Saturday 17 April 2010 - Ana-Maria Rizzuto, MD --UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL ISSUES DURING PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
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When: Saturday 17 April 2010
Location: Minneapolis Central Library - Doty Board Room
Saturday April 17, 2010 Full Day Conference - Open to Public. Please check back for further information.
Ana-Maria Rizzuto, MD Topic: UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL ISSUES DURING PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY Location: Minneapolis Central Library - Doty Board Room Cost: TBA
This lecture traces the evolution of the term religion as used by Freud in comparison to the contemporary preference for spirituality. It explores Freud contributions to the psychodynamic understanding of religion and their significance to our grappling with theoretical issues and clinical work.
The paper presents ways of approaching religious material during psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy and provides examples to illustrate issues of technique.
**** Ana-María Rizzuto, M.D., is a training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East. She received the 1996 William C. Bier Award of the American Psychological Association and the 1997 Pfister Award of the American Psychiatric Association for her contributions to the study of religion. Dr. Rizzuto’s publications include The Birth of the Living God, and Why Did Freud Reject God? among others.