Sources of Energy:
“Now Moments” meet Relational Process
The
findings of infancy researchers have been generally resonant with
much of the intersubjective emphasis of a relational perspective,
recognizing the deep affective and rhythmic connection between mother
and child that serves as a crucible of human development. Some more
recent developments, however, seem to emphasize contrasting
understandings, particularly around the important issue of the
process of clinical change. We will explore this issue and in
particular the issue of energy, from the perspective of a relational
process and from the perspective of some areas of infancy research.
We will look at the contributions of Daniel Stern including “now
moments” and “vitality affects” and consider how these
contributions have been depicted in their clinical application. Are
now moments discrete events? Within the course of therapy, do
vitality affects exist unto themselves or is their meaningfulness in
part a feature of the interrelated polarities, the “ritual and
spontaneity” (Hoffman) engendered by a relational clinical process?
Margaret Black Mitchell, LCSW, BCD
is a Founder and Vice-President of IARPP; a
Founder, Board Member and Faculty of the Stephen Mitchell Relational
Study Center; a Board Director, Director of Continuing Education and
Supervisor at NIP; and an Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic
Dialogues.
Margaret
is co-author, with Stephen Mitchell, of Freud
and Beyond, A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought,
Basic Books 1995. Her published articles concern the relationship
between theory and clinical practice.
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Time: 7-9 pm. Registration starts at 6:30
Location: The
ICP Library, 1841 Broadway, 4th fl, New York, NY 10023 (enter
on 60th St)
Refreshments
will be served
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