The PCC and CFS' Continuing Education Committees

are pleased to present

AUTISTIC STATES OF MIND AND

BODY ACROSS THE HUMAN LIFE CYCLE

featuring

Joshua Durban

Israeli Psychoanalytic Society; Psychoanalytic Center of California;

Vista Del Mar Autism Center

Maria Rhode

Tavistock Clinic; Association of Child Psychotherapists;

British Psychoanalytical Society

Shelley Rockwell

Contemporary Freudian Society

Margaret Rustin

Tavistock Clinic; Association of Child Psychotherapists;

British Psychoanalytical Society



Saturday, October 7 & Sunday, October 8, 2023

Los Angeles: 7:30 am to 10:00 am (PDT)*

Washington DC: 10:30am to 1:00pm (EDT)*

London: 3:30pm to 6:00pm (BST)*

Tel Aviv: 5:30pm to 8:00pm (IDT)*



*Start and end times are for both Saturday and Sunday

CEUs: 5 (for 2 days)

Registration for both days only; single day registration is not available.

Location

Virtual via Zoom (The Zoom Link will be emailed to participants one-week before the event).

Program Description

The Contemporary Freudian Society and the Psychoanalytic Center of California will co-sponsor a two-day workshop (via Zoom) with a focus on clinical, theoretical, transference and countertransference experiences evoked in our work with autistic states of mind. Margaret Rustin (London) will moderate the panel both days. On Saturday, there will be two paper presentations followed by discussion. First, Maria Rhode will present a paper exploring the primitive, ‘autistic’ bodily anxieties that are sometimes found encapsulated in the personality of ‘normal neurotic’ patients. Next, Shelley Rockwell will explore the place of autistic functioning in an adult patient using Tustin’s metaphor of entanglement, or encircling ‘threads’ holding the analysand through the quality of movement and overall sensory modalities. On Sunday, Joshua Durban will present a paper on observations of autistic sexuality, bodily confusion and diffuse-sexuality as ‘mantling.’ This will be followed by a panel discussion. Ample time will be available for discussion among the presenters and with the audience.

Schedule

*All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)



Day 1 - Saturday, October 7, 2023

Day 2 - Saturday, October 8, 2023

Target Audience

MD's, Psychologists, LCSW's, MFT's, Registered Nurses, candidates and members of psychoanalytic institutes, and student clinicians who are interested in psychoanalytic training programs.

Course Objectives

At the end of this activity, participants should be better able to:

1. List three ways autistic functioning is seen in the consulting room.
2. Identify two strategies for tolerating emotion.
3. Identify two developmental "gaps" to track in autistic sexual development.
4. Name a distinguishing developmental feature of autistic sexuality.
5. Define "Mantling"

Joshua Durban is a Training and Supervising Child and Adult Psychoanalyst at the Israel Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and a Guest Faculty member of the Psychoanalytic Center of California. He has worked for decades in private practice in Tel Aviv with children, adolescents, and adults and specializes in the analysis of ASD and psychotic children and adults. He is one of the first clinicians to psychoanalyze ASD children in Israel. He is also on the Faculty of The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, and co-founded the Post-Graduate Kleinian Studies Program there. Joshua Durban is the Scientific Editor, together with Dr. Merav Roth, of "The Collected Works of Melanie Klein" and has articles appearing in such publications as the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, the Journal of Child Psychotherapy, the American Journal of Psychotherapy, and Psyche. He is a member of the IJP Editorial Board and is currently a member of the IPA International Inter-Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse. He is also Director of the Autism Center on the campus of Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services. 

Maria Rhode is Emeritus Professor of Child Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic in London, and Child Analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She trained at the Tavistock Clinic, where she was supervised by Martha Harris, Donald Meltzer and Frances Tustin; she has a particular interest in childhood autism and psychosis, language development and infant observation, and has written and lectured widely on these subjects. Most recently, she has published an audited case series of an early intervention for toddlers at high risk of autism. In 1999, she received the Frances Tustin Memorial Prize from the Frances Tustin Memorial Trust and the Psychoanalytic Center of California.

Shelley Rockwell, Ph.D. is a Clinical psychologist and Psychoanalyst in private practice in Washington D.C. She is a Training and Supervising analyst at the Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS) and the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis (WBCP).  She has been chair of numerous committees and on the board of the CFS. Currently she is chair of the Klein Track for the WBCP’s Psychoanalytic Studies Program. Her teaching and writing interests involve contemporary Kleinian approaches to theory and clinical process, including as a co-leader of the Melanie Klein Trust–sponsored Rita Frankiel Memorial Fellowship that took place over several years in Washington D.C. She has published her work in major journals as well as in several edited books on the following topics: poetry and psychoanalysis, grief and mourning, the development of symbol formation and the process of internalization. In addition, Dr. Rockwell has an MFA in Poetry.

Margaret Rustin is a child, adolescent and adult psychotherapist and a child analyst at the British Psychoanalytic Society. She was head of child psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic from 1985 – 2009 and has taught extensively in Europe and elsewhere, most recently in China and Taiwan. Since retirement from the NHS she continues to teach and supervise and has a private clinical practice. She has written and edited many books and papers about aspects of psychoanalytic observation, child psychotherapy and psychoanalysis including, jointly with Michael Rustin, “Reading Klein” (2016), and with Simon Cregeen and others, “Short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adolescent depression: a treatment manual” (2017). She published in 2022 a collection of clinical papers “Finding a way to the child” in the New Library of Psychoanalysis.

The Psychoanalytic Center of California designates this live activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.



This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the California Medical Association (CMA)  through the joint providership of the Psychoanalytic Center of California and the Contemporary Freudian Society. The Psychoanalytic Center of California  is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA)   to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

As per the California Board of Psychology, psychologists may apply AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ earned by attendance at this CME accredited live activity toward their continuing education requirement for licensing. 

The Psychoanalytic Center of California is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) to sponsor continuing education for LMFT's and LCSW's (CAMFT Approved Provider # 135374). The Psychoanalytic Center of California maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. These learners must attend the entire course to claim credit; no partial credit is offered according to CAMFT requirements.

*Important note: Participants who plan to use the credits in another state should check with their licensing jurisdiction to see if the credits from an ACCME or CAMFT provider will be accepted.

Claiming Credit: Participants will receive a certificate of attendance at the event, which can be used toward licensing requirements. Credit is offered for actual instruction time and does not include breaks.

Refunds/Cancellations: Refunds, less a $10 administrative fee, will be made if cancellation notification is phoned or postmarked three (3) business days in advance of this program. There will be no refunds on requests received after the refund deadline. Full refunds are made in the event that PCC must cancel this program.

Returned Checks: A $25.00 service charge will be assessed for checks returned by the bank.

Grievances: While PCC goes to great lengths to assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, there will be occasional issues that come to the attention of the PCC staff which will require intervention and/or action on the part of the staff. Visit  www.p-c-c.org/ethics for PCC's procedural guidelines for handling such grievances.

Special Needs: Facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you have a special need and plan to attend the conference, please contact the PCC Office by phone at (310) 478-4347 or via email at 0ffice@p-c-c.org. Special needs requests will be fulfilled if received one week prior to the event, which will ensure we have ample opportunity to meet your needs.

Commercial Support Disclaimer: The planners and presenters for this event have not received commercial support for this event nor are there any relevant financial relationships between the sponsors, presenters, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.

Financial Support Disclaimer: The planners and presenters for this event have no financial relationships to disclose.

Continuing Education Membership: Any person who attends a PCC Continuing Education conference shall become a Continuing Education Member for one year. The registration fee for the conference covers the cost of membership. A Continuing Education Member will be provided with a PCC newsletter as available, and the option to participate in periodic forums to discuss continuing education offerings. Continuing Education Members will also be eligible to attend Continuing Education planning meetings. 

Confidentiality:  By registering for this educational event, attendees agree to strictly maintain confidentiality of any clinical material shared and will not distribute or convey such confidential material outside of the conference. 

Program Planners

Joshua Durban (PCC), Shelley Rockwell (CFS), Michael Krass (CFS), Jennifer Kunst (PCC CME coordinator), Philip Lance (PCC), Jennifer Langham (PCC),Chris Minnick (PCC CME chair), Shelley Rockwell (CFS), and Leigh Tobias (PCC).

Registration

The fee for the weekend will be $200 for general admission; $100 for those clinicians working in the public sector; and $50 for candidates and students.