16th GEI Annual Conference, with Lynne Jacobs
Hope and Dread, Shame and Dignity in the Therapeutic Relationship
a conference by Lynne Jacobs, Ph.D., Psy.D. *
Time: From 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., lunch included at the hotel buffet restaurant
Registration starts at 8:00 a.m., continental breakfast included (juice, fruits, coffee and pastries)
Venue:
Le Nouvel Hôtel,
room Maisonneuve-Dorchester,
1740, René-Lévesque Blvd. West
,
Montréal
At 5 minutes from
Guy-Concordia
metro station, exit Saint-Mathieu/de Maisonneuve Saint-Mathieu St.
Parking in the vicinity, or hotel indoor parking at 12$ (taxes included),
entrance on Saint-Mathieu St.
Registration: See the Online registration section below
N.B. lunch reservations will be possible only for registrations completed by Tuesday, September 24th
This conference is approved by the Ordre des psychologues du Québec for 6 hours of continuing education units (CEU) in psychotherapy. No OPQ: RA02903-19.
The conferenceMany of our patients know indignity all too well. They enter our office suffused with shame, sometimes conscious, sometimes not. Shame in its many forms, from embarrassment to mortification to humiliation, can be considered the primary emotion of indignity. Our patients’ sense of dignity can never be far from our mind when we’re having conversations with them. There can be an overall felt sense that all of our conversations are navigations through the waters of dignity and indignity. Furthermore, since hopes and fears, and enduring relational patterns are intricately interwoven with shame and dignity, it leads them (as well as us) to constrain emotional experiences in order to avoid certain feelings, thus limiting emotional resilience capacities. How can we address this shame in them without humiliating them further? How can we help restore or give a sense of dignity to those patients? How can we help them stretch their emotional boundaries and develop greater resilience?
Drawing on the insights of contemporary relational psychoanalytic theories and contemporary gestalt theory, Dr Lynne Jacobs offers a therapeutic perspective that integrates the immediate affective engagement of the humanistic approach with an on-going sensitivity to the dynamics of enduring relational themes and patterns in the therapeutic relationship, a central notion in contemporary psychoanalysis. From that perspective, “transference” isn’t a distortion or something to get rid of, but a mean to access and work with what the intersubjectivists (Atwood and Stolorow, 1984, 2014) call the organizing principles of personal experience evolving from our emotional history.
In accordance with the Gestalt tradition, Dr Jacobs claims that one of the most powerful way to work with those enduring relational themes is in the immediacy of the here and now, moment by moment, person to person contact. She explores the interplay of the emotional processes and the enduring relational themes that patient and therapist bring to the therapeutic encounter, and the interplay of hope and dread in both participants. She also elaborates on the relationship of a sense of shame and a sense of dignity, with the dialogic attitude in the therapeutic situation.
Our guest speaker, Dr Lynne Jacobs, addresses both psychotherapists from the existential-humanistic approach, particularly Gestaltist, and from the psychoanalytic approach. We cordially invite you to take advantage of this opportunity to hear this internationally known teacher.
* The speaker
Partial bibliography
*The three publications marked by an asterisk are available for purchase and download: see the Readings section below.
- *Jacobs, L. (2008). Dialogue, Confirmation, and the “Good”. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 3:4, 409-431.
- *Jacobs, L. (2009). From Selfobjects to Dialogue: A Journey through the Intersubjective Field. In: N. Vanderheide & W.J. Coburn, Eds, Self and Systems: Explorations in Contemporary Self Psychology. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 106-121.
- Jacobs, L. (2014). Learning to Love White Shame and Guilt: Skills for Working as a White Therapist in a Racially Divided Country. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 9:4, 297-312
- Jacobs, L. (2014). Circumstance of Birth: Life on the Color Line. Psychoanalytic Inquiry: A Topical Journal for Mental Health Professionals, 34:7, 746-758.
- Jacobs L. (2016). Racializing Kohut’s “Guilty Man” and “Tragic Man”: Serious Play in the Service of Inclusiveness. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 11:4, 340-348.
- *Jacobs, L. (2017). On Dignity, a Sense of Dignity, and Inspirational Shame. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 37:6, 380-394.
- Jacobs, L. & Hycner, F. eds. (2010). Relational Approaches in Gestalt Therapy. Gestalt Press.
- Jacobs, L. & Hycner, R. (1995). The Healing Relationship in Gestalt Therapy: A Dialogic/Self Psychology Approach. The Gestalt Journal Press.
Learning objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
- Differentiate and describe traditional and contemporary perspectives on transference in the therapeutic relationship
- Identify and explain the oscillations between hope and dread in the clinical process
- Identify and describe how shame and dignity are linked to enduring relational themes
- Recognize the interplay of the therapist’s and patient’s enduring relational themes
Schedule
20 minutes a.m. and p.m. breaks
Snacks included (cookies and beverages)
| 08:00 | Registration, and continental breakfast |
| 09:00 | Introduction of speakers |
| 09:15 | Presentation by Lynne Jacobs |
| Discussion with audience | |
| 12:00 | Lunch at the hotel buffet restaurant |
| 13:30 | Presentation by Lynne Jacobs |
| Discussion with audience | |
| 16:30 | End |
You are welcome, if you wish, to prepare questions in advance for the discussion periods between the speaker and the participants. It will be possible to ask questions (or to read them, or to ask for them to be read by the facilitator) in English or in French.
Readings
At the Vendredis intersubjectifs (evenings of text study at the GEI) of this year, three of Lynne Jacobs' papers have been studied in preparation for her conference (n.b. it is not required to read the papers to fully benefit from the conference). They are available at a cost of 10$ (for copyright fees) in their original English version and their French transalation at this page: Trois articles de Lynne Jacobs (the page is in French).
If you were a participant to the three Vendredis intersubjectifs Lynne Jacobs, you already have access to these papers by clicking on the My files link, in the User menu, located in the right margin of the site (it is necessary to log into your user account to access this link).
Clinical workshop
You are also invited to attend a clinical workshop (limited to 20 participants) with Lynne Jacobs to be held the following day, on Sunday, September 29th, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
A participant will present a clinical case, and after an exchange between her and our invited speaker, the discussion will be open to the group. To register, please go to the Atelier clinique page (this page is in French, and it will be accessible only to GEI members during the pre-registration period from Friday, May 17th, to Thursday, May 30th, and it will be open to all from Friday, May 31st).
N.B. : questions in French will be translated in English for our speaker and for the English-speaking participants, and theirs will be translated in French for the French-speaking participants.
Organizing committee
Sylvie Ledoux,
psychologist, coordinator
Monique Dubé,
psychologist, administrator
Jean-François Bernard,
psychologist, webmaster
Annette Richard,
psychologist, GEI president
Downloadable brochure
Online registration
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Registration fees
The registration fees include lunch at the hotel buffet restaurant (taxes and service included).
N.B. lunch reservations will be possible only for registrations completed by Tuesday, September 24th. Participants registering after this date will be able to dine at their own expense at the hotel's restaurant (buffet, at 25$ plus taxes and service, or à la carte) or plan for their lunch (Ste-Catherine street is a 5 minutes walk).
| By Saturday, September 14th | After Saturday, September 14th | |
|---|---|---|
| Members 1 | 235$ | 250$ |
| Non-members | 260$ | 275$ |
| Students 2 | 165$ | 180$ |
1
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2
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