Airless Worlds, Needed Relationships and Complex Selfobjects

Airless Worlds, Needed Relationships and Complex Selfobjects
Join for us for a presentation with Dr. Steven Stern followed by a discussion with Dr. Ilene Philipson and Dr. D. Bradley Jones.

Program description:
Building on his 2019 paper in Psychoanalytic Dialogues, “Airless Worlds: The Traumatic Sequelae of Identification with Parental Negation,” Dr. Stern will get into the weeds of the kinds of clinical process through which patients suffering from airless world syndrome can be helped to liberate themselves from their psychic captivities. He will focus on five major principles or constructs as applied in two clinical examples. They are: deconstruction, re-subjectification, the needed relationship, complex selfobjects, and breathing together. The needed relationship is the primary orienting principle. Deconstruction and re-subjectification are central elements of the needed relationship with airless world patients. A complex selfobject connection is the yield of the needed relationship as it evolves over time and is central to the transformational process. And breathing together, is a more phenomenological characterization of the emergence, and yield, of complex selfobject connectedness. Breathing together could be thought of as the psychoanalytic equivalent of secure attachment.

Learning objectives:
At the end of the program participants will be able to:

• Discuss ways to recognize patients suffering from airless world syndrome in their practices.
  
• Apply a clinical framework for treating patients suffering from some form or degree of airless world syndrome. 
• Discuss ways to facilitate and understand the development of, a complex selfobject connection with their patients who have experienced significant developmental trauma.

Zoom event - 3 continuing education (CE) credits
Registrants must attend the live Zoom program for its entirety to receive CE credits as required by the APA. No partial credit will be awarded.

The Zoom link is sent out 48 hours prior to the program and again on the day of the program.  Please note that anyone who registers within the 48 hour window of the event will not receive the Zoom link until the day of the event.

Recording:
This program will be recorded, but the recording is only available to those who have registered for the event. Please note, CE's can only be awarded to those who attend the live Zoom event, not for watching the recording. 

Pricing:
Early bird registration (ends September 27th 11pm)/ Late registration 

Licensed Professional - Non- ICP: $125/$135
ICP Member: $110/$120
Candidate: $85/$95
Pre-licensed: $35/$45

Registration ends on October 9th at 11 pm PST

Above ICP prices do not include non-refundable servicing/processing/booking fees, which are non refundable at time of purchase!
The ICP Refund Policy (https://icpla.edu/policies/) can be honored on the above ICP pricing only.

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