Colloquium: MECHILOT/FORGIVENESS: The Film, a Discussion, and the Meaning of Traumatic Reliving in Israel and Palestine Today
The film "Mehilot/Forgiveness" powerfully represents the manifold dimensions of traumatic reliving, addressing material that continues in the fabric of contemporary Israeli and Palestinian daily life. After the screening of the film, Udi Aloni, artist/filmmaker, and Nina Thomas, Ph.D., will be discussing these dimensions of traumatic reliving and how multiple generations are affected.

Location: 60 Washington Square South, Room 802

Special Event: TREATING GENERATION Xers: Their Search for Home -- A special event for those interested in psychoanalytic training
Many of our patients are young adults who are unable to access their innermost thoughts and feelings. They lack a sense of purpose and meaning in their lives. These patients are in search of home--both within themselves and in the world at large. Speaker: Alison Ross, M.P.H., Ph.D., recent graduate of NYU Postdoctoral Program. This event is recommended for individuals interested in analytic training at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis

Speakers: Alison Ross, M.P.H., Ph.D.

Location: Barbara Waxenberg's home; please email gsas.postdoc@nyu.edu to RSVP & get address

Colloquium: Ending Treatment: A Relational Dialogue
How do we think and feel about ending, and how does the prospect of termination affect the analytic dyad? The speakers will present clinical material and will be dialoguing with each other and with the audience about how ending treatment engages both the patient's and the analyst's subjective experience. Speakers: Steven Cooper, Ph.D., Jill Salberg, Ph.D.

Speakers: Steven Cooper, Ph.D., Jill Salberg, Ph.D.

Location: Room 905, Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South

Colloquium: WHEN THEORIES TOUCH: Freudian Technique Considers Contemporary Critiques
Dr. Ellman will describe the cyclical development of "analytic trust" and illustrate how it renders transference interpretable and useful therapeutically. He will address related concepts from other orientations that have influenced Freudian views on treatment and delineate a distinct Freudian position based on transference, unconscious fantasy, and the movement from the surface of a patient's experience to defended aspects of the self.

Speakers: Steven Ellman, Ph.D.; Discussants Darlene Ehrenberg, Ph.D., Elizabeth Goren, Ph.D., Michael Varga, Ph.D.

Location: 60 Washington Square South, Room 914

Colloquium: How I Work as a Psychoanalyst: Personal Reflections on Formative Clinical Experiences
Reflecting back on formative clinical encounters over the course of their careers, two analysts will describe transformative moments and situations that shaped and contributed to the development of their analytic style, thinking and attitude toward clinical work, including a retrospective account of the relationship among values, personality, theory and practice. Speakers: Mark Blechner, Ph.D., Irwin Hirsch, Ph.D. Discussant: Barbara Suter, Ph.D.

Speakers: Mark Blechner, Irwin Hirsch, Barbara Suter

Location: NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. South, Room 914