CHANGING WORLD The shape and use of psychoanalytic tools today. We are living in a fast-changing world, which challenges the psychoanalytic ideals of reflection and time for thought. How do these changes affect the mind, our technique, and our consulting rooms? Congress Key Dates Proposals Full Panel Paper deadline: 10 […]
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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 […]
Heritage of a Psychoanalytic Mind | International Ferenczi Conference Toronto | May 7-10, 2015 More information at http://ferencziconference.com
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 […]
This program will focus on the relationship between developmental themes and their ramifications for psychoanalytic technique in psychotherapy with gay men. The development of a sense of self in the context of sexual orientation and sexual identity will stand in the foreground of this program’s reflections and discussions. The reformulation of oedipal dynamics, the impact […]