Monthly Meeting
What is Transference, Anyway? Invited Panel and Discussion.
Date: Wednesday, February 15: 7:30pm-9pm
Credits: 1.5 CE
Meeting is in-person at:
The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology
4305 MacArthur Ave.
Dallas, TX 75209
Panel:
Harry "Monty" Evans, Ph.D.
Lorie M. Ammon, LPC, CGP
Fred Gioia, MD
The phenomenon of transference is part and parcel of clinical work, an element of practice that we often acknowledge in relation to other aspects, arguably are always involved in, but (in some ways) take for granted on a basic level. Moreover, conceptualization of transference varies across schools of thought in psychoanalysis, leading many of us to be discussing the same phenomenon from different systems of thought without acknowledging these differences. This panel of local psychoanalysts seeks to revisit the essential question at stake - specifically "What is transference, anyway?" - seeking to outline the fundamental aspects of the phenomenon that, some might say, make psychoanalytic practice distinctly psychoanalytic.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the intrapsychic and interpersonal dimensions of transference
Distinguish between conscious and unconscious aspects of the transference
Identify at least three ways of working with transference
Presenter Bios
Harry "Monty" Evans, PhD
Harry "Monty" Evans, PhD is a psychologist-psychoanalyst, associate professor at UT Southwestern, and in private practice in Dallas, Texas. Monty identifies as a relational psychoanalyst with an ego psychology/intersubjectivity perspective. At the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center, he teaches transference-countertransference, interpersonal/relational psychoanalysis, and coordinates the Intersubjectivity Reading Group at the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center. His academic research has been in attachment theory and mindfulness in health care settings. Monty will summarize the history of transference theory and trace its evolution through interpersonal psychoanalysis and modern intersubjectivity (transference-countertransference).
Lorie M. Ammon, LPC, CGP
Lorie M. Ammon is a psychoanalyst and group psychotherapist in private practice in Dallas, TX, as well as an active member of the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center. She is also a PhD candidate at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. Lorie understandings transference from an intersubjective view, finding that the intersubjective approach helps her see psychic phenomena from the interpersonal matrix as dialectically constructed. She believes her subjectivity is influenced by the patient's inner experience, helping her mind and make productive use of countertransference reactions to expose what is happening with the whole analytic relationship, including the transference.
Fred Gioia, MD
Fred Gioia is Dallas area psychiatrist who practices psychoanalytic therapy and medication management for a handful of patients. He recently graduated from the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center as a psychoanalyst in 2022. His views continue to evolve on psychoanalytic psychotherapy relative to his early days of training. Theoretically his is drawn to neuropsychoanalysis given its compelling framework for understanding how minds work. Fred has been greatly influence by Mark Solms's foundational work on revising drive theory and concepts such as free energy, Markov blankets, and homeostasis. The ideas of neuropsychoanalysis compliment his understandings of ego psychology, object relations, self psychology, and interpersonal theory. In terms of technique, Fred minds the relational frame with a an eye on transference on extra-transferential references toward intraspychic functioning. Fred was in part inspired to enter this field a long time ago after reading the work of Oliver Sacks and studying philosophy of the mind. He is continuing this journey in an attempt to understand how minds work in service of relieving suffering and increasing satisfaction of one's life. Fred believes it is critical to have a coherent and robust theoretical framework in limiting our own self deception as therapists. It is easy to become disillusioned with the meta psychology of older psychoanalytic texts and, he believes for our field to thrive we must continue to integrate new developments outside traditional psychoanalytic view points such as neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy. He looks forward to discussing more about transference at the panel.
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