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Online Fall Conference, Part 2: November 21: Joyce Slochower, PhD, ABPP: Relational Engagement and its Underbelly: A Relational Analyst Looks at Both Sides

  • 21 Nov 2020
  • 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Online via Zoom

Registration

Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society

(a local chapter of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association)

presents an

Online Fall Conference, Part 2

with

Joyce Slochower, PhD, ABPP

on

Relational Engagement
and Its Underbelly:
A Relational Analyst
Looks at Both Sides

November 21, 2020

10am - 12:15pm


Online Via Zoom

Please click here for instructions on using Zoom.


Program Description

It has been thirty-seven years since Stephen Mitchell and Jay Greenberg’s book, Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory, presaged tectonic shifts in the psychoanalytic community and psychoanalytic practice.  The “relational turn;” as it has been described, has upended traditional psychoanalytic thinking and holds a central place in our theory and practice.

Joyce Slochower is an early and prominent contributor to the development of relational theory as it interfaces and collides with Winnicottian thinking.  She has reformulated the holding theme within the relational paradigm, explored the impact of boundary violations on our work, and highlighted our vulnerability to idealization in the clinical encounter.  Most recently, Dr. Slochower has addressed and critiqued what she views as the “excesses” of relational practice and what it may overlook or undervalue traditional ways of working.

In the November 14 program, Dr. Slochower outlined the contributions of relational psychoanalysis to both theory and practice with a focus on the concept of relational holding. 

In the November 21 program, she will take a step back from her own theory and addresses the limitations and clinical pitfalls of relational work (in and outside the holding frame).  Her aim is to move toward a less polarized, more inclusive understanding of psychoanalytic process.

Presenter

Joyce Slochower, PhD, ABPP, is Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology & Graduate Faculty, Hunter College, CUNY. She received her doctorate in Clinical and Social Psychology from Columbia University and holds a certificate in psychoanalysis from the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Slochower is a Diplomate in Psychoanalysis of the American Board of Professional Psychology and is on the faculty of psychoanalytic institutes in New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

Joyce is the author of over ninety articles and several books, including Holding and Psychoanalysis: A Relational Perspective (Academic Press, 1996 & 2014) and Psychoanalytic Collisions (Analytic Press, 2006 &2014).  She is co-editor (with Sue Grand and Lew Aron) of Deidealizing Relational Theory and Decentering Relational Theory (Routledge, 2018).  Joyce has participated at panels and conferences at the Division of Psychoanalysis Spring Meetings and the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, among others. For more information, go to https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/joyce-slochower.html

Schedule

9:55am  Welcome and Introduction

10:00am  The Limitations of Relational Holding and the Limitations
                  of Explicit Intersubjective Engagement

11:00am Break

11:15am  In the Clear Light of Hindsight: Relational Excess and its Vicissitudes

12:15pm Complete Evaluations and Adjourn.

12:15pm - 1:15pm Colloquium with Graduate Students.

Learning Objectives
After attending this intermediate seminar in full, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of Slochower’s work on holding in different clinical situations.

2.  Describe how the relational emphasis on active intersubjective engagement may result in “relational excess.”  

Participants
This program is open to all APS members. It is not limited to individuals practicing in a predominately psychoanalytic mode. The material will be appropriate for clinicians with intermediate levels of experience and knowledge.

Registration
Professional and Scholar Members:
Free.  Please register online by November 19 2020.

Early-Career Professional Members:
Free.  Please register online by November 19, 2020.

Graduate Student Members: 
Free.  Please register online by November 19, 2020.

Non-members:
Please join APS in order to participate in 2020-2021 programming.  

APS Membership
Eligible professionals can join APS or renew their membership for the 2020-2021 program year for $40. Scholars and Early-Career Professionals can also join/renew for $40. Graduate students may join or renew for $10.

American Psychological Association Approval Statement
Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Continuing Education
This online program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 2.0 continuing education credits. With full attendance and completion of an online program Evaluation and Learning Assessment, a certificate will be issued by email. Psychologists will have their participation registered through Division 39.

To be eligible for CE credit, please:

  • Make sure your name appears in the Zoom Participant tab. Use the Chat Box to inform program hosts if more than one person is watching via a single Zoom account.

  • Be present for the entire program.

  • A link to the program evaluation will be shared with participants via the Chat Box at the end of the presentation while the speaker is answering final questions. Participants will enter their names and email addresses on the evaluation so that APS can distribute certificates via email.

  • Please complete the evaluation by 1pm (eastern) on the day of the program.

  • CE certificates will be emailed following the event.

APS and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. APS and Division 39 are also committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in continuing education activities. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods.


Selected References/Recommended Reading

Barsness, R. E. (2017). Core competencies of relational psychoanalysis: A guide to practice, study and research. London: Routledge.

Slochower, J.  Holding and psychoanalysis: A relational perspective (2nd Edition, 2014).  New York: Routledge.

Aron, L. Grand, S., and Slochower, J., Eds. (2018). Deidealizing relational theory: A critique from within.  London: Routledge.

Aron, L. Grand, S., and Slochower, J., Eds. (2018). Decentering relational theory: A comparative critique. London: Routledge.

Slochower, J. (2020). Resist this.  Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 30 (1), 64-72.

Contact

If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address requests, questions, concerns and any complaints to APS President Bill MacGillivray, PhD.


There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between Division 39, APS, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding sources that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. During the program, the validity/utility of the content and risks/limitations of the approaches discussed will be addressed, as applicable.

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