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The Change Process Study Group of Boston,
Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents
and
Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Present

Developmental Process
and the
Enigma of Change in
Psychodynamic Therapy

Friday and Saturday
March 7-8, 1997

at the

swissotel
Boston, Massachusetts

Sponsored by
Three Ripley Street


Course Directors

Arnold M.Kerzner, M.D.
Lawrence E. Lifson, M.D.
Jeremy P. Nahum, M.D.
Martha Stark, M.D.


Faculty

Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, M.D., Department of Pediatrics and ChildPsychiatry, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Darlene Bregman Ehrenberg, Ph.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, and Faculty, William Alanson White Institute; Supervising Analyst: ChicagoCenter for Psychoanalysis; The Northwest Center for Psychoanalysis; TheSoutheast Florida Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy; Author,The Intimate Edge: Extending the Reach of Psychoanalytic Interaction.

Alexandra M. Harrison, M.D., Assistant Clnical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Faculty, and Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

Joseph D. Lichtenberg, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University; Faculty, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute; Author, The Talking Cure; Psychoanalysis and Infant Research; and Psychoanalysis andMotivation; co-author Self and Motivational Systems: Toward a Theory ofTechnique.

Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology in theDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.

Robert Michels, M.D., Walsh McDermott University Professor of Medicine, Cornell University; Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College. Current or past member of editorial boards including: Psychiatry; The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis; The New England Journal of Medicine; and Chairman, Editorial Board for the textbook, Psychiatry.

Stephen Mitchell, Ph.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, William Alanson White Institute; Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program. Author, Relational Concepts in Psychoanalysis and Hope and Dread in Psychoanalysis; co-author, Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought.

Arnold H. Modell, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital; Faculty, Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Co-author of Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory, and author of OtherTimes, Other Realities and The Private Self.

Alexander C. Morgan, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Boston Psychoanalytic Society andInstitute; Faculty , Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis.

Jeremy P. Nahum, M.D., Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry , Harvard MedicalSchool; Faculty, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; Faculty,Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis.

Louis W. Sander, M.D., Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine.

Ethel Spector Person, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University; Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia UniversityPsyshoanalytic Center for Training and Research. Author, By Force ofFantasy: How We Make Our Lives, and Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters: the Power of Romantic Love.

Gerald Stechler, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; former Chairman of the Department of Child Psychiatry , Boston University School of Medicine; Faculty, Boston Psychoanaoytic Institute; Past President, Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis.

Danile N. Stern, M.D., Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty, Columbia University Center of Psychoanalytic Training and Research; Author, First Relationship: Infant and Mother; Interpersonal World of the Infant: A View for Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology; The Diary of a Baby; and The Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of Parent-Infant Psychotherapies.

Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D., ABPP, Faculty, andTraining and Supervising Analyst, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles; Faculty, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York City.Co-author, Contexts of Being: The Intersubjective Foundations ofPsychological Life; Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Intersubjective Approach; Structures of Subjectivity: Explorations in Psychoanalytic Phenomenology; Psychoanalysis of Developmental Arrests: Theory and Treatment; and Faces in a Cloud: Intersubjectivity in Personality Theory.

Edward Z. Tronick, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Child Development Unit, The Children's Hospital.


Developmental Process and the Enigma of Change in Psychodynamic Therapy

Friday and Saturday, March 7-8, 1997


Course Description

This conference addresses what causes change in psychotherapy. From thestudies of parent-infant interactions and psychotherapy with adults andchildren, the Change Process Study Group of Boston has developed a theoryof change that emphasizes the crucial importance of "reordering theintersubjective environment." The interactive process that brings aboutsuch a reordering will be elaborated from the perspective of both normaldevelopment and psychotherapeutic change The steps involved in this processwill be described in detail. Examples from infant development andpsychotherapy will be provided.

A number of internationally renowned psychoanalysts, who have writtenextensively on the theory of psychotherapeutic change, will offer their ownformulations, as well as discuss the theory of change presented by theChange Process Study Group of Boston that focuses on reordering theintersubjective environment. The intent throughout will be to provide aforum for the exchange of ideas that will lead to a more comprehensiveunderstanding of what facilitates change in psychotherapy.

The educational objective and emphasis of this conference will be theintegration of theory and clinical practice. Case material from infantdevelopment and psychotherapy will demonstrate how the concept ofreordering the intersubjective environment within an interactive dyadtranlates into actual practice.


Friday, March 7

8:00-8:30 amRegistration

Moderator  Jeremy P. Nahum, M.D.
8:30-8:45Welcome and Opening RemarksMartha Stark, M.D.
8:45-9:30Relevant Videotape Vignettes from Infant ObservationalResearchEdward Z.Tronick, Ph.D.
9:30-10:15Developmental Process and the Reordering of theIntersubjective Environment in TreatmentDaniel N. Stern, M.D.
10:15-10:45Coffee Break
10:45-11:30Response to Drs. Tronick and SternRobert Michels, M.D., and
Arnold Modell, M.D.
11:30-12:15 pmPanelFaculty and Participants

Moderator  Alexandra M. Harrison, M.D.
1:45-2:30Change Moments in PsychotherapyEthel Spector Person, M.D.
2:30-3:15Facilitating Change in PsychotherapyDarlene Bregman Ehrenberg, Ph.D.
3:15-3:45Coffee Break
3:45-4:30Response to Drs. Person and EhrenbergKarlen Lyons-Ruth, Ph.D. and Joseph D. Lichtenberg, M.D.
4:30-5:15PanelFaculty and Participants
5:15 pmAdjourn


Saturday, March 8


Moderator  Alexander C.Morgan, M.D.
9:00-9:45 amThe Anatomy of Change in Psychodynamic PsychotherapyGerald Stechler, Ph.D.
9:45-10:30Principles of Dynamic Systems and the Process ofTherapeutic ChangeRobert D. Stolorow, Ph.D.
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-11:45Response to Drs. Stechler andStolorowDaniel N. Stern, M.D. and Stephen Mitchell,Ph.D.
11:45-12:30 pmPanelFaculty andParticipants
12:30-2:00Lunch Break

Moderator  Daniel N. Stern, M.D.
2:00-3:30Case Presentations from Adult Treatment: How the Theory Informs the Treatment and Promotes ChangeAlexandra M.Harrison, M.D., Alexander C. Morgan, M.D. and Jeremy P. Nahum, M.D.
3:30-3:50Coffee Break
3:50-4:30Discussion of Case PresentationsLouisW. Sander, M.D. and Joseph D.Lichtenberg, M.D.
4:30-5:15PanelFacultyand Participants
5:15 pmAdjourn


Members of the Change Process Study Group of Boston Planning Committee

Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, M.D.
Alexandra M. Harrison, M.D.
Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Ph.D.
Alexander C. Morgan, M.D.
Jeremy P. Nahum, M.D.
Louis W. Sander, M.D.
Daniel N. Stern,. M.D.
Edward Z. Tronick, Ph.D.

Tuition and Registration

$250   Doctoral level professionals
$225   Other professionals
$150   Students, interns and residents*

*Letter of verification of status required from your insitution

Refund Policy

If you are unable to attend the symposium, you may send a substitute.His/her name and address must be neatly printed on your confirmation letterand presented at the registration table.

A handling fee of $50 is deducted for cancellation. Refund request must bemade in writing no later than February 15, 1997. No refund will be madethereafter.

Symposium Location

The symposium will be held at the swissotel, 1 Lafayette Place, Boston, MA02111 Phone: (617) 451-2600

Accommodations

Information regarding hotel accommodations will be sent with yourconfirmation of enrollment. A limited number of rooms are being held at thereduced rate of $165/night. Reservations must be made before February 12,1997. The toll-free swissotel reservation number is (800) 621-9200, or(617) 451-2600, or FAX (617) 422-5563.

Accreditation

Physicians
THREE RIPLEY STREET designates this continuing medicaleducation activity for 12 hours in Category 1 of the Physician'sRecognition Award of the American Medical Association. THREE RIPLEY STREETis accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to sponsor continuingmedical education for physicians.

Psychologists
THREE RIPLEY STREET is approved by the AmericanPsychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists.This program meets criteria for 12 credit hours. THREE RIPLEY STREETmaintains responsibility for the program.

Social Workers
Application for continuing education credits will be madeto the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

Certified Counselors
Massachusetts Mental Health Center is an approvedprovider for continuing education credits by the National Board ofCertified Counselors. This program meets the crietria for 12 credit hours.

Nurses
Application for continuing education credits will be made to theMassachusetts Nurses Association.

Symposium Registration

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$250 Professionals with doctoral degrees
$225 Other professionals
$150 Students, interns, and residents*
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