ADDICTIONS: What Can Modern Psychoanalysis Contribute?
July 26th – July 29th
Wellfleet Elementary School | 100 Lawrence Rd. | Wellfleet, MA
Conference meets 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM each day
Join the faculty of BGSP, students, colleagues and community participants for 4 days of dialogue as we discuss challenges and process when working with patients struggling with addictions
Tuesday, July 26: Pleasure and Its Discontents: Evolutionary and Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Dr. Eugene Goldwater, BGSP faculty & Director of Addictions Counseling, will provide an overview of a psychoanalytic understanding of addictions. How can the intensive pursuit of pleasure lead to outcomes that are intensely unpleasant? Are addictions driven by unconscious conflicts, maturational blocks, or unaccustomed abundance in our contemporary environment?
Dr. Jane Snyder, BGSP President, will lead a discussion drawing on her own and participants’ experiences in working with addictions and thinking about how psychoanalytic understanding may be applied.
Evening Activity: Wine and Oysters, Dr. Snyder’s Cape house, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
This seminar is designed to help the participant to:
· Describe the underlying conflicts associated with addictive behavior
· Explore what prevents access to the negative consequences of addictions
· Discuss how and why addictions has grown to be a nationwide epidemic
Wednesday, July 27: Opioid Addictions- Impact on Self and Community
Mr. Timothy Cahill, BGSP student and film editor, will show segments from his documentary “Managing the Fix”, a provocative look at Methadone and Suboxone treatment for opioid addictions. Discussant: TBD
Dr. Russ Lowe will present a case which started with the psychoanalytic treatment of a young man addicted to heroin but shifted to treatment of his alcoholic mother. A psychoanalytic perspective of how addictions impact families will be examined. Dr. Wagner, BGSP faculty, will facilitate the discussion.Evening Activity: Student Association Barbecue
This seminar is designed to help the participant to:
· Describe how Methadone and Seboxone are used for treatment of opioid addictions.
· Discuss the societal pressures impacting addictions and treatment of addictions
· Explore how family dynamics are impacted by addictions
Thursday, July 28: To Be or Not To Be
-Mrs. Katherine Morrell, BGSP and the Center for Group Studies faculty, will provide a case presentation of a young man’s struggle with sexual and drug addictions and his ambivalence towards living and dying.
-Mr. Juan Faraoni, BGSP psychoanalytic candidate, will discuss how countertransference has informed his work with patients in a methadone clinic setting. Discussant: Dr. Lynn Perlman
Evening Activity: Bonfire on the Beach!
This seminar is designed to help the participant to:
· Explore the meaning of relapse in treating addictions
· Explore the roots of sexual addiction within the context of the case presentation
· Discuss the countertransference feelings related to treatment of the impulsive addict
Friday, July 29: Recovery
-Ms. Karen Salzarulo, licensed clinical social worker, integrates modern psychoanalytic technique into her private practice. She will discuss the treatment of a woman in a 10 year recovery from pills and alcohol. “It Hurts So Good” Discussant: TBD
-BGSP Faculty will facilitate a conversation on what we have learned throughout the week: how psychoanalysts understand addictions, what psychoanalysis can contribute, and considerations on how to integrate psychoanalytic theory into the practice and treatment of patients presenting with addictions
This seminar is designed to help the participant to:
· Discuss the treatment process that was effective for recovery
· Explore the difference and similarities in addiction to pills and alcohol, and treatment observations
· Explore the application of psychoanalytic principles to the treatment of addictions
Fee: $30.00 per day. $100.00 for the week
3 CE Credits/Clock Hours per day
*Full refund available if you cancel one week prior to the event. If you have any questions, email info@bgsp.edu.
CE Target audience: Psychologists (all levels), Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. BGSP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.
Application for social work continuing education credits is being submitted. Please contact us at ContinuingEd@BGSP.edu for the status of social work CE accreditation.
For information on continuing education credits for nurses, social workers, or marriage and family counseling, call 617-277-3915.
The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
Direct inquiries may be made regarding the accreditation status by the New England Association to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact: Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Ste 100, Burlington, MA 01803-4514, 781-425-7700 or email: cihe@neasc.org
