Endings in Psychoanalysis: Controversies and Unresolved Questions

Jill Salberg, Joyce Slochower, Neal Vorus, Rosemary Balsam, Steven Goldberg, Nancy Kulish, Judy Kantrowitz

November 14th, 10am-3pm

In Person

4 CE Credits Available

IPTAR Program Committee Presents a day on the theme of “Termination” featuring authors from the special issue, “On Terminating, Ending and Not Ending” published by The Psychoanalytic Quarterly.

Morning, 10-12PM:

“Where are we coming from and where are we now?”

Afternoon, 1-3PM:

“The Struggles with Endings: Holding On and Letting Go”

In person (a zoom link will be available for those who cannot join us in person)

 

Jill Salberg, Ph.D. is a Faculty/ Clinical Consultant at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies, and a member of IPTAR and the IPA. She is on the Editorial Board of Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and a Reviewer for The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. Her books are: Editor and contributor to: Good Enough Endings: Breaks, Interruptions and Terminations from Contemporary Relational Perspectives (2010) and Psychoanalytic Credos: Personal and Professional Journeys of Psychoanalysts (2022).  She has co-edited with Sue Grand, The Wounds of History: Repair and Resilience in the Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma, and Transgenerational Trauma and the Other: Dialogues Across History and Difference, (2017), both books won the Gradiva Award (2018).  Their co-written book is Transgenerational Trauma: A Contemporary Introduction (2024).  She is in private practice in Manhattan and online.

Joyce Slochower Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Psychology at CUNY; Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program, Steven Mitchell Center, National Training Program, & PINC in San Francisco.  Second Editions of her books, Holding and Psychoanalysis: A Relational Perspective and Psychoanalytic Collisions were released in 2014.  Her latest book, Psychoanalysis and the Unspoken, was released by Routledge in June. She is co-Editor, with Lew Aron and Sue Grand, of “De-idealizing Relational Theory: a Critique From Within” and “Decentering Relational Theory: A Comparative Critique” (2018, Routledge) both of which received the Gradiva award in 2019. She is in private practice in New York City where she sees individuals and couples and runs supervision and study groups.

Neal Vorus, Ph.D. is the Editor-in-Chief of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. He is a Faculty Member and Training and Supervising Analyst at IPTAR, Faculty and Clinical Consultant at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and a Visiting Lecturer at the Anni Bergman Parent-Infant Program. Dr. Vorus has published papers and book chapters on the history of theoretical controversy and on comparative models of therapeutic action and technique. His forthcoming book, Phantasy in Psychoanalysis: A Concept in Conflict will be published by Karnac in 2027.

Rosemary H. Balsam F.R.C.Psych (Lond), M.R. C. P. (Edin), originally from Belfast, UK), is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Yale Medical School; staff psychiatrist in the Yale Department of Student Mental Health and Counseling, and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis, New Haven, Conn. Her special interests are gender developments, young adulthood, the place of the body in psychic life, the work of Hans Loewald. Women’s Bodies in Psychoanalysis: Ed.Legacy and Promise of Hans Loewald: The Emerging Tradition of Hans Loewald.(both 2024).  Recent papers: Abortion:Contemporary Psa,, 59: 125-141; The Echo of Narcissus:: IJP Vol107. Sigourney Award winner 2018 (the first woman in the US to receive it).

Steven Goldberg is a training and consulting analyst at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and a personal and supervising analyst at Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco. He is an Associate Editor of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly and the author of papers both on clinical psychoanalytic topics and on the interface of psychoanalysis and music. His co-edited book of essays on psychoanalysis and opera, Opera on the Couch, was recently published by Routledge.

Dr. Kulish is a Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Wayne State Medical School and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of Detroit/Mercy. She is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, where she is past president. Currently she is on the Editorial Boards of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly and the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. She has published and presented on topics ranging from female sexuality, gender, transference/countertransference, adolescence, supervision, and termination. She is in private practice in Birmingham, Michigan.

Judy L. Kantrowitz, PhD is a training and supervising analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and formerly a Clinical Associate Professor(now called a corresponding member )at Harvard Medical School,. She is the author of four books, The Patient’s Impact on the Analyst ; Writing about Patients: responsibilities, risks, and ramifications) and  Myths of Termination: what patients can teach analyst about endings and The Role of Patient -Analyst Match in the Process and Outcome of Psychoanalysis.  She has served three times on the Editorial of the Journal of American Psychoanalysis and won their paper prize for 2020. She was also on the board of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly for over 30 years. She is in private practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Brookline, MA.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will understand the history of termination and its clinical impact in psychoanalysis.
• Participants will be able to contrast ways in which the meaning of termination has changed over time in clinical practice.
• Through both theory and clinical vignettes participants will examine how termination influences the transference and countertransference dynamics.
• Participants will be able to identify the role of mourning for both analyst and analysand in the dyad when termination arises.

non-IPTAR Members/Candidates $95 includes 2 CE credits

IPTAR Members $85 includes 2 CE credits

IPTAR Candidates  $45 includes 2 CE credits

 

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4 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.

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