Western Regional Child andAdolescent Psychoanalytic

Conference

S A N F R A N C I S C O C E N T E R F O RP S Y C H O A N A L Y S I S P R E S E N T S

Trauma in Childhood and Adolescence:Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Saturday, October 17, 2020     9:00 am - 12:30  pm PST

   Sunday, October 18, 2020

9:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

Via Zoom Conferencing

$50.00 - Regular fee$25.00 - Discounted fee for candidates, graduate students

psychiatric residents and PPTP, CAPPTP and PAPPTP students

CE/CME available for additional fee. Please see registration page for more details.

For questions, contact Marsha Silverstein, PhD 510-841-3252

Pre-registration by October 15, 2020 is required

To register, click here

Saturday, October 17, 2020 

“Take No Pleasure: The Analysis of Masochism andTraumatic Memory in a Phobic Adolescent"

 

Presenter: Martin Bullard, M.S.W. (Seattle, WA)Discussant: Rex McGehee, M.D. (Denver, CO)

 

 9:00 - 9:15    Welcome and Introduction9:15- 12:10  Program (with break, 10:35-10:45)

Opening the conference, Martin Bullard presents the ongoing analytic treatment of a

depressed, masochistic, and treatment-resistant patient in late adolescence who had

suffered traumatic losses in infancy and early adolescence.  The young man had experienced

developmental difficulties throughout childhood and earlier treatment attempts had failed. 

Martin will describe the frame modifications he believes were necessary to engage his

patient and to sustain the treatment in the face of sadomasochistic resistance.  The

presentation invites us, among other things, to consider how earlier unworked trauma can

derail individuation in late adolescence; how experiential contact with the experience of loss

and early trauma via the transference can be mutative; and how it may be necessary to

adapt the frame when working with a highly resistant adolescent.

 

There will be an audience discussion after the discussant’s response.

Sunday, October 18, 2020 

“Can There Be Meaning in Repetitive, Restrictive, EvenStereotypic Behaviors? Evidence of Transmission of

Intergenerational Trauma in the Psychoanalytic Treatmentof a 3 Year Old Boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder”

 

Paper by: Susan Donner, M.D. (Los Angeles, CA)Discussant: Mirta B. Oelsner, PsyA. FIPA (Seattle, WA)

9:00- 9:10  Introduction9:15-11:45  Program (with break, 10:35-10:45)

 

In her paper, Susan Donner explores her analytic work with a young boy, previously diagnosed

with Autism Spectrum Disorder, who entered treatment with little language at the age of 3, and

was thought to lack the capacity for symbolic  play.  During the course of her innovative treatment

of the boy -  which was conducted importantly, in conjunction with each of his parents - his

restricted and stereotypic behaviors, which she understood and gradually enabled his parents to

understand as having meaning, underwent a dramatic change.  Susan illustrates how the inter-

generational transmission of trauma in the family, combined with the child’s constitutional

attributes predisposing him to atypicality, intensified his disturbed and seemingly meaningless

behavior.  Drawing on the work of Susan Sherkow, Frances Tustin, Maria Rhode and Joshua

Durban, she explores the defensive nature of his behavior, as well as its symbolism.  She also

emphasizes the significance of her modified analytic model - in helping the parents work through

unconsciously transmitted trauma of their own, such that they were able to facilitate his

continued development as treatment came to a close.

11: 45- 11:55  Break11:55- 1:00 Panel discussion, audience questions and discussion, wrap of of conference.

During the panel Martin Bullard, Rex McGehee, Susan Donner and Mirta Oelsner will discuss the

case presentation and the paper, examining the commonalities of the two cases,  similarities in

the entrenched symptom pictures, meaning-finding in the analytic process with children and

adolescents who have been traumatized, and innovations in the frame and technique

necessitated by analytic work where development has been derailed.

Participants:

C. Martin Bullard, M.S.W., Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychoanalyst, private

practice, Seattle.

 

Rex McGehee, M.D., Child, Adolescent, Adult Psychoanalyst, private practice, Denver; Faculty,

Training and Supervising Analyst, Denver Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

 

Susan Donner, M.D., Child, Adolescent and Adult Analyst, private practice, Woodland Hills;

Training and Child, Adolescent and Adult Supervising Analyst, New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los

Angeles, Director NCP 0-21 Infant, Child and Adolescent Clinic, Los Angeles.

 

Mirta Berman Oelsner, PsyA. FIPA, Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychoanalyst, private practice,

Seattle; IPA certified child analyst; certified mother-infant psychotherapist; Training Analyst,

Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Seattle.

Registration Information

Fees: General Admission 

 $50.00

Students, graduate students, PPTP, CAPPTP and PAPPTP students, and psychiatric residents  

$25.00

 

CEUs  $30.00 for Saturday (3 units)

$35.00 for Sunday   (3.5 units)

You can choose to get credits for either Saturday (3.0), Sunday (3.5), or both (6.5)

Registration is available online here

To register by email, please contact megan.kelly@sfcp.org

CME/CE Credits Information

The San Francisco Center for 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 for Psychoanalysis takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME

activity.

The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to

sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis maintains

responsibility for this program and its contents.

PHYSICIANS: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis designates this educational activity for a

maximum number of credits as listed in the program, 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 for Psychoanalysis is an entity recognized by the Board of

Behavioral Sciences to provide Continuing Education Credits pursuant to Section 1887.4.3.

PSYCHOLOGISTS: Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CME credits may report AMA PRA

Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements. Psychologists self-certify the number of hours they

have completed on their renewal form (whether online or paper). The San Francisco Center for

Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for

psychologists. The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its

content.

REGISTERED NURSES: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a provider approved by the California

Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 02677) on an hour for hour basis.

Physicians, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Registered Nurses will be awarded AMA

PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ on an hour for hour basis; see the program description for the maximum of

credits awarded for each program.

Commercial Support: None

Faculty Disclosure: All speakers and planning committee members have disclosed NO financial

interest/arrangement or affiliation with commercial companies who have provided products or services,

relating presentation(s) or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity. All conflicts

of interest have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME Updated Standards for Commercial

Support.