The Clear and Present Danger Program on October 4, 2020
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THE CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER OF A MARKETING NARCISSIST AND GASLIGHTING PRESIDENT IN AN AGE OF CULTURAL CONFLICT

“The Clear and Present Danger of a Marketing Narcissist and Gaslighting President in an Age of Cultural Conflict” will be a free Go To Meeting Session on Sunday, October 4, 2020 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm eastern time.

The speakers will be Michael Maccoby, Robin Stern, Elizabeth Lunbeck and Judith Logue.  Dr. Maccoby is a psychoanalyst and anthropologist whose book The Gamesman was a New York Times bestseller. He specializes in studying narcissistic leaders. Maccoby’s article “Narcissistic Leaders” in the Harvard Business Review earned a McKinsey Award.  Donald Trump quotes Maccoby on narcissism in his book, Think Like A Billionaire.  Robin Stern is the Associate Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.  She is also on the faculty of Teachers College Columbia University, and is the author of The Gaslight Effect. Dr. Stern has recently been a guest on the Today Show to discuss gaslighting.  Dr.  Elizabeth Lunbeck is Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. She is the author of The Americanization of Narcissism and The Psychiatric Persuasion.  Dr. Judith Logue, a psychoanalyst in private practice, is a co-founder of the Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey. She is a Former Board member, APA, Division 39, and is an Executive Councilor of the American Psychoanalytic Association.  Each is a contributor to Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump edited by Michael Maccoby and Ken Fuchsman and published by Routledge in 2020.  The moderator of this event will be Dr. Fuchsman.  For more information and to register contact Ken at kfuchsman@gmail.com.  Free training in how to use Go To Meeting will be provided in advance to anyone who needs it.

This event is sponsored by the International Psychohistorical Association.

Howard Zinn: Don’t Despair about the Supreme Court
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ClicK Here to Read: Howard Zinn: Don’t Despair about the Supreme Court: It would be naive to depend on the Supreme Court to defend the rights of poor people, women, people of color, dissenters of all kinds  by Howard Zinn on The Progressive website on October 21, 2005.  Howard Zinn.  Image: Jim from Stevens Point, WI, USA.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Storytelling and the Experience of Talk Therapy with Claire Basescu Online at WCSPP
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Scientific Meeting 2 CE Hours available for NY L CSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs STORYTELLING AND THE EXPERIENCE OF TALK THERAPY: NOTES ON THE POSSIBLE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE Live Webinar! CLAIRE BASESCU, Ph.D.  Friday, OCTOBER 2, 2020 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Admission including CE: $30 TO REGISTER:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3797273767002816270  This webinar is live, real-time and interactive Powered by GoToWebinar Presented by the Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP

This paper addresses multiple aspects of storytelling and narrative in relation to talk therapy.  It is an essayistic exploration of the collaborative meaning-making nature of the therapy conversation.  All theory, all case presentations, all interpretive organizing of experience, are forms of narrative storytelling based in the subjectivity of analyst and patient, mediated by language.  Also of interest are Continue reading Storytelling and the Experience of Talk Therapy with Claire Basescu Online at WCSPP