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Division of Psychoanalysis: 37th Annual Spring Meeting

  • 26 Apr 2017
  • 30 Apr 2017
  • New York City



To Register:  http://www.apadivisions.org/division-39/news-events/annual-conference.aspx


"Admit that the waters around you have grown ... accept that soon you'll be drenched to the bone ... if your time to you is worth saving ... then you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone."

When Bob Dylan wrote these words about political and social change in 1963, he could not have anticipated how much they would apply to the state of psychoanalysis in 2017. We invite you to "come gather 'round" for a conference that will explore the tensions between modern society and psychoanalysis. What do these tensions activate in us, and how will they move the field of psychoanalysis forward? How do developing conceptualizations of gender, race, sexuality, culture, class, and identity create disequilibrium in our work, and challenge us to make room for something new to emerge in our theories and in our clinical practice? How does psychoanalysis need to evolve, incorporating discoveries in neuroscience, new technology, the changing landscape of the health care system and current research findings, while remaining attached to the principles and clinical wisdom of the psychoanalytic tradition?

"There's a battle outside and it's ragin' ... it'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls."

Did Dylan foreshadow how psychoanalysts must "heed the call" by bringing our consultation into the community and by recognizing the presence of the community in our consultation rooms? How does this process of inter-penetration shed light on why psychoanalysis is flourishing in communities around the world? And what does psychoanalysis have to offer to mitigate the impact of current societal crises including mass migration, poverty, violence and rampant substance abuse?

"Come mothers and fathers throughout the land and don't criticize what you can't understand."

What must we learn from each generation of analysts ... younger from older and older from younger ... in order to effectively "lend a hand?" Just as in an individual psychoanalysis, we as a profession must explore the links and connections between old and new, incorporating the past while freeing ourselves for the future. What are the implications for re-engineering our training institutes in order to accommodate changing times and a changing world?

"Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen."

We are calling for proposals that will engage us in the expansion, liberation and enlivening of psychoanalysis through an examination of these dialectic processes. "For the times they are a changin'!"

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