The fall meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association will feature lectures, panels and discussion groups, and seminars on topics from analytic theory to engaging politicians. The Association meets at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Wednesday, December 18 through Sunday, December 22, when Manhattan is a visitor's delight.
“Mutative Responses to Personal and Role Challenges in Maturity” is Judith Schachter's plenary topic Friday morning. Arnold Rothstein will chair “The Clinical Value of the Superego Concept,” in the afternoon with panelists Charles Brenner, Dorothy Holmes, and Ernest Wolf. Steven Levy is discussant.
A seminar on “The Cost Effectiveness of Psychotherapy: How to Approach Policy Makers,” will be chaired by Susan Lazar, with Glen Gabbard as cochair. Capping the day will be Joseph Lichtenberg's plenary presentation, “Experience as a Guide to Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice,” introduced by Lawrence Friedman.
On Saturday morning Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer chairs an interesting panel on “Supervision as an Intersubjective Process: Hearing from Candidates and Supervisors.” Presenters are Katherine Fraser, Jay Greenberg, David M. Sachs, and Joan Wheelis; Lee Jaffe is reporter.
That afternoon a timely panel on “Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Analyst” will be chaired by Glen Gabbard with presenters Fred Busch, Darlene Bregman Ehrenberg, Owen Renik, and Henry Smith.
A meet-the-author session that afternoon will featuer Arnold Rothstein, who will discuss his work, Psychoanalytic Technique and the Creation of Analytic Patients, followed by a discussion chaired by Jane Kite with Arnold Goldberg, Shelley Orgel, and Warren Poland.
Henry Smith chairs a panel on “The Self-Punitive Patient: Analyzing Unconscious Self-Criticism,” with presenters Marianne Goldberger, Paul Ornstein, and Roy Schafer; Anton O. Kris is discussant.
Ethel Spector Person will present a psychoanalytic course on the topic of sex and fantasy in psychoanalysis.
A wide variety of discussion groups will also be offered at the meeting. The program for spouses will be “Ethics in News Gathering.” This meeting's film series is an homage to Krsysztof Kielowski.