Event Spotlight

by SFCP

SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS PRESENTS:
DIALOGUES IN CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYSIS

REFLECTIONS ON “MUTUAL ANALYSIS”:
THE RELEVANCE OF MUTUALITY IN OUR CURRENT CLINICAL WORLD

November 14, 2020
10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$40-$50
Via Zoom

To register: https://www.sfcp.org/s/dialogues-2020-11-14

This program is open to licensed clinicians only.

This current time, dominated by a global pandemic and social and political unrest, challenges the very notions of the individual and the shared. Ferenczi’s assertion that “not employing the spirit of mutuality dooms many analyses to deadness and repetition" rings especially true now, as many of us navigate the shared traumas and losses that are experienced simultaneously and mutually by both patient and therapist. We invite you to share in this discussion about the efficacy of the “spirit of mutuality” in our current clinical practice.

Presenter: Henry Markman, M.D., Training & Supervising Analyst, SFCP; Co-chair, Dialogues for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, SFCP. Dr. Markman has a forthcoming book in 2021 entitled Creative Engagement: The Heart of Analytic Practice, and he has published several papers, including “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Dead: A Hypothesis Regarding a Typology of Analytic Fields” (fort da, 2018); “Presence, Mourning, Beauty: Elements of Analytic Process” (JAPA, 2017); “Accompaniment in Jazz and Psychoanalysis” (Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 2020); “Embodied Attunement and Participation" (JAPA, 2020). Dr. Markman is in private practice in Berkeley.

Discussant: Laurie Case, Ph.D., Member and faculty, SFCP; member of the Editorial Board, fort da. Dr. Case has published reviews and articles on Sandor Ferenczi (2006), Masud Khan (2009), and Hayuta Gurevich (2015) in fort da; and “Working in the Metaphor: Commentary on Paper by Stephen Seligman” (Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 2007). Dr. Case is in private practice in North Berkeley, where she sees adults and adolescents.

Moderator: John Dimartini, Ph.D.