and Continue reading The Analyst: Disabled and Enabled by What’s Personal with Judy L. Kantrowitz at NYPSI

FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: New Forms of Melancholia Massimo Recalcati Wednesday, April 8, 2020 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University 24 West 12th Street, NYC

The Freudian clinic has described melancholia as a moral delusion mostly based on a sense of guilt. Due to the way in which repression is now being understood, we are identifying forms of melancholia that indicate an eclipse of desire rather than guilt. These forms become the opportunity to Continue reading New Forms of Melancholia with Massimo Recalcati at Apres Coup

In 1986, Richard Isay described three broad stages in homosexual identity formation: a childhood acquisition stage, the consolidation stage of adolescence and early adulthood, and the integration stage of adulthood.  Ms. Kleinman will focus on the early phase of childhood recognition of sexual identity and the meaning this recognition has for the child.  She will also describe her work with adolescent patients of transgender experience and their work around the integration of sexual and gender identity. The universal difficulty with feelings of difference will be discussed. This has Continue reading THE MEANING OF DIFFERENCE FOR THE LGBTQ CHILD WITH KIMBERLY KLEINMAN AT MITPP