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july, 2024
12jul3:30 pm5:00 pmSummer Series: Working with Grief, Depression, and Masochism
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NPAP Summer Series Presents Working with Grief, Depression, and Masochism
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Presents
Presenter:
Nancy McWilliams, PhD
Moderator:
Thomas S. Taylor, PhD, LCSWR
Friday, July 12, 2024
3:30pm – 5pm
Live Online via Zoom: Workshop
(Registration is required in order to
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Registration will close
Friday, July 12 at 1pm
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BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM
FRIDAY, JULY 12
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Therapists struggle to help patients for whom situational stresses interact with personality patterns in complicated combinations of grief, mourning, and depressive and masochistic dynamics. Because neither “Depressive Personality Disorder” nor “Self-Defeating Personality Disorder” is found in the DSM or ICD, official taxonomies offer little clinical help in distinguishing between various painful self-states and framing therapy accordingly. Dr. McWilliams will differentiate conceptually between depression and mourning, between anaclitic and introjective depression, between relational self-sabotage and “moral masochism” (Reik, 1941), and between depressive and self-defeating personality patterns.
Learning Objectives: After attending this presentation, participants will be able to
– Articulate three differences between normal grief and clinical depression.
– Identify differences between predominantly depressive and predominantly self-defeating (masochistic) personality patterns and identify their respective clinical implications.
Open to:
NPAP Members I $25
Professionals I $40
Candidates/Students I $15
Contribution I suggested
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.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis 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 #SW-0139.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0010.
The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0137.
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(Friday) 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
19jul3:30 pm5:00 pmSummer Series: Let’s Talk about Sex
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NPAP Summer Series Presents Let's Talk about Sex Presenter: Josh Wolf-Powers,
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Presenter:
Josh Wolf-Powers, LCSW
Moderator:
Thomas S. Taylor, PhD, LCSWR
Friday, July 19, 2024
3:30pm – 5pm
Live Online via Zoom: Workshop
(Registration is required in order to
receive the zoom link)
Registration will close
Friday, July 19 at 1pm
YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK
BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM
ON FRIDAY, JULY 19
Registration is Closed
Sexual fantasies and behaviors offer a unique window into the unconscious, revealing deep-seated fears, desires, and conflicts. This session equips clinicians with the tools to understand and navigate these topics, fostering more open and productive discussions about sexuality in the therapeutic setting. Through practical examples and theoretical exploration, these insights will be integrated into clinical practice.
Learning Objectives: After attending this presentation, participants will be able to
– Identify and interpret the unconscious meanings behind patients’ sexual activities, sexual fantasies, pornography consumption, and masturbation habits.
– Identify and interpret the negative emotions converted into pleasure through sexual fantasies and behaviors.
– Describe the importance of using precise language and clarifying terms when discussing sex and sexuality with patients and develop comfort and facility in using such precise language.
Open to:
NPAP Members I $25
Professionals I $40
Candidates/Students I $15
Contribution I suggested
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.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis 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 #SW-0139.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0010.
The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0137.
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(Friday) 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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NPAP Summer Series Presents “Old and Dirty Gods”: Religion and Antisemitism at the Origins of
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Presenter:
Pamela Cooper-White, PhD, LCPC
Moderator:
Thomas S. Taylor, PhD, LCSWR
Friday, July 26, 2024
3:30pm – 5pm
Live Online via Zoom: Workshop
(Registration is required in order to
receive the zoom link)
Registration will close
Friday, July 26 at 1pm
YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK
BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM
ON FRIDAY, JULY 26
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Freud’s collection of antiquities – his “old and dirty gods”– stood as silent witnesses to the early analysts’ paradoxical fascination and hostility toward religion. The author will argue in this paper that antisemitism, reaching back centuries before the Holocaust, and the acute perspective from the margins that it engendered among the first analysts, stands at the very origins of psychoanalytic theory and practice. The core insight of psychoanalytic thought – that there is always more beneath the surface appearances of reality, and that this “more” is among other things affective, memory-laden and psychological – cannot fail to have had something to do with the experiences of the first Jewish analysts in their position of marginality and oppression in Habsburg-Catholic Vienna of the 20th century. The lecture engages recent contributions by relational psychoanalysts to probe the significance of Judaism, Christianity, and the Holocaust for psychoanalytic theory, and will conclude with some parallels between the decades leading to the Holocaust and the current political situation in the U.S. and Europe, and their implications for liberative psychoanalytic praxis.
Learning Objectives: After attending this presentation, participants will be able to
– Discuss the depth and complexity of the early Viennese psychoanalysts’ conceptualizations of religion.
– Describe how antisemitism functioned as “total context” that stands at the origins of psychoanalytic theory.
– Explain parallels between the decades leading up to the Holocaust and the present American and European political context, and how psychoanalysis can function as a liberative praxis.
Open to:
NPAP Members I $25
Professionals I $40
Candidates/Students I $15
Contribution I suggested
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.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis 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 #SW-0139.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0010.
The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0137.
Time
(Friday) 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
The Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center provides emotional support in the next step of your recovery process after a brain injury.
Our licensed professionals treat the symptoms and psychological sequelae of stroke, TBIs, and other brain injuries. These symptoms may include depression, anxiety, identity issues and the feeling that you are just not your old self. After medical intervention and rehab, the next step is to address the psychological, social, familial and environmental challenges. When changes in the brain occur, these changes also affect how we feel about ourselves and how we relate to family and friends.
Our licensed clinicians are trained and highly experienced in this next step of the recovery process. The brain has an innate neuroplasticity and we are here to facilitate your recovery and to enhance your sense of well-being.
Call us today at (212) 924-7440 or email [email protected] for a free consultation.
What We Offer
Brain-injured patients often experience symptoms of depression, anxiety and a sense that they are not the person they once were. Often they find that psychological services are not available to them after they complete their rehabilitation treatment.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy can help these individuals reduce their psychological symptoms and reestablish a sense of identity and well-being.
How?
In the psychotherapeutic process, we work with you to facilitate your recovery and to reestablish a sense of self.
Who?
We are licensed clinical social workers, psychologists and psychoanalysts, collaborating with an educational consultant and a neurologist.
Educational Outreach
The Center’s licensed clinicians provide ongoing education, facilitate reading groups, give presentations at national and international conferences and contribute to scholarly journals.
About Our Fees
• Medicare and many other insurances are accepted.
• Flexible fee schedule.
• Funding may be available for patients without insurance.
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