Article archive / November 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 15. Source pages: 16.
N.O.–B. Psychoanalytic Center, Nov 8 Dr. Walt Ehrhardt to Present on Object Relations
Dr. Walt Ehrhardt will present “An Objective Relations Primer on Aggression in Couples, on November 8 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center in New Orleans.
Dr. Ehrhardt will cover types of aggression, how they affect each partner and the therapist's utilization of countertransference in working through with the couple as a unit, utilizing conjoint therapy modality of treatment. Participants will learn about intrapsychic and interpsychic aspects on co-created roles between persons in the therapeutic setting, notes the Center’s review. Also, participants will see how triangulated sequences operate in aggressive shifts.
The presentation is part of the series Psychoanalysis in Action, designed for those curious about what psychoanalysis is and how it works, and also for the seasoned analyst.
In a December presentation, Dr. Scott Griffies, will present, “The Neuroanatomy of Psychoosomatics and some Implications for Psychoanalysis.” The presentation will be held on December 6 at the Center. Patients with psychosomatic disorders are torn between their need for an attachment object to help them regulate stress and their fear that attachment — including attachment to a therapist — is in itself a threat. This makes traditional insight- oriented therapy something of a dilemma.
Dr. Griffies will guide participants to understand how attachment trauma effects brain development in psychosomatic disorders and how neurobiological changes in psychosomatic patients present clinical challenges in psychotherapy.
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