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March 28, 2010Psychodynamic Parenting for a General AudienceEllen Toronto, Ph.D. Dr. Ellen Toronto will be presenting excerpts from her upcoming parenting book, (Title TBA). Drawing on her personal experience as a parent, she also includes a professional perspective. She describes parenting from a view point that is both relational and spiritual. The relational outlook draws on infant research and psychoanalytic writing to clarify the importance of mutuality in the parent-child interaction. From a spiritual perspective the essential task of parenting becomes that of preserving the essence of the child...what some might call the soul. The book is written for a lay audience but will be of interest to the professional in understanding these same dynamics when working with clients/patients. It strives to present an authentic view of the challenging, but rewarding terrain of parenting. Dr. Toronto is a member of MiSIPS and is also a founding member and past president of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council. She is also a past president of the Section on Women and Gender of Division 39 of APA and a Section Representative to the Division Board. She has presented and published on the topics of women and gender and nonverbal communication. She is first editor of Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Gender-free Case: Into the Void (Routledge 2005) Dr. Toronto is in private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00-noon Discussion noon-1:00p |
May 23, 2010When the Body Speaks its Mind: psychosomatic symptoms, their understanding and interpretationTeresa Bernardez, MD Dr Bernardez will talk about instances in analysis or intensive psychotherapy when the patient speaks with her body in physical symptoms. It is not necessary to be a physician to explore the body’s language or to be able to appropriately translate *the bodyspeak* to mental and affective components leading to interpretation. Attention to the body leads to better integration of psychological and physical aspects of conflicts and has the additional advantage of improving our patients’ physical health. Vignettes will illustrate common somatic presentations and a discussion (prologue) to the analytic understanding of serious physical illness. Teresa Bernardez, MD, is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council. She was Professor of Psychiatry in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University from 1971 to 1989. During her tenure in the Dept. of Psychiatry she was Director of Training in Group Dynamics and Group Psychotherapy, Director of the OB/GYN Consultation Liaison Program and Director of Clerkship Programs. She supervised medical students, psychiatry residents, psychology, social work graduate students, and was a consultant to physicians. She has previously been a staff psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic, a member of the Training and Supervising Faculty of the Menninger School of Psychiatry, the Psychotherapy Department, and the Community Relations Department. During her sabbatical years she was a Faculty and Clinical Associate of the Tavistock Clinic in London, a Fellow of the Bunting Institute, Harvard University and a Research Fellow at the Beatrice Bain Research Center, University of California at Berkeley. She was a member of the Stone Center and the Wellesley Center for Research on Women and a founding Member of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute in Wellesley, Mass. Malletts Creek Branch, Ann Arbor Library 3090 East Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Board meeting noon-1:30pm Coffee and Conversation 1:30-2:00pm Paper Presentation 2:00pm-4:00pm |
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January 24, 2010Healthy and Unhealthy Needs In Conflict, Compromise and HarmonyFranklin Sollars, Ph.D. This presentation is will explore and further elaborate the concept and use of needs in psychoanalysis. The issue of the efficacy of the dichotomization of healthy and unhealthy needs in the human personality will be reviewed. The intensity of needs, their relationship to wishes and demands, and their function as motivational systems in conflict, compromise and harmony will be explicated. Case examples will be presented to help bring these concepts to light and make them easily useable for clinical practice. Dr. Sollars is a psychoanalyst/psychotherapist in private practice in Birmingham, Michigan. He is an Associate Professor at Michigan School for Professional Psychology, and a Clinical Supervisor for University of Detroit Mercy. In addition, he is the founding and current president of Michigan Society for Integrative Psychoanalytic Studies. Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00-noon Discussion noon-1:00p |
November 22, 2009Disorganized Attachment and Traumatic Dissociation: A New IntegrationElizabeth Waiess, Psy.D. Patients who reach out, tentatively or eagerly, for psychotherapy bring pre-existing attachment patterns. The work of Mary Main and Judith Solomon (following on Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby), is illuminating in understanding the difficulties of beginning, maintaining, and ending treatment with adults and children who have had disorganized attachments. Main and Solomon have researched the area of disorganized attachment between parent and child. Some of the behaviors discovered in these children are consistent with dissociative symptoms. Adults who approach therapy for the purpose of getting help with apparently present-day difficulties may avoid, present in an unemotional way, have dissociative symptoms, and appear as though they are unable or limited in their ability to establish a therapeutic relationship or attachment. In this case, the first task of therapy of providing a secure attachment is compromised and challenged in severe and frustrating ways. Present day problems with severe post traumatic symptoms or dissociative symptoms may actually be indicative of a disorganized attachment style. In this case, the therapist has the conundrum of trying to provide a helping relationship to a person who does not know what to do with it, does not expect it, or is frankly afraid of the therapist. Elizabeth Waiess, PsyD. is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in East Lansing. She teaches and supervises for the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, and is on the adjunct faculty at Lansing Community College where she teaches Developmental Psychology. Dr. Waiess has published "Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder" in Psychoanalytic Review (93:1). Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00-noon Discussion noon-1:00p |
September 27, 2009Will the Future be all it's Geeked up to be? Myth, Psychoanalysis, and the SingularityRecently, noted scientists and engineers have suggested that humanity will be able to acquire substantial powers in the not to distant future, including the possibility of living extremely long lives, if not becoming outright immortal (e.g., Kurzweil, 2006). This is predicted to occur primarily because of the intricate consequences of exponential increases in in computing power. These prognostications generally have a quality of cheerleading and emphasize the exciting possibilities of these enhancements as unalloyed goods. The exciting focus on promising to create a new world for humanity is analyzed through understanding the psychology of tantalization. Tantalization involves exciting desires that cannot be satisfied, and the word derives from the myth of Tantalus (Dauphin, 2006). By considering the myth and the dynamics of tantalization, we can consider what might be left unconsidered in the hype of the Singularity. The paper raises questions to consider for making choices about allocating our resources and the expanding nature of ethical and psychological dilemmas that the growth of computing power helps create. Barry Dauphin, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Detroit Mercy and Director of Clinical Training of the Doctoral Program. He is president of the Michigan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology. His recent book is Tantalizing Times: Excitements, Disconnects and Discontents in Contemporary American Society (2006) published by Peter Lang Publishing Group Bern, Switzerland. Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00-1:00pm Discussion 1:00-2:00p |
June 7, 2009Self Psychology and the God ImageDiane Drayson, MA Malletts Creek Branch, Ann Arbor Library 3090 East Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Board meeting noon-1:30pm Coffee and Conversation 1:30-2:00pm Paper Presentation 2:00pm-4:00pm View Larger Map |
March 22, 2009C.G. Jung and the Phenomenon of SynchronicityMarti Atkinson, MSW Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation and Discussion 11:00am-1:00pm What are we to make of life's "coincidences" that connect us with the unexpected? Jung would tell us that they are not "just coincidences", but synchronistic events involving both unconscious and conscious realities. Marti Atkinson, MA, MSW, LMSW, is a Jungian psychoanalyst. She is a graduate of The C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago where, currently, she is a member of the Candidacy Committee in the Analyst Training Program and on the faculty of the Certification Training Program. |
January 25, 2009Affect Transformation as a Technique for Liberation of a Positive Core Self.Franklin Sollars, Ph.D. Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00am-1:00pm Affect transformation as a technique for liberation of a positive core self. The process of affect transformation from negative feelings to positive will be illustrated and applied to clinical material. Freud's dual instinct theory will be compared to a view of instincts and affects as dualistic at the surface but positive and unitive at our core. The use of affect transformation to liberate positive core self experience will also be discussed. Franklin Sollars, Ph.D. is current president of the Michigan Society of Psychoanalytic Studies. He is an adjunct professor at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology, a clinical supervisor at the University of Detroit Mercy and Madonna University. He also maintains a practice in Birmingham, MI. |
November 8, 2008What Humanistic Psychology Can Rediscover From the Psychoanalysts: An Exploration of Common Ground and Application to a Child Case StudyShawn Rubin, PsyD Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00am-1:00pm The integration of humanistic-existential and psychoanalytic theories provide for both depth and breadth in understanding the human condition and the mind -- an integration that significantly enhances effectiveness in clinical practice. This paper will explore the vast historical and conceptual connections between these models while advocating for an integration that restores psychic depth to humanistic theory and practice. The case study of a 5 year old boy adopted who "overwhelms" his caretakers will illustrate the application of this integration. Among the core ideas to be considered are: a relational-experiential approach to the play therapy process; therapeutic limit-setting in absorbing and containing intense affect; the acknowledgment and influence of fantasy in both mother and child; and the necessity of understanding and interpreting deeper meanings in the child's generated play scenarios. Shawn Rubin. PsyD. Dr. Rubin is the Director of Clinical Training and Assistant Chair of the Master's and Doctoral Programs at the MIchigna School of Professional Psychology. As a faculty member he teaches and supervises from an existential-psychoanalytic orientation and has presented nationally on this integrative approach. Since 2005 he has served as Managing Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and has been appointed Editor of the Newsletter of the Society of Humanistic Psychology of the APA. Dr. Rubin earned a certification in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute where he is a member of the Liaison and the Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis Committees He is the former Coordinator of Clinical Services to Children at Catholic Social Services of Wayne County in Detroit. In his private practice Dr. Rubin treats children and their parents, adolescents, and adults. |
September 28, 2008Who the Dickens is Miss HavishamElizabeth Waiess, PsyD Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00am-1:00pm Miss Havisham is a central character in Great Expectations, published by Charles Dickens in 1860-61. In this paper, some possible inspirations for the character of Miss Havisham are explored from records of Dickens’ life. Current clinical case material from Dr. Waiess’ work with a woman who chose to remain frozen in time and fought any change in her life, including recovery from childhood trauma, will be briefly described and contrasted with the image and time period of Miss Havisham. Elizabeth Waiess, PsyD is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in East Lansing. She teaches and supervises for the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, and is on the adjunct faculty at Lansing Community College where she teaches Developmental Psychology. Dr. Waiess has published "Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder" in Psychoanalytic Review (93:1). Attendees are encouraged to read or review Charles Dickens' Great Expectations in preparation for the paper. |
April 27, 2008The Atrium at The Michigan School for Professional Psychology26811 Orchard Lake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48334 9am-1pm Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00am-1:00pm Skin Color and the Therapeutic Relationship Usha Tammala-Narra, Ph.D. Although issues pertinent to psychotherapy with ethnic minorities have been attended to increasingly over the past two decades, the issue of skin color has more or less been neglected in the psychotherapy literature. The idealization of light skin color in mainstream White and ethnic minority communities in the United States has impacted a wide range of societal and individual perceptions ranging from physical attractiveness to intellectual and social competence. The relevance of this impact in the psychotherapeutic relationship is explored in this article. Skin color is addressed within an historical context, and its influence on intrapsychic and interpersonal processes in the lives of clients and therapists are discussed. Clinical vignettes are presented to illustrate the dynamics of skin color in the therapeutic relationship. Pratyusha (Usha) Tummala-Narra, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, and Director of Integrative Research at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology. She is a Teaching Associate at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Tummala-Narra received her doctoral degree from Michigan State University and completed her post-doctoral training in the Victims of Violence Program at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, MA. She founded and directed (1997-2003) the Asian Mental Health Clinic at the Cambridge Health Alliance, which provides psychological treatment to individuals and families of Asian descent, and training to psychology interns and post-doctoral fellows. She was a recipient of the Sonia Smith Diversity Award from Cambridge Hospital (2000), and a recipient of the Scholars in Medicine Fellowship at Harvard Medical School (2002). From 2003-2005, she was an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine. At Georgetown University Hospital Department of Psychiatry, she co-directed the Trauma and Loss Program, and served as the Clinical Director of Mental Health Outreach. From 2005-2006, Dr. Tummala-Narra was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan Psychological Clinic. She is currently on faculty at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology and in private practice in Farmington Hills, MI. She is also the Chairperson of the Multicultural Concerns Committee for the Division of Psychoanalysis in the American Psychological Association. Dr. Tummala-Narra presents nationally and has authored several scholarly publications concerning multicultural issues in psychotherapy and teaching, and psychological trauma. Her most recent publication is a co-edited book entitled, “Sources and expressions of resilience in trauma survivors,” which was released in Spring 2007. Directions to the Michigan School for Professional Psychology From the east, take 696 West to Orchard Lake Rd. Go South 1/2 mile. The school will be on the west side of the street. From the west, take 696 East to Orchard Lake Rd. |
February 3,2008Fischer Center Auditorium, Providence Hospital9am-1pm Board meeting 9-10:30am Coffee and Conversation 10:30-11:00am Paper Presentation 11:00am-1:00pm Useful Jung: Some Basic Jungian Concepts and How They Appear in the Work A brief look at Jung's complex theory gives us a framework for understanding how the unconscious works within us, as well as giving us a deep sense of the intricacy of the inner world of each individual. We can then develop not only a working knowledge of our lives and relationships, but an active compassion for ourselves and for others as we all attempt to live fuller and more balanced lives. Amplifying the psyche's messages can open us to potentially transforming experiences within ourselves and our clients. This lecture will offer a review of Jung's work on complexes and their archetypal cores, concrete illustrations of the sturcture, and many examples in the hope of making it clear and useful. Cynthia Cuthbertson, Jungian Analyst Cynthia Cuthbertson, Jungian analyst, is now in private practice in Ann Arbor, working with children, adolescents and adults. Ms. Cuthbertson taught school in Izmir, Turkey as well as at The Dalton School and The Hunter College School for the Gifted in New York City. She has a B.A. from the University of Michigan, a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and is a graduate of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, where she qualified to work with both children and adults. She offers traditional forms of Jungian therapy, including dream analysis, as well as sandplay and other creative avenues to the psyche. She was in private practice in Katonah, New York, for fourteen years before moving to Ann Arbor. |
November 30, 2007The Liberation of the Core Self: The Aim of Psychoanalysis as a Spiritual PracticeFranklin Sollars, Ph.D. Auditorium 8E 8th Floor Providence Hospital Board Meeting 6:30pm-7:30pm. Coffee and Conversation 7:30-8:00pm Paper Presentation 8:00PM-10:00PM This paper will focus on psychoanalysis as a spiritual practice. The aim of which is to liberate the core self which can be seen as analogous to the "diamond self" of Buddhism, “the pearl beyond price" of Gnosticism, and the "divine spark" of the Kabala. The core self contains the self/no-self paradox and transpersonal unity. The core self's relationship to other psychoanalytic theories of the self will be elaborated. Franklin Sollars PhD is a founding member of the new Michigan Society for Integrative Psychoanalytic Studies and its current president. He is an adjunct professor at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology and a clinical supervisor at the University of Detroit-Mercy. Dr. Sollars also teaches and trains for the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council. Directions to Providence Hospital Auditorium 8E 8th Floor in the Medical Building located 1 building south of The Fisher Center From Lansing: 127 S to 96 E. Keep LEFT via EXIT 163 toward PORT HURON / GD RIVER AVE. Keep LEFT to take I-696 E / WALTER P REUTHER FWY toward PORT HURON. Merge onto MI-10 S / JOHN C LODGE FWY via EXIT 8 toward US-24 / TELEGRAPH RD. Take the exit toward 9 MILE RD. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto NORTHWESTERN HWY. Turn LEFT onto W 9 MILE RD. End at 16001 W 9 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075-4818 From Ann Arbor: US-23 N toward FLINT. Take the M-14 E exit- EXIT 42- toward PLYMOUTH / LIVONIA. Merge onto MI-14 E. Merge onto I-275 N. Merge onto I-696 E / WALTER P REUTHER FWY via EXIT 165 toward PORT HURON. Merge onto MI-10 S / JOHN C LODGE FWY via EXIT 8 toward US-24 / TELEGRAPH Take the exit toward 9 MILE RD. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto NORTHWESTERN HWY. Turn LEFT onto W 9 MILE RD. End at 16001 W 9 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075-4818 From the East: I-94 E toward PORT HURON. Merge onto I-696 W / WALTER P REUTHER FWY via EXIT 229 toward LANSING. : Take EXIT 13 toward GREENFIELD RD. Turn LEFT onto GREENFIELD RD. Turn RIGHT onto W 9 MILE RD. End at 16001 W 9 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075-4818 Auditorium 8E is located on the 8th floor in the Medical Building located off of Providence Drive 1 building south of the Fisher Center. If you are attending the MPC meeting at the Auditorium 8E you can park for free in the lot adjacent to the Fisher Center. You can reach it from Providence Drive. Turn right halfway between the front and back ends of the hospital. A large entrance that used to be the emergency entrance is the landmark. A large parking area is visible in front of this entrance. 1. Drive up to the speaker just outside the gate. 2. Push the black button on the speaker. Wait for SECURITY to answer. 3. Tell security you are going to the meeting at the Auditorium 8E. 4. Park and go to the Medical Building just south of the Fisher Center. Should this lot fill up you can park in the associate parking lot. Upon exiting, the gates open automatically. The associate lot is located 'kaddy corner' from the Medical Building. All you would have to do is cross the street and enter the Medical Building. |
September 23, 2007Lynne Tenbusch, Ph.D.Buddha's No Self Meets Freud's Self Board Meeting 10:00am-11:00am. Coffee and Conversation 11:00-11:30am Paper Presentation 11:30am-1:00pm Buddhism focuses on the dissolution of a separate sense of self. Buddha became ‘enlightened’ when he realized the true nature of reality - that our belief in ourselves as bounded, separate, individual beings is an illusion. Psychoanalysis, as a practice in the classical or ego-psychological tradition, focuses on strengthening the analysand’s sense of agency and individuality. This may present a conflict for practitioners of both. The author addresses this seeming incompatibility. New Oakland Child, Adolescent & Family Center Livonia Center 31500 Schoolcraft Road Livonia, MI 48150 Dr. Tenbusch is training and supervising analyst with the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, of which she is also a founding member. She has taught at University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, Washtenaw Community College and the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council where she continues to teach and supervise. She is past president of the Academy for the Study of the Psychoanalytic Arts. Dr. Tenbusch co-authored a book entitled WOMEN IN THERAPY, and has written papers on a variety of topics including psychoanalytic process, anger, success-induced guilt and athletic performance. She maintains a psychoanalytic practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Tenbusch has always been interested in peak/transcendent experiences whether they are achieved through athletics, music, art, meditation, fasting, prayer or psychoanalysis. She has also been fascinated by the commonalities in seemingly divergent systems of belief such as the psychological and spiritual as well specific theories within the forgoing. These interests led her to study the intersection of Eastern and Western thought. Directions to New Oakland Child, Adolescent and Family Center in Livonia: From the East: Take I-96 W toward Lansing Merge onto I-96 W Merge onto I-96 W/Jeffries Fwy Take exit 175 toward Merriman Rd Merge onto Schoolcraft Rd From the West: Take I-96 E toward Detroit Take the I-96/I-275/M-5 N exit toward Detroit/Toledo Merge onto I-275 S/I-96 E Take the exit on the left onto I-96 E/Jeffries Fwy toward Detroit Take exit 175 toward Merriman Rd Merge onto Schoolcraft Rd Turn left toward Schoolcraft Rd 322 ft Turn left at Schoolcraft Rd |