Psychoanalytic Conversations
Re-Framing Psychoanalysis: New perspectives on our changing clinical situation
Join us at the home of Thomas Helscher and Karen Beard for the first of our new series, “Psychoanalytic Conversations.”The premise of this year-long series of conversations with LAISPS’s clinicians will be that the recent pandemic and its wrenching alterations of the frame are only the most dramatic and visible of the numerous tectonic shifts psychoanalysis has had to face in the last few decades, as we try to keep up with a rapidly changing world in which issues of gender, sexual orientation, race, and increasing political polarization have forced us to re-examine many of our basic assumptions about and theories underpinning our clinical work.
Sunday, November 13, 2022
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Limited Availability - First-Come, First-Served
Psychoanalysis
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LAISPS is dedicated to psychoanalytic independence, an open-minded, discerning attitude toward the rich diversity of psychoanalytic theory and practice. We highly value the broad spectrum of psychoanalytic thought, including classical psychoanalytic theory, object relations, and attachment theory as well as contemporary perspectives of self psychology, intersubjectivity, and relational theories. The institute is committed to excellence in education of psychoanalysts as well as psychotherapists, graduate students and interns who wish to deepen their theoretical understanding and clinical skills in psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Meet Some Members of our community
Michael Diamond, Ph.D.
"I'm grateful to be a part of an institute that reflects the independent-minded spirit and soul of an inclusive, yet distinctive analytic vision emphasizing mind-body issues, drives, object relations, intersubjectivity, and unconscious mental work."
Training Analyst
Kerri Johnson, Psy.D..
"I've really enjoyed a rich, meaningful experience at LAISPS. The thought provoking seminars and sharp minded professors and classmates have been exceptional."
Candidate
Valérie von Raffay, Ph.D.
"Psychoanalysis illuminates the returning “ghosts” of our past and how they interfere with our ability to love and work.”
LAISPS Member
Ziva Doshi,
LCSW
“Joining the LAISPS community has been a deeply fulfilling experience, both personally and professionally. It has introduced me to the psychoanalytic perspective and made space for a more compassionate examination of the human condition, affliction, and resilience.”
Affiliate Society Member
Graduate LAISPS Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
Meredith Redding, LMFT
"In an overly - pathologizing and prescriptive culture, psychoanalytic training at LAISPS offers a respite of depth, complexity, meaning and also mystery. I've always appreciated that LAISPS supports the development of my own unique analytic identity."
Candidate
Deborah Shaw, Ph.D.
“Being affiliated with LAISPS for the last thirty years has been a joy, filled with opportunities to learn and grow, and forge lifelong meaningful relationships.”
Training Analyst
