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  The Transformation of Psychology, in a word

   Paper Presentation by Barry Dauphin, Ph.D.

ABSTRACT: It had been long thought that the word psychology originated with a German scientist in 1590 CE. However, research in the last few decades has suggested another author for psychology and perhaps another mission. A Croatian humanist named Markus Marulus of Split appears to be the first to use the word that has become psychology (psichiolgia) around 1520 CE. It appears to have represented a Byzantine neologism aligning it not only with Psyche but also Physis. This refers to nature or constitution or character. It is, of course, the root for Physics. Such a neologism, of course, could seem disorienting or weird. But Marulus was a poet, and poets have been known to surprise our sensibilities.  He was the first Croat to write stories in the vernacular despite being fluent in classical Latin, the traditional vehicle for literature in his world. This presentation traces changes in the word psychology in the context of the place of psychoanalytic psychology amongst the disciplines.
 

 BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT: Barry Dauphin, Ph.D. is the President of MSPP and is President-elect of Section IV (Local Chapters) of Division 39. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Detroit-Mercy.

   'Terror and Truth' (a video presentation)

Paper Presentation by Marilyn Charles, Ph.D.

ABSTRACT: The author uses an experience encountered at a professional group, in which there was an ostensibly unwarranted attack, as a way of discussing paranoid-schizoid realities in groups and the effects of trauma upon the group’s ability to be coherent and constructive. The attack seemed to ensue from a culture clash in which the American relative isolation from culture and traumatic terrorization came up against reality of one whose life experience had been quite the contrary.  Utilizing aspects of Bion’s theories regarding groups, she discusses ways in which psychoanalytic thought can help us to understand and perhaps to ameliorate some of the more destructive (and constructive) aspects of group membership and functioning. 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT: Marilyn Charles is an analyst with the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council and adjunct faculty at Michigan State University.  She recently accepted a position at the Austen Riggs Center, where she will continue to be active in promoting psychoanalytic thought and practice.  Dr. Charles has presented her work internationally and has published extensively in psychoanalytic journals.  She is the author of "Patterns: Building Blocks of Experience" (2002); "Learning From Experience: A Clinician's Guide" (2004), and "Constructing Realities: Transformations through Myth and Metaphor (2004)."

A History of the Intermix of Psychiatry and Law

Paper Presentation by Professor Ralph  Slovenko

 ABSTRACT: In the United States the 20th century has been called "the age of psychiatry." During this time discussions about human behavior have been framed in the vocabulary of psychiatry— so it is not surprising that psychiatry would impact the law. The late Associate Justice Tom C. Clark of the United States Supreme Court observed, "Psychiatry is beyond a doubt wedded to the effective administration of justice."' Was he overly optimistic? As in every relationship, the intermix of psychiatry and law has had hills and valleys both in setting out legal policy and in resolving particular cases. These are discussed herein.

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT: Dr. Ralph Slovenko  is a Professor at the Wayne State University Law School. He is the author of Psychiatry In Law/Law In Psychiatry (2002) in two volumes, published by Brunner Routledge.

The Transformation of Psychology, in a Word

Paper Presentation by Barry Dauphin, Ph.D.

ABSTRACT: It had been long thought that the word psychology originated with a German scientist in 1590 CE. However, research in the last few decades has suggested another author for psychology and perhaps another mission. A Croatian humanist named Markus Marulus of Split appears to be the first to use the word that has become psychology (psichiolgia) around 1520 CE. It appears to have represented a Byzantine neologism aligning it not only with Psyche but also Physis. This refers to nature or constitution or character. It is, of course, the root for Physics. Such a neologism, of course, could seem disorienting or weird. But Marulus was a poet, and poets have been known to surprise our sensibilities.  He was the first Croat to write stories in the vernacular despite being fluent in classical Latin, the traditional vehicle for literature in his world. This presentation traces changes in the word psychology in the context of the place of psychoanalytic psychology amongst the disciplines.
 

 BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT: Barry Dauphin, Ph.D. is the President of MSPP and is President-elect of Section IV (Local Chapters) of Division 39. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Detroit-Mercy.  

Stories from the Bog: On the Under-world, the Under-consciousness, and the Under-taking

Paper Presentation by Patrick B. Kavanaugh, Ph.D.

(Extended Discussion from 1:10 to 2:00 p.m.)

 ABSTRACT: Drawing on the Irish cultural experience and character, this essay considers: first, how Celtic mythology about death and reincarnation - and - the under-world and the bog contributes to a conceptualization of a Cailleach unconscious that organizes and shapes the stories of our everyday lives; and, second, some of the implications that derive from this conceptualization of the unconscious  for finding one’s voice in the analytic undertaking. Stories from the Bog... is a story about the art of psychoanalytic storytelling when premised on a Cailleach unconscious.

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT: Patrick B. Kavanaugh, Ph.D. is a former president of the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, the Michigan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, and the Academy for the Study of the Psychoanalytic Arts. He is a visiting artist (in psychoanalysis) at the Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills) and an adjunct professor of psychology at the Center for Humanistic Studies (Farmington Hills). He is in the private practice of psychoanalysis in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

The Interface of Psychoanalysis and Forensic Psychology: The Analyst in the Courtroom

Paper Presentation by Ira J. Schaer, Ph.D.

ABSTRACT: This presentation will examine how psychoanalytic thinking serves the practitioner  as  the  practitioner moves from a clinical to a forensic role in the courtroom.  Distinctions are drawn between testifying as a ‘fact witness’ in cases involving our patients, as opposed to testifying as an ‘expert witness’ in such matters as custody evaluations and juvenile delinquency determinations.  Pitfalls regarding the confusions between these roles will be discussed. 

The use of  psychoanalytic  formulations  in these endeavors will be outlined,  as will their presentation in the courtroom .The larger question, of the compatibility, if any, between the roles of a psychoanalytically informed clinician and a forensic examiner, will be explored.  Do these seemingly very different roles demand a different approach regarding not only presentation but conceptualization, or can these differing roles be reconciled at all.

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT: Ira J. Schaer Ph.D. is a member of both MPC and MSPP.  He has served as President of Section II, Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis , of Division 39.  He is also a member of the Michigan Society of Forensic Psychology, and serves as a Psychological Consultant to the Oakland County Circuit Court, Family Division.  Dr. Schaer is in private practice in Huntington Woods, specializing in children and adolescents, as well as custody evaluations.

Stage Beauty (2004)

Starring Claire Daynes and Billy Crudup

Movie will be shown in its entirety. Discussion 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Ellen L.K. Toronto (Discussant)

ABSTRACT: The movie Stage Beauty takes place in 1660's England, a time when women were barred from the theatrical stage. When King Charles II abruptly rules that only women will be allowed to play women’s roles, the lives of male actors who devoted themselves to becoming female characters change significantly. The Film's Protagonist, Edward 'Ned' Kynaston, finds himself quickly falling from a top position as one of London's most desirable female actors, into the space of a 'woman/man' lacking a clear sense of identity. In his desperation, he comes to develop a unique relationship with a rising female starlet 'Maria.' It is through their communication that he reaches true internal connection. The film explores the multidimensions of psyche which can move beyond gender into the space of simply 'being human'. 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT: Dr. Toronto is a Founding Member and Past President of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council. She is also Past President of the Section on Women and Gender of Division 39 of APA. Dr. Toronto is co-editor of Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Gender-free Case: Into the Void, Routledge,  available in January of 2006. She maintains a private practice in Ann Arbor.

The Problem of Shylock  in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice

Paper presentation by James Allen Jones, Ed.D. and Lisa Medoff Ph.D.

ABSTRACT: In looking at the Problem of Shylock in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Dr. James Allen Jones will examine the time of the play juxtaposed after Marlowe's The Jew of Malta (1593-1594) and the expulsion of the Jews in 1290 from England, three hundred years prior. Similar themes in other literary works, along with the roles of Shylock and Antonio in The Merchant of Venice  will be discussed as to what they reveal about relationships between cultural myths and people's identities. Dr. Medoff will discuss a 'metapsychological' perspective on 'trauma' in an effort to show how a philosophical perspective might bring greater depth and breadth to the understanding of prejudice in our culture than would either biological or social explanations as written in the psychological literature.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: James Allen Jones, Ed.D earned his doctoral degree from the University of Michigan, Rackham School of Education, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He studied English, Reading, Literature, the Bible as Literature, Oral Interpretation of the Bible, English Literature and the works of William Shakespeare. He has served as a principal for the Detroit Public Schools and Montessori Schools. Currently he is in his fourth year as principal for Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at Ecorse Community High School. Lisa Medoff, Ph.D. earned her B.A. in Social Science from the University of Maryland and her  M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Detroit, completing her doctoral thesis in 1992. She completed a Post-doctoral fellowship in 1994. Dr. Medoff has worked in a variety of mental health settings, and has currently found her 'niche' in nursing home work. She serves on the boards of two professional psychological organizations.

Psychoanalytical Management of the Industrialized Healthcare Matrix:

Preserving a Space for our Education, Practice and Ethics

Audio Tape from Division 39 Spring Meeting 2005

Chair and Discussant

David Downing Psy.D., University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN

A Fly in the (An)-Ointment 

Patrick B. Kavanaugh, Ph.D.,  MSPP, Farmington Hills, MI

Maintaining Integrity by Treating Self-Paying Clients and

How These Clients Will Influence the Future of Psychoanalytically Informed Psychotherapy 

Ivan Miller, Ph.D., Boulder Psychotherapy Guild, Boulder, CO

Meaning of Medicine: The Future of Psychoanalysis in the Professional Schools of Psychology 

Gary Walls, Ph.D., Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL