SYMBOL and SYNAPSE

A day with Mark Solms, PhD and Leon Hoffman, MD

With
Maggie Zellner, PhD
Mark Blechner, PhD
Kirkland Vaughans, PhD
Pasqual Pantone, PhD
Susan Rose, PhD

Murray Sargent Auditorium
310 East 67th Street
New York, NY

Please note that this event is now SOLD OUT.

Since the 1998 publication of Jaak Panksepp’s Affective Neuroscience, establishing seven basic and fundamentally conscious affective systems, neuropsychoanalytic researchers have evolved an approach to development and therapy that emphasizes the individual’s capacity to update past experience by contrasting prior expectations with new observations from their environment.  This conference will apply neuropsychoanalytic thinking to theories of adolescent development and therapy.  Relational and cultural themes will be explored in addition to aspects of adolescent mind and brain functioning.

7.5 CEUs/CMEs/Contact Hours (see below for specific information)

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Conference Program:

8:15-9:00 am — Registration and Breakfast

9:00-9:15 am — Opening Remarks by Liz Winship, PhD
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Keynote Speaker:

9:15-10:05 am — Consciousness, Affect and Learning by Mark Solms, PhD
10:05-10:15 am– Q&A with Mark Solms, PhD
Moderator:  Mark Blechner, PhD
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10:15-10:30 am — Coffee Break
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10:30 -11:20 am — The Unconscious, Defense and Therapy by Mark Solms, PhD
11:20-11:30 am — Q&A with Mark Solms, PhD
Moderator: Mark Blechner, PhD

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11:30-11:45 am — Coffee Break

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11:45 -12:35 pm — Discussion by Leon Hoffman, MD
12:35-1:00 pm — Q&A with Mark Solms, PhD, and Leon Hoffman, MD
Moderator:  Mark Blechner, PhD
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1:00-2:15 pm — Box Lunch and Small Group Exercise

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2:15-2:30 pm — Return to Seats
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2:30-3:45 pm — Live Supervision
Case presentation:   Susan Rose, PhD
Supervisors:  Mark Solms, PhD, and Maggie Zellner, PhD
Moderator:  Kirkland Vaughans, PhD
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3:45-4:00 pm — Coffee Break

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4:00–5:15 pm — Panel Discussion:  Finding Common Ground Between
Neuropsychoanalysis and Psychoanalysis in Human Development—
Relational and Cultural Constructs
Panelists:  Mark Solms, PhD, Leon Hoffman, MD, Mark Blechner, PhD,
Kirkland Vaughans, PhD, Maggie Zellner, PhD
Moderator:  Pasqual Pantone, PhD
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5:15 -5:30 pm — Closing Remarks by Liz Winship, PhD
Award Presentation to Mark Solms, PhD
Award Presentation to Jaak Panksepp, PhD (posthumously)

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Learning Objectives for Symbol and Synapse:

1. Participants will be able to identify seven basic affective systems and explain why affect is conscious.
2. Participants will be able to explain why, according to neuropsychoanalytic theory, therapy needs to rely more on observations in the transference relationship than on patient memories
3. Participants will be able to explain how psychoanalytic understanding of adolescent development and therapy benefits from a neuropsychoanalytic explanation of affect and memory in adolescence
4. Participants will be able to describe the similarities and differences between Panksepp’s seven affects and Freud’s, Klein’s and Sullivan’s views on affect.  Also, participants will be able to explain the differences between current research perspectives on memory and Freud’s understanding of memory
5. Participants will be able to explain the neuropsychoanalytic method for detecting what is motivating a patient’s conflicts and behavior
6. Participants will be able to explain how therapy with adolescents can be conducted with a neuropsychoanalytic method
7. Participants will be able to identify two common features of the neuropsychoanalytic theory of how and why therapy works and the Relational/Interpersonal theory of why and how therapy works
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For Psychologists:
The William Alanson White Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor Continuing Education for Psychologists. The William Alanson White Institute maintains responsibility for these programs and their contents.
7.5 Continuing Education Credits
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For Social Workers:
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology 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-0159.
7.5 Continuing Education Credits
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For Licensed Psychoanalysts:
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology 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-0007.
7.5 Continuing Education Credits
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For Physicians:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the William Alanson White Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
7.5 Continuing Education Credits
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of [7.5 ] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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For Mental Health Counselors:
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology 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-0025
7.5 Continuing Education Credits
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For Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists:
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology 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 marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0019.
7.5 Continuing Education Credits

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IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

The William Alanson White Institute is a SEVIS approved school.

Continuing Education Credits:
CE credits are calculated on a credit per course hour basis.

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Co-Sponsored by The Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation, Section II of Division 39 (APA), and JICAP (Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy).  More to follow.
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Conference Committee

Liz Winship, PhD
Tomás Casado-Frankel, LMFT
Lisa Dubinsky, PsyD
Mara Heiman, LCSW
Karen Gennaro, MD
Joseph Mikulka, LCSW
Wendy Panken, LCSW
Susan Warshaw, EdD, ABPP
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This conference is underwritten by the Winship/Ettinger family in memory of psychoanalyst Margaret Foerster.