Advanced CE: The Relativity of Morality

Saturday, April 28, 2018, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Presented by:
Anna Ornstein, MD

The Relativity of Morality: Clinical and Political Significance

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

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What are the clinician’s guiding principles when confronted with issues related to morality? In raising this question, Freudian (superego) and post-Freudian (values and ideals) concepts as well as the analyst's subjectivity in the treatment process will be examined. How do political systems affect one's individual sense of morality? We will use Nazi Germany as an example to trace the psychological changes that were made possible by the exposure to a charismatic leader and steady propaganda.  This will give us the opportunity to gain insight into the psychology of bystanders.

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss the relationship between ideals and one's individual sense of morality.
  2. Examine the importance of the analyst's value system and worldview in the analytic treatment process.
  3. Describe experiences that can lead to psychological "conversions" in totalitarian political systems.
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Anna Ornstein, MD is Training and Supervising Analyst at the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. She is Professor Emerita of Child Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati and Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard University. She has written numerous articles on topics such as the interpretive process in psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy (many of these jointly written with Dr. Paul Ornstein), child psychopathology, the treatment of children and families, and the process of recovery following the survival of extreme conditions.

Continuing Education

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

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.

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 April 1, 2018)
$100 general public
$85 NIPPA members
$65 candidates & students

General Registration (begins April 2, 2018)
$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.