Saturday Morning Panels

The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis Presents Two Saturday Morning Panels:

The Marian D. Tolpin, M.D. Memorial Seminar on The Forward Edge of Self Psychology

Siblings: Psychological Ramifications

The Marian D. Tolpin, M.D. Memorial Seminar on The Forward Edge of Self Psychology

Saturday, March 20, 2010
9:00 a.m. to Noon

The Marian D. Tolpin, M.D. Memorial Seminar is made possible by the Marian Tolpin Memorial Fund. The Chicago Institute thanks the Tolpin Family and other generous donors to the fund.

To honor the memory of Marian Tolpin, the Institute for Psychoanalysis presents the second annual Marian D. Tolpin, M.D. Memorial Seminar delving into self psychological issues that she struggled with and taught.

Guest Speaker

Shelley R. Doctors, Ph.D.
Revisiting Marian Tolpin's Reevaluation of the Corrective Emotional Experience

Psychoanalytic Case Presentation by Thetis Cromie with commentary by Sheldon J. Meyers and Shelley R. Doctors.

Faculty

Shelley R. Doctors, Ph.D., is a faculty member and Supervising Analyst at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, and the Institute for Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies, in New York City. Her publications focus on self psychology, intersubjectivity, and adolescence. Her most recent article, "Interpretation as a Relational Process," was published in the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. She is a co-author and co-editor (with Bernard Brandchaft and Dorienne Sorter), of Toward an Emancipatory Psychoanalysis: Brandchaft's Intersubjective Vision, forthcoming in June 2010.

Thetis Cromie, D.Min., Ph.D., LCMS, is an advanced candidate at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis; Faculty, Loyola University Graduate School of Social Work; and a psychotherapist in private practice.

Sheldon J. Meyers, M.D. is Faculty and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis; Faculty, Rush University Medical School, and member of the Council of the International Association of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology.

Educational Objectives

This presentation is designed to help the participant:

use the concept of corrective emotional experience in work with patients
apply an understanding of development, especially modes of attachment, in working with adult patients in psychotherapy
heighten skills at working effectively at doing psychotherapy that draws on the selfpsychological approach

Siblings: Psychological Ramifications

Saturday, May 1, 2010
9:00 a.m. to Noon

Relationships among siblings are of inestimable importance. Yet, with all the emphasis on parents, friendships, and love relationships, brothers and sisters often get overlooked. This panel seeks to offer a remedy, as two outstanding psychoanalytic speakers, and a nationally recognized commentator, turn their attention to siblings.

Speakers

Christine Kieffer, Ph.D.
On Psychoanalytic Siblings

Christine Sterkel, M.D.
Double, but Different: Navigating Sameness and Difference in Twin Development

Discussant

James M. Herzog, M.D.

Moderator

James W. Anderson, Ph.D.

Christine Kieffer, Ph.D. is on the faculty of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and Rush University Medical School. She is board certified by the American Psychoanalytic Association in both adult and child/adolescent psychoanalysis. She has published widely on topics such as gender and sexuality, therapeutic action in psychoanalysis, and child and adolescent development. She is an adult and child/adolescent psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice.

Christine Sterkel, M.D. is on the faculty of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and Rush University Medical School. She is a twin, has twin girls, and comes from four generations of twins; literally and figuratively she has twins on her mind much of the time. She is a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist in private practice with an emphasis on young adult development, grief, and loss.

James M. Herzog, M.D. is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and a staff member at Cambridge Hospital. He is a faculty member and a Child and Adult Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. A prolific and creative author, he is best known for his classic 2001 book, Father Hunger: Explorations with Children and Adults.

Educational Objectives

This presentation is designed to help the participant:

recognize how a patient's past history of having siblings or being an only child influences the patient's experience in psychotherapy and the patient's relation to other patients with the same therapist
identify sibling dynamics particularly by seeing how those dynamics operate in the pressurized situation of being a twin
assess how people's relationship with their siblings affect their development and personality

Location

Robert Morris College
401 South State Street
8th floor auditorium
Chicago, IL 60605

Signage on the main floor will direct you to the auditorium.

Registration

To register, please print, fill out and return the registration brochure (PDF). For more information, call 312.922.7474.

Registration fee (includes coffee/tea and breakfast rolls):

$60.00 for one panel or $100 for the series.

Reserve for both panels—save money and guarantee a seat.

Accreditation

3 hours of continuing education credit per panel