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MISSION
The Indiana
Society for Psychoanalytic Thought (ISPT) is a local chapter
of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological
Association. ISPT is a multi-disciplinary group dedicated to furthering
the study and application of broad-based psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic
psychotherapy, and the methods of psychoanalytic inquiry through
the sponsorship of conferences, symposia, and workshops on clinical
and cultural issues, theoretical papers, and ongoing research by
ISPT members and recognized experts in the field.
MONTHLY MEETING
Monday, February 9, 2009: 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Psychoanalysis and Religious Experience
By Andrew Klafter, MD
Dr. Klafter, a religiously observant Orthodox Jew, will discuss the
interface between psychoanalytic understanding and religious
experience. He will focus on how the patient’s and therapist’s
religious beliefs impact the treatment process, and how
psychotherapy and psychoanalysis affect spirituality, religious
beliefs, and religious experience.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1) identify important areas of potential conflict for patients
between their religious beliefs and their experiences receiving
psychotherapeutic or psychoanalytic treatment, and implications for
psychotherapy technique;
2) identify important areas of potential conflict for therapists
regarding religious beliefs, and describe different ways that
religious therapists negotiate such conflicts both in their work, as
well as in their spiritual lives and religious experience;
3) discuss whether psychoanalysis and other
psychotherapy modalities are value systems which conflict inherently
with religious value systems, or are inherently neutral and as such
do not conflict with religious beliefs.
Schedule and Format:
The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 pm with the introduction of Dr.
Klafter. His presentation will be followed by group discussion.
About the Presenter
Dr. Andrew Klafter is the Director of Psychotherapy Training at the University of Cincinnati Psychiatry Residency Training Program, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He maintains a private practice in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and supervision. Dr. Klafter received his MD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He completed his specialty training in psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, where he also served as Chief Resident.
All monthly meetings of ISPT are held on the 2nd Monday of each
month at the following location unless otherwise noted on the events
calendar:
Christian
Theological Seminary
Counseling Center, 3rd Floor
1050 West 42nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
317.924.5205
Directions
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