REGISTER | Live Online Presentation with Ortal Kirson-Trilling, PsyD on 12/5

Houston Psychoanalytic Society

Online Evening Lecture

Lost to Self and Other in a World of Unseen Things: Reflections on Winnicott’s Mirror Role in Working with Narcissistic Couples

Ortal Kirson-Trilling, PsyD

Thursday, December 5, 2024

7:30PM – 9:00PM Central Time

Live via Zoom

*Pre-Registration required for Zoom invitation

This event will not be recorded

Registration Fees

HPS Active Member: Free

HPS Student Member: Free

Non-Member: $30

1.5 CME/CEU/CE Credits

Instructional Level: Intermediate

In this paper presentation, some reflections on Winnicott's concept of the mirror role in working with narcissistic couples will be offered. Orienting to a deep wish/need to be seen that is rooted in the earliest experiences of m/other and baby, the presentation explores the challenges in working with narcissistic couples for whom mirrors are both puzzling and yet desperately longed for. While members of narcissistic couples may look, they cannot see themselves or the other. In this way, they are truly lost to themselves and the other in a world of unseen things. How do we help them look and see when the very act of doing so evokes massive defenses? Employing an ontological lens, it is suggested that analytic couple work has the potential to unlock an experience of coming into being. Elaborate case examples will be offered.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After attending the program in its entirety, attendees will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of early mirroring on the capacity to recognize the benign otherness of the other.
Describe narcissistic forms of relating in the couple.

Presenter

Ortal Kirson-Trilling, PsyD, is a psychologist and psychoanalyst trained at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC). She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, Director of the Intensive Study Program for the Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Group (PCPG) in Berkeley, California, and a faculty member of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP) Dr.Kirson-Trilling teaches analytic couple theory and practice at PCPG, PINC, and SFCP. She maintains a private practice in Oakland, California.

REFERENCES

Ogden, T. H. (2019). Ontological psychoanalysis or “What do you want to be when you grow up?”. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 88: 661-684.

Morgan, M. (2022). A psychoanalytic understanding of the couple relationship: The Tavistock Relationships approach. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 5: 103-114.

Ruszczynski, S. (2014). Couples on the couch: Working psychoanalytically with couple relationships. Fort Da, 20: 8-25.

IMAGE Couple figures from Shutterstock

Agenda

7:30 - 7:35 pm | Introduction

7:35 - 8:30 pm | Presentation by Dr. Kirson-Trilling

8:30 - 9:00 pm | Presenter-led question and answer session

Disclosures

ACCME Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Houston Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement

The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

Houston Psychoanalytic Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Houston Psychoanalytic Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

HPS, through co-sponsorship with the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, also offers approved CEUs for Texas state-approved social workers, licensed professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists.

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