PSYCHOANALYTIC GRAND ROUNDS @ STANFORD 2008-2009
Please join us for a series of talks about psychoanalytic ideas in a relaxed setting once each month.
The meetings are free and open to all mental health professionals and interested parties from various disciplines.
The meetings are the LAST Wednesday of each month from 6:15-7:30 pm in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Building, 401 Quarry Road, Room 2209.
CE credits available for $10.00. Only cash and checks will be accepted.
Questions? Call Maureen Smith, M.D. 650-329-8834
September 24, 2008
In the Land of the Wild, Wild Wood: The Unconscious Fantasy of a Latency Age Boy
Nancy Peters, M.S.W.
A nine year old boy had a nightmare that terrified him and began to have obsessive thoughts about “drunk” people. The terror he felt about “drunks” was revealed and understood in his play where he elaborated oedipal strivings and sado masochistic imaginings about sexuality. After visiting the “Wild, Wild Wood,” the boy resumed latency stage development manifested as renewed interest in games and puzzles.
October 29, 2008
Analyzing the Unanalyzable: Learning from Bion
Lynn Alexander, Psy.D.
Though it is not widely recognized, Bion was one of the founders of intersubjectivity. He conceived of the development of the mind as something that can only happen within an emotional interaction between two people. With his introduction of such concepts as container/contained, the obstructive object, and the value of interpretation from the vertex of the patient, he transformed psychoanalysis. Prior to Bion the analytic task was seen as investigating and resolving conflicts. Bion transforms this task into one of enabling the growth of the mind. In this talk Dr. Alexander will describe some of Bion’s key contributions and how they allow us to work with previously unanalyzable patients.
November 19, 2008
A Tour of the PDM (Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual)
Neil Brast, M.D.
Two years ago the ground breaking Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual was published under the sponsorship of five major psychoanalytic organizations. It is a large, dense, complex work that provides a framework for appreciating and describing the full range of human mental functioning. It is based on accrued clinical knowledge and recent research in cognition, neuropsychology, nosology, and treatment outcome. In this presentation, Dr. Brast will take us on a tour of the PDM. We Will delve into its organization, conceptual structure, and handling of the concepts of personality and personality disorders, including the term “borderline.”
January 28, 2009
A Psychoanalytic Encounter with Architecture
Robert Harris, M.D.
This exercise in applied psychoanalysis will be an account of Dr. Harris’ own responses to the Basilica of the Mission Dolores in San Francisco. After having a strong emotional response to this building, Dr. Harris returned many years later to try to understand what it was that he was responding to in the architecture. He recorded his associations— feelings, images, thoughts— on repeated visits. In the process he discovered many previously unrecognized reactions to elements of the building; he found that these gradually organized themselves into more comprehensive narratives. Dr. Harris will show slides of the church to illustrate the features he discusses.
February 25, 2009
What do we mean by ‘perversion’ and why do we care about it anyway?
Lee Grossman, M.D.
The term “perverse,” which used to be restricted to the description of certain sexual practices, has been broadened in recent years, adding both clarity and confusion to the psychoanalytic literature. In this seminar we will try to sharpen our understanding of the term, with special emphasis on making a clinically important distinction between neurotic and perverse processes. We will use case vignettes to illustrate the distinction and its implications for the therapist’s approach to the patient.
March 25, 2009 - TBA
April 29, 2009 - TBA
May 27, 2009 -TBA
