The PCC's Continuing Education Committee is pleased to present

2024 Annual Melanie Klein Lectureship, Melanie Klein's Narrative of an Adult Analysis

featuring Christine English, PhD
The British Psychoanalytical Society

Saturday, October 26, 2024 –  9:00 am to 3:00 pm (Pacific Daylight Time)

Location Hybrid – On-line and in-person at:

Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, 3200 Motor Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034

CEUs: 4.75

 

Program Description

PCC’s 2024 Annual Melanie Klein Lectureship will focus on Dr. Christine English’s new book, Narrative of an Adult Analysis (2023), which is an exploration of the first record of Melanie Klein’s long treatment of an adult patient, Mr. B. The Narrative gives a vivid insight into Klein’s highly original way of working and provides detailed evidence for many of her theoretical ideas. It throws light, for example, on the dynamics of and obstacles to mourning; on what may drive a negative therapeutic reaction; and on the fundamental conflict between love and hate, first experienced in connection with the breast. It contains very moving material about the impact of the unexpected arrival of a sibling, and about the way in which love can become almost entirely obscured where hatred has instead been nurtured through grievance. During the day we shall explore these themes as we follow the unfolding of Mr.B’s analysis and reflect upon the relevance of this work for contemporary analytic practice. The program will include two presentations by Dr. English, emphasizing theoretical and clinical material, as well as thought-provoking discussion periods facilitated by members of the PCC community.

 

Program Schedule

9 am  Presentation by Christine English illustrating theoretical interests & technique found in the Narrative of an Adult Analysis

10:00 am  Discussion with audience

10:45 am  Break

11:00 am  Presentation by Christine English of clinical material from the Narrative of an Adult Analysis

11:45 am  Discussion with audience

12:15 pm  Lunch

1:15 pm  Panel discussion: Members of the reading group converse with Dr. English

2 pm  Discussion: Joseph Aguayo, including his experience with the Melani Klein archive

2:45 pm Discussion, Q&A

 

Target Audience
MD's, Psychologists, LCSW's, MFT's, Registered Nurses, candidates and members of psychoanalytic institutes, and student clinicians who are interested in psychoanalysis.

 

Course Objectives

At the end of this activity, participants should be better able to:

1. Name an obstacle to mourning and its consequences for mental health.
2. Describe a clinical situation that could cause a negative therapeutic reaction.
3. Explain how the fundamental conflict between love and hate, first experienced in connection with the breast, can take different developmental paths.

 

Program Faculty

Christine English, PhD is a child, adolescent and adult psychoanalyst in private practice in South Oxfordshire, UK. She is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society (BPAS), Archivist of the Melanie Klein Trust, Chair of the Archives Committee of the BPAS and Honorary Associate Professor of the Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London.

Joseph Aguayo, PhD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of California in West Los Angeles. He is a Member of the New Center for Psychoanalysis and a Guest Member of the British Psychoanalytical Society in London. He holds UCLA doctorates in both Clinical Psychology and European History. He has two co-edited publications, Wilfred Bion: Los Angeles Seminars and Supervision; and Bion in Buenos Aires (Karnac Books, 2013; 2017). He published Introduction to the Clinical Work of W.R. Bion (Routledge, 2023) and more recently, Bion in the Consulting Room, co-authored with R.D. Hinshelwood, Sira Dermen and Nicola Abel-Hirsch. (Routledge, 2024).

 

Registration

General Admission: $225

Psychoanalytic candidates and students: $100

PCC Candidates in seminar: FREE

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