Houston Psychoanalytic Society
Meet the Author Presentation
Working with Patients Who Had a
Severely Disabled Sibling
Johanna Dobrich, LCSW-R
Author of
Working with Survivor Siblings in Psychoanalysis:
Ability and Disability in Clinical Process (2021, Routledge)
Friday, October 27, 2023
12:00PM – 1:30PM Central Time

Live via Zoom
*Pre-Registration required for Zoom invitation
This event will not be recorded

Registration Fees
HPS Full Members: $25
HPS Student Members: $15
Non-Members: $30

1.5 CME/CEU/CE Credits

Instructional Level: Intermediate
Working with Survivor Siblings in Psychoanalysis: Ability and Disability in Clinical Process explores a previously neglected area in the field of psychoanalysis, addressing undertheorized concepts on siblings, disabilities and psychic survivorship, and broadening our conceptualization of the enduring effects of lateral relations on human development. What happens to a person’s sense of self both personally and professionally when they grow up alongside a severely disabled sibling? This presentation will explore the themes that emerged in the book through a series of qualitative interviews held between the author and a sample of psychoanalysts-- all of whom grew up alongside a disabled sibling.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After attending the program in its entirety, attendees will be able to:
  1. Describe the impact of disabled siblings on the psychic development and interpersonal relations of non-disabled siblings.
  2. Explain the utility of a dissociative model for understanding the impact of chronic medical disability on the family system and how to engage clinically.
  3. Describe the relationship between early life experience and the vocational choice to become a psychoanalyst.
Presenter
Johanna Dobrich, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker(LCSW) and Psychoanalyst with a private practice in New York City that specializes in the treatment of dissociative disorders, among other conditions. Johanna has a Masters in Political Science from Rutgers University and an MSW from New York University. She has taught courses in Relational/Interpersonal Psychoanalysis, Trauma /Dissociation and Siblings at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP), the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC), and the National Institute for Psychotherapies (NIP) in NYC. Johanna received the Sándor Ferenczi Book Award from ISSTD in 2023. The Sandor Ferenczi Award is given for the best published work in the realm of psychoanalysis related to trauma and dissociation in adults and/or children.

REFERENCES
1) Dobrich, J. & Saidipour, P. (forthcoming). Formulating the Impact of our Sociocultural identities in Clinical Supervision. (Under review)
2) Dobrich, J. (2022.) The creative use of birth stories in psychoanalytic treatments. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 29: 109-122, DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2022.2086437
3) Dobrich ,J. (2020.) An elegy for motherless daughters: Dissociation, multiplicity, and mourning. Psychoanalytic Perspectives, 17: 366-384, DOI: 10.1080/1551806X.2020.1801053

IMAGE of siblings from Can Stock
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Houston Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

-Updated July 2021-
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HPS, through co-sponsorship with the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, also offers approved CEUs for Texas state-approved social workers, licensed professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists.
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