Narcissism, Omnipotent Fantasy and Burning Desire: When the Ideal Takes Over the Ego

This workshop interprets and extend the work of the French Analyst Chasseguet- Smirgel and other members of the French School in light of Object Relations theory and the presenter’s clinical experience and recent writing. The notion of the Good object, its healthy differentiation from the omnipotent Grandiose Object and internalization of play states rather than ideal states will be delineated via clinical examples and excerpts from a recent award winning Almodovar film, "Talk to Her."

Albert J. Brok, Ph.D. is President of Section 1 (Psychologist Psychoanalyst Practitioners) Div. 39 (Psychoanalysis) American Psychological Association and a Board member of Division 39. He is former President of Section VII (Group and Psychoanalysis) and is a member of Section VIII (Couple Therapy and Psychoanalysis). Dr. Brok serves on the Training Committee of the Object Relations Institute, where he is also a supervisor, advisor, and training analyst. He is Trustee and Director of Group and Couples Therapy Training Institute for Mental Health in NY. He serves at various Post-Doctoral Faculties and is a Guest Lecturer at the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He’s most recently published on Passionate Desire and Grandiosity, Play Humor and Seriousness in Clinical Work, Cognitive Mapping and process of internalization, and the Evolution of North American Therapeutics. He’s in private practice in Bedford Village, Westchester and Manhattan.

Saturday, May 10, 2008
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
09:30 am Registration

11 Riverside Drive, Ste 8N-E
New York, NY

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workshop fee: $75 non-students
$50 students

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