MCPP ALL DAY SYMPOSIUM

 

THE MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY PRESENTS

AN ALL-DAY ONLINE SYMPOSIUM WITH

MARK SOLMS, Ph.D.

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST

MCPP Members: $150    non-MCPP Members $200

Students $100

Continuing Education Credits will be offered for this symposium (6 credits)

for both Psychology and Social Work, at no additional charge.

 

Please click here for further information and to register.

 

Abstract:

Neuropsychoanalysis is an emerging field that synthesizes elements of classical and contemporary psychoanalytic theory with the must current findings in neuroscience, and then applies those findings in specific, practical ways to the practice of psychodynamic treatment. The approach was pioneered by Prof. Solms, who coined the term “neuropsychoanalysis.”  The International Neuropsychoanalytic Society (NPSA) hosts an annual conference, publishes the journal Neuropsychoanalysis, and coordinates the work of groups throughout the world in the study and practice of this approach.  Many psychoanalysts and psychoanalytically-oriented therapists have found that the approach has revolutionized their thinking about their patients, their discipline, and their interpretations.

This three-part meeting will (1) introduce the theoretical developments, (2) outline their practical implications, and (3) illustrate them with reference to a clinical case discussion.  In other words, Prof. Solms not only will address the theoretical implications of the research; he will demonstrate in concrete terms the specific, practical strategies for conceptualizing psychopathology and providing interpretations using psychoanalytic principles that practitioners can use with their patients every day.

For those not yet familiar with Prof. Solms’ approach, this symposium will provide an introduction to his theories and their application. For those who are already acquainted with his work, this is an opportunity to hear the latest innovations in his theory and their practical implications, as well as a chance to see his approach at work as he comments on a case presentation.

 

Bio:

Mark Solms is among the most dynamic, creative, innovative, and influential psychoanalysts in the world today. He has electrified the field with his synthesis of cutting- edge contemporary neuroscience and classical Freudian theory.  He is one of the most sought-after speakers in the world today in the field of psychoanalysis.

Professor Solms holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital. He is Training Director of the South African Psychoanalytical Association, Director of the Science Department of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and Research Chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association. He has received numerous prizes and honors, including the Sigourney Prize, the IPA’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, and Honorary Fellowship of the American College of Psychiatrists. He has published 350 articles in both neuroscientific and psychoanalytic journals, and he has authored eight books. The Brain and the Inner World was translated into 13 languages. His collected papers were published recently as The Feeling Brain. His next book, The Hidden Spring, will appear in early 2021. He is the editor and translator of the forthcoming Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 vols) and Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 vols).

Miriam Goldstein, Ph.D., currently is completing  a postdoctoral fellowship at Arbor Psychology Group in Ann Arbor.  She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Eastern Michigan University, after completing her predoctoral internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. In addition to seeing adults and adolescents in individual psychotherapy, she works with parents of children with feeding disorders through Arbor Psychology’s multidisciplinary feeding program.  Miriam is a past recipient of the APA Division 39 Graduate Scholars Award and the MPI Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Fellowship.

 

Learning Objectives:

(1) Participants will be able to describe changes in the psychoanalytic theory of the drives, consciousness and the unconscious, and repression, based on recent neuroscientific findings on these topics.

(2) Participants will be able to describe the implications of recent neuroscientific findings for the practice of psychoanalytic therapy, particularly in relation to transference, recovery of repressed memory, defense, and working through.

(3) Participants will be able to implement changes in their clinical technique based on neuropsychoanalytic developments in the theory of the drives, consciousness and the unconscious, repression, transference, defense, and working through.

(4) Participants will be able to link psychoanalytic theory with the paradigm of predictive coding which has become so influential in contemporary theoretical neuroscience.

 

Agenda:

Welcome to the Symposium: 8:10-8:30 a.m.

Introduction 8:30-8:45 a.m.

8:45-10:00 a.m. – Theoretical Developments in the Neuropsychoanalytic Approach

Discussion – 10:00 -10:30 a.m.

Break – 10:30-10:45 a.m.

10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Practical Implications of Neuropsychoanalytic Principles

Discussion – 12-12:30 p.m.

Lunch 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

1:30-2:00 p.m. – Case Presentation by Miriam Goldstein, Ph.D.

2:00-3:00 p.m. Case Commentary by Prof. Solms

Break – 3:00-3:15 p.m.

3:15-3:45 p.m. – Discussion with Audience

3:45-4:00 p.m. – Concluding Remarks