EVENTS
MITPP is approved by the New York State Education Department as a provider of continuing education for LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, LPs and Licensed Psychologists. Contact hours/CE credits are granted to participants who attend the full program and complete an evaluation. Partial credits cannot be offered. It is the responsibility of the participants seeking contact hours/CE credits to comply with these requirements.
All events are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health and
The Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists
Invite you to a Scientific Meeting
THE PERVERSION OF TRUTH AND THE DISRUPTION OF PASSION
SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
PRESENTER: JUDY K. EEKHOFF, Ph.D., FIPA
This seminar explores the relationship between truth and lies. Lies as the bodyguard of truth, protect us from the absolute truth we cannot bear. In addition, the seminar will describe the means by which our body relations and our object relations aid us in developing an apparatus for thinking so truth might be found. It emphasizes object relationships as mediators of affect and emotion. The emotions of love, hate and curiosity, as components of passion, are bridges between the mind and the body as well as between self and other. Unfortunately, when lies are the bodyguards of truth, distortions and delusions interfere with the perception of reality, distorting both body and object relations. Internal and external relationships that promote meaning-making and growth are compromised. When one or both members of an analytic couple are insufficiently differentiated, a fusion occurs that perverts emotional relationship. Mimicry takes the place of authentic connection. The person becomes a lie so healthy symbiosis is compromised. When each member of a dyad is individuated, their emotional relationship is passionate. It is also catastrophic for the internal organizations that have defended against unbearable realities.
Analytic dyads enact these realities and impasses can result. These enactments, when analyzed, enable truth to be found within the analytic relationship. Clinical examples will be given.
Readings will be sent to participants:
Eekhoff, J.K. Between the Real and the Imaginary: Truth and Lies in the Psychoanalytic Encounter
Eekhoff, J.K. The Perversion of Truth and the Disruption of Passion
Learning Objectives:
Participants will:
1) learn to recognize primal states of mind that distort reality.
2) learn to use their own psyche soma to differentiate lies from truth.
3) find language for naming and using primal states of mind.
PRESENTER: JUDY K. EEKHOFF, PH.D., FIPA is an IPA certified training and supervising psychoanalyst and a licensed child psychologist. She has a private practice in Seattle, Washington, USA where she teaches, writes, and consults. She has published three books: Trauma and Primitive Mental States: An Object Relations Perspective; Bion and Primitive Mental States: Trauma and the Symbiotic Link; and Bion’s Emotional Links: Love, Hate, and Knowledge. Dr. Eekhoff is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and American Journal of Psychoanalysis.
LOCATION: ONLINE THROUGH ZOOM
FEE: NO FEE
Registration deadline: April 4, 2025
PLEASE USE REGISTRATION FORM AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
Zoom instructions and meeting link will be emailed to participants no later than an hour prior to the workshop.
The New York State Education Department has approved this online workshop for 2 contact hours (CEUs) for LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, LPs and Licensed Psychologists. A certificate will be emailed to those who sign in at the beginning of the session, stay until the end of the session, complete an emailed evaluation and pay a $20 fee. Full session must be attended to be eligible for CEUs/Contact hours. There is no charge for those affiliated with MITPP, MCMH or MSPP.
FRENCH PSYCHOANALYSIS: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHOSIS
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
PRESENTER: TIMOTHY HACKETT, MA, LP
This presentation delves into the complex topic of psychosis in French Psychoanalysis. We will look at some innovative theoretical frameworks for the understanding of psychosis and consider the implications for technique and clinical experience that follow.
The place of affect in psychosis, the possibility of verbal representation in psychotic states, ego formation in psychotic subjects, and the question of the body as both an object of representation and a site of psychotic (affective) experience may provide answers to and indications and contraindications for psychoanalytic technique. In some cases, familiar technical interventions may prove helpful, while in others such interventions can be ineffective and even detrimental.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1) identify fundamental problems in the theory of psychosis and its etiology.
2) gain an understanding of basic topics concerning psychotic subjects (e.g., affect, representation, ego and ego formation, and the body).
3) hold a discussion about the benefits and harms of certain technical approaches to the treatment of psychosis.
PRESENTER: TIMOTHY HACKETT, MA, LP Advanced candidate, Adult Psychoanalysis: Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Faculty: Metropolitan Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Past Professor: St. Francis College.
LOCATION: ONLINE THROUGH ZOOM
FEE: $60 or $40 for students (with proof of student status)
NO FEE FOR MCMH STAFF THERAPISTS
Registration deadline: may 2, 2025
PLEASE USE REGISTRATION FORM AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
Zoom instructions and meeting link will be emailed to participants no later than an hour prior to the workshop.
MITPP Candidates In-Person Wine and Cheese Reception
Sunday, October 5, 2025 from 3-5 PM.
E.23rd Street, Manhattan location.
Details provided upon registration.
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If you are unable to pay electronically and would like to send a check, please contact MITPP.For questions about payment, please email info@mitpp.org
REGISTRATION FORM
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Zelle – Debit Card or Bank Account
You may use Zelle through your bank or download the Zelle app and follow the instructions. Zelle will not accept credit cards. Payment should be made to: info@mitpp.org.Chase QuickPay with Zelle – Access through the Chase app.
PayPal - Please add $5.00 to your total to cover PayPal fees for payments up to $75. For payments above $75, contact MITPP for fee information. PayPal payments should be made to info@mitpp.org.
If you are unable to pay electronically and would like to send a check, please contact MITPP.For questions about payment, please email info@mitpp.org
Refund Policy
If you find you are unable to attend an event for any reason, you must notify MITPP by email at least 48 hours prior to the time the course/workshop begins in order to receive a full refund. No refunds will be issued after that time.
