XVI INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Athens Oct 20 - 23, 2010
The Intrapsychic and the Intersubjective in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Program structure
The first day will be devoted to a series of special interdisciplinary symposia focusing on “Neurosciences, Psychoanalysis and Medication: Research and Applications”. Invited speakers, experts in their respective fields, will discuss the current theoretical and clinical approaches of the aetiology and thetype of treatment of disorders where psychoanalytic psychotherapy combined with pharmaceutical interventions is recommended.
Discussion panels composed of two invited speakers, renowned members of the psychoanalytic community, and a discussant introducing specific topics will feature in the program, the following days.
The program will also include
• Presentations • Symposia • Discussion groups
• Workshops • Oral free communications • Poster presentations
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM INFORMATION
“On female subjectivity”
M. Aisenstein (Greece): Female identifications to the father
J. Kristeva (France): The maternal passion
Discussant: E. Bichi (Argentina)
“On intersubjectivity”
R. D. Hinshelwood (UK): Being objective about the intersubjective
D. Stern (Switzerland): The implications of a developmental view of intersubjectivity for contemporary psychoanalysis
Discussant: S. Thanopulos (Italy)
“Monsters in his head”: A clinical dialogue
A. Ferro (Italy): Clinical presentation
J. Greenberg (USA): Discussion
Presentations
E. Aslanidis (Greece): Dualism and duality in the psychoanalytic scene
A. Berle (Norway): Clinical experiences which moved me from a one person intrapsychic position, toward a more interpersonal / intersubjective position
M. Ermann (Germany): The intersubjective perspective and the change of the psychoanalytic identity
V. Falaras (Greece): Intersubjective encounters and transformations of the psychoanalytic field
J. Flores (Chile): The place of authenticity and neutrality in contemporary psychoanalysis
R. Funk (Germany): "Direct Meeting", Erich Fromm's continuing relevance to relational psychoanalysis
S. Gojman (Mexico): Insights on counter-transference lapses: Contributions of attachment research and baby observation to psychoanalytic training
N. Hamberis (Greece): The creation of emptiness and chaos. Symmetry, a way of being
K. Hoffmann (Germany): Truth and analytic relationship in forensic treatments – Challenges caused by injustice, delinquency, addiction
C. Mann (USA): Psychodynamic understanding in different cultures: A problem in transcultural psychotherapy
J. Mitrani (USA): Becoming real: Sorting out identifications toward embodying one’s self
L. Moyson (Belgium): And may I now, please, continue to see my patients...? Internal and external challenges in the psychoanalytic field
N. Tzavaras (Greece): The destruction of the intersubjectivity in schizophrenia
Symposia
Intersubjective traditions in the history of IFPS
(Organised by the IFPS Archives Commission)
Chair: M. Ermann, K. Hoffmann (Germany)
Panelists: E. Frank-Rieser (Austria): Igor Caruso and the intersubjective tradition
R. Funk (Germany): Erich Fromm and the intersubjective tradition
M. Conci (Italy & Germany): Harry S. Sullivan and the intersubjective tradition
From interpersonal to social subjectivity
(Organized by the Seminario de Sociopsicoanalisis A.C, Mexico)
Chair: S. Millan (Mexico)
Panelists: S. Millan (Mexico): From interpersonal to social intersubjectivity
M.E. Sanchez (Mexico): The reconfiguration of subjectivity and relations in migratory processes. Case Study.
E.A. Almeida: The intrapsychic and the intersubjective in the psychosocial proximal relationships. The case of an
indigenous Mexican community.
The subjects of analysis: On subjectivity, intersubjectivity and countertransference
Panelists: E. Bichi (Argentina): “Countertransference”: A contemporary metapsychological view on the intrapsychic,
interpsychic, intersubjective and objective aspects of the process
G. Vaslamatzis (Greece): From countertransference to the intersubjective dya
S. Thanopulos (Italy): The sense of responsibility towards the other. The interdependence between
subjectivity and intersubjectivity
On Ferenczi-Freud controversy: Intrapsychic and intersubjective issues
Chair: C. Bonomi (Italy)
Panelists: A. Rachman (USA): An "invitro" study of intersubjectivity: Sandor Ferenczi's analysis of Mrs. Elizabeth Severn
F. Borgogno (Italy): Ferenczi, the introjective analyst.
P. Boschan (Argentina): Psychic reality and the Freud-Ferenczi controversy today
C. Bonomi (Italy): Freud and Ferenczi on the Acropolis
Intersubjectivity and social imaginary realm in Fromm’s psychoanalysis
(Organized by the Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanalisis, Mexico)
Chair: G. Jimenez Rosas (Mexico)
Panelists: A. Espinosa Rugarcia (Mexico): Fromm’s productive character in Nikos Kazantzakis works
P. Varela Fregoso (Mexico): The intersubjetivity in Fromm
R. Aramoni Serrano (Mexico): The Intersubjective of God
G. Jimenez Rosas (Mexico): The intersubjectivity and the social unconscious.
The limits of an analysis are those of the analyst, the analysand or the analytic process?
(Organized by the European Federation for the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector - EFPP)
Chair: L. Moyson (Belgium), D. Anastasopoulos (Greece)
Panelists: D. Anastasopoulos (Greece): Is it possible for the analysant to advance his/her psychic development
beyond that of his/her analyst’s?
J. Soumaki (Greece): The gender of the analyst in relation to transference and countertransference
manifestations in the psychoanalytic relationship
D. Anagnostopoulos (Greece): The impact of social factors in the analytic couple and its influence
on the analytic process
The Symposium and the psychoanalytic situation
(Organized by the Centre for Psychoanalysis, Middlesex University, UK)
Chair: W. Prail (UK)
Panelists: J. Borossa (UK): Narratives of love
L. Corti (UK): Love masks...?
D. Henderson (UK): Where is love?
W. Prail (UK): Transference and transcendence
A. Worthington (UK): The inequities of love
From baby to adolescent: The intersubjective dimension in observation and clinical practice
(Organized by the Hellenic Association of Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy)
Chair: S. Christogiorgos (Greece)
Panelists: To be announced
On mental void: Aspects of psychic representability in borderline patients
Chair: G. Vaslamatzis (Greece)
Panelists: C. Zervis, G.Maniadakis, K. Papakonstantinou, G. Chatzistavrakis (Greece)
On holding and containing - The uncanny in the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of children and adolescents
(Organized by the Hellenic Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy)
Chair: N. Hamberis (Greece)
Panelists: K. Talfanidis (Greece): The uncanny in psychoanalytic psychotherapy of children
J. Soumaki (Greece): “Do you want kill the bad guys with me?” Countertransference answers to difficult
questions
A. Stathopoulos (Greece): The evolution of the therapeutic relationship in the case of a child with severe
neurological defect
Intersubjectivity and potential space
Chair: C. Joannidis (Greece), Y. Erten (Turkey)
Panelists: E. Papastefanou (Greece): Intersubjectivity and supervision
C. Joannidis (Greece): It is a matter of agreement between us, that we will never ask this question
Y. Erten (Turkey): Title to be announced
The complexity of psychoanalytic work: A clinical approach
Presenter: V. Dimopoulos: Clinical presentation
Discussants: S. Beratis, S. Manolopoulos (Greece)
The shadow of maternal object on the daughter’s body
Panelists: I. Vlahaki (Greece): The body in transference: A case of a woman with bulimia
M. Michaleli (Greece): Medical assisted procreation by egg donation: Feasible or not feasible philo-xenia?
Discussant: M. Aisenstein (Greece)
Intersubjective - intrasubjective experiences and identity alterations
(Organised by the Kaunas Society for the Studies of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy)
Chair: D. Leskauskas (Lithuania)
Panelists: Ζ. Palauskiene (Lithuania): Intersubjective - intrasubjective experiences and identity. Alterations in
post-soviet transition
D. Leskauskas (Lithuania): Intersubjectivity alterating formation of gender identity. Two cases of anorexia
nervosa in prepubertal boys
A. Kulak (Lithuania): The dynamics of separation and searching for identity during long-term psychotherapy
Reflecting on intersubjectivity in various contexts
(Organized by the North-Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society)
Chair: T. Katrios (Greece)
Panelists: I. Ierodiakonou-Benou, K. Feleki, F. Triantafyllou (Greece)
A dialogue: The pros and cons of the intersubjectivity
Presenters: N. Tzavaras, I. Vartzopoulos (Greece)
Freud, Brandell and Dramatology
Presenters: Z. Lothane (USA), P.M. Johansson (Sweden)
Studying the archives of the Hellenic Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: An outline of its historical course
Presenters: G. Maniadakis, K. Talfanidis (Greece)
Confidence and transparency: Problems and possibilities
Coordinator: C. Sjödin (Sweden)
Presenters: M. Conci (Italy & Germany), C. Sjödin (Sweden), M. Arppo (Finland), E. Vaapenstad (Norway)
Median Group: Intersubjectivity that helps to reclaim the mind
Coordinator: R. Schoellberger (Italy)
Presenters: R. Schoellberger (Italy): Median Group: Intersubjectivity that helps, through dialogue, to reclaim the fused,
confused, obsessed mind, clinical experience and efficacy
I. Stermann (Italy): The “Menschenbild” of contemporary psychoanalysis towards a broader
understanding of “me” among others
G. Ballarini (Italy): How the Median Group can be a means of choice for the psychotherapy of psychosis
‘ L. Pozzi (Italy): P. de Mare Mind Theory as applied in the Dialog Group (Median Group) of a psychiatric
closed ward
The relational dance: An intersubjective change / play
Coordinator: S. Maggioni (Italy)
Presenters: S. Maggioni, M. Spano, F. Perletti, A. Sironi (Italy)
I versus We and the space in between
Struggles for identity and intersubjectivity in Mental Health Teams - Using psychoanalytic concepts to understand team dynamics
Coordinator: S. Ploumaki (UK)
- Other contributions to the program
Y. Afxentiou (Cyprus): Aggression as a defence mechanism in preserving child’s mastery in therapy
M. Altmeyer (Germany): In the mirror of the other. An intersubjective approach to narcissism
M. L. Azocar & M. T. Caste (Chile): Truth and psychoanalytic relationship
G. Battaglia (Italy): On Adam’s side: Relationships, epiphaneia of the intrapsychic and the intersubjective
J. J. Bustamante Rojano (Mexico): Pychopharmacology and psychoanalytic psychotherapy relationship with patients in deep pain.
V. Eidissen (Norway): Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in Psychosis
C. Garcia (Brazil): On paradox and negation: A discussion about the psychic frontiers
P. Gonzalez Duarte (Mexico): Playing with intersubjective reality
L. Gutierrez (Chile): A conceptual elaborations on the psychoanalytic notions of playing and their relations with human discourse
L. Gutierrez (Chile): An observation of the clinical withdrawal process on the relational registry
H. Karamanolaki (Greece): The difficulty in being together without being the same: Identifications and differentions in countertransference
I. Ierodiakonou-Benou (Greece): The intrapsychic and the intersubjective in the analysis of a terminally ill person
A. Laimböck & E. Pirchner (Austria): Psychoanalytic ambulance in Innsbruck
K. Lehtonen (Finland): Psychotherapy of a parentified child - Case study
S. Leon (Chile): The art of dialectics in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
A. M. Loiacono (Italy): “As if” personalities and identity: Affects, emotions and feelings
C. A. Medina (Chile): The social and the civilized life. The intersubjective
S. Mellan (USA): A paradigm shift in working with a masochistic patient: Toward an intersubjective approach
K. Navridis (Greece): Intrapsychic groupality and group intersubjectivity: The question of mediation
M. Peciccia (Italy): Intrapsychic and intersubjective aspects of dream
M. Ramirez (Chile): Countertransference issues in psychoanalysis of a patient with cancer
C. Ruiz (Chile): Premenstrual syndrome and psychoanalysis
G. Sanchez (Mexico): Ferenczi`s most important contributions to psychoanalytic clinical practice
R. Sandweg (Germany): Transference-countertransference under neurobiological aspects – A contribution to a new evaluation of psychoanalytic theories
M. Siegert (USA): Narcissus and narcissism: A contemporary interpersonal perspective on interactions with narcissism
C. A. Titolo (Argentina): The lies and beatings to gambling and drug addictions
NEUROSCIENCES, PSYCHOANALYSIS AND MEDICATION: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
Interdisciplinary symposia organized in collaboration with the “Center for Research in and Dialogue Between Psychoanalysis and Neurosciences”
Neurosciences and Psychoanalysis
Presenters: P. Magistretti & F. Ansermet (Switzerland): Neuroscience and psychoanalysis: "Beyond the pleasure principle"
revisted
Dscussant: E. Kouvelas (Greece)
On hallucinations
Presenter: E. Angelopoulos (Greece): Ghosts in the brain: Brain interactions during the experience of auditory
verbal hallucinations
Discussant: D. Kyriazis (Greece)
Depression: Psychodynamics of pharmacotherapy
Presenter: M. Beutel (Germany): Depression – Psychodynamics of pharmacotherapy
Discussant: D. Rigas (Greece)
On psychosis
Panelists: M. Solms (S. Africa): On Psychosis: Neuroscientific and psychoanalytic perspectives
L. Pani (Italy): Psychopharmacological approach to psychosis: Selection criteria
Tentative Timetable
Wednesday 20 October 2010
10.30-19.00 Registration
14.00-21.00 Interdisciplinary event on “Neurosciences, Psychoanalysis and Medication: Research and Applications”
21.00 Welcoming reception
Thursday 21 October 2010
09.00-10.30 Plenary session-Presentations
10.20-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.30 Plenary session-Discussion panel
12.30-14.00 Official Opening Ceremony
14.00-15.00 Mid-day break
15.00-16.00 Concurrent sessions-Presentations
16.30-18.30 Concurrent sessions-Symposia, oral free communications, workshops
Friday 22 October 2010
09.00-10.30 Plenary session-Presentations
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Concurrent sessions-Special thematic sessions
12.00-13.30 Concurrent sessions-Symposia, oral free communications, workshops
13.30-15.00 Mid-day break
15.00-16.30 Concurrent sessions-Symposia, oral free communications, workshops
16.30-17.30 Concurrent sessions-Presentations, symposia
17.30-18.00 Coffee break
18.00-20.00 Plenary session-Discussion panel
20.00-21.00 Plenary session-Presentations
Saturday 23 October 2010
09.00-10.30 Plenary session-Presentations
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-13.00 Plenary session-Discussion panel
13.00-14.30 Concurrent sessions-Symposia, oral free communications, workshops
14.30-16.00 Mid-day break
16.00-17.30 Concurrent sessions-Symposia, oral free communications, workshops
17.30-18.00 Coffee break
18.00-20.00 Plenary session-Presentations
Exhibition
An exhibition of scientific literature and pharmaceutical products, open to all participants will be hosted at the congress venue, in conjunction with the meeting
