The Scientific Committee of NPAP

Presents
Fifth installment of the 2019-2020
Friday Society Meetings

Cracks in the Concrete:
Processing Towards the Symbolic

Presenters:
Neil Herlands, LCSW

Respondent:
Peter Zimmerman, PhD, LP

Moderator:
Laura D’Angelo, LP

Friday, February 28, 2020
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

NPAP I 40 West 13 Street I # 216
(Between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Handicap accessible facility

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From the intrapsychic to the relational to the political, altering deeply ingrained ways of seeing the world can be challenging. Freudian psychoanalysis has always considered interpretation to be the best tool for helping patients acknowledge and accept different perspectives from the surface to the deepest levels of the body/mind. In this case presentation, a patient’s consistently concrete response to interpretation is understood as a form of disavowal to metabolizing new meanings which is experienced as destabilizing to the psyche. Incremental growth in the capacity to tolerate interpretation led the patient to develop more symbolic understanding of the transference, himself, and his world.

Learning Objectives: After attending the presentation, participants will be able to
– Describe interpretive techniques for working with concrete defenses.
– Identify symbolic thinking.

Open to NPAP members and candidates I no cost
non-members I $30.00

1.5 CE contact hours will be granted to participants with documented attendance and complete evaluation form. It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion, a Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to all participants.

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