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Conversations on Adolescents Winter/Spring 2012

Musings on Tattoos

Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Time: 10:00am - 12:00noon Presentation
Presenter: Sue von Baeyer, Ph.D.
Moderator: Marilynne Kanter, Ph.D.
Place:
     Flamingo Conference Resort and Spa
     2777 Fourth Street
     Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Cost:
     Free Attendance
     2 CME./CE Credits are available for $20 (All SFCP Members) or $24

This presentation is an exploration of the phenomena of tattoos — the history, the evolution and the significance. We will focus in particular on a discussion of psychological importance of the body ego and skin. Given the frequent negative reaction of mothers to their children getting tattooed, we will also focus on tattoos as a mark of separation from the mother and a statement of affiliation with a new "tribe". Three anecdotal vignettes will be presented of interviews with tattooed "informants."

Sue von Baeyer, Ph.D., is a member and faculty at The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and is a Personal and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. For many years she was Director of Training at The Boyer House Foundation, a residential facility for seriously disturbed individuals. She has no tattoos.

Marilynne Kanter, Ph.D., is a Graduate and Faculty of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, Program Developer of the Conversations Series, Co-Chair of the Membership Integration Committee and Co-Chair of the SFCP Extension Division Day With Program. She is a practicing psychoanalyst in San Francisco and Sonoma.

Course Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

1. Participants will learn about the origins and significance of tribal tattoos and how that is reflected in the culture of tattoos today.
2. Participants will learn about the development of the skin ego and the psychic function of the skin ego especially in terms of individuation.
3. Participants will learn about the use of tattoos in individuating from the mother/early caregiver by creating a second skin, thereby working through conflicts about dependency in a very concrete way.
4. Participants will learn about the function of the gaze and controlling of the gaze through tattoos.

The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

PHYSICIANS: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 credits as listed for each individual program, AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

LCSWs/MFTs: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a provider approved by the Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number PCE623, for 2 CE credits on an hour for hour basis.

PSYCHOLOGISTS: Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CME credits may report AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements and are now able to directly submit their verification letters at the end of each renewal cycle using the MCEP credit reporting form that can be found on the internet at: http://www.cpapsych.org/associations/6414/files/mcepaa/files/MCEP_Reporting_Form.pdf

REGISTERED NURSES: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 02677, on an hour for hour basis.

SFCP is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SFCP maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

Commercial Support: None

Faculty Disclosure: The following moderators and planning committee members have disclosed NO financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with commercial companies who have provided products or services, relating presentation(s) or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity: Marilynne Kay Kanter, Ph.D. and Sue von Baeyer, Ph.D.. All conflicts of interest have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME Updated Standards for Commercial Support.