Speakers:
Dr. Jeanne Wolff Bernstein (Berkeley, California)
presented by
The Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Toronto Society for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Location: George Ignatieff Theatre (Trinity College)
15 Devonshire Pl, Toronto, ON, Canada, (just 0.6 km from Caversham Booksellers ). BION AND LACAN: TWO MAVERICKS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Rarely have Lacan and Bion been placed in imaginary dialogue. In this workshop, their ideas about the unconscious, the importance of language, and the place of truth in psychoanalytic practice will be discussed from diverse viewpoints. Both were devoted to finding truth in language not behind language, but in the spoken words themselves. They listened for emptiness and fullness in their patients' words. They argued for a psychoanalytic practice that focused on the patient's unconscious desire as it revealed itself in free association. Both were reluctant to use their countertransference as a means of understanding a patient's unconscious world. Instead they positioned themselves in a place more akin to that of a licensed fool who speaks in truths and paradoxes, unmasking the falsehoods and conventionalities blocking the subject's unconscious desire. While their theoretical ideas are at far greater variance, their clinical practices share surprisingly similar ideas. Today's exploration endeavours to bring a new facet to the debate of what constitutes truth in psychoanalytic discourse. Faculty Jeanne Wolff Bernstein, Ph.D. is President of The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and on the faculty of The Northern California Society of Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP) and The Wright Institute. She is a founding member of the San Francisco Society for Lacanian Studies, contributing editor to "Psychoanalytic Dialogues", editorial board member of "Studies in Gender and Sexuality" and "Contemporary Psychoanalysis". She has published numerous articles in "Psychoanalytic Dialogues", "The Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies", "Free Associations","Recherches Cliniques en Psychoanalyse", "Studies in Sexuality and Gender" and "The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis". Clive Thomson, Ph.D, is a professor in the Department of French Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, with a cross appointment in the Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario. He is a graduate of the TICP and a guest member of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society where he co-teaches a course on Jacques Lacan. He has a private psychoanalytic practice in Toronto. Brent Willock, Ph.D., is President, TICP; Advisory Board member, International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy; faculty, Toronto Child Psychoanalytic Program and Institute for the Advancement of Self Psychology. He is first editor of On Deaths and Endings: Psychoanalysts' Reflections on Finality, Transformations and New Beginnings (Routledge, 2007). His book on Comparative-Integrative Psychoanalysis has just been published by The Analytic Press. Schedule 9:00 AM Registration and coffee
9:30 AM Welcome and introduction
Brent Willock, Ph.D.
9:40 AM Bion and Lacan: Two Mavericks of Psychoanalysis
Dr Jeanne Wolff Bernstein
10:40 AM Refreshment break
11:10 AM Discussion with audience
NOON Light lunch
1:00 PM Clinical presentation
Dr Clive Thomson
1:45 PM Discussion of Dr Thomson's case
Dr Jeanne Wolff Bernstein and Dr Clive Thomson
2:30 PM Discussion with audience
3:30 PM Closing remarks
Brent Willock, Ph.D.
MOCS Credits Please note that this event is an accredited group learning activity, as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Learning Objectives Participants will: 1. Update their knowledge of theoretical developments in psychoanalysis.
2. Maintain and develop their ability to critically evaluate new ideas in the psychoanalytic literature.
3. Examine and refine their thinking in related areas of psychoanalytic knowledge.
4. Refine their clinical practice and technique in light of new developments in clinical psychoanalytic theory.
5. Be stimulated to think about patients in new and clinically useful ways.
6. Reinforce their commitment to the ethical practice of psychoanalysis.
7. Recognize the value of theoretical diversity in psychoanalysis.
Registration and Fees For your convenience we have provided a printable online registration form which may be accessed by clicking here . A downloadable PDF version of the Event brochure is available here .
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