66th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 21

Early Bird Open Sessions

7:45 A.M. – 8:45 A.M.

Session 215

Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Group Process

Presented in cooperation with the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society

Presenter:           

Christine C. Kieffer, Ph.D., ABPP, FAGPA, Faculty, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, Illinois

This session will examine the application to group process of contemporary psychoanalytic models of treatment, including intersubjective, relational and dynamics systems theory. A short didactic presentation will be followed by discussion.

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Describe the application of intersubjective theories to group development and process.

2. Discuss the application of relational psychoanalytic models to transference and countertransference in group therapy.

3. Integrate non-linear dynamics systems theory with the concept of "Thirdness" as it pertains to group process.

Course References:

1 .Kieffer, C.C. (2007) Emergence and the Analytic Third: Working at the Edge of Chaos, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 17, 683-704

2. Bromberg, P. (1998) Standing in the Spaces: Essays on Clinical Process, Trauma & Dissociation. Hillsdale, N.J.: The Analytic Press

3. Stolorow, R. D. & Atwood, G.E. (1992) Contexts of Being: The Intersubjective Foundations of Psychological Life. Hillsdale, N.J.: The Analytic Press