| | | APSA_NY13-300 | | Plenary Address: Second Century for Psychoanalysis and for APsaA — Their Fates May Differ Speakers: Warren Procci Psychoanalysis has entered its second century. The current state of the field is mixed, and somewhat bifurcated. Psychoanalysis as a discipline, as a theoretical corpus, and as an area for academic inquiry is holding its own if not necessarily thriving. Contrarily, psychoanalysis as represented in its institutes, societies, centers, and especially within APsaA, our major professional organization, is in a serious decline. The complex reasons for these quite different situations are examined. An inability of the major competing components of our organization to work towards meaningful compromise is, in the speaker’s view, a major factor. Some thoughts concerning what must be done, and quickly, are offered. Audio CDs: 1 | | Audio CD | | $15.00 | | $15.00 | |
| | | APSA_NY13-303 | | Scientific Paper 1: The Psychoanalyst and the Clinic: A Balint Group for Psychiatrists Speakers: Jonathan Sklar; Norman V. Kohn The paper offers an original description of Balint Group methodology and its relevance for training psychiatrists. Central is the understanding that the psychiatrist presents his clinical problem with the patient. Making the doctor’s counter-transference central to the process moves it away from being supervision i.e., the technical acquisition of skills. This is key for Balint, for whom acquiring psychodynamics “entails a limited, though considerable change in the doctor’s personality.” This paper is a tribute to developing Balint’s ideas and offering graphic vignettes of the difficulty and value of working with psychiatrists in this way. The author is a Training and Supervising analyst at the British Psychoanalytical Society. Audio CDs: 1 | | Audio CD | | $15.00 | | $15.00 | |
