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
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.
- Elucidate the therapeutic action of psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Define the contributions of varying theories to therapeutic change
- Integrate current theories into clinical practice
- 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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