[Lacanian-Orientation-US] Bruce Fink Workshop in Omaha, Nebraska

Fundamentals of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Bruce Fink, PhD
Psychoanalyst, Professor of Psychology, Duquesne University

Presented by
Geoffrey C. Anderson, PhD, PC

Sponsored by
International Psychotherapy Institute

Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychoanalysis
Creighton University School of Medicine

April 18, 2008

Training Center
Project Harmony
7110 F StOmaha, NE 68117

Tentative Schedule:
7:30 to 8:00 Registration

8:00 to 10:00 Session one: Scansion, the variable length session.

10:00 to 10:30 Break

10:30 to 12:00 Session two: Listening, Asking Questions, Punctuating.

12:00 to 1:45 Lunch

1:45 to 3:15 Session three: Interpreting, Dreams, Daydreams, Fantasy.

3:15 to 3:30 Break

3:30 to 4:45 Session four: Analytic Case Presentation
Presenter: Geoffrey Anderson, PhD
Discussant: Bruce Fink, PhD
Moderator: Tom Svolos, MD

4:45 to 5:00 Wrap-up and evaluations

This workshop is designed to present the basic techniques of psychodynamic work for both the beginner and the advanced practitioner. Based on Dr. Fink’s new book, Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique, the workshop will cover such topics as how to listen to patients and then ask questions and emphasize certain parts of the patient’s discourse in the treatment. We will also review interpretation and the work of dreams and fantasy in the technique. The morning will begin with a video conference link with three other sites affiliated with the International Psychotherapy Institute. This video link session will focus on the uniquely Lacanian technique of the variable length session. The day will end with the presentation and discussion of material from an ongoing psychoanalysis by Dr. Anderson to Dr. Fink and the audience.