Series: Connections and Conversation
Connections and Conversation is a free monthly Zoom meeting, cultivating creativity and freedom of thought and feeling. We invite you to engage with our presenters and community as they share their interests and passions in conversation on current topics in psychoanalysis.
This free event that alternates times. The meeting often begins with a 45 minute presentation followed by 45 minutes of conversation. When an event is recorded you can access the recording at the vault.
This series is open to all.
In case of questions please contact: [email protected]
The Analyst’s Search for Empathy in the Face of Hate
November 10, 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm PST
This paper presents a description of the analysis of an African-American patient with Dissociative Identity Disorder. It will focus primarily on one year of the analysis when the transference was extremely negative resulting in the analyst moving from a very empathic and loving countertransference position to feeling hatred for the patient. Examples of rupture and repair in the transference will be presented. The paper will also look at issues related to culture that emerged in this analysis, despite the analyst and analysand having similar cultural backgrounds.
Presenter
Veronica D. Abney, Ph.D.
Veronica D. Abney, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical social worker, diplomat in clinical social work and psychoanalyst in private practice in Los Angeles specializing in the treatment of adult survivors of trauma.
Dr. Abney is Immediate Past Co-President of the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis where she is also a Training & Supervising Analyst. Currently she is Secretary of the International Forum of Psychoanalytic Education, Dr. Abney She is interested in the application of modern psychoanalytic theories in cross-cultural practice. Her dissertation was titled African-American Psychoanalysts in the United States: Their Stories & Presence in the Field. Dr. Abney is a past president of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and a past Board member of the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. Her publications include Transference and Countertransference Issues Unique to Long-Term Group Psychotherapy of Adult Women Molested as Children: The Trials and Rewards, A Rationale for Cultural Competency, African-Americans and Sexual Child Abuse (in Sexual Abuse in Nine North American Cultures) and Cultural Competency in the Field of Child Maltreatment (in APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment). Dr. Abney received her Masters Degree from the Smith College School for Social Work and her Ph.D. in psychoanalysis from the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
Series: Connections and Conversation
Connections and Conversation is a free monthly Zoom meeting, cultivating creativity and freedom of thought and feeling. We invite you to engage with our presenters and community as they share their interests and passions in conversation on current topics in psychoanalysis.
This free event that alternates times. The meeting often begins with a 45 minute presentation followed by 45 minutes of conversation. When an event is recorded you can access the recording at the vault.
This series is open to all.
In case of questions please contact: [email protected]
The Analyst’s Search for Empathy in the Face of Hate
November 10, 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm PST
This paper presents a description of the analysis of an African-American patient with Dissociative Identity Disorder. It will focus primarily on one year of the analysis when the transference was extremely negative resulting in the analyst moving from a very empathic and loving countertransference position to feeling hatred for the patient. Examples of rupture and repair in the transference will be presented. The paper will also look at issues related to culture that emerged in this analysis, despite the analyst and analysand having similar cultural backgrounds.
Presenter
Veronica D. Abney, Ph.D.
Veronica D. Abney, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical social worker, diplomat in clinical social work and psychoanalyst in private practice in Los Angeles specializing in the treatment of adult survivors of trauma.
Dr. Abney is Immediate Past Co-President of the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis where she is also a Training & Supervising Analyst. Currently she is Secretary of the International Forum of Psychoanalytic Education, Dr. Abney She is interested in the application of modern psychoanalytic theories in cross-cultural practice. Her dissertation was titled African-American Psychoanalysts in the United States: Their Stories & Presence in the Field. Dr. Abney is a past president of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and a past Board member of the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. Her publications include Transference and Countertransference Issues Unique to Long-Term Group Psychotherapy of Adult Women Molested as Children: The Trials and Rewards, A Rationale for Cultural Competency, African-Americans and Sexual Child Abuse (in Sexual Abuse in Nine North American Cultures) and Cultural Competency in the Field of Child Maltreatment (in APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment). Dr. Abney received her Masters Degree from the Smith College School for Social Work and her Ph.D. in psychoanalysis from the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
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