NYPSI EXTENSION COURSE: On the Development of Representation and its Failures with Christine Anzieu, M.D. and Francis Baudry, M.D. October 18, 2018 – March 21, 2019, (10/18, 11/15, 1/17, 2/21, 3/21), Thursdays, 8:00 – 9:30 pm, 5 classes / $150, Location: NYPSI (247 East 82nd Street, NYC), To register, click here, visit nypsi.org or call 212-879-6900

NYPSI Extension Course: On the Development of Representation and Its Failures

Some non-neurotic patients are unable to create and to maintain a solid representation of the maternal object. Difficulties with symbolization and concreteness in thinking and language impair the relation to external reality in these patients. Modifications in technique are required In order to deal with these complex issues. The task of the psychoanalyst is no longer centered on the recovery of repressed childhood memories. Instead his/her job is to create or strengthen weak psychic structures fostering representation. Using clinical examples from very young children and from adult analyses, the instructors illustrate how the failure to achieve representation and to mentalize experience leads to profound identity disturbance, disorganized thinking and occasionally psychosomatic symptomatology.

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 and critically evaluate theories on the psychosomatic consequences of disorders in the capacity for representation.
2) Evaluate the role of mental representations in psychic functioning.
3) Identify analytic therapy techniques used in working with child and adult patients with an impaired capacity for representation.

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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