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Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis 2011 - 2012

PRESENTER: Steven Cooper, Ph.D.
Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; Supervising Analyst and Faculty, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis; Clinical Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; author of two books, Objects of Hope: Exploring Possibility and Limit in Psychoanalysis and A Disturbance in the Field: Essays in Transference-Countertransference; Joint Editor-in-Chief, Psychoanalytic Dialogues.

DISCUSSANT: Stephen Seligman, D.M.H.
Training and Supervising Analyst, SFCP; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Infant-Parent Program, University of California, San Francisco; Joint Editor-in-Chief, Psychoanalytic Dialogues.

MODERATOR: Julie Ruskin, Ph.D.

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Course Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the clinical implications of the patient's use of the analyst as a transference object.
2. Describe the analyst's countertransference in relation to being used as a fantasied transference object.
3. Describe the way in which relational psychoanalyts' formulations of the transference-countertransference interaction may differ from a Kleinian theoretical formulation.

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 3 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 3 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: Julie Ruskin, Ph.D., Henry Markman, M.D., John DiMartini, Ph.D., John Jemerin, M.D., Maria Longuemare, M.D., Ph.D., Patricia Marra, M.F.T., Catherine McKenzie, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Steven Cooper, Ph.D. and Stephen Seligman, D.M.H.. All conflicts of interest have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME Updated Standards for Commercial Support.