Teaching Psychodynamics Psychodynamically

by Marc Wallis, L.C.S.W.

A colleague at the APsaA Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Teachers' Academy commented that his main take-away from the Academy was the importance of, and possibilities for, teaching psychodynamics in a form consistent with the content: psychodynamically. Put slightly differently, an emphasis of this five-day Academy at the Winter meetings in New York City was on experiential learning for both student and teacher. I will return to this in a moment. First, let me explain the context.

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Writing an Effective Online Therapist Directory Profile

by Renee Spencer, Ph.D.

Increasingly, psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic therapists are listing their practices in online therapist directories – modern yellow pages where consumers search for a therapist by location and specialty. Consumers search these directories to identify a therapist or to research a therapist whose name they received word-of-mouth.

Writing an effective directory profile comes naturally for some but for most is a skill that takes time to develop. Accepting the challenge of briefly putting into writing how you think about helping people with their problems - in everyday language - can be a rewarding endeavor, both personally and as a contribution to promoting psychoanalytic treatment.

A practice listing (or profile) generally includes a photo, practice description and a link to one's professional website for those who have one.

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FIFTH CLARK KERR LECTURER NAMED

Neil J. Smelser has been named the fifth Clark Kerr Lecturer. The Clark Kerr Lectures on the Role of Higher Education in Society are supported by funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the University of California Office of the President, are administered through the Center for Studies in Higher Education on the Berkeley campus, and are given at two-year intervals. Previous holders of the lectureship have been Harold Shapiro, Charles Vest, Donald Kennedy, and Hannah Gray.

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Scientific Meeting Report

by Suzanne Gassner, Ph.D.

On October 10, 2011, Dr. Robert Stolorow was honored with the Haskell Norman Award, an award given to analysts who have made major contributions to psychoanalytic theory, research, clinical achievement or applied psychoanalysis. In awarding Dr. Stolorow the Haskell Norman Prize, we implicitly recognized that his collaborators, in particular George Atwood, Bernard Brandschaft, and Donna Orange, have made essential contributions to the formulation and further development of intersubjectivity theory.

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