Chicago Psychoanalytic Society

Scientific Program: Friday, September 15, 2017 – 7:00 PM

University Club – 76 E. Monroe St., Chicago, IL

Enactments and the Forward Edge of the

Analytic Relationship: Extending Marian Tolpin’s Legacy

Presenter: Steven Stern, PsyD

Discussant: James W. Anderson, PhD

In his talk, Dr. Stern presents some of the central themes from his new book: Needed Relationships and Psychoanalytic Healing. He focuses on how the therapist seeks to form with the patient a relationship which facilitates the patient’s growth. This “needed relationship” provides a “transitional area” within which exploration and play can take place. To illustrate his approach, Dr. Stern discusses his work with a patient.

Steven Stern, PsyD, is a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Maine Medical Center. About his book published in 2017, Needed Relationships and Psychoanalytic Healing, Lew Aron wrote: “An innovative work of scholarship and a leading-edge contribution to psychoanalytic practice and education. Focusing on…conscious and unconscious participation, Stern advocates a holistic relationship approach that uses but transcends theory in co-creating forms of engagement contoured to the evolving needs of each patient.”

James W. Anderson, PhD, is President of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, a faculty member at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, and Editor of the Annual of Psychoanalysis. He is also Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University.

Educational objectives:
After the presentation the participant will be able to:
Understand and use the construct of needed analytic relationships as an organizing framework for psychoanalytic therapy with adult patients;
Describe the concept of the forward edge of the relational unconscious, see it operating in one’s own psychoanalytic therapy cases, and integrate it as a guide in clinical decision-making.

Admission is free. No reservations are required. Continuing Education Credits are offered only to members.

Continuing Education Accreditation

Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists: Approval for continuing education credit is pending.

Social Workers: The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis is approved as a continuing education sponsor for social workers by the Department of Professional Regulations of the State of Illinois. The Institute designates this continuing education activity as earning 2.0 hours of Continuing Education for Social Workers.

Professional Counselors: The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis is approved as a continuing education sponsor for Professional Counselors and Clinical Professional Counselors by the Department of Professional Regulations of the State of Illinois. The Institute designates this continuing educational activity as earning 2.0 hours Continuing Education credit.

Marriage and Family Therapists: The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis is approved as a continuing education sponsor for Marriage and Family Therapists by the Department of Professional Regulations of the State of Illinois. The Institute designates this continuing educational activity as earning 2.0 hours Continuing Education credit.

Important Disclosure Information for all Attendees: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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