Otto Kernberg, M.D.
Weekend Conference:
New Developments in Psychotherapy: Theory Development and Treatment
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: In this weekend conference, Dr. Kernberg will guide the audience in the study of several aspects of analytic thinking, including his views on narcissism and suicide and his critique of modern theories of relational psychoanalysis and of recent reinterpretations of Bion’s thought. Dr. Kernberg will also report on Transference Focused Psychotherapy, a highly structured, twice-weekly psychodynamic treatment based on Kernberg’s object relations model of borderline personality disorder.
The weekend conference will begin at 9:00 am on Friday and end at 1:00 pm on Sunday. It will feature didactic and clinical presentations and daily large and small group discussion. The Saturday morning workshop, 9:00 - 10:30 am is open to all mental health professionals, and will be followed by a reception and an optional small group discussion from 11:00 am to noon for participants attending the workshop; the cost for Saturday morning only is $30 (IPI Members can attend for free with a guest). Pre-registration is required. Schedules, reading lists and educational objectives will be provided.
Saturday morning workshop: “Limitations to the Capacity for Mature Love Relations”
ABOUT DR. KERNBERG: Otto F. Kernberg, MD, FAPA, is Director of the Personality Disorders Institute at The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division and Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College. He is Past-President of the International Psychoanalytic Association, and is a Training and Supervising Analyst of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. In the past, Dr. Kernberg served as Director of the C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Supervising and Training Analyst of the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis, and Director of the Psychotherapy Research Project of the Menninger Foundation. Later, he was Director of the General Clinical Service of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. From 1976 to 1995 he was Associate Chairman and Medical Director of The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division. Dr. Kernberg was the Book Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association from 1977-1993. He has received numerous awards for his excellence in Psychiatry, and is the author of 12 books and co-author of 11 others.
LOCATION: University Park Marriott Hotel, Salt Lake City
DATE and TIME: March 16-18, 2012
COST: $505; $485 for registrations postmarked 21 days in advance of the conference
CE CREDITS: Approximately 15
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: For registration or further information about Dr. Kernberg’s conference, contact Anna Innes at info@theipi.org or 301-215-7377, or visit IPI’s main website at www.theipi.org.