Training Institute for Mental Health- Sweet Melancholy and Song-

Presents Sweet Melancholy: Expressions of Object Loss in Song Lee Kramer, LCSW March 27th, 2015 7:00 - 9:00 PM How is it that songs full of the pain of lost or unrequited love can provide such great pleasure? Using psychoanalytic concepts from Freud, Storr, and Reik, I will attempt to answer this puzzlement, while exploring the variety of experiences expressed in song.  My hope is that the recordings I play (ranging from the 14th century to the present day) will give great pleasure, as well as stimulate both thought and deep feeling. Lee Kramer, LCSW, is currently the Executive Director of the Training Institute for Mental Health, where he also teaches and supervises. His passion for music and literature began in high school. After finishing a masters in English in 1976, he worked as a classical record salesman at the Record Hunter in Manhattan. Lee has presented at TI and for the New York State Society for Clinical Social Workers on many occasions. He is in private practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Manhattan and Long Island. Conference Location: Training Institute for Mental Health, 115 W 27th Street, 4th Floor Fee: $25, Students: Free ,TI Psychoanalytic Society member: Free     To Register Online:                  To Register by Postal Mail:     Go to timh.org                         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 Call: (212) 627- 8181