Upcoming Courses

The Lawrence E. Lifson, MD, Psychotherapy Conference on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy – 2015

Daniel Brown, PhD, Andrea Celenza, PhD, Steven Cooper, PhD, David Doolittle, PsyD, George Fishman, MD, Jack Foehl, MD, Bob Fox, MSW, Gerard Fromm, PhD, James Frosch, MD, Richard Geist, EdD, Robert Goisman, MD, Alexandra Harrison, MD, James Herzog, MD, Anton Kris, MD, Alisa Levine, PsyD, Alfred Margulies, MD, David Treadway, MD, Martha Stark, MD and Robert Waldinger, MD

March 27, 2015 – March 28, 2015 | Boston, MA | The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel More Information

This tenth extraordinary two-day conference will feature many of the finest local and  national leaders in the field of psychodynamic psychotherapy. They will be offering their innovative and evolving reflections on the integration of theoretical constructs into clinical practice. The intent of this conference will be to widen the scope of applicability of psychodynamic psychotherapy to a broader range of clinical situations. The overriding goal for the convening of these esteemed educators and clinicians will be to deepen understanding of the curative process, with special attention to the contributions of both patient and therapist in the unfolding of the “cure.”

 Pre-Conference Institute with Richard Schwartz, PhD, for more information and to register, please click here.

For more information and to register, please click here.

This course is designed so that participants will be able to:
  1. Elucidate the therapeutic action of psychodynamic psychotherapy
  2. Define the contributions of varying theories to therapeutic change
  3. Integrate current theories into clinical practice
  4. Widen the scope of applicability of psychodynamic concepts to clinical situations

Additional Information

Friday, March 27, 2015

7:45am Registration
8:15am Welcoming Remarks – Nicholas Covino, PsyD
8:30am Overview – Alexandra Harrison, MD, moderator
8:45am Customizing Couples Therapy: A New Model for Collaborative Treatment – David Treadway, PhD
9:30am Case Presentation: Father and Son: War of the Worlds – James Herzog, MD
10:15am Coffee Break
10:45am Case Discussion – Richard Geist, EdD,  Steven Cooper, PhD
11:30am Panel and Audience Discussion of Morning Presentations – Alexandra Harrison, MD,  David Treadway, PhD, James Herzog, MD,  Richard Geist, EdD, Steven Cooper, PhD
12:15pm Lunch (on your own)
1:45pm The Three Pillars of Attachment-Based Treatment – Daniel Brown, PhD, ABPH
2:30pm Case Presentation: A Second Chance: Evolutions in Attachment – Alisa Levine, PsyD
3:15pm Coffee Break
3:30pm Case Discussion – Robert Fox, MSW, Martha Stark, MD
4:15pm Panel and Audience Discussion of Afternoon Presentations – Alexandra Harrison, MD, Daniel Brown, PhD, ABPH, Alisa Levine, PsyD, Robert Fox, MSW, Martha Stark, MD
5:00 pm Adjourn

Saturday, March 28, 2015

8:15am Overview – James Frosch, MD, moderator
8:30am Falling Out of the World: Shock, Strangeness – and Afterwards – Alfred Margulies, MD
9:15am Case Presentation: From Bodies to Words: Working with Transference and Countertransference – Gerard Fromm, PhD
10:00am Coffee Break
10:30am Case Discussion – Jack Foehl, PhD, Anton Kris, MD
11:15am Panel and Audience Discussion of Morning Presentations – James Frosch, MD, Alfred Margulies, MD, Gerard Fromm, PhD, Jack Foehl, PhD, Anton Kris, MD
12:00pm Lunch (on your own)
1:45pm Perverse Scenarios and the Fantasy of a One-Person Universe – Andrea Celenza, PhD
2:15pm Case Presentation: The Dialectic of Sex and Death – David Doolittle, PsyD
3:00pm Coffee Break
3:30pm Case Discussio – :Robert Goisman, MD, George Fishman, MD
4:15pm Panel and Audience Discussion of Afternoon Presentations – James Frosch, MD, Andrea Celenza, PhD, David Doolittle, PsyD, Robert Goisman, MD, George Fishman, MD
5:00 PM Adjourn

 

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