Description: This presentation explores the fundamental question: What do psychoanalysts actually do in their clinical practice? Based on Dr. Abbot Bronstein's editorial introduction to the "Analyst at Work" series, we'll examine the challenges of describing and discussing psychoanalytic work across different theoretical traditions.
The presentation addresses the fragmentation within psychoanalysis—ongoing debates about core concepts like transference, the unconscious, and interpretation—while highlighting the importance of cross-theoretical dialogue. We'll discuss how analysts from different schools (Kleinian, Lacanian, Bionian, etc.) can learn from observing each other's actual clinical work rather than retreating into theoretical silos.
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- Identify the central aspects of a psychoanalytic treatment as described today
- Describe when theory becomes a retreat from thinking as a clinician rather than an aid
Presenter Information
Presenter Information: Dr. Abbot A. Bronstein is a psychoanalyst in San Francisco and a training and supervising analyst at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP) and the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA). He maintains a clinical practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in San Francisco and Oakland, California.
Dr. Bronstein serves as Editor of the "Analyst at Work" section of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and is a member of the IJP's editorial board. He is the North American Representative to the International Psychoanalytic Association and Chair of the IPA North America Comparative Clinical Methods Working Party Groups. This international research project studies clinical methods across different psychoanalytic schools and includes groups in Europe, Latin America, and North America.
In 2016, Dr. Bronstein was honored as "Distinguished Analyst" at the American Psychoanalytic Association meetings. He has published extensively and presented nationally and internationally on psychoanalytic clinical work and theory. His notable publications include "The Analyst's Work" in the IJP and "Transference, Relationship and the Analyst as Object: Qualitative Findings from the North American Comparative Clinical Methods Working Party" (co-authored with Marie Rudden, MD), published in the IJP in 2015.
Dr. Bronstein is a graduate and faculty member of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and teaches clinical seminars throughout North America.
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