Program Committee Report

The newly constituted Program Committee's entrance into planning for community-wide psychoanalytic programs was precipitously called into action by the tragic events of September 11th. Perceiving the need to provide an opportunity for a shared response to the attacks on the World Trade Center, we jointly (with PINC, Section IX, and Deep Streams Institute) offered: “Terror and Mourning and Moving Forward” on October 28, 2001. This event combined a moving presentation of music and poetry with a discussion of treatment approaches to trauma by Ray Poggi, M.D. The day was received with much apparent relief and appreciation by the participants.

In the winter (February 9, 2002), we had the privilege of presenting James Gorney, Ph.D., an esteemed psychoanalytic clinician and writer from Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Gorney presented an original mix of clinical, literary, and musical references in his excellent paper, “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities: Adolescence and Potential Space.” As a discussant, Robert Friend, M.D., offered his own lively perspective on the pleasures and pitfalls of adolescent analysis.

For the Fifteenth Annual Lecture, held on April 20, 2002, a near-capacity audience had the opportunity to spend “A Day with Dr. Andre Green,” an internationally recognized theoretician widely known for his concept of “the dead mother.” Dr. Green's provocative lecture, entitled “The Crisis in Psychoanalytic Understanding” (made available prior to the event electronically), was supplemented by a roundtable discussion conducted by Mardy Ireland, Ph.D., and Jed Setoff, Ph.D., and a clinical presentation by Sue Saperstein, MFT.

We are very pleased to announce that for next year's Annual Lecture, to be held on April 12, 2003, Neville Symington will be our honored speaker. Dr. Symington, from Australia, is the author of several outstanding books on such topics as narcissism and spirituality. The focus of his upcoming lecture, not yet determined, is certain to be illuminating and cli