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The Analytic Process Series III | Victoria | Sept 18, 2014 to June 15, 2015

Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society | Extension Program Vancouver Island Psychoanalytic Interest Group September 2014 – June 2015 The Western Branch of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society is pleased to offer a third course focusing on the analytic process and experience of the analytic couple in the session. In Series I participants reviewed a wide range […]

Ferenczi Balint | Vancouver | Sept 12, 2014 to Mar 13, 2015

Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society | Extension Program The Western Branch CPS faculty is offering a theoretical/clinical course in preparation for the 2015 WBCPS Annual Scientific Meeting with guest speaker and noted Ferenczi scholar, Jonathan Sklar, and for Ferenczi 2015, an international Ferenczi Conference in Toronto, titled Sandor Ferenczi: The Heritage of a Psychoanalytic Mind. […]

Ethics Workshop | Victoria | Sat Nov 15, 2014

Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society Extension Program VICTORIA | Catherine Young, Coordinator November 15, 2014 The Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society Extension Committee is pleased to offer a four part series on ethics in the clinical setting. Each workshop is three hours and will consist of a theoretical discussion, followed by the opportunity to review […]

Ethics Workshop | Vancouver | Fri Nov 21, 2014

Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society Extension Program VANCOUVER | Judith Setton-Markus, Coordinator November 21, 2014 The Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society Extension Committee is pleased to offer a four part series on ethics in the clinical setting. Each workshop is three hours and will consist of a theoretical discussion, followed by the opportunity to review […]

Structural Elements in Obsessionality | Saturday Nov 22, 2014

Obsessional symptoms appear to be a common feature in the presentation of modern analysands. Perhaps a reflection of an ever more individualistic and achievement based society, the obsessional subject poses particular challenges to the successful conduction of the analytic act. Following Freud, Lacan asserts that there are three basic structures: Psychosis, Perversion, and Neurosis- the […]

Ethics Workshop Series: Four Parts 2015-2016

Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society | Extension Program Ethics Workshop Series: Four Parts 2015-2016 June 12 & Nov 26, 2015 – Jan 29 & Feb 26, 2016 Judith Setton-Markus, R. Psych. FIPA, Coordinator The Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society Extension Committee is pleased to offer a second four part series on ethics in the clinical […]

A Case of Depression and its Relation to a Parent’s Suicide | September 26, 2015

A case of depression and its relation to a parent’s suicide John Elliott, MD, FRCPC The term ‘dynamic unconscious’ refers to a metaphorical space outside waking awareness. This space contains, among other processes and entities, the repressed. ‘Repression’ implies an intentional yet unconscious aspect to this exclusion from awareness. Anna Freud has written about losing […]

40th Annual Congress of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society | June 4 – 7, 2015

Fusion and Defusion of Drives in Neurosis: The ‘Weaving Mother’ With Dr. Denys Ribas from the Paris Psychoanalytic Society Hôtel Château Laurier, Quebec (QC) June 4 – 7, 2015 Dr. Ribas is a child psychiatrist and Training Ananlyst with the Paris Psychoanalytic Society. He is the author of “Autism: Debates and Testimonies (2006)”. He is […]