Spring 2000 - Volume VI - Number 1
Spring 2000 - Volume VI - Number 1
The Society’s annual Spring Study Tour took place in May, 1999.
Alma Weisberg submitted the following report.
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SMP
1999 Tour Pictures
Among the historical facts the
Modern Analysts started to discover in Prague,
then in Vienna and in Budapest, was that the name "Hapsburg" counted in this
region. Speculating on the drive theory in action, we pondered over the historic
legacy and its possible relationship to subsequent eras of totalitarian governments.
Totalitarianism figured crucially in the recent history of psychoanalysis in
Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Since the governments were anti-psychoanalytic
(as we know about Austria's in the Hitler era) in Prague, Dr. Olga Marlin told us
that since there were no institutes, analysts practiced by teaching each other. She,
like other analysts, was first driven out by the Nazis; her attempts to return after
that found the communists unfriendly and she went into a second exile. (She
worked in New York during one of these periods—as a psychologist at the
Lexington School for the Deaf and is associated with the William Alanson White
Institute.) On her return to the Czech Republic she found a very small
psychoanalytic community. Although psychoanalysis is taught at Charles
University—interestingly enough, in the department of Psychology in the Faculty
of Philosophy—there is a dearth of trained professionals. The recent communist
regimes in Czechoslovakia were comfortable with mental health delivered through
group settings, and this became a desirable form of psychotherapy, still utilized
within the psychoanalytic community. As in our community, psycho-analysts are
now seeking accreditation for their discipline, along with others in the mental health
field.
In both Prague and Budapest, where Dr. Judit Mézáros, a psychoanalyst, and
Dr. Eros
Ferenc, an historian of psychology, spoke with us, there was a history of secrecy and
distrust. Patients and supervisees were concerned about speaking freely.
The Hungarians were very involved with Ferenczi’s legacy. Rooted in early 20th
century bourgeois radicalism (related to modernism in Vienna), Ferenczi’s work was
imbedded in the Hungarian social sciences. He believed that social conditions affect
psychic misery. He described this as "surface depression." While psychoanalysis
was
taught as part of medical education for three months, there was never a specific school
of psychoanalysis in Budapest (as in Vienna and Berlin.) Ferenczi was also known as
Ernest Jones’ and Margaret Mahler’s analyst. Ferenczi became involved with education
and later with the treatment of children. Here Michael Balint became an important
figure; his was the first positive voice for counter-transference. Ferenczi’s image is still
powerful in both Budapest and Prague, with his active technique and theory of the
mutuality of the analysis between the patient and the analyst becoming widely
recognized.
Between Prague and Budapest, our group of over 30 people—analysts, spouses and one
sister—traveled to Vienna. The visit to the Freud Museum located in his apartment and
office was a central event for us. A moving film showed his office before he left for
London and described his subsequent life there, highlighting his struggle to continue his
work in the new environment in England. Anna Freud figured strongly in the film; she
narrated much of it, warmly introducing us to her father and his visitors, family members
•and pets. In the museum we could see the preserved waiting room, his office and
treatment room with large photos of their original state with the many artifacts Freud
collected and displayed. The museum is now used as a small conference center. The
library is also open to visitors. Surrounding our professional meetings and discussions,
we were cosseted tourists visiting the old cities, trying local foods, listening to guides.
Despite our general pleasure with them, this was sometimes hard work: imagine a
modern analyst being admonished by a colleague, "Don’t you know not to ask questions!"
— during a loquacious guide’s verbal overflow.
This conference tour spoke to both mind and spirit in a unique and enjoyable format.
THIS ISSUE OF THE ANALYST is given over in large part to updating our Registry. The updated listings include: new members; changes in certification, degree status or licensure and corrections and additions of mailing and e-mail addresses. Please add these to your Registry. As you can see our membership is growing! We all owe a vote of thanks for this great effort at detailed communication to Susan Jakubowicz, Ruth Meyers, Sara Sheftel and Eugene Smithberg.
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ON DECEMBER 24, 1999, BGSP was officially informed by the State of Vermont that it is are authorized to begin classes leading to a Doctorate in Psychoanalysis. In Dr. Phyllis Meadow’s welcoming letter to the first group of students to the Cyril Z. Meadow Institute she said, "You are officially accepted into the first class Spring 2000. Classes will begin Saturday, February 5, 2000 and will be held at the World Learning School in Brattleboro, Vermont. This school will house us in a temporary classroom until our barn is completed toward the end of spring. The barn is dramatic and beautiful and is a fitting setting for the pioneering educational journey that we begin together." This is an important step forward for psychoanalysis. The Society congratulates the BGSP faculty, Board of Trustees and the CZMI Board of Advisors.
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 Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis BGSP's WebsiteTWO NEW MASTER’S LEVEL PROGRAMS are being developed at BGSP. The first is a program of psychoanalytic studies for educators, coordinated by Mrs. Joan White. The second is a program in clinical gerontology, coordinated by Dr. Marjorie Kettell. Both Dr. Kettell and Mrs. White with the participation of faculty have been offering courses applicable to these programs. In addition, a program of continuing education studies, is now offered for professionals working with the elderly or working in education. The Extension Division Workshop Series on Workplace Issues began on February 16th. Workshops include: Fear of Success, Being Successful at Work: Managing Your Manager, Defusing Conflict in the Workplace, Family Business: Managing the Complexities and, Why Work? Classes at the Cyril Z. Meadow Institute for Psychoanalysis, a division of BGSP, opened in Brattleboro, Vermont on February 5, 2000 with the state’s approval to offer the Doctor of Psychoanalysis (PsyaD) degree. The beginning of a new era of modern psychoanalytic education marks the initiation of the Boston Graduate School’s presence in Vermont, the first state to recognize psychoanalysis as an independent profession. Conference Video Now Available Videotapes are available from "Desire and Deviation: Psychoanalysis of Perversion" the BGSP Spring conference held last April24, 1999, in Boston. The conference featured Joyce McDougall, Phyllis Meadow and Arnold Modell, and the tape covers the morning program. Tapes are $39 each. Contact BGSP at 617-277-3915 to order one ASAP. The supply is limited. |
Center for the Advancement
of Group Studies
THE CENTER CONTINUES TO ATRACT STUDENTS from New York and around the world. Our Off-site Program has expanded, bringing students from Alaska, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Colorado and North Carolina to New York for weekend training followed by mentored readings and supervision in modern group process with Center faculty. The Off-Site weekends began on January 21, 2000 and will continue on May 12, 2000. These weekends coincide with the Center’s successful Distinguished Guest Lecture Series. Our 1999-2000 series titled "Innovations in Modern Group Technique" began on January 21 featuring Dr. Larry Epstein as speaker and will continue with Center faculty on May 12th.
The Center’s Educators’ Training Program, coordinated by Dr. Toby Chuah, has been awarded a contract by the New York City Board of Education to provide training to School Leadership Teams and their chairpeople throughout New York City.
Dr. Louis Ormont, Center Director, has again been recognized by AGPA and has received its Distinguished Fellow Award at the AGPA conference in Los Angeles in February. Dr. Ormont also presented a full day pre-conference training and other Center faculty conducted workshops throughout the conference week. The past summer, Dr. Joan and Louis Ormont gave a series of talks in Halifax, Nova Scotia on "Emotional Intelligence: How to Create, Foster and Release It." Dr. Ormont also presented a training seminar at Alelphi University on February 5th.
Center faculty were well represented at the Eastern Group Psychotherapy association conference in November. Presenters were Lena Furgeri, Martha Gunzburg Susan Jakubowicz and Ronnie Levine. Center faculty member, Dr. Elliot Zeisel, will be the keynote speaker for the Atlanta Group Psychotherapy Society’s conference and he will also address the members of the Puget Sound Group Psychotherapy network on the "Use of Self in Group Psychotherapy."
MMI HAS BEGUN A RELATIONSHIP with Heed University to create a program which will earn analytic students advanced standing towards Heed’s doctoral degree in Psychoanalysis. An introductory meeting attended by MMI’s Executive Committee, Dr. Ron Hirsch, Executive Vice President of Heed, potential faculty for the program, and interested MMI students was held on October 31st. The meeting was productive, generating considerable interest in the project. MMI’s Executive committee, consisting of Directors, Deborah and Charles Bershatsky, Dean of Research and Continuing Education Lynne Sacher, and Dean of Training Susan Jakubowicz, are working on details of the program with Dr. Hirsch. Dr. Hyman Spotnitz has agreed to be the honorary president of Heed’s School of Psychoanalysis.
Charles Bershatsky recently lectured in St. Petersburg, Russia at a workshop entitled, "Modern Psychoanalysis " as part of MMI’s certificate program at the East-European Psychoanalytic Institute. He reports that he had remarkable success in getting students to talk despite the language barrier and the use of interpreters. The program is led by Dr. Harold Stern who is the founder. Last month the MMI Board of Trustees voted to grant a certificate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to the Russian students.
Deborah Bershatsky, member of SMP’s Board of Trustees, is now heading the Recruitment Subcommittee of the Membership Committee and has begun a rigorous campaign to boost the membership of the Society.
Copies of the Videotaped interview, "Conversations with Dr. Hyman Spotnitz on Modern Group Psychoanalysis," with MMI Directors Deborah and Charles Bershatsky are still available. Don’t miss out. Call for your copy. (212) 799-8558. Credit cards accepted.
Center for Modern Psychoanalyfic Studies
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION hosted the 1999 graduation which was held at CMPS on October24, 1999. Among the class of 1998, those receiving certificates as psychoanalysts were: Edward P. Iuzzini, Patricia J. Roberts, Rory G. Rothman, and Eugene H. Smithberg. Those receiving certificates as psychoanalysts for the class of 1999 were Steven D. Brown, Barbara D’Amato, William J. Hurst, and Ellen Jay Lewis. Mmdi Adler (98) and Lucienne J. Serrano (99) were graduated as psychoanalytic psychotherapists. Barbara D’Amato won the Miriam Berkman Spotnitz Award for her final paper, and Theodore Laquercia and Robert Welber were given awards by the Alumni Association in recognition of their exemplary service as teachers and administrators.
An Open House at CMPS for New Students and interested parties is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00 PM. Faculty, alumni, and candidates-in-training will be available to discuss all aspects of training and to answer questions.
The Spring 2000 Program of courses and workshops organized by the Extension Division of CMPS begins February 26th at 10 AM, with a Master Class by Robert Welber on "Understanding Drives in the Elementary and High School Classroom—A Psychoanalytic View." Regular 4-session workshops begin on Friday, March 3rd. Friday workshops will focus on the experience of teaching and working with children and adolescents. Concurrent workshops beginning on Monday, March 6 will deal with "To Have or Have Not" Relationships— A Psychoanalytic View of the Self and the Other. To request information or brochure call (212) 260-7050.
Summer Workshops run by Center faculty begin the week of June 5th. These workshops present a forum for exploring subjects related to theory and technique in which workshop leaders have a particular interest. Please call CMPS for information and brochure.
The Faculty Lecture Series began on February 22. Students, professionals, and interested others are invited to attend without charge. Principal speakers include: Arnold Bernstein (February 22), June Bernstein (March 21), Leslie Rosenthal (April 25), Dolores Welber (May 30). All lectures will be held at the Center at 8:00 pm.
Saturday, October 21, 2000 has been set for this year’s annual conference— mark your calendar and plan to attend.
For information call CMPS, 21 2-260-7050, or our website, http://www.cmps.edu
BGSP Clinical Gerontology Program Recent Developments in Maximizing Lifespan Potential Saturday, April 15 9am-4:30pm Keynote speaker: Dr. Margery Silver "Living to 100 and Beyond" Information: Dr. Marjorie Kettell Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis July 29-August 5 Wellfleet Elementary School For Information call Mrs. Dorsey: (617) 277-3915 or visit the BGSP Website: BGSP
and The Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
present an all day conference:
Clinical Gerontology:
The Centarian Study
(617) 277-3915 or click the link to view the entire conference itinerary and download/print registration forms...BGSP
1581 Beacon Street
Brookline, MA 02446
Save May 7th for SMP’s Annual
Conference and Luncheon!
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The SMP Annual Luncheon & Meeting Sunday, May 7, 2000—12:00—3:45 PM Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
Do Plan to Come, Watch for Your Mailed Announcement |
SMP Registry Update
New Members (and renewed members)
Psychoanalysts
| Gochfeld, Linda C., MD Psychiatry P-91407 CMPS, 1977 40 Witherspoon Street Princeton, NJ 08542-3208 609-921-1370 Rosenthal, David, PhD Psychology P-95535 PSP, 1992 425 East 86th Street #1D NewYork,NY 10028 212-534-0654 |
Shapiro, Don E., PhD P-99653 Clinical Psychology CMPS, PSP, 1977,1978 350 Central Park West, #1F NewYork, NY 10025 212-865-5260 Waterson, Barry, MA P-20657 BGSP, 1999 I, G, C, CH, F VTLIC. 098-0000177 Burton House P0 Box 717 Main Street Norwich, VT 05055 802-649-2626 E-mail: BNWaterson@Yahoo.com |
Candidate Practitioners
| Cattan, Lea CP-99654 MMI, Attending 673 Crown Street Brooklyn, NY 11213 718-467-3486 |
Panozzo, David D., LCSQ CP-99655 NJCMP, Attending 60 Wierirnus Lane Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675 201-476-1816 Fax:201-307-1470 E-mail:davidpanozzo@att.net |
Students
| Barahona, Rodrigo, MA 8-20660 BGSP,Attending 70 Strathrnore Road Brighton, MA 02135 (617)227-2317 E-mail:rodlaural@aol.com Leib, Deborah S-99652 CMPS, Attending 14 Linden Lane Old Westbury, NY 11568 516-333-8529 Fax:516-333-8523 201-447-9655 Rode, Linda S-99651 CMPS, Attending 245 East 25th Street, #18F New York, NY 10010 212-683-3857 |
Schwimmer, Samuel, PhD S-20659 MMI, attending 1673 46th Street Brooklyn, New York 11204 718-851-4971 E-mail:sschwimmer@ sprintmail.com Zimmerman, Samuel B., PhD S-99656 NJCMP, Attending 30 Hemlock Terrace Springfield, NJ 07081 973-376-9135 |
Friends of Modern Psychoanalysis
| DeRienzo, Janine, BA 497 Cedar Lane Paramus, NJ 07652-1644 Heed University, School of Psychoanalysis PMB 288, 3900 W. Brown Deer Road Milwaukee, WI 53209 |
Carol Laquercia 15 West 12th Street NewYork, NY 10011 |
Applied Psychoanalysis Practitioner
O’Rouke, James Kevin
APP-20658
2368 Austin Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22911
804-973-1769
E-mail:littleshop@mindspring.com
Change of Status/Degree
| (Delete from CP, add to P, add PhD, correct graduation date) Bershatsky, Deborah, PhD P-90115 MMI, 1995 (Delete from P, add to PP) Lerner, Jean K., PsyD PP-95478 (Delete from APP) Liegner, Leonard, MD P-89048 (Delete from CP, add to P) Luiz, Claudia Sheftel, EdM, MA, Psychoanalysis P-98620 BGSP, 1999 (Correct P number, graduation date) Miner, William R., PhD P-89251 CMPS, 1982 |
(Add PhD) Quackenbush, Robert, PhD P-91421 (Delete from CP, add to APP) Ruby, Ellen, MSW APP-95474 (From MA to PhD) Sacher, Lynne, E., PhD P-90285 (Add licence, graduation date) Eugene Smithberg, DEngSc P-90309 CMPS, 1999 VTLIC. 098-0000178 |
Change of Address
| Estelle Borowitz, PhD P-89007 122 Palmers Hill Road, Apt. 1334 Stamford, CT 06902-2145 Phone (203) 324-5151 Fax:(203) 325-8573 Cohen, Hannah H., MSCC, PhD, Education Member: Assn. of Marriage & Family Therapy in NY; Licensed in CA APP-98631 I, C, CH, F, C P0 Box 231542 New York, NY 10023 212-595-5455 Fax: 212-579-8114 E-mail:cohannah@aol.com Reis, Jane Hines, MA P-91273 1. 541 East 20th Street NewYork,NY 10010 212-982-0376 2. POBox242 Bearsville, NY 12409 (914) 679-9011 |
Cohen, Phyllis, PhD P-9 6551 301 West 57th Street, Suite 2OCD New York, NY 10019 Dukas, Alexander S-98363 BGSP, Attending 20 Creighton Street - Apt 4 Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (617) 522-4231 E-Mail:adukas@earthlink.net Frankfeldt, Valerie R. Levinson, MSW P-891 65 15 West 12th Street New York, NY 10011 |
Phone Number Corrections
| Odinov-Daniels, Lynn, MSW P-90260 212-928-2894 |
Snyder, Jane, PhD P-91 409 617-964-2106 |
E-Mail Additions/ Corrections
| Greer, Ellen, MA P-89181 E-Mail:Elg4321 @aol.com Gunzburg, Martha P-97593 E-Mail:mailto:mgunzburg@aol.com Ruth S. Meyers, PhD E-mail:RBMEY@aol.com |
Sheperd, Mary K., MA Philosophy P-89022 BGSP, 1988 E-mail:Shepmary@aol.com Silver, John R., PhD E-Mail:ernail@drjohnsilver.com |
Correction/Addition of School and/or E-mail
| Gelsi, Jane, MSW CP-95571 RSMP, Attending |
Saunders, Susan L., MSW, ACSW, LCSW Attended CMPS, RSMP Attending PCNJ E-Mail:msaunde@ibm.com |
Misc. Corrections
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