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MPC PROGRAM
1998-1999 PROGRAM YEAR

[1998 Program]

September 19, 1998
Spirituality and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
East Lansing, Michigan

Diane Drayson, A.M., B.C.D.
Norman Gordon, Ph.D.
Robert J. Lovinger, Ph.D.
Ellen L. K. Toronto, Ph.D.


October 18, 1998
Naturalistic Observation in Psychoanalysis: The Jane Goodall Technique
(An analytic technique is proposed for difficult therapeutic moments)
Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan Union

Murray Meisels, Ph.D.

No Fee


November 15, 1998
Panel: Issues in Adolescent Treatment
Countertransference as Communication: Intersubjectivity in the Treatment of a Traumatized Adolescent Patient
East Lansing, Michigan University Club 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Jerrold Brandell, Ph.D. and David Klein, Ph.D.


January 17, 1999
Love in the Therapeutic Alliance: Three Short Papers
A Program Jointly Sponsored by MPC and MPI
Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan League 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Jack Novick, Ph.D. and Kerry Kelly Novick, A.B.
Discussants: Elizabeth A. Waiess, Psy.D. (MPC) and James Hansell, Ph.D. (MPI)

No Fee


February 21, 1999
Analytic Conversations
Diane Drayson, A.M. and Janet Robinson, Ph.D. in Discussion with Carol Fiore, Ph.D.
Clinical material presented by Dr. Fiore will be considered from the viewpoints of Self Psychology and Object Relations
East Lansing, Michigan University Club 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

No Fee


March 20, 1999
Special Seminar
Findings of Contemporary Neuroscience: Implications for Psychoanalytic Understanding
Herbert Killackey, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Ann Arbor, Michigan League

Time and Fee to be announced


April 18, 1999
Psychoanalytically Informed Couples Therapy
Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids Hilton 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Marybeth Atwell-Rowe, M.S.W.

No Fee


May 16, 1999
Irene Fast, Ph.D.
Selving, Constituents of Self Formation
Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan Union 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

No Fee


June 5, 1999 (Saturday)
Annual Banquet

The University Club
East Lansing, Michigan
The MPC June dinner and awarding of certificates.

Music will be provided by Lynne Tenbusch, Ph.D. on flute.
Poetry Reading by Marylin Charles, Ph.D.

6 P.M., cost is $40 each.


Additional information may be obtained by contacting Kathleen Koepele, A.C.S.W. at or fax (517) 333-8158.

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