IPI SLC's Conferences

David Scharff:
Sexuality and the Couple

Richard Zeitner:
A Case of a Patient with a Sadomasochistic Transference and the Analyst's Contribution to Perverse Enactments

International Conference on Couple, Child and Family Therapy: Encountering the Slippery Slope in Psychoanalytic Family Therapy

Randall Paulsen and Sally Bowie:
Case Discussion Group

Past Conferences

Richard Zeitner, PhD:
A Case of a Patient with a Sadomasochistic Transference and the Analyst's Contribution to Perverse Enactments
(December 7, 2007)


AFTERNOON CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION:
In this conference, Dr. Zeitner presented a fascinating case of a young woman patient who presented for treatment with apparent problems of anxiety and depression. Within the analysis, though, she developed a particular form of erotized transference, but which became manifested in a sadistic way, that is, with the intention of torturing the analyst, while also giving rise to her own masochistic wishes. Dr. Zeitner's presentation demonstrated how the analyst contributes to the development of intense transference-countertransference perverse enactments, and how these can be worked with toward an eventual resolution.


Richard Zeitner, Ph.D.

Richard M. Zeitner completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Brigham Young University, and a clinical internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. After a four year stint in the Army he completed a post-doctoral training program in marital and family therapy at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, followed by a post-doctoral training program in psychodiagnostics, also at the Menninger Clinic, and finally entered the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis where he graduated in adult psychoanalysis. He has his ABPP in clinical psychology, is certified in adult psychoanalysis by the Board of Professional Standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and is currently a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, where he is also in private practice. He has a number of publications and is currently authoring a book.


Participants in Dr. Zeitner's morning videoconference: Stuart Olsen, Ph.D. and Esther Israel, M.S.

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