Manhattan Psychological Association
'Shrinks on Film':January 14, 2011
"Pillow Talk" (1959)

"Pillow Talk" is an excellent climactic film with which to close our "Shrinks in Cinema" series for this term. How better to chart the evolution of romantic comedy through the movies than by going back in time to a classic film chock full of iconic actors, some of whom are now remembered quite fondly for their later television work. Doris Day and Rock Hudson star as the fated lovers who, as per comedy formula, can't tolerate the person they believe the other to be, so they quickly develop an alter ego which threatens the develop of a real relationship. To be yourself—or to be someone else and quickly—that is the question. Thelma Ritter and Tony Randall, those timeless comedic warhorses, round out the cast as the inevitable friends/Greek Chorus.

Discussion Questions:
1. Who remembers 'party-lines'?
2. Brad tells Jan, on the phone, 'a woman who lives alone…(has) bedroom problems'.
3. The theme of combatants becoming lovers; the begrudging, and gradually unfolding, romantic attraction. What other movies?
4. Are women looking for the romantic ideal in a man? Jan tells her friend, Jonathan, 'I want to hit the moon'. What about meeting a nice guy? Is this 'settling'?
5. This was Rock Hudson, before he was out of the closet. He even insinuates to Jan, on the phone, that Rex Stetson may be gay (in coded language).
6. The movie (1959) shows Alma, the housekeeper, as a comical alcoholic; and Brad is smoking cigarettes.
7. Jan states that she 'has a good job, and a lovely apartment'. 'What am I missing?' This question is raised in several movies about single women.
8. Jan is depicted as a 'career woman', driven and successful. (Her apartment has a view of the Queensboro Bridge!)
9. Jonathan calls a private detective to learn about Rex Stetson. He should have just Googled him.
10. Brad asks Jonathan if his friend, Jan, has a good figure. The anonymous woman in the restaurant is very overweight; and Brad calls her 'Moose'. References to female attractiveness and body type would be more implicit in today's movies; or would they?
11. Do you remember your old 'telephone exchange'? Jan's phone number is Plaza 2-2748.

Time: 7:00PM—Place: Society for Ethical Culture, 3 W. 64 St.
Doors open at 6:30pm.
Light refreshments provided.
Discussant: Sheila Kaplan, Ph.D

Colloquium Series 2011
The Adelphi Postgraduate Programs in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
and the
Adelphi Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy





Redefining Mental Health


Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D.
A paradigm shift in our profession has caused a movement away from the traditional emphasis on the healing relationship toward technical procedures directed to ameliorate externally observable symptoms of categorical disorders. A vital focus that has all but disappeared during this paradigm shift is our shared conception of overall mental health, defined by inferred internal experience, not just observable phenomena. In the mid-20th century, there was spirited professional conversation about this topic. We need to revive such conversation. Accordingly, this presentation will review tradi tional constructs pertaining to mental health as well as more recent conceptualizations and their implications for both treatment and mental health policy.

Friday, January 21, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Adelphi University
Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Avenue
Garden City, New York

Directions: http://www.adelphi.edu/visitors/directions.php

Otto Kernberg Delivers Sternbach Memorial Lecture: Watch the Video Link

An original paper by Otto F. Kernberg presented to NPAP and The New School on October10, 2008 is available for viewing and downloading.
This is a video webcast of The Oscar Sternbach Memorial Lecture sponsored by the Program Committee of NPAP.
TO VIEW : Google " FORA TV The Death Drive" click on the website and enjoy the presentation.
The paper is entitled "The Death Drive: A Contemporary View"



http://fora.tv/partner/new_school

Effectiveness of Long Term Psychotherapy Demonstrated

Page 1
REVIEW
Effectiveness of Long-term Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy
A Meta-analysis
Falk Leichsenring, DSc
Sven Rabung, PhD

JAMA. 2008;300(13):1551-1565
www.jama.com
©2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved

Lacan and The Foundations of Psychoanalysis

There will be a series of monthly lectures on Lacan and the Foundations of Psychoanalysis open to all and starting on Friday Sept 26, 2008 at SVA in NY.
For further information log on to the website apres-coup.org/

PRAGMATIC CASE STUDIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY (PCSP)


PRAGMATIC CASE STUDIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY (PCSP)
http://pcsp.libraries.rutgers.edu
*** a peer-reviewed, multi-theoretical, freely available e-journal of systematic case studies & case study method articles ***
FROM: Dan Fishman, Editor (dfish96198@aol.com) --


RE: Announcing the publication of our Winter, 2008 issue (Volume 4, Module 1),
involving a psychoanalytic case study:


An "Incurable" Schizophrenic: The Case of Mr. X
by Bertram Karon,
with Commentaries by
** Larry Davidson,
** Gary VandenBos, and
** Ann-Louise Silver


From an Introduction by the Action Editor, Ronald B. Miller:


"Dr. Karon's presentation in his case study is unconventional in two ways. First, Dr. Karon's approach to the case seems to violate a number of established assumptions about the psychological treatment of schizophrenics, e.g., (a) that detailed diagnosis is necessary, (b) that medication is a crucial tool in treatment, (c) that psychoanalytic therapy is of questionable value in treatment, (d) that psychiatrists should be viewed as close collaborators in any treatment, and (e) that the psychodynamic therapist should maintain technical neutrality, not being too directive in the patient's life. In his case study, Dr. Karon provides a rationale as to why he questions all these assumptions. Second, Dr. Karon does not hesitate to also address the social, professional, and moral consequences for the patient and therapist of both following, and departing from, these traditional assumptions. Dr. Karon's unconvention approach This places his work in the broad tradition of others like H. S. Sullivan, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Thomas Szasz, R.D. Laing, and Loren Mosher who have challenged the prevailing cultural and professional norms about the meaning of schizophrenic symptoms and our societal response to them. . . . Because of the unconventional aspects of Dr. Karon's case study, we have invited Commentators who both critique (Davidson) and support (Vandenbos and Silver) these components of Karon's innovative and challenging case study."