Presentation 1:
After attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Define the meaning of “The Law of the Mother” and “Seriality” and describe how the use of these concepts can facilitate healthy rather than destructive interactions among siblings.
2. List two or three ways a patient may “other” or be the recipient of “othering” by a sibling, and ways this may truncate their development, limit the depth and richness of their relationship and transition into lifelong perceptions of self, self in-relationships and the potential for “othering’ therefore, limiting rather than enriching their lives.
3. Explain the difference between the vertical and lateral dimensions of the transference and countertransference and provide an example of a lateral (sibling) transference and/or countertransference.
4. Examine the influence of sibling(s) on ones’ interpersonal relationships with peers, and their potential impact on partner and career choices.

Presentation 2:
After attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Distinguish between otherness and difference.
2. Name a central idea in the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas, and one from Loegstrup.
3. Distinguish ego-centered subjectivity from other-centered subjectivity.
4. Name a clinical application of this difference in notions of subjectivity.

Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed psychoanalysts, nurse practitioners and family and marriage/couple therapists and mental health counselors.

These presentations are appropriate for clinicians with all levels of experience.

Susan A. Klett, Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW-R, is a training and supervising analyst at The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis Los Angeles and a faculty member, supervising and training analyst and guest lecturer at various psychoanalytic institutes and universities in New York City. She is a past President and board member of The Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society and a former Co-Director and Board Member of Washington Square Institute for Mental Health (WSI). Dr. Klett is the Founder and past Director of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Training and Skill Group Program at WSI. She has also served as Director of the Scientific Lecture Series at WSI (2009-2014); Co-Director of the Education Lecture Series at PPS (2009-2011); and former Director of Professional Development at the Advanced Clinical Education Foundation (2014-July 2022). Dr. Klett holds a diplomate in Clinical Social Work from New York State Society for Clinical Social Work and maintains a private practice in Manhattan working with individuals, couples, groups and provides supervision to clinicians and consultations to educational organizations. She has published many articles and reviews on trauma, eating disorders, couple treatment and the psychoanalytic process. She was former contributing editor of Issues in Psychoanalytic Psychology; past co-editor of Postgrad*PPSI’s Newsletter (2009-2011); and co-authored the book, Analysis of the Incest Trauma: Retrieval, Recovery, Renewal (2015). She has presented nationally and internationally on trauma and received a Humanitarian Award for her work with the victims and families of the World Trade Center Disaster (9/11). Her presentation topic for the 54th Annual NYSSCSW Conference draws from her doctoral dissertation in 2017 and a recent course that she taught at Postgrad*PPSI, which examined historical and contemporary perspectives on sibling dynamics in psychoanalysis.

Donna M. Orange, PhD, PsyD, is a psychoanalyst and philosopher living in California. She teaches at the NYU Postdoctoral Program, the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (IPSS), and ISIPSé (Istituto di Specializzazione in Psicologia Psicoanalitica del Sé e Psicoanalisi Relazionale, Roma e Milano). In addition to offering clinical consultation at these institutes and elsewhere, she teaches in humanistic psychotherapeutic settings worldwide and in private study groups. Her books include, Thinking for Clinicians (2010), The Suffering Stranger (2011), Nourishing the Inner Life of Clinicians and Humanitarians (2016), Climate Crisis, Psychoanalysis, and Radical Ethics (2017), and most recently, Psychoanalysis, History, and Radical Ethics: Learning to Hear (2020).

Contact Hours will be awarded once the entire course is completed, as evidenced by signing in and out and completing a course evaluation. Certificates will be emailed approximately ten business days after the completion of the course.

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• 3.0 Contact Hours will be awarded once the entire course is completed.
• All registrations must be submitted by the Wednesday prior to the program.
• Certificates will be emailed approximately ten business days after the completion of the course.
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