May 12th, 2025, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (1.5 CE credits – free for members with CE credit; $30 for non-members requesting CE credit). In Person meeting with Zoom option (see below on how to request Zoom link). Meeting Address: 1050 W. 42nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208.
Title: Subjective Time Travel Fosters Psychodynamic Change
Presenter: Beth L. Fineberg, PhD, HSPP
Description
Subjective time travel through one’s past, present, and future is in itself a dynamic process that facilitates change. Psychopathology freezes the journey into defensively repetitive patterns. Psychodynamic therapy promotes the thaw, often by updating memories and revising narrative interpretations to meet current and future circumstances. Consequently, the potential of subjective time travel to support adaptive change is established or restored within the lived present of the therapy sessions. It helps the patient’s sense of a continuous self that persists through inner time.
Learning Objectives
1)To name the parts of the threefold present
2) To describe the elastic present
3)To describe the importance of the opportune moment.
Sources
1)Augustine, S. (2008) Confessions. (H. Chadwick, Trans.). Oxford’s World Classics (Original work published ca.400),
2).Buonomano, D. (2017) Your brain is a time machine: The neuroscience and physics of time. W. W. Norton
3) James, W. (2010). The Principles of psychology (Volume 1 of 2). Digireads.com Publishing. (Original Work published 1890).,
4) Ricoeur, P. (1970). Freud and philosophy: An essay on interpretation (D. Savage, Trans.). Yale University Press.
5) Zittoun, T., & Gillespie, A. (2016). Imagination in human and cultural development. Routledge.
About the Presenter
Dr. Fineberg earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972. She worked as a psychologist at the Gallahue Mental Health Center from 1973-1999. She has worked in private practice from 1985 to present.
Fees, Policies and Participants
Members attend free of charge. Non-member rate is $30. Participants by Zoom must RSVP by the end of day Sunday, May 11th, 2025, to receive the Zoom link, which will be sent by 5 pm of the day of the presentation. RSVP to isptdues(at)gmail.com to receive the Zoom link. Note: Members receive the Zoom link for free. Non-members are welcome. Non-members who wish to receive CE Credit should pay the non-member rate of $ 30 below before the presentation. Alternatively, non-members are encouraged to become members at the $ 45 annual member rate ($ 25 student rate) to receive free CEs for a year.
It is the policy of the Society to encourage multidisciplinary learning. This seminar is appropriate for the intermediate level of knowledge in the area of psychoanalysis. Enrollment is intended for psychologists and other mental health practitioners, graduate students and all who are interested in psychoanalysis.
Continuing Education
This program is offered for 1.5 continuing education credits. The entire meeting must be attended in order for attendees to receive certificates. Upon completion of an evaluation form, a certificate will be provided. This serves as documentation of attendance for all participants. Psychologists will have their participation registered through Division 39.
Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Division 39 is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. Division 39 is also committed to APA Ethical Guidelines. Participants are asked to be aware of need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them.