thought transference and emotional induction in narcissistic transference:
their role in therapeutic action

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 16th, 7:30–9:30 PM

Spotnitz considered narcissistic transference to be the basis of therapeutic action. The analyst experiences emotional inductions, which suggests that he is experiencing the patient’s feelings, and finds himself thinking and acting in ways that conform to the patient’s unconscious transference fantasy. How is this process used for therapeutic gain?

Dan Gilhooley, PsyaD, LP is on the faculty of CMPS and NYGSP.

theoretical fiction

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30th, 7:00–9:30 PM *note early start time

A Long History of Madness, a film by Mieke Bal and Michelle Williams Gamaker, is based on the book, Mère Folle by Françoise Davoine. If your mentally ill patient dies, are you to blame? For Parisian psychoanalyst, Dr. Françoise Davoine, the question becomes disturbingly real as one of her patients, Ariste, dies. Davoine is abducted and put on trial by medieval fools and through the course of one hellish day—across several centuries and countries—must argue her case.

As the journey forces Dr. Davoine to question her own life, through a mix of fiction, documentar, and theory A Long History of Madness takes the viewer on a journey into the minds of the “mad and those designated to cure them.” Dr. Hurst will facilitate discussion following the 2-hr.film. To view trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM7Yk4HOJSk.

William Hurst, PhD, LP is on the faculty of CMPS and NYGSP.

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