This Month

at the Movies

From Heinz Kohut, M.D., on Self Psychology ...

This month’s video presents an excerpt from Heinz Kohut’s final speech, Reflections on Empathy, given at the 1981 Self Psychology conference in Berkeley, California.  Kohut, a pioneer in Self Psychology, was aware he was dying, and at the conclusion of his speech he announced his final farewell. This is a Lifespan Learning Institute video, and can be found here.

To learn more about Heinz Kohut, go here.

March 2010

“In the Trenches of Trauma”

and

“The Tricky Part”

A One-Day Interdisciplinary Conference

for Mental Health Professionals

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC

Brochure.pdf

(Registration Required)

  

In the Trenches of Trauma is a one-day interdisciplinary conference offering theoretical, clinical, and experiential insight into the phenomenology, impact, and treatment of early sexual trauma.  The conference will be held Saturday, March 13th, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at Presbyterian Hospital, 200 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC.

    The main speaker for the conference is Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea, Ph.D.  Dr. Frawley-O’Dae is a clinical psychologist and trauma specialist.  She is the co-author of Treating the Adult Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Psychoanalytic Approach, and appeared in the Oscar nominated documentary film, Deliver Us From Evil.  Former Executive Director of the Trauma Treatment Center, Manhattan Institute of Psychoanalysis, she is currently in private practice in Matthews, NC, and is faculty and supervisor at the Carolina Institute for Clinical Pastoral Training.

   In addition to In the Trenches of Trauma presentation, there will be a presentation of Martin Moran’s one-man play, The Tricky Part.  Martin Moran—author, actor, and sexual abuse survivor—crafts a touching presentation of his early sexual trauma, it’s crippling aftermath, and his journey of recovery and ultimate redemption.  The Tricky Part received an Obie Award and was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards, one for Outstanding Play.  Mr. Moran has performed The Tricky Part off-Broadway, in regional theaters, at mental health conferences, and for groups of sexual abuse survivors.

    The all-day conference is sponsored by the Carolina Institute for Clinical Pastoral Training (CICPT), Presbyterian Hospital Chaplaincy Department, and 3-D Institute for Social Development.  Continuing education credits are available for mental health professionals.  For registration information, download and print the brochure (traumabrochure.pdf) or visit the website.