Property, Materiality, Proximity: The Analytic Frame and In-Person Work
This presentation addresses the issue of differences between in-person and remote ways of doing clinical psychotherapeutic work. In-person meeting offers psychologically usable material––signifiers which serve as day's residue––that cannot be duplicated or substituted for in remote ways of working.
Registration is required for this program.
This presentation addresses the issue of differences between in-person and remote ways of doing clinical psychotherapeutic work. In-person meeting offers psychologically usable material––signifiers which serve as day's residue––that cannot be duplicated or substituted for in remote ways of working. Questions of materiality, the history and specificity of location, and bodily proximity all are key aspects of the psychoanalytic frame, as suggested by the classic formulations of José Bleger. The Covid pandemic has changed the choreography of engagement between analyst and patient: the ghostly dust in the frame enters the room. As José Bleger says, with ghosts so rustled, non-process has a chance to become process. Three clinical examples highlight these points about materiality and in-person working.
Speakers
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Mitchell Wilson, MD, Presenter is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Wilson has published widely on a variety of topics that cohere around a theory of ethics, desire, and the psychoanalytic process. His recent book, The Analyst’s Desire: The Ethical Foundation of Clinical Practice, is from Bloomsbury Press. He is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, and a Personal and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. Dr. Wilson is in private practice and leads study groups in Berkeley, CA. |
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Jane Kite, PhD, Moderator is a Training and Supervising Analyst at BPSI and a recent Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. She is the author of In dreams begin responsibilities. Facing ethical fragility in psychoanalysis, published in the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association in June, 2023. |
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Describe three elements of Bleger’s theory of the psychoanalytic frame.
- Explain how materiality and proximity influence specific conflicts regarding bodily safety that emerge in in-person clinical work.
- Discuss deeper anxieties about death and disappearance that are evoked in both patient and analyst by considerations of returning to in-person clinical work.
- Explain how the material-built environment carries meanings whether in-person or remote therapy is the modality of treatment used.
Schedule
10:00 Welcome and Introductions; 10:10 Presentation; 11:05 Discussion with the audience
This program is made possible by the generous support of BPSI members and friends. Your gift to BPSI supports psychoanalytic and psychotherapy education and ensures the future of our field. To make a gift, please visit www.bpsi.org.
Recording
This program will be audio recorded only.
Continuing Education
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 provider ship of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute . 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 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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Psychologists: The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 2 hours of CE credits for psychologists.
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