19th GEI Annual Conference, with Jill Gardner

Simultaneoulsly on-site and on Zoom

(this activity is not recorded)

Change and Continuity in the Theories We Use

Lien vers la version en français Changement et continuité dans nos théories

The presentation will be given in English, with simultaneous English interpretation for the audience questions in French during the question and answer period.

Date and time: Saturday, September 17th, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., EDT (UTC -4),
lunch buffet included at the hotel restaurant.
Reception and registration starts at 8:15 a.m., continental breakfast included (juice, fruits, coffee and pastries).

Venue: Le Nouvel Hôtel, room Dorchester-Atwater-St-Mathieu.

1740, René-Lévesque Blvd. West , Montreal (514-931-8841).

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$ (for 10 hours or less, taxes included), entrance on Saint-Mathieu St.

Remote participation: It will also be possible to participate in the activity through the Zoom platform. Participation in the question periods will be in writing only.
The connection link will be emailed to participants on the Wednesday preceding the activity and a reminder will be sent one hour before the activity. Participants will also receive a detailed guide on how to log in, select their preferred language, and participate in the activity.

Registration: See the Online registration section below.

N.B. lunch reservations will be possible only for registrations completed by Saturday, September 10.

This conference is approved by the Ordre des psychologues du Québec for 6 hours of continuing education units (CEU) in psychotherapy. No OPQ: RA04521-22.

The conference

Whether implicitly or explicitly, we, psychotherapists, all operate with theories – assumptions about how things work, informed by our personal history and experience, our professional training and reading, and our clinical experience. The assumptions we make about human motivation and behavior lead us to distinct ways of understanding what is wrong with our patients and what they need from us. Theory gives us a way to organize data without which we would have no way to understand the myriad of information and possibilities inherent in any human interaction.

What we glean from the history of psychoanalysis is that these assumptions change over time. Therefore, any psychoanalytic theory needs to be contextualized in its historical period. In self psychology, starting with Kohut and elaborated by many people who followed, we have gone, among other changes, from a theory of drives to a theory of relational connections and attachment; from a model of intrapsychic conflict to a developmental model whose goal is forming a cohesive, vital self; from self as structure or functions to self as organizations of experience; and from a one person to a two person view of the treatment process. Our current literature is replete with articles and books describing these changes.

In this program, Dr Gardner will organize her presentation around two themes: 1) what are the implications of these theoretical shifts? How do we translate them into practice? 2) Amidst all these changes, what remains constant? What of the original and basic concepts of self psychology and intersubjectivity theory continue to be central guideposts for our work? In some ways, recent developments lead to profound changes in how we think about what we do. In others, we might say, “Plus ça change, plus c’est pareil” – the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Most central to Kohut’s original formulations were the concept of selfobject experience and transference and the role of empathy in the treatment process. As part of her discussion of the continuities in theory, Dr Gardner will discuss some of the subtleties and complexities of how these concepts play out in our clinical work through multiple clinical vignettes. Central to her own understanding of both what people suffer from and how as therapists we need to frame our interventions, she will take up and elaborate the more recent emphasis on the development of a sense of agency and the role of forward edge interpretations. Our guest speaker this year, Dr Gardner, is well known for her ability to translate complex theoretical concepts in clear and intelligible language and we cordially invite you to come hear her.

Please Note: To preserve and respect both intellectual property rights and confidentiality, the conference will not be recorded, nor is recording permitted.

*The speaker

Jill Gardner, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Chicago, Illinois. Over nearly five decades of practice, she has been extensively involved in the education and training of clinicians of all disciplines, through graduate level university courses, continuing professional education workshops, inservice programs in community settings, private study groups, and 20 years in a teaching hospital based-community mental health center. Throughout all these settings, her focus has been on enabling clinicians to understand how the theoretical concepts of Self Psychology and Intersubjective Systems Theory can be translated into their clinical work, bridging the gap between theory and practice. She is known for her ability to translate complex theoretical ideas into clear and understandable language. Dr. Gardner has published a number of articles applying self psychological ideas, especially to clinical supervision and brief psychotherapy. She is a member of the Executive Board of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (IAPSP) and an Associate Editor of Psychonalysis, Self and Context.

In this short video, Jill introduces the main theme she will develop at this conference: Jill Gardner's invitation.

Partial bibliography

*The two publications marked by an asterisk are available for purchase and download: see the Readings section below.

*Gardner, Jill (1999). Using Self Psychology in Brief Psychotherapy. Simultaneously published in Comparative Brief Approaches in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy, William Borden (ed.), chap. 2, pp. 43-85, and in Psychoanalytic Social Work, vol. 6:3-4, pp. 43-85, and republished in 2000 in Progress in Self Psychology, vol. 16, pp. 219-248.
*Gardner, Jill (1995). Supervision Of Trainees: Tending The Professional Self. Clinical Social Work Journal, vol. 23, n° 3, pp. 271-286.
Gardner, Jill (2015). Journeys and Generations: Tending The Professional Self. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, vol. 10, n° 4, pp. 408-420.
Gardner, Jill (2020a). Discussion of George Hagman’s “Self-Agency: Context and Freedom in Psychoanalysis”. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, vol. 15, n° 1, pp. 40-46.
Gardner, Jill (2020b). Discussion of Richard Geist’s “Interpretation as Carrier of Selfobject Functions: Catalyzing Inborn Potential”. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, vol. 15, n° 4, pp. 348-352.
Gardner, Jill (2021). Whither the Self in Relational Self Psychology? A Comment on Magid, Fosshage & Shane’s Article. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, vol. 16, n° 4, pp. 315-318.

Learning objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

Demonstrate how the wording of empathic reflections impacts a focus on internal vs external experience and on affect vs behavior.
Define the patient’s developmental experiences that facilitate or impede a sense of personal agency.
Explain the difference between a forward edge and trailing edge interpretation.
Formulate illustrative examples of forward edge interpretations.

Schedule

15 minutes a.m. and p.m. breaks
Snacks included (cookies and beverages)

09:00 am	Orientation and introduction of speaker
09:15 am	Presentation by Dr Jill Gardner 1. Development, Health and Pathology Discussion with audience 2. Empathy and Interpretation Discussion with audience
12:30 pm	Lunch at the hotel buffet restaurant
02:00 pm	Presentation by Dr Jill Gardner 3. Forward Edge Discussion with audience 4. Personal Agency Discussion with audience
04:30 pm	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 in English or in French.

On-site participants will be able to ask their questions either verbally, or in writing for the facilitator to read them to the speaker.
And remote participants will be able to write their questions in the videoconference chat.

Readings

At the Vendredis intersubjectifs (evenings of text study at the GEI) of this year, two of Jill Gardner's 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: Deux articles de Jill Gardner (the page is in French).

If you were a participant to the three "Vendredis intersubjectifs Jill Gardner", 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, On-site only

You are also invited to attend a clinical workshop (limited to 20 participants) with Jill Gardner to be held the following day, on Sunday, September 18th, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

A participant will present a clinical case, and after an exchange between this participant and our invited speaker, the discussion will be open to the group. To register, please go to the Atelier clinique page (the page is in French).
Pleae note: this page will be accessible only to GEI members during the pre-registration period from Thursday, June 2nd, to Wednesday, June 22nd. It will be open to all from Thursday, June 23rd.

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
Jean-François Bernard, psychologist, webmaster
Annette Richard, psychologist, administrator

COVID-related measures

We are unfortunately still in the situation of a COVID-19 pandemic and the GEI is concerned about the health and safety of the participants who will be present on site for this activity. We are monitoring the evolution of the pandemic situation and we will adopt the directives as well as the health recommendations issued by the public health authorities at the time of the activity.

Participants may at any time change their in-person participation registration to an online participation registration. This modification will be made with full reimbursement of the fee difference for requests received by Saturday, September 3, 2022. After this date, modification of registration will still be possible but without the possibility of reimbursement (due to the hotel reservations deadline).

Sanitary measures at the Nouvel Hôtel

Hydro-alcoholic gel dispensers and a box of procedure masks will be placed at the entrance of the room at the disposal of the participants.
The conference room has centralized ventilation and air conditioning.
The "school" style arrangement will include two chairs per table (rather than the usual arrangement of three chairs per table) thus creating a distance of one meter between the participants.

Reminder

Sanitary restrictive measures have been lifted, but public health authorities are maintaining several general recommendations to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.
Those that affect us as participants during this conference day include hand washing and disinfection, distancing at one meter, and wearing a mask when this distancing is not possible.

GEI recommandations

Following these recommendations, the GEI suggests that participants wear a mask when circulating, in particular when helping yourself at the breakfast or snacks table, and when queuing for the dinner buffet.
We also suggest that you maintain physical distancing with other participants unless they have signaled that they are comfortable with closer contact and/or physical contact.
If you are showing symptoms of COVID, please contact us to change your registration to participate on Zoom (see terms above).

Live streaming of the conference

Zoom Webinar:
For the live streaming of the conference, the GEI uses the Zoom Webinar platform (using the same software as in Zoom Meetings but with a slightly different user interface). We recommend using the Zoom software installed on a computer (PC or Mac) for it's easier use, but it is also possible to use the Zoom application installed on a tablet or smartphone (Android or iOS). However, we do not recommend using Zoom from your browser. We also recommend that you update your Zoom app before the activity takes place. In the event of a failure or instability of your internet connection, it is possible to connect to the Zoom webinar by telephone to obtain an audio channel only.

Zoom connection:
A Zoom connection link is required to join a GEI activity on Zoom. This connection link will be sent to participants by email on the Wednesday preceding the activity and a reminder will be sent one hour before the activity. Attendees will also receive a detailed guide on how to log in.

Participation on Zoom:
The detailed guide that will be sent to participants also contains all the information on how to participate in an activity taking place on Zoom. This guide includes setting up simultaneous interpretation if applicable, preference of display, and how to participate in the question period by writing your question or comment, etc.

Free wireless internet access at Le Nouvel Hôtel

The network name and password will be displayed at the entrance of the conference room. N.B. This Internet connection is shared by all hotel guests and may not be sufficient for use requiring a lot of bandwidth.

Online registration

With online or mailed payment (click on the Add to cart button below)

The registration fees include lunch buffet at the hotel restaurant L'Entracte (taxes and service included).

A vegan menu is available upon reservation. If you would like a vegan dinner, please contact the GEI (info@intersubjectivite.com) after your conference registration to make the reservation.

N.B. Only registrations made until Saturday, September 10 will allow the reservation of a dinner. 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 a lunch outside (Ste-Catherine street is at less than 5 minutes walk).

Registration fees
	On-site Including breakfast/lunch/snacks		On Zoom
	By Sept. 3rd	After Sept. 3rd	By Sept. 3rd	After Sept. 3rd
Members ¹	200$	215$	150$	165$
Non-members	225$	240$	175$	190$
South Africa ²	140$	155$	100$	115$
Students ³	140$	155$	100$	115$

¹ The member rate is granted to members in good standing of the year in which the activity takes place. To become a member of the GEI or to renew your membership please go to the Membership application page.

² Participants from South Africa are required to create a site user account first (if they don't already have one), and then write to the GEI at info@intersubjectivite.com for their country status to be added to their user account. This status will then allow them to complete their registration at the adjusted rate.

³ Your site user account must have a student status in order to automatically get the student fee when registering online (see the FAQ below for more information). A proof of full time university student status will be required.

Cancellation policy

A 25$ administration fee will be withheld for refunds requested in writing up to Saturday two weeks before the conference for in-person participation, and until the conference for online participation. Please address your request to the GEI treasurer. No refunds will be issued after these deadlines. N.B. when cancelling your participation to an activity, the registration fees for this activity cannot be transfered and applied to the registration to another activity, or to the registration of another participant. For more information please refer to the Tableau des modalités d'inscription aux activités du GEI.

To apply for (or renew your) membership and register at member fee

Please first complete online your GEI membership application. Following your membership application, you will immediately receive an automated email confirming your application (Confirmation d'inscription (ou d'adhésion)). As soon as your payment is completed, you will receive a second automated email confirming the payment of your application (Confirmation de votre paiement). From then, the member status of your GEI site user account will give you access to member's reduced fees on your next registrations to activities of that membership year.

If you choose to pay by credit card online (on PayPal), you will receive the payment confirmation email in the minute following your online payment.
If you choose to pay by mail, allow an additional week to receive the payment confirmation email.

N.B. In order to access your member's reduced fee you need to be logged to your site account.

To register at student reduced fee (GEI members or non-members)

It is necessary to have site user account with a student status in order to automatically get the student fee when registering online.

If you don't have a user account, please first create your account by clicking on the following link Create a new account or on the link located in the site's right margin. The following account creation page will allow checking a student status option. This student status account will enable registrations at student fee when logged in.
If you already have a user account but without a student status, please email the user accounts administrator to request a student status. Your account will be updated (in approximately 24h), and your student account will then enable registrations at student fee when logged in.
If you have a user account with a student status that you wish to remove, please email the user accounts administrator to request the removal. Your account will be updated (in approximately 24h), and your account will then enable registrations at regular fee.

Your registration requires logging into your user account

During the registration process you will be required to:

to log into your site user account if not already logged,
or to create a user account if you don't have one yet.

This user account will automatically adjust your registration fee to your participant status: member, non-member, or student (for the Annual conference only). Your user account also allows you to print your receipts and view the history of your transactions (from My transactions) or the history of your registrations, membership applications and texts purchases (from My registrations), which links are in the User menu, which appears in the right margin once logged in.

Payment modalities

Click on Add to cart below (after indicating if you intend to use simultaneous translation), and on the next page choose your payment method:

By credit card on ayPal's secure web site (it is NOT necessary to have a PayPal account)
Or by cheque mailed to the GEI.

Registration payment receipt

Your receipt is the GEI - Confirmation de votre paiement email. If you don't have this email anymore, please follow these steps:

First log into your site user account (by entering your username and password in the login box).
Once logged in, click on the My transactions link in your User menu (in the right margin).
On this page is the history of the transactions for your registrations, membership applications and texts purchases. Identify the transaction for which you wish to print a receipt and click on the corresponding print icon (representation of a printer). If needed, first click on the viewing icon (representation of a document under a magnifying glass) to view this transaction's details.
On the receipt page, click on the Print invoice button, in the upper right corner.

Should you encounter any difficulty, please email the online registrations administrator for assistance.

CEU certificate

The certifcate attesting to your participation to this continuing education activity will be sent as an email attachment in the following 10 days. For any question regarding the CEU certificates, please email the CEU certificates administrator.

To apply for (or renew your) membership and register at member fee, you must, in a first transaction, complete your membership application and wait to receive the automated email confirming the payment of your application (« Confirmation de paiement »), which is immediate when paying online through PayPal. Only then, in a second transaction, will your user account member status allow your registration at member fee. For more information, please read the FAQ above.

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Your rate does not appear below, it will be displayed in the registration cart according to your participant status (member, non-member or student) and the mode of participation chosen (on-site or on Zoom).

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