Thoughts Too Deep for Words: Psychoanalysis, Suggestion and the Language of the Unconscious
Presenter: Robert Caper
In this series of seminars based on Dr. Caper’s recent work, we will consider body language and the musical aspects of speech as means of communicating preverbal emotional states, as vehicles for unconscious projective identification, and as avenues for the practice of suggestion. We will then explore the complex historical and clinical relationship between psychoanalysis and suggestion, and propose that psychoanalysis distinguishes itself from all other forms of psychological treatment by understanding preverbal communication rather than deploying it for “therapeutic” effect. We will go on to consider the use of psychoanalytic intuition and the analyst’s alpha-function to detect this mode of communication, and finally explore the implications of these ideas for the status of psychoanalysis as a science and for the practice of psychoanalysis as a treatment.
This webinar will be recorded.
Participants will benefit from having access to Robert Caper’s book: Bion and Thoughts Too Deep for Words: Psychoanalysis, Suggestion, and the Language of the Unconscious (Amazon link).
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Time | Saturdays at 9:30 – 11:00 am |
| Dates | September 24, October 15, November 12, December 3, January 7 (2022-23) |
| Location | Online via Zoom |
| Fee | COR Members: $350; Non-members: $425 |
| CEUs | 1.5 for each attended class; 7.5 hours total |
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