Michigan Council for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
presents
Self Relations – Internal Objects and Narcissistic Pain
Peter Wood, L.M.S.W.
Sunday, February 21, 2016 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Continental Breakfast at 10:30 a.m.
The University Club, E. Lansing
2 CEU's for Social Workers
This clinical paper, written largely from an object relations vantage, explores the place of “bad” internalized objects in the narcissistic distress and narcissistic defenses of two analytic patients. Rage plays an important part in the lives of these patients, and our work with their rage influences the fate of these internalized objects. The author proposes that a move toward health in these patients involved a transformation of the internal "bad" object into an "aesthetic" one.
Peter Wood is a psychoanalyst in private practice in East Lansing, Michigan. He has served in several capacities on the Board of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, most notably as Vice President for Training from 2008- 2015. He has previously published a paper, “Skin of Hate, Skin of Love” in the journal Psychoanalytic Social Work.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1) Define and use appropriately the concepts of ego ideal, self relations, and bad object.
2) Understand how an object relations vantage can illuminate the process of working with
narcissistic defenses and disorders.
3) Address reasonable outcomes for working with narcissistic patients.
Resources:
Helscher, T. (2011) “From Under Long Shadows: identification and disidentification in
analysis.” In Diamond, M. and Christian, C., eds.The Second Century of Psychoanalysis. London:
Karnac Books.
White, M. (1980) Self Relations, Object Relations, and Pathological Narcissism. Psychoanalytic
Review
Bursten, B. (1973) Some Narcissistic Personality Types. International Journal of Psychoanalysis.
54: 287-300.
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Michigan Council for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (MCPP) is an independent, contemporary training institute founded on feminist principles and open to diverse theoretical perspectives. We offer a positive professional community and welcome colleagues from within and without the psychoanalytic community to join us for our free monthly programs and classes. No registration is needed. 2 CEUs available for Social Workers licensed in Michigan for a $10 fee for non-members. Monthly programs include continental breakfast.
For more information please contact V.P. for Programs, David Freiband, at ; regarding CEUs, please contact Marybeth Atwell, LMSW at [email protected]
