"When people criticize me, I know how to defend myself. But I'm powerless in the face of praise." - Freud

When is a compliment not a compliment? And how does one have power in the face of praise? This conversation will discuss how patients offer and seek praise and the range of analytic interpretations and interventions on the subject. Topics will include: when a patient praises an analyst; when patients seek praise from the analyst and others; and how patients respond when praised by the analyst.

Course Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to describe Freud's theories on praise.

2. Participants will be able to delineate two or three helpful responses when a patient praises an analyst.

3. Participants will be able to identify two or three ways of responding when a patient requests praise from an analyst.

Facilitator: Erica Dietsche, LPC

Place: Zoom Meeting

Date: Sunday, June 11, 2023

Time: 11:am to 1:00 pm

Fee: $10 payable via Zelle or PayPal using ipsinfo@ipsnewjersey.org

RSVP: Please register on our website. www.ipsnewjersey.org

A Zoom invitation will be sent 24 hours before the event.

This course, provided by The Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, Inc., is approved for 2 continuing education hours by the New Jersey Society for Clinical Social Work.