Training Institute for Mental Health

View this email in your browser NOTE: Venue Change This event will now take place at the Training Institute at 115 West 27th Street 4th Floor The ‘Mother’ Returns to Psychoanalysis: Sandor Ferenczi, Welcome Home Friday May 1, 2015 7:00 - 9:00 PM   For nearly two decades Sandor Ferenczi was Sigmund Freud’s closest friend and collaborator. Whereas it was Freud’s intellectual brilliance that set in motion the earth-shaking theory of the human mind, it was Ferenczi’s deep empathy and creative passion for healing that inspired analytic practitioners to explore relational possibilities for therapeutic cure. When Ferenczi fell out of favor with Freud, his work was largely suppressed by the psychoanalytic establishment. The suppression of his work tragically left a critical void and, for decades, analytically informed treatment was deprived of the vital influence of one of its most esteemed founders. This presentation tells the story of the Freud/Ferenczi relationship and underscores why knowledge of the collective contributions of both men is essential for the contemporary analytically informed practitioner.   William S. Meyer, MSW, is a clinician who is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Ob/Gyn at Duke University Medical Center and holds adjunct faculty appointments at Smith College and the University of North Carolina.  He is on the faculty of the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas and has taught the Basics Course for well over a decade.  He is a past-president of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW) and is on the Editorial board of Psychoanalytic Social Work.  He is the recipient of numerous awards, including, 1999, “The Heart of Social Work Award” granted by the North American Field Educators and Directors, of the Council On Social Work Education;  in 2005, the “Edith Sabshin Award” for teaching, from the American Psychoanalytic Association; in 2010 the “Day-Garrett Award” from the Smith College School for Social Work; and in 2011 he was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Clinical Social Work and Psychoanalysis” by the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work.      Conference Location: The Training Institute for Mental Health 115 West 27th Street FL. 4 New York, NY 10001   Fee: $40.00,  Students: $25- Please bring ID to event. Psychoanalytic Society Member: Free To Register Online: Go to the bottom of www.timh.org/calendar If you are a Student or Psychoanalytic Society member: Please email Caitlin at tifmh@earthlink.net to RSVP.  To Register by Postal Mail: Print this page and mail to: Training Institute for Mental Health 115 West 27th St 4th Floor New York, NY 10001-6217 Name:____________________________ Affiliation_________________________ Address:_________________________ City:__________ State:____ Zip:_______ Email:____________________________ Phone(s):___________________________ Make check payable to: Training Institute for Mental Health If paying by credit card: Card number:_________________ Exp Date:_______ Signature:______________________________________ Please Note: Certificates of Attendance  will be available upon completion of conference.