Emergent Properties of the Interpersonal Field

Saturday, September 23, 2017, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Presented by:
Donnel Stern, PhD

Advanced CE Workshop: Emergent Properties of the Interpersonal Field

National Institute for the Psychotherapies
250 West 57th Street, Suite 501
Conference Room
New York, NY 10107

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Discussion in this workshop will focus on Stern's way of understanding unformulated experience, dissociation and enactment, illustrated by clinical examples from his practice, as well as participants'. Stern's use of the concept of witnessing, and the ways in which his thinking relates to field theories, particularly Bionian Field Theory, will also be presented. The day will balance theory and practice, paying particular attention to the idea that it is the nature of the interpersonal field, especially its unconscious aspects, that determines the contents of consciousness. In other words, the field is responsible for what patient and analyst can experience--that is, think and feel--in one another's presence. Treatment, from this perspective, is a matter of loosening, relaxing, or thawing the field, in the interest of greater freedom to experience.

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define and use in therapeutic work the concept of unformulated experience.
  2. Observe and effectively address unconscious enactments in clinical work.
  3. Describe the difference between dissociation and repression and apply this difference to work with patients.

Donnel Stern, Ph.D is Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute in New York City; Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychology and Clinical Consultant at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy; and faculty, New York Psychoanalytic Institute. He is the Founder and Editor of a book series at Routledge, "Psychoanalysis in a New Key,” former Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and has written and edited many books and articles.  He is in private practice in New York City.

Continuing Education

This event is approved for 4.0 CE contact hours for psychologists, social workers, licensed psychoanalysts, and licensed mental health clinicians:

The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credits for psychologists. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The National Institute for the Psychotherapies 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-0018.

The National Institute for the Psychotherapies 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 #Psyan-0004.

National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) 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 mental health counselors. #MHC-0059.

Personalized CE certificates will be distributed at the end of this event. Due to New York State requirements, persons arriving more than 15 minutes late or leaving more than 15 minutes early will not receive a CE certificate.

Fees

Early Registration (ends August 31, 2017)

$100 general public
$85 NIPPA members
$65 candidates & students

General Registration (begins September 1, 2017)

$125 general public
$110 NIPPA members
$90 candidates & students

Refunds, & Cancellation Policy
Cancellation requests made more than a week prior to the event will be given a full refund of registration fees. Refunds will not be granted for cancellation requests made within a week of the event or for no-shows on the day of the event.