Scientific Meeting
Saturday, December 14, 2024
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
255 Bradley Street New Haven, CT 06510
Event will also be available
via Zoom (link will be sent via email the day before the event)
Philosophy, Heidegger and Hans W. Loewald’s Early Papers
Speaker: Elizabeth Brett, PhD
Discussant: Alfred Margulies, MD
Non-WNEPS member
$35.00
WNEPS members, candidates and all students/trainees
$0.00
From his first publications, Hans Loewald presents a model of mother‑infant unity, in which psychic development takes place in the tension systems of an interpersonal field. He outlines the almost undetectable and emergent processes in the psyche as psychological functioning begins to form and evolve in its earliest stages, proposing a conception of development based on successive levels of differentiation and integration. All of these proposals, influenced by Heidegger and Loewald’s philosophic training, challenged basic concepts of Freud’s and of the psychoanalytic theory of the day. Many, especially early readers, were confused by these challenges, particularly given Loewald’s strong agreements and disagreements with carefully, explicated positions of Freud’s; by the magnitude of the theoretical questions under consideration; and by the attraction to and suspicion of Loewald’s poetic writing.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the difficulties early readers of Loewald’s work had in understanding and appreciating his innovative reformulations of psychoanalytic theory.
- Describe the significance of the clinical phenomena which are recognized and illuminated by the new perspectives proposed by Loewald.
Speaker: Elizabeth Brett, PhD
Elizabeth A. Brett, Ph.D. is in private practice in New Haven, Connecticut and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis. She is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and for many years prior, an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) and recipient of the Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award. She conducted empirical research on combat trauma and has written research papers as well as articles on psychoanalytic perspectives on trauma. Related to this work, she served as President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Her current scholarly interests include psychoanalytic theories of therapeutic action and technique. She is a former member of Board of Directors of the Loewald Center.
Discussant: Alfred Margulies, MD
Alfred Margulies, M.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. At the Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, he served as Director, Out-Patient Services; Director, Medical Student Education; Co-founder, the Program for Psychotherapy; and Associate Chair. Recipient of the Harvard Medical Prize for Excellence in Teaching; Outstanding Clinical Psychiatry Award, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society; and the American Psychoanalytic Sabshin Teaching Award, he serves on the editorial boards of IJP and JAPA.
CME/CE Accreditation
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.”
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
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.
