DAY LONG PROGRAMS
* INTRODUCTION TO ANTONINO FERRO (10/20/08)
* A DAY WITH... ANTONINO FERRO (11/15/08)
INTRODUCTION TO ANTONINO FERRO
In preparation for the Dr. Antonino Ferro's visit to the Bay Area,
SFCP will offer a one evening introductory seminar to discuss his theories and clinical approach.
This seminar is open to the analytic community--graduates,
candidates, community members (formerly SFCP friends),
students and interested public.
It will be led by William Glover, Ph.D. and Rachel Peltz, Ph.D.
Monday evening at 7:30, Oct 20, 2008
at SFCP, 2340 Jackson Street 4th floor, (entrance on Webster) San Francisco
The program is free of charge.
Please RSVP to finance@sf-cp.org or call 415-563-5815
If you have any questions, please call Sue von Baeyer, 510 849-4403
or Maria Longuemare, 415 922-6765
A DAY WITH... ANTONINO FERRO (11/15/08)
Click here to download brochure (PDF file): A Day with... Antonino Ferro
Saturday, November 15, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
UCSF Conference Center, Laurel Heights
Antonino Ferro, M.D. has enriched psychoanalysis through his insightful elaboration of the concept of the field and the work of Wilfred Bion. He has both a unique understanding and a dynamic relationship with many of Bion’s concepts such as alpha function and negative capability. The analyst’s capacity for reverie, receptivity to projective identifications and waking dream thought are central ideas in his work. He has developed these ideas into a way of working clinically with patients with the aim of enlarging their capacity to think and to process emotional experiences.
Dr. Ferro has also achieved a sophisticated interweaving of Bionian thought and field theory. He has taken the work of the Barrangers and others on the bi-personal field and created an approach that deepens our understanding of the analytic encounter. The field is activated by both patient and analyst. This field is the medium through which analytic work and emotional transformation occur. Dr. Ferro also has made use of the idea of the narrative, and narrative transformations in his clinical work. He thinks in terms of characters that enter the session as reflections of the field, as well as of internal life.
In The Analyst’s Consulting Room, Dr. Ferro writes: “the analyst’s main concern must be with the material of which he has direct evidence, namely, the emotional experience of the analytic sessions themselves.” In his writing, his clinical approach is generously illustrated through vignettes allowing the reader into Dr. Ferro’s complex and nuanced view of the analyst-patient encounter. Going beyond the idea of “decoding” the patient’s unconscious fantasies, Ferro seeks to both understand and create with the patient an understanding of the emotional moment. He values “unsaturated interpretations…which bear witness to the analyst’s capacity both to endure doubt and uncertainty and to tolerate the existence of worlds in which unforeseeable vistas open up.” He thus listens carefully to the responses to his interpretations for how they reflect the patient’s ability to tolerate and make use of his words. He also thinks of the patient’s response as providing a window into the patient’s view of the functioning and receptivity of the analyst.
Antonino Ferro has written numerous articles and several books including, Psychoanalysis as Therapy and Storytelling, Seeds of Illness, Seeds of Recovery and In The Analyst’s Consulting Room. Dr. Ferro is a member of the Italian Psychoanalytical Institute and the International Psychoanalytical Association. He treats both adults and children in psychoanalysis.
We will begin the day with the presentation of Dr. Ferro’s paper, “Countertransference and the Characters of the Psychoanalytic Session.” In this paper, Dr. Ferro elaborates the concept of the field and its “characters” and describes how he makes use of Bion’s idea of alpha function. He explores levels of countertransference in the analyst, and illustrates with characters from literature and clinical vignettes. The paper will be discussed by Dr. Jim Dimon, who has taught extensively on transference and countertransference. Dr. Katherine MacVicar will present the case of an adult in psychoanalysis.
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This program continues the focus of previous programs with Danielle and Jean-Michel Quinodoz, Anne Alvarez, Ken Corbett, Michael Parsons, Ron Britton, Edna O’Shaughnessy, Michael Feldman, Dale Boesky, Adam Phillips, John Steiner, Roy Schafer, Elizabeth Bott Spillius, Harold Stewart, Joseph and Anne-Marie Sandler, Betty Joseph, Hanna Segal and Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, which have all offered richly illustrative clinical material of ongoing psychoanalytic treatments.
PROGRAM
9:00-9:30
Registration and coffee
9:30-9:40
Introduction of conference
Gary Grossman, Ph.D.
Chair, Community Education and Service Division
9:40-9:50
Introduction of Antonino Ferro
Catherine Mallouh M.D.
Co-Chair, “A Day with...” SFCP Extension Division Series
9:50-10:40
Clinical paper presented by Antonino Ferro:
“Countertransference and the Characters of the Psychoanalytic Session”
10:40-11:30
Discussion of the paper
Jim Dimon, M.D.
Training and Supervising Analyst, Faculty Member, SFCP.
11:30-12:30
Clinical Presentation of an Adult in Psychoanalysis
Katherine MacVicar, M.D.
Training and Supervising Analyst, Faculty Member, SFCP.
12:30-1:30
Catered lunch provided on site
1:30-3:00
Clinical Presentation (cont.)
Dr. MacVicar to Dr. Ferro.
3:00-3:30
Discussion with the audience
Clinical material will be presented at this lecture; no audio or video recordings will be allowed.
REGISTRATION FORM
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Space is limited, early registration is strongly recommended.
Please send payment with registration form to:
SFCP, 2340 Jackson Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Fees:
$155 General
$145 SFCP Members
$115 SFCP Candidates and Community Members (formerly Friends of SFCP)
$55 Full time students or interns (copy of current ID required.)
Add $10 for on site registration
Catered lunch will be provided for all attendees.
No refund for cancellations.
Questions regarding any aspect of this program may be addressed to SFCP at (415) 563-5815.
Location:
UCSF Conference Center
Laurel Heights
3333 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
NB: Parking at the Laurel Heights campus will be tight. Alternate parking can be found at the JCCSF, 3200 California Street
Event Planning Committee:
Catherine Mallouh, M.D. and Erin Mullin, Ph.D., co-chairs
Meryl Botkin, Ph.D.
Marilynne Kanter, Ph.D.
Michael Loughran, Ph.D.
Terrence Owens, Ph.D.
PLEASE NOTE:
This course has been approved for five CME credits.
Objectives:
1. Participants will learn about Antonino Ferro’s concept of the field and its relationship to the analytic process.
2. Clinicians will gain an understanding of countertransference from the perspective of the field and the potential disruptions in the analyst’s capacity to do analytic work.
3. Clinicians will learn about the use of reverie in connecting with the patient’s projective identifications.
Continuing Education
The San Francisco Center of Psychoanalysis is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The San Francisco Center of Psychoanalysis takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The San Francisco Center of Psychoanalysis designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.
PHYSICIANS: The San Francisco Center of Psychoanalysis designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.
LCSWs/MFTs: The San Francisco Center of Psychoanalysis is a provider approved by the Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number PCE623, for # CME credits on an hour for hour basis.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CME credits may report AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements and are now able to directly submit their verification letters at the end of each renewal cycle using the MCEP credit reporting form that can be found on the internet at: http://www.calpsychlink.org/accrediting_agency/files/MCEP_Reporting_Form.pdf
REGISTERED NURSES : The San Francisco Center of Psychoanalysis is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 02677, on an hour for hour basis.
