Category: Psychoanalysis

Letter to the New York Times by Henry J. Friedman
By Categories: Psychoanalysis

To the Editor:

Re “I Can’t Stop Mass Shooters,” by Amy Barnhorst (Op-Ed, Feb. 21):

As a psychiatrist practicing for many decades, I have long understood the problems that stop mental health professionals from effectively preventing angry, hating young men from using automatic weapons to murder large numbers of young people whom they both envy and hate.

Dr. Barnhorst has described her experience as an emergency psychiatrist so clearly that anyone who reads her article should be able to comprehend why reliance upon psychiatrists and other mental health workers to prevent future occurrence of mass murders is unrealistic.

As she demonstrates, it may be easy as a psychiatrist to hospitalize and treat a delusional patient experiencing command hallucinations, but this isn’t the case with the kind of raging young man intent on revenge against those he blames for his outsider misery.

Dr. Barnhorst’s article is an example of a psychiatrist successfully educating the public and her colleagues in psychiatry about the limitations of concentrating on mental illness as the cause of mass murders.

HENRY J. FRIEDMAN
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

The writer is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Modern Conflict Theory in Practice with Ian D. Buckingham at NYPSI
By Categories: EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

NYPSI EXTENSION PROGRAM: Modern Conflict Theory in Practice with Ian D. Buckingham, M.D.

Modern Conflict Theory in Practice Ian D. Buckingham, M.D. March 15 – 29, 2018 Thursdays, 8:30 – 10:00 pm 3 classes / $90 Location: 247 East 82nd Street, NYC Register Today

NYPSI Extension Program: Modern Conflict Theory in Practice: A contemporary focus on the functioning of the mind from the perspective of Modern Conflict Theory, with emphasis on Brenner’s revisions of traditional structural theory and a new appreciation of the ideas of evolutionary biology for understanding the functioning of the mind.

Dr. Buckingham was formerly President of NYPSI and Director of its Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program. He is on the faculty of both NYPSI and NYU Medical Center. 4.5 CME/CE credits offered

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Explain contemporary theory in the functioning of the mind, specifically from the perspective of Modern Conflict Theory.
2. Describe Charles Brenner’s revisions of traditional structural theory. Continue reading Modern Conflict Theory in Practice with Ian D. Buckingham at NYPSI

On Bion’s r/evolution in psychoanalysis with Larry Brown, PhD and Annie Reiner, PhD at IPTAR
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PTAR PRESENTS:  REVOLUTIONS IN TECHNIQUE: On Bion’s r/evolution in psychoanalysis with Larry Brown, PhD and Annie Reiner, PhD, Discussant: James Ogilvie, PhD, Moderator: Steve Ellman, PhD
March 10th, 2018, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm, IPTAR, 1651 Third Ave, suite 205
REGISTER HERE
Admission General: $125 includes 5 CE Credits Candidates: $25 includes 5 CE credits

PROGRAM
9am – 9:30am — BREAKFAST
9:30am – 10:30am: Dr. Annie Reiner (followed by audience Q&A)

Ferenczi’s ‘astra’ and Bion’s ‘O’– A clinical perspective on early trauma.

Some of Ferenczi’s controversial intuitions about primitive mental life were before their time, and many are now accepted as part of mainstream psychoanalysis. His ideas about the effects of early emotional trauma on infants, for instance, are useful in understanding Continue reading On Bion’s r/evolution in psychoanalysis with Larry Brown, PhD and Annie Reiner, PhD at IPTAR

DIALOGUES ON… SERIES How to Keep Your Cool When Your Child is Oppositional with Leon Hoffman, M.D. at NYPSI
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NYPSI: DIALOGUES ON… SERIES How to Keep Your Cool When Your Child is Oppositional with Leon Hoffman, M.D.
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute’s Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis division continues the “Dialogues on…” Series with
leading child development experts: How to Keep Your Cool When Your Child is Oppositional How does understanding help? Leon Hoffman, M.D. March 14, 2018, 8:00 – 9:30 pm, New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, 247 East 82nd Street, NYC No charge. Register HERE, visit nypsi.org, or call 212.879.6900

Children with problematic behaviors do not have sufficient internal strength to tolerate the pain and anxiety of disturbing emotional states. In this meeting we will discuss the helpfulness of being curious about the child’s behavior.

Leon Hoffman, M.D. is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Training and Supervising Analyst in adult, child, and adolescent analysis; co-Director, Pacella Research Center at NYPSI (New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute); Faculty, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Chief Psychiatrist, West End Day School in NYC. Continue reading DIALOGUES ON… SERIES How to Keep Your Cool When Your Child is Oppositional with Leon Hoffman, M.D. at NYPSI