FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

The Theater of the Unconscious

Jean-Michel Vives

Saturday, October 29, 2022 • 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Time Zone: Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)

This presentation will be held in a hybrid format (in-person and via Zoom).

UPDATE—In-person registration is now closed. 

School of Visual Arts, 133 W. 21st Street, Room 402C, New York, NY (for in-person portion only)

Reference to the theatrical model is very present in psychoanalytic theory and has been since its origins. The transference stages a space of fiction where the analysand unknowingly plays out a written script. The unconscious needs the fictional scene of the transference to enact a desire that pushes for its interpretation. In the analytic act analysands can discover themselves as co-authors of a script they are creating.

Suggested readings: Freud: (with Joseph Breuer) Studies on Hysteria (1895); “Psychopathic Characters on the Stage” (1905-06); “The Dynamics of the Transference” (1912); “Recollection, Repetition and Working Through” (1914). Lacan: Le Séminaire. Livre VIII. Le Transfert, 1960-61/Seminar VIII, Transference, 1960-61 (Polity).

Jean-Michel Vives is a professor of clinical psychopathology at the Université Nice, Sophia Antipolis and practices psychoanalysis in Toulon, France. He is the author of many essays on the invocatory drives, autism, music therapy, and clinical approaches to psychosis, and of the books La voix sur le divan, La médiation par le théâtre: Freud et Dionysos sur la scène thérapeutique, and Autisme et médiation: bricoler une solution pour chacun. He has also directed several theater and opera performances.

General fee: $40 per session

For students with ID*: $10 per session

NOTE: In-person registration is now closed. Please note the building requires all visitors to show proof of vaccination and to wear masks inside the building. (Participation via Zoom will be as usual, with login details being emailed upon registration.)

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Continuing Education
Four (4) CE credits will be granted to Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Psychoanalysts, and Licensed Psychologists who have registered, have documented evidence of attendance of the presentation, and complete the evaluation form. Upon completion of the evaluation form, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to all participants who comply with these requirements.

Course Fee with 4 CE Credits: $40
There is no fee for CE Credits for Members, AFs, and Yearly Participants of Après-Coup.

Social Workers: Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0597).

Licensed Psychoanalysts: Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts (#P-0044).

Licensed Psychologists: Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0077).

Learning Objectives: After this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Describe how an unconscious desire is enacted in the transference
2. Identify how the analytic act can lead to the discovery by the analysand of their own responsibility for the script they have been playing out.

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For Members and Participants who have paid the annual fee for this year, attendance is free and an access code will be emailed to you shortly. For the faculty and students of the School of Visual Arts, please email admin@apres-coup.org to request the access code.

*Please email a photo of your Student ID to admin@apres-coup.org