Aging

Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2019-20, 1st Trimester — Fridays, 1:45-3:15pm
Píyale Cömert, PhD
Ann De Lancey, PhD

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October 11, 2019 — Embodied Communication, Cognitive Changes in Old Age

[19 pages]

Discussion of the Case of a Physician with Declining Cognitive Capacity. (Píyale presents a vignette).

Sherman-Meyer, C. (2016) Swimming lessons: Aging, dissociation, and embodied resonance. Psychoanalytic Perspectives, 13, 201-213.

Junkers, G. (2013) Containing Psychoanalysis: The Analytic Institution. In The Empty Couch: The Taboo of Ageing and Retirement in Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge, pp95-100.

Optional Reading

Pines, D. (2014) Stroke and the fracturing of the self: Rebuilding a life and a practice. In Clinical Implications of the Psychoanalyst’s Life Experience. Ed. S.  Kuchuck, New York: Routledge, pp234-236.