An Embodied Psychoanalytic Revisioning of Theory
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Friday 15 July 2022
A live webinar with Dr Doris Brothers and Dr Jon Sletvold
CE Credits: 3 hours
- Includes a subtitled recording of the event and a transcript, with access for a year (14 days post the event)
- Bookings close at 4:00am EDT Tuesday 12 July
In this theoretical and experiential workshop, Doris Brothers and Jon Sletvold will present the body-based perspective they are developing in their forthcoming book A New Vision of Psychoanalytic Theory, Practice and Supervision: Talking Bodies to re-explore some of the most enduring aspects of psychoanalytic theory.
READ MORE...They will attempt to demonstrate how changes in conceptualization of the therapeutic process, and the discourse in which this is described, result in transformations in the therapeutic relationship as well as in the supervisory process. A central theme that runs through their work is that mind, from birth onwards, involves the creation of narratives based on embodied memories. They will demonstrate this with exercises throughout the seminar and provide opportunities for embodied supervision with participants.
FULL PROGRAMME
09.00 EDT
Introductions
09.10
A New Language For Psychoanalysis
In the hope of foregrounding the emotional bases of therapeutic communication, Doris and Jon will suggest that we replace concept-based words or phrases with body-based language that allows therapists to feel the meaning of what is communicated between bodies. They will explain how using the words I, you, we and world changes psychoanalytic descriptive communication. Optimally, we would shift fluidly, effortlessly, and without conscious awareness from one aspect of the overlapping complexity of I, you, we, and world to another. This would allow us to fully experience embodied wholeness, However, because we all live in a traumatized and traumatizing world, we tend to emphasize one or another of these foci of attention at the expense of the others. They will elaborate with theory and examples.
09.45
Q&A
10.00
Break
10.15
A Body-Based View of Transference
Ever since Freud’s earliest efforts to develop his theory of transference, memory has played a key role. Narratives, and the embodied non-verbal memories on which they are based, are central to a new understanding of transference. When viewed from the perspective of the ever-changing memories of both patient and therapist, transference is seen as a slowing or freezing of the flow of I, you, we and world. Brothers and Sletvold propose that it is only in the context of trauma that transferences become rigidified.
11.00
Q&A
11.15
Break
11.30
A Body-Based View of Resistance
What makes therapeutic change so difficult? Brothers and Sletvold propose that the freedom to change can be terrifying. When trauma is viewed from a body-based perspective it becomes clear that what has been called resistance often involves fear of losing one’s connections to all that is needed for one’s psychological well-being. When efforts are made to deepen the embodied we-connectedness of patient and therapist, the fear of change is reduced for both therapeutic partners. Illustrative clinical examples will be presented. The Sletvold-Brothers model of embodied supervision is introduced which makes use of I, you, we, and world. Our speakers will describe this supervision process and give some examples from supervision groups that they have run.
12.15
Q&A
13.00
End
FEES (USD)
Bookings close at 4:00am EDT Tuesday 12 July
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CE
This event is accredited by:
- NBCC
Certificates of attendance for 3 hours will be provided.
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- ASWB
- NYSED (Psychology)
- NYSED (Psychoanalysis)
- NYSED (Social Workers)
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VENUE
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SCHEDULE
Friday
09.00 EDT Introductions
09.10 A New Language For Psychoanalysis
09.45 Q&A
10.00 Break
10.15 A Body-Based View of Transference
11.00 Q&A
11.15 Break
11.30 A Body-Based View of Resistance
12.15 Q&A
13.00 End
CONTENT LEVEL
- Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Describe the use of I, you, we and world through the Sletvold-Brothers model of embodied supervision.
- Develop a new understanding of a psychoanalytic, body-based language.
- Demonstrate how changes in theory can result in transformations in the therapeutic relationship as well as in the supervisory process.
- Outline the concept of how the development of the mind, from birth on, involves the creation of narratives based on embodied memory.
TARGET
AUDIENCE
- Psychologists
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychotherapists
- Addiction Professionals
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Psychiatrists
- Other related mental health professions.
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