On Object a as Voice — Lillian Ferrari (first meeting)
Lacan traced his object a as voice in several clinical phenomena within each of the psychic structures: the presence of voices in psychosis, the function of the Superego in neurosis, masochism in perversion. This working group will follow some of these articulations by reading selected chapters from Lacan’s Seminars: III, The Psychoses; X, Angst; XII, Crucial Problems for Psychoanalysis; and XVI, From an Other to the other .
Freud Reading Group — Mark Stafford and Martin Winn (first meeting)
We will continue our reading of Freud’s clinical and historical cases, paying attention to the significant decisions made when Freud’s concepts were translated into English. We will also read Freud’s metapsychological papers and theoretical elaborations.
On Clinical Work with Children — Angelo Villa (first meeting)
The doubts arising out of today's clinical work with children force us to thoroughly question our therapeutic practice. This reading group returns to the conceptual assumptions of psychoanalysis through a study of the canonical texts of child analysis, from Freud to Klein, from Winnicott to Lacan. Participants are invited to provide examples from their own clinical experience with children (required).
Dates to be announced
Psychoanalysis in the Institution — Ona Nierenberg
This clinical group will be oriented to the unique challenges and opportunities we encounter in hospitals, clinics, prisons, treatment programs, schools, and other institutions. We will explore the often surprising possibilities the analyst has to create and sustain space for the singular even in settings dominated by claims to the universal. Open to those currently working clinically in or with institutions.
All and Not-All (Part III)
Après-Coup Presentations. Date and time to be announced. Registration details to follow. This event will be free and open to the public.