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20th Annual Conference on The Psychology of The Self

CHALLENGES IN SELF PSYCHOLOGY

November 13-16, 1997

The Renaissance Chicago Hotel
Chicago, IL

Presented by:
International Council for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology

Sponsored by:
The Institute for Psychoanalysis of Chicago

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Conference Information and Contents:

bullet Invitation
bullet Pre-conference Program
bullet Main Conference Program
bullet Faculty
bullet Fees and General Information
bullet Continuing Education Credit
bullet Location
bullet Conference Registration Form

Pre-conference Program

Thursday evening, November 13, 1997
Friday morning, November 14, 1997

Participants interested in registering for the Pre-Conference Program have the option of selecting one of five sessions offered:

1. Introductory Course
2. Advanced Course
3. Child Therapy Course
4. Brief Therapy Course
5. Marital and Family Therapy Course


INTRODUCTORY AND ADVANCED COURSES

1. INTRODUCTORY COURSE

This course, intended for registrants who wish to become more familiar with the basic theory and practice in Self Psychology, consists of two didactic sessions followed by a case presentation and discussion.

      a.  Introductory Course Didactic Sessions  

          Thursday evening:        7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
          Friday morning:          8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. *
          Co-Leaders:              Robert J. Leider, MD
                                   Salee A. Jenkins, PhD   

      b.  Introductory Course Case Discussion 

          Friday morning:          10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
          Case Presentation:       Taras Babiak, MD, FRCP(C)
          Chair and Discussant:    Howard A. Bacal, MD, FRCP(C)

2. ADVANCED COURSE

This course, intended for registrants already familiar with the practice of Self Psychology, consists of a theoretical presentation and Master Classes in the form of small group supervision.

      a.  The THEORETICAL SECTION of the Advanced Course consists of
          a formal presentation with discussants:

          Thursday evening:        7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

          Title:                   Aggression: Reactive and Transformed
          Chair:                   Hans-Peter Hartmann, MD
          Presenter:               Frank M. Lachmann, PhD
          Discussant:              Ernest S. Wolf, MD

      b.  CLINICAL SECTION (Advanced Course)

The CLINICAL SECTION consists of Master Classes in the form of a clinical case presentation with the discussion led by a senior Self Psychologist. Please rank in order your first 5 preferences from the list on the conference registration form. Master Class groups will be assigned on a first come (paid), first served basis. Those interested in attending a Master Class of their choice should apply early. We regret that exceptions cannot be made to allow additional registrants once a Master Class has reached maximum capacity.

          Friday morning 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. *
   *Coffee and breakfast rolls will be provided on 
    Friday morning from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

CHILD THERAPY, BRIEF THERAPY & MARITAL AND
FAMILY THERAPY COURSES

3. CHILD THERAPY COURSE

The Self Psychology of Child Treatment

     Chairs and          Iris Hilke, MA
     Presenters:         Mark D. Smaller, PhD

     Discussants:        Robert M. Galatzer-Levy, MD
                         Rosalind C. Kindler, MFA, RDT, MCAPCT
 
     Thursday Evening    7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.    Theoretical and Clinical
                                                  Foundations
     Friday Morning      8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. * Case Presentation 
                         10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Integrative Discussion

4. BRIEF THERAPY COURSE

Brief But Deep: Finding the Focus in "Focal Psychotherapy"

     Chairs and          Anna Ornstein, MD         
     Presenters:         Paul H. Ornstein, MD

     Thursday Evening    7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.    Historical-Conceptual 
                                                  Foundations
     Friday Morning      8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. * Videotape Presentation
                         10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Establishing the Focus

5. MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY COURSE

Treating Couples and Families: A Self Psychological Perspective

     Chair:              Martin S. Livingston, PhD
     Presenters:         Philip A. Ringstrom, PhD, PsyD
                         Carla M. Leone, PhD

     Thursday Evening    7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.       Models of Couples
                                                     Therapy
     Friday Morning      8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.*     Models of Family
                                                     Therapy
                         10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m      Working with Conflict
                                                     and Aggression


*Coffee and breakfast rolls will be provided on Friday morning
from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

PLEASE NOTE: A maximum capacity will be strictly adhered to for the Child Therapy, Brief Therapy and Marital and Family Therapy courses and SPACE IS LIMITED. Early registration is strongly recommended. We regret that exceptions cannot be made to allow additional registrants once maximum capacity has been reached.

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Main Conference Program

Friday Afternoon - November 14, 1997

1:00 - 1:15 pm      WELCOME
                    Paula B. Fuqua, MD and Jill R. Gardner, PhD
                    Co-Chairs, 20th Annual Conference 
                    Thomas J. Pappadis, MD
                    Director, Institute for Psychoanalysis of Chicago

1:15 - 2:45         Panel I

                    Title:         Narcissistic Behavior Disorders
                    Chair:         Sheldon J. Meyers, MD
                    Presenters:    Barbara Fajardo, PhD
                                   Jeffrey S. Stern, PhD  
                    Discussant:    Arnold Goldberg, MD
                                   Presenters' Response and Open Discussion

2:45 - 3:15         Coffee Break

3:15 - 4:45         Panel II

                    Title:         Self Psychologists Consider Boundaries
                    Chair:         Shelley R. Doctors, PhD
                    Presenters:    Mark J. Gehrie, PhD
                                   Morton Shane, MD
                    Discussant:    Linda A. Chernus, MSW
                                   Presenters' Response and Open Discussion

Saturday, November 15, 1997

 7:30 - 8:30 am     Coffee and Breakfast Rolls


 8:30 - 10:00       Discussion Groups for Panels I and II, led by
                    International Council Members paired with experienced
                    clinicians.

10:00 - 10:30       Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00 pm    Original Papers/Workshops

                    Session A

               1.   Title:         The Selfobject Transferences
                                   Reconsidered
                    Presenter:     Crayton E. Rowe, Jr., MSW
                    Chair:         David M. Terman, MD
                    Discussant:    Robert L. Kuykendal, MD

               2.   Title:         The Primacy of Meaning in
                                   Analytic Decision Making
                    Presenter:     Julia M. Schwartz, MD
                    Chair:         Jill R. Gardner, PhD 
                    Discussant:    Sandra M. Kiersky, PhD

               3.   Title:         Changing Patterns of Parenting:
                                   Comments on the Sources of Unmodified
                                   Grandiosity in Children
                    Presenter:     Anna Ornstein, MD
                    Chair &   
                    Discussant:    Morton Shane, MD

               4.   Title:         The Selfobject Function of
                                   Interpretation
                    Presenters:    Peter Buirski, PhD
                                   Pamela E. Haglund, PsyD
                    Chair:         Peter Kaufmann, PhD
                    Discussant:    Gary M. Rodin, MD

               5.   Title:         Listening for Deep Structure: Between
                                   the A Priori and the Intersubjective
                    Presenter:     Jill T. Gentile, PhD
                    Chair:         Edwin L. Hersch, MA, MD, FRCP(C)
                    Discussant:    Barry Magid, MD

               6.   Title:         The Treatment of Eating Disorders:
                                   Facilitating a Shift from Outer to
                                   Inner Life
                    Presenter:     Jane R. Lewis, CSW 
                    Chair:         Brenda C. Solomon, MD
                    Discussant:    Susan H. Sands, PhD

               7.   Title:         Patterns of Attachment and Organizing
                                   Principles in Relationship Seeking
                    Presenter:     Mary E. Connors, PhD, ABPP
                    Chair:         Bernard Brandchaft, MD
                    Discussant:    Peter A. Lessem, PhD

               8.   Workshop:      Growth and Change in Later Life:
                                   Working with the Elderly Through the
                                   Lens of Self Psychology
                    Presenters:    Miriam A. Elson, AM
                                   Bertram J. Cohler, PhD

               9.   Title:         The Sharing of Affective Experience
                                   as an Optimal Response
                    Presenter:     Bruce D. Herzog, BA, MD, FRCP(C)
                    Chair:         Marian D. Tolpin, MD
                    Discussant:    Jackie J. Gotthold, PsyD

12:15 - 2:00        Optional Luncheon

(An additional fee will be charged for the meal. Those who do not elect to eat but wish to attend the lecture after the meal may do so based on space availability.)

1:00 - 2:00         Kohut Memorial Lecture
                    Title:         Death and the Self
                    Introduction:  Arnold I. Goldberg, MD
                    Presenter:     Charles B. Strozier, PhD

2:15 - 3:45 pm      Original Papers/Workshops
                    Session B

               1.   Title:         The Recognition and Treatment of
                                   Traumatic States
                    Presenter:     Joseph M. Jones, MD
                    Chair:         Diane L. Martinez, MD
                    Discussant:    Joan A. Lang, MD

               2.   Title:         A Life of One's Own: A Case Study of
                                   the Loss and Restoration of the Sense
                                   of Personal Agency
                    Presenters:    Dorthy M. Levinson, MSW
                                   George E. Atwood, PhD
                    Chair:         Steven H. Knoblauch, PhD
                    Discussant:    William J. Coburn, PhD

               3.   Title:         The Use and Misuse of 'Mirroring' in
                                   the Transformation of Primitive
                                   Grandiosity (UPDATED 7/24/97)
                    Presenter:     Kim Richardson, MA
                    Chair:         David S. Solomon, MD
                    Discussant:    Mary E. Gales, MD

               4.   Title:         How Can Something That Feels So Good Be
                                   a Bad Thing? Pedophilic Behavior, Shame
                                   and Self-Cohesion: A Case Study
                    Presenter:     Judith Aronson, MA
                    Chair:         Hazel R. Ipp, PhD
                    Discussant:    Caryle Perlman, MSW

               5.   Workshop
                    On History:    Klein and Kohut: An Odd Couple Or
                                   Secretly Related
                    Presenter:     James Grotstein, MD
                    Chair &   
                    Discussant:    Malcolm Owen Slavin, PhD

               6.   Workshop:      Psychotherapy Outcome Research and Self
                                   Psychology: Encouraging Results
                    Presenters:    Russell A. Meares, MBBS, MD, Acad DPM
                                   Jon T. Monsen, PhD
                    Chair & 
                    Discussant:    Howard S. Baker, MD 

               7.   Workshop:      Recent Advances in the Application
                                   of Self Psychological Principles to
                                   Group Psychotherapy
                    Presenters:    Rosemary A. Segalla, PhD
                                   Damon L. Silvers, PhD
                                   Bruce S. Wine, PhD

               8.   Round Table    The Origins of Self Psychology:
                                   A Conversation
                    Discussion:
                    -Moderator:    Charles B. Strozier, PhD
                    -Discussants:  Arnold I. Goldberg, MD
                                   Anna Ornstein, MD
                                   Paul H. Ornstein, MD
                                   Marian D. Tolpin, MD
                                   Paul H. Tolpin, MD
                                   Ernest S. Wolf, MD
                              
3:45 - 4:15         Coffee Break

4:15 - 5:45         Original Papers/Workshops

                    Session C

               1.   Title:         The Self and Its Past:
                                   A Self Psychological Approach to
                                   Understanding Certain Effects of
                                   "History" on Individual Psychological
                                   Development
                    Presenter:     Martin W. Gossmann, MD
                    Chair:         Constance O. Goldberg, MS, BCD
                    Discussant:    Paul H. Ornstein, MD

               2.   Title:         Towards a Model of Contemporary
                                   Child Psychoanalysis
                    Presenter:     Sally Howard, PhD, PsyD
                    Chair &   
                    Discussant:    Estelle Shane, PhD

               3.   Title:         Unconscious Fantasy: The Influence of
                                   Gender and Selfobject Experience on a
                                   Couple's Relationship
                    Presenter:     Nancy R. Hicks, PsyD, MDiv
                    Chair:         Arthur A. Gray, PhD
                    Discussant:    Philip A. Ringstrom, PhD, PsyD

               4.   Title:         Harvest of Fire: Twinship and
                                   Fundamental Conflict in Group Process
                    Presenter:     Martin S. Livingston, PhD
                    Chair:         Arthur C. Nielsen, MD
                    Discussant:    James E. Gorney, PhD

               5.   Title:         Clinical Implications of the Concept of
                                   Mature Selfobject Experience
                    Presenter:     George A. Hagman, MSW
                    Chair:         Paula B. Fuqua, MD
                    Discussant:    Judith Gillard-Kaufman, PhD

               6.   Title:         Secret Conversations with My Father:
                                   The Human Contextualization of
                                   Theoretical Discourse
                    Presenter:     Maxwell S. Sucharov, MD
                    Chair:         Gianni Nebbiosi, PhD
                    Discussant:    Robert M. Galatzer-Levy, MD

               7.   Title:         Investment and Divestment:
                                   Agentic Relatedness, Oneness and Self
                                   Psychology's Tripartite Model of the
                                   Person
                    Presenter:     David S. Klugman, MSW
                    Chair:         Susan G. Lazar, MD
                    Discussant:    Carolyn S. Clement, PhD

               8.   Meet The Authors:

                    With Donna M. Orange, PhD, PsyD, George E. Atwood, PhD
                    and Robert D. Stolorow, PhD discussing their book:

                    Working Intersubjectively: Contextualism in
                    Psychoanalytic Practice



6:15 - 7:30         Conference Reception
                    Hors d'oeuvres, Cash Bar)

7:30 - 10:00        Dancing and Cash Bar

Sunday, November 16, 1997

7:30 - 8:30 am      Coffee and Breakfast Rolls 

8:30 - 10:00        Original Papers/Workshops

               Session D

               1.   Title:         When the Analyst Gets Divorced...And
                                   Other Matters
                    Presenter:     Kati Breckenridge, PhD
                    Chair:         Floyd Galler, MD, LFAPA
                    Discussant:    Judith Rustin, MSW

               2.   Title:         Exploding the Myth of Unilateral
                                   Healing: Self Psychological Treatment
                                   and the Analyst's Development
                    Presenters:    Doris Brothers, PhD
                                   Ellen J. Lewinberg, MSW
                    Chair:         Paul H. Tolpin, MD
                    Discussant:    Henry J. Friedman, MD

               3.   Title:         Analyst Self-Disclosure: The Search for
                                   Authenticity in the Psychoanalytic
                                   Situation
                    Presenter:     Arnold Wm. Rachman, PhD
                    Chair:         Harvey M. Freed, MD
                    Discussant:    Dorienne Sorter, PhD

               4.   Title:         Insight, Empathy and Projective
                                   Identification
                    Presenter:     Craig Powell, MBBS, FRANZCP
                    Chair:         Henry M. Evans, MD
                    Discussant:    Donna M. Orange, PhD, PsyD

               5.   Title:         Building Emotional Resilience:
                                   Integrating Clinical and Empirical
                                   Findings
                    Presenter:     Elizabeth M. Carr, RNCS, MSN
                    Chair:         Andrew P. Morrison, MD
                    Discussant:    Amanda E. Kottler, MA

               6.   Workshop
                    On History:    Winnicott and Kohut: Making the Analyst
                                   Useable
                    Presenter:     Kenneth Newman, MD
                    Chair &   
                    Discussant:    Malcolm Owen Slavin, PhD

               7.   Workshop:      Reconceptualizing the Frame: Combining
                                   Couples and Individual Therapy  
                    Presenters:    Luba S. Fischer, PhD
                                   David R. Shaddock, MA
                                   Jeffrey L. Trop, MD

               8.   Workshop:      Clinical Encounters and Their Emotional
                                   Content
                    Presenters:    Anna Ornstein, MD
                                   Francesca von Broembsen, PhD, PsyD

10:00 - 10:30       Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:30 pm    Panel III

                    Title:         Three Perspectives on a Clinical
                                   Vignette
                    Chair:         James M. Fisch, MD  
                    Presenter:     Alan R. Kindler, MBBS, FRCP(C)
                    Discussants:   James L. Fosshage, PhD
                                   Paul H. Ornstein, MD
                                   Robert D. Stolorow, PhD

                    Summation:     James M. Fisch, MD

                    Discussion Between Panelists and Audience

                    Closing Remarks:    Paula B. Fuqua, MD 
                                        Jill R. Gardner, PhD
 
12:30               FINAL ADJOURNMENT

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