January 25, 2026

11:00am – 1:00pm EST

IN PERSON ONLY

2 CE credits available

 

Psychoanalysts’ views on aggression – and on the analyst’s role in it – have shifted dramatically over the years. Starting with Freud’s drive theory, moving through the Kleinians and contemporary Kleinians, Winnicott and the British Independent group, each wave of thinking has reshaped how aggression is understood and worked with in the transference and countertransference.

Naama Kushnir Barash, Ph.D. is a Training Analyst and Faculty Member at IPTAR and serves on the faculty of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She is also a Training Analyst with the Israeli Psychoanalytic Society. At IPTAR, Dr. Kushnir-Barash has served as Chair of Admissions, Chair of the Control Work Committee for over 10 years, Co-Chair for the Final case committee, and Associate Dean.

Dr. Kushnir Barash’s work engages the intersections of body, mind, and their relationship within the psychoanalytic process, with particular attention to states of trauma, mourning and intimacy in the therapeutic relationship. Her clinical and theoretical interests include the enduring impact of early childhood experiences on psychic development. Her papers and presentations include “From Somatizing to Analyzing: The Body in the Psychoanalytic Process,” “Psychoanalytic Work under Conditions of Trauma, Terror and Violence in Israel”, “Intimacy in the Psychoanalytic Encounter,” Working with Envy and sadism in the Therapeutic moment”, among others.

Dr. Kushnir Barash maintains a private practice in NYC.

Learning Objectives:

1.     Participants will be able to describe the evolution of psychoanalytic thinking on transferential work with bad objects.

2.     Participants will Identify key theoretical contributions and clinical perspectives that shaped this understanding

3.     Participants will gain understanding on how to evaluate the significance of engaging with bad objects in therapeutic practice.

 

2 CE credits will be granted to participants who have registered, have documented evidence of attendance of the entire program and have completed the on-line evaluation form. Upon completion of the evaluation form a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to all participants who comply with these requirements.

The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (1651 3rd Ave, Suite 205, NY, NY 10128) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists (#PSY-0026), and the State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers (#SW-0226) and the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychoanalysts (#P-0011), Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (#CAT-0037) and Licensed Mental Health Counselors (#MHC-0112). This certificate is not applicable to any other New York State profession.

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