Saturday, May 4th, 2024
9:30AM – 12:30PM
EXPANDING the EDGES of SELF PSYCHOLOGY: HARM REDUCTION, CREATIVE ARTS, and GUIDED IMAGERY
HEATHER FERGUSON, LCSW
D. BRADLEY JONES, Psy.D.
KRISTIN LONG, Psa, LCAT, LP
Since the early days of psychoanalysis, from Pierre Janet, Sandor Ferenczi, Sigmund Freud to Carl Jung, there have been experiments with active techniques. However, our field continues to struggle to acknowledge and welcome other treatment modalities and creative interventions that deepen therapeutic engagement. Is there a fear of judgment or adherence to an idealized or archaic view of psychoanalysis? In this Saturday morning conversation, we will present three clinical stories that integrate principles of harm reduction psychotherapy, creative visualization, and embodied movement to deepen the psychodynamic exchange and meet the needs of our diverse patients. This presentation illustrates creative interventions that deepen therapeutic trust and catalyze that patient’s motivation for change. We hope to inspire your creative impulses, and to encourage your own resources and philosophical perspectives that enliven your everyday practice.
Location:
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Services Center
208 West 13th Street, Room #310, New York, NY 10014
Heather Ferguson, LCSW, is faculty and supervisor at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, and faculty at the Wilhelm Reich Center for the Study of Embodiment, all in NYC. She is a certified hypnotherapist and practitioner of EMDR. She has written about eating disorder treatment, the role of intergenerational transmission of trauma, and the use of embodied techniques to deepen psychotherapeutic engagement. She is a member of the Music Industry Therapist Collective (MITC) and Co-Book Review Editor for Psychoanalysis, Self, and Context.
D. Bradley Jones, Psy.D., LCSW, is a graduate of two psychoanalytic institutes: The Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (IPSS) in NYC, and The Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (ICP/LA) in Los Angeles, CA. He is a Supervising Training Analyst and faculty at both institutes, and enjoys promoting the Explorations Series at IPSS. In private practice for over 30 years now, Bradley has a special interest in working with substance use and mis-use, and people in the performing arts. He has published articles found in the journal Self, Context, and Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Inquiry.
Kristin Long, DPsa, LCAT, LP, is a faculty member and supervisor at The Institute for Expressive Analysis in New York City, where she teaches classes on the therapeutic use of the body and Expressive Analysis with children and adolescents. She is also faculty at New York University Drama Therapy Program where she teaches Projective Techniques. Kristin is co-editor of the book Creative Arts Therapies and the LGBTQ Community.
Dr. Karen Starr is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. She is faculty, and co-chair of the Independent Track, at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, where she teaches psychoanalytic writing. In addition to journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Starr is the author of Repair of the Soul: Metaphors of Transformation in Jewish Mysticism and Psychoanalysis; co-author with Lewis Aron of A Psychotherapy for the People: Toward a Progressive Psychoanalysis; and co-editor with Jill Bresler of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Integration. She is a clinical supervisor at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Dr. Starr maintains a private practice in New York City and Great Neck, New York.
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