International Volume 13, Issue 2, December 2004 PSYCHOANALYSIS News Magazine of the International Psychoanalytical Association Trauma: New Developments in Rio de Janeiro The IPA Congress comes to Brazil for the first time Bokanowski, Herzog, Hartke, Viñar, Kristeva, Kernberg, Pynoos, Fonagy, Akhtar, Doin, Luiz Meyer, Britton and Kijak to speak Insight: How Scandinavia funds psychoanalysis The Microprocess of the Analyst’s Intervention Institute for Eastern Europe Seminar report International Association Internationale Asociación Psychoanalytical Psychanalytique Psychoanalytische Psicoanalítica Association Internationale Vereinigung Internacional 2 CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE IPA. ISSN 1564-0361 Editor Alex Holder Past Editors Ethel Person, Leopold Nosek Regional Editors Europe: Michel Vincent, Henrik Enckell, Giuseppina Antinucci. Latin America: Renato Canovi, Eduardo Laverde Rubio, Juan Pablo Jiménez de la Jara. North America: Abby Adams-Silvan, Irene Cairo, Sharon Zalusky. Contents Language Editors German News Magazine: Alex Holder English News Magazine: Robert Stein French News Magazine: Colette Scherer Contents Spanish News Magazine: Cecilio Paniagua News Corresponding Editor Australia: Deborah McIntyre 3 Editorial Production Manager Robert Stein Sub-Editor Sophie Richmond 3 People Translation Team German: Elisabeth Vorspohl, Katrin Grünepütt, This year’s Sigourney award winners Joachim Roether English Philip Slotkin, Andrew Weller French: Danielle Goldstein, Marianne Robert, Anne-Lise Hacker, Catherine Roux IPA Activities Spanish: María Julia Sainz Bello, Magdalena Padrón Araújo, Dana Caceres-Pawlikowski, Pilar Rodas Riley Layout and Production 4 2005 Congress Bobbett Creative Communications Trauma: New Developments in Psychoanalysis Print NewNorth Print The Programme Committee Chair looks forward to an The International Psychoanalytical Association outstanding event Board of Representatives President Daniel Widlöcher Secretary-General Donald Campbell 5 2005 Congress Treasurer Nadine Levinson The Rio Societies have put together a lively programme of social Representatives Sander Abend, Marilia Aisenstein, Werner Bohleber, activities. Sergio Nick explains Stefano Bolognini, Aloysio D’Abreu, Henk Jan Dalewijk, Norman Doidge, Shmuel Erlich, Richard Fox, James Gooch, Charles Hanly, Celia Katz de Eskenazi, 6 The President and Secretary’s letter Leopold Nosek, Carmen Médici de Steiner, Robert Pyles, Agneta Sandell, Robert Tyson, Daniel Widlöcher and Don Campbell update the membership on Sverre Varvin, Marcelo Viñar, Fernando Weissmann, Raquel Zak de Goldstein the DPPT programme, elections in 2005 and other topical issues President-Elect Cláudio Laks Eizirik Secretary-Designate Mónica Siedmann de Armesto World Activities Honorary President Leo Rangell Honorary Vice-President Robert S. Wallerstein 7–9 Europe: Finland; 5th PIEE candidates seminar; France; Corporate Officer Piers Pendred (Director General) Germany; Sweden NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO Latin America: Argentina; Brazil; Colombia; Peru INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS 1. Languages North America: Canada; USA Contributions can be submitted in any of the four working languages of the IPA, i.e. English, French, German or Spanish. Insight 2. Deadlines The two annual issues of International Psychoanalysis have deadlines for the submission of contributions which must be strictly adhered to. Failure to do so 10–11 Focus: Henrik Enckell may mean that the contribution will have to be held over until the following issue or have to be The funding of psychoanalysis in Denmark, Sweden, Norway scrapped altogether. and Finland The deadlines for submission of contributions are as follows: 31 January for the first issue 31 August for the second issue 3. Methods of submission Contributions must be submitted to the address listed under 4 below, either (a) as an e-mail attachment, or (b) on a diskette in RTF format (Rich Text format). 4. Address for contributions All contributions must be sent to International The Editor, Dr Alex Holder Körnerstr. 17, 22301 Hamburg, Germany PSYCHOANALYSIS email: [email protected] 5. Exceptions International Psychoanalytical Association Contributions from Component Societies which are Broomhills, Woodside Lane, London N12 8UD, UK part of the news and calendar of events section Tel: +44 20 8446 8324 Fax: +44 20 8445 4729 should, in the first place, be sent to one of the three Regional Editors. Email: [email protected] www.ipa.org.uk EDITORIAL 3 In order to keep within the limits The big event ahead of us is, of course, article on the situation in Latin America of this year’s budget allocation, our next Congress, to take place in was devoted to this topic. The others it has been necessary to reduce the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the very end on the situations in North America (by present issue of the News Magazine of July 2005. A number of pages of Fredric Perlman), in Italy (by Roberto to 12 pages. this issue are therefore devoted to this Basile) and in Germany (by Georg Bruns event, with the chair of the Programme and Ekkehard Gattig) appeared only This has meant that several items have Committee, Robert Galatzer-Levy, on the IPA website. In the present had to be placed on the IPA website providing you with the latest issue, we present a further article in Editorial only. Among the items affected in information on the scientific the series by Henrik Enckell, covering this way are a very full report by the programme, followed by Sergio Nick, the situation in Scandinavia. It is hoped Research Subcommittee for Conceptual the chair of the Local Arrangements that further articles on this subject Research, dealing with research into Committee, who gives us a preview of can be published in future issues. the historical, clinical and empirical the rich and exciting social programme aspects of core psychoanalytical that will await participants. The Since it is one of the objectives of concepts, and the lists of those who information contained in these two International Psychoanalysis to have died or left the IPA which have reports is what was available by the keep our members informed about been a regular feature of International second half of October 2004. Later what happens in other regions and Psychoanalysis. Please click on ‘News updates can be found on the IPA Component Societies, we have Magazine’ on the IPA website to view website. We very much hope that both included all the information about these articles. the scientific and the social programmes forthcoming events, prizes, etc. which will entice many members to attend has been submitted for this issue. Regrettably, we also had to drop a our 44th Congress, held in Brazil for At the same time we would like to number of other regular features the first time. appeal to all Societies and Study such as the President’s Column, the Groups to make greater use of this Secretary’s Letter and the Treasurer’s In this year’s first issue, we started opportunity to publicize their activities Report. Instead, you will find in the a series of articles on the relations in this way and simultaneously inform present issue a combined joint letter between health care systems and the other members of them. from the President and Secretary psychoanalysis, and governmental laws which deals with important current concerning psychoanalysis, in different Alex Holder, issues concerning the IPA. countries and regions. Renato Canovi’s Editor PEOPLE Stanley Greenspan wins Sigourney Award formation of mind, including the capacity impulse control problems, as well as his for relationships; affect signalling; developmental models of intervention Stanley I. Greenspan, MD is a recipient social problem-solving; defences and and the psychotherapeutic process. of the 2004 Mary S. Sigourney Award coping strategies; internal symbols and The Editor wishes to add that Marvin P for distinguished contributions to representations; creative, logical and eople psychoanalysis. The Sigourney Award reflective thinking; and processing Margolis, Howard Shevrin and the is the highest international honour for information and experiences. Also William Alanson White Institute were also contributions to depth psychology. cited was his pioneering contribution to recipients of the 2004 Mary S. Sigourney Among Dr Greenspan’s contributions understanding the developmental roots of Awards for distinguished services to cited at the award ceremony in New different types of developmental disorders psychoanalysis. We extend our York is his work on understanding the and psychopathology, including autism, congratulations to all of them. developmental pathways leading to the mood disorders, and attentional and JUST PUBLISHED Comparative Confidentiality in Psychoanalysis Penelope Garvey and Alexander Layton (eds) To what extent do national laws protect the confidentiality of patients in analysis? This book considers the important concept of confidentiality, and makes available useful and detailed information about the bases on which confidentiality is treated, from a psychoanalytical and legal point of view, in the countries considered. The contributors analyse how the duty of confidentiality changes in different jurisdictions and is relative to the legal position of psychoanalysts in different countries. A joint IPA/British Institute of International and Comparative Law (London) publication (in English only) Price $19.50 (members), $32.00 (non-members) + postage. To order visit www.ipa.org.uk and click on ‘Publications’ or fax your credit