Symposium

Dr. Feldman will describe the anxiety evoked in patients threatened by invasion or engulfment by objects on the one hand, and their fears of isolation and abandonment on the other. He will illustrate patients’ struggles to nd a tolerable distance in relation to their objects. The analyst has to cope with anxieties evoked by the patient’s projections and nd a therapeutic distance that enables thinking and clinical working.

Drs. Long and Wilson will consider the clinical implications of the claustro-agoraphobic dilemma, elaborate on the use of projective identication in these situations and the resultant impairments in the capacity for symbolic functioning. They will comment on Dr. Feldman’s clinical approach for patients struggling between engulfment and abandonment in relation to their therapist.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the clinical signicance of the claustro-agoraphobic dilemma
• Explain the emotional dialectic of isolation and abandonment vs. persecution and invasion
• Discuss a clinical approach for patients struggling with this dilemma to tolerate treatment

CME/CE Accreditation

ACCME Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Western New England Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement

The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

This program is being reviewed for Continuing Education Credit hours by the NASW, CT to meet the continuing education criteria for CT Social Work Licensure renewal.

A Certificate of Attendance for WNE Programs can be used to fulfill CE requirements for CT Psychologists.