Zack Oldenberg, LCSW
Jan 23 and Jan 30, 10am - 1pm
6 optional CE credits offered
In-person only
Enrollment closes Wednesday, January 20
Registration ……………………………….. $150.00
Student Fee………………………………...$115.00
6 optional CE credits offered
Mundos Superpuestos: Psychoanalysis, Groups, Institutions, and Social Reality
In this course, we’ll examine a tradition of politically engaged psychoanalysis that has challenged the separation of psychic life from social, political, and material reality. Together, we’ll explore theories of group life and the group unconscious through the work of Enrique Pichon-Rivière, Janet Puget, René Kaes, and, more recently, Emília Estivalet Broide and Jorge Broide. We’ll also discuss how psychoanalytic concepts of the individual, group, institution, and unconscious are transformed when considered alongside social violence, institutional power, and collective life.
Particular attention will be given to Pichon-Rivière's concepts of the vínculo, operative groups, the portavoz, dialectical materialism, and the relationship between the vertical and horizontal dimensions of group life; to Puget's theorization of social violence and mundos superpuestos (overlapping worlds); to Kaes’s theories of the group psychic apparatus, group as dream, internal groups, and unconscious alliances; and, lastly, to Broide’s use of territorial listening to design community interventions.
Truthfully, we probably won’t cover it all. We will, however, think through some of these concepts together as a group, and we’ll make space to reflect on group phenomena as they emerge during our time together.
About the Instructor
Zack Oldenberg, LCSW, is a senior candidate at LAISPS. He teaches courses on dreams and community psychoanalysis at LAISPS and NCP and co-chairs the LAISPS Diversity Committee.
Details
To maximize the learning experience in-person class size will be limited to 12 participants.
To ensure a place in the class and receive readings in advance, early enrollment is advised.
Enrollment closes Wednesday, January 20.
Questions?
Please contact Martha Murillo at martha@laisps.org or 310-440-0333
Refunds/Cancellations: Refunds, less a $10 administrative fee, will be made if cancellation notification is phoned or postmarked three (3) business days in advance of this program. There will be no refunds on requests received after the refund deadline. Full refunds are made in the event that LAISPS must cancel this program.
Returned Checks: A $35.00 service charge will be assessed for checks returned by the bank.
Confidentiality: By registering for this educational event, attendees agree to strictly maintain confidentiality of any clinical material shared and will not distribute or convey such confidential material outside of the workshop.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Describe major historical developments in politically-engaged psychoanalysis and identify how Marxist and materialist thought influenced the work of Pichon-Rivière, Puget, Rene Kaes, and the Broides.
Differentiate intrapsychic formulations from formulations that conceptualize psychic experience as embedded within social, political, material, and institutional contexts.
Explain and apply Pichon-Rivière's concepts of the vínculo, operative group, portavoz, dialectical materialism, and vertical/horizontal dimensions of group life to clinical and group material.
Describe and apply Puget's concepts of social violence and Mundos Superpuestos to clinical situations in which analyst and patient inhabit the same threatening or traumatizing social reality.
Identify and assess ways in which institutional structures, hierarchies, and forms of authority may reproduce psychological and social forms of alienation within clinical settings.
CE Credit Information
All planners, faculty, staff, and others involved in this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. This activity has not received any commercial support.
Accreditation Statements:
Psychologists: LAISPS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. LAISPS maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Board of Behavioral Sciences: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts APA-approved courses for Continuing Education for LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, and LEP licenses.
Psychiatrists: CME credit will not be offered for this program.
To Earn Credit:
Participants must complete an online evaluation within 2 weeks of completing this CE activity to receive credit.
Attention Psychologists:
Psychologists can earn a maximum of 6 CE credits for this program. Partial credit may not be awarded, based on APA guidelines.
*Clinicians with any other licenses should check with their Licensing Boards to ensure that APA-sponsored programs are accepted for CE credit.