Event Description: Dismayed by the fragmentation haunting the psychoanalytic project for more than a century, Dr. Karbelnig has proposed an overarching clinical model for psychoanalysis. The approach intends to unify practitioners using Freudian, Jungian, Kleinian, Self-Psychological, Relational, or any psychodynamic approach. The presentation expands upon his February 2022 paper, "Chasing Infinity: Why Clinical Psychoanalysis' Future Lies in Pluralism." In brief, Dr. Karbelnig believes that psychoanalytic clinicians practice framing, presence, and engagement in their work with patients. They pursue the unconscious mind through focusing on transference and countertransference, repetitive psycho-behavioral themes, and dreams (and other signifiers of the unconscious). After explaining the six-point model, Dr. Karbelnig will invite the audience to question and discuss these admittedly ambitious ideas.
Target Audience: This event is intended for mental health professionals and open to the public interested in psychoanalytic perspectives. Open to members and the community.
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When
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Educational Objective(s)
- Apply three fundamental psychoanalytic interventions
- Distinguish between theories of engagement
- Comprehend the three foundational paths to accessing unconscious material
Presenter Information
Alan Karbelnig, Ph.D., ABPP, practices psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and couples therapy in Pasadena, California. He earned two PhDs, one in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California in 1986, and a second in psychoanalysis from the New Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP) in 1996. Shortly thereafter, he was Certified in Psychoanalysis by the American Psychoanalytic Association, which later bestowed upon him the status of a Supervising and Training Psychoanalyst. Dr. Karbelnig is also Board Certified in Forensic Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He founded, serves on the Board of Directors of, and teaches at Rose City Center—a not-for-profit psychoanalytic psychotherapy clinic serving economically disadvantaged clients in California.
An award-winning teacher, Dr. Karbelnig lectures locally, nationally and internationally, including in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Beijing, China, Delhi and Ahmedabad, India, and Tel Aviv, Israel. His first book, Lover, Exorcist, Critic: Understanding Depth Psychotherapy, was published in September 2023. He also writes a weekly Substack newsletter, Journeys to the Unconscious Mind.
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