Ferro said that in the few days of this weekend conference he had not tried to convey concepts. He is grateful for all the models he has learned over the years (Bion, Klein, …
Ferro on the IPI’s Group Affective Model
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Memoir of the future and the defense against knowledge
Having studied the analytic process as one in which the Beta elements are represented in images (pictograms) and then in narrative form, we moved on to look at the process …
An observation of Antonino Ferro’s discussion
Ferro showed us how to think of the history as a collection of facts or as a dream dreamt by the presenter of the case history. When a patient describes …
IPI welcomes Antonino Ferro
Distinguished analyst Antonino Ferro, president of the Italia Psychoanalytic Association, opened our April Weekend Conference by presenting his unique approach to the clinical situation as a waking dream. The therapist …
IPI February Weekend Conference
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Around the World Monica Vorchheimer (BA), Mary Morgan (UK), Elizabeth Palacios (Madrid), Félix Velasco Alva (Mexico); John Zinner (Washington); Karen Proner (New York), Lin Tao (London …
Book Review: Shrink Rap, by Dinah Miller, Annette Hanson, and Steven Roy Daviss
Scharff, J. S. (2013). Book review of Shrink Rap. In Psychodynamic Psychiatry 41(3): 473-477. Posted by permission of Guilford Press. Shrink Rap, by Dinah Miller, Annette Hanson, and Steven Roy Daviss, Johns Hopkins University …
IPI and Westminster College Awarded Research Grant
Jill Scharff, Caroline Sehon, Janine Wanlass The International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) and Westminster College are the proud recipients of a research grant award from the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) in …
IPI and IIPT at the International Psychoanalytic Association Congress in Prague
From Jill Scharff and Caroline Sehon Betty Benaim, Doug and Sharon Dennett, David and Jill Scharff, Caroline Sehon, Yolanda Varela and Lea Setton (faculty of the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) …
DSM-V falls short
This recent article in the New York Times is an important admission by the psychiatric community that the notion of having the biological answer to mental illness is a myth. …
In Argentina, Therapy is the Norm
CNN has recently posted a very interesting article about psychoanalysis in Argentina and how it is thriving there. If you would like to see the article follow this link:http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/28/health/argentina-psychology-therapists/index.html. A …
