2017
Divisionof
Psychoanalysis(39)
SummerAPA
Conference
August3-6
ProgramBook
WelcometoWashington,D.C.and
theDivision39SummerProgram!
DearColleagues,
WelcometoWashington,D.C.,thenation’scapital!Weareexcited
tohostourportionofAPA’sprogrammingforthe2017Convention
inalocationsofullofexperiencesandcultures.Whilewehope
thatyoufindthewonderfulpanelsandprogramswehaveput
togetherforyoutobejustasexperientiallyrichandinvitingasour
wonderfulcity,wealsohopethatyouhavetheopportunitytotake
insomeoftheexperiencesthatWashington,D.C.hastooffer.D.C.
ishometotheincrediblearrayofSmithsonianMuseums(which
areallentirelyfree),locatedintheNationalMallandashortmetro
ridefromtheConventionCenter.Somehighlightsincludethe
NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,theNationalAirandSpace
Museum,theNationalZoo,aswellasthenewandincredible
NationalMuseumofAfricanAmericanHistory&Culture(preorderedticketsrecommended),andtheUnitedStatesHolocaust
MemorialMuseum,amongothers.Locatednearthemuseumsare
alsotheNationalMonumentsandtheNationalMemorials,all
worthvisiting.Othernotablemuseums,thoughnotfree,butworth
thetime,includetheNationalBuildingMuseumandthePhillips
Collection.YoumightalsoconsideratriptoTheWhiteHouseand
theU.S.Capitol.Ifyoufancyyourselfa“moviebuff”,don’tmissthe
famed“Exorcist”stepsonProspectStreet,intheGeorgetownarea
ofD.C.;thesenarrowstonestepswerefeaturedinthefamous
horrorfilm.WhileyouareinGeorgetown,youcantakeinsome
high-endshoppinganddining,perhapsrunningintosomeofyour
favorite(ornotsofavorite)politicalfigures,whoareoftenspotted
atCaféMilano.Ifyouarea“foodie”,feelfreetopulloutyour
MichelinGuide,asD.C.ishometomanytop-ratedMichelin
restaurants,aswellassomemore“rustic”mainstays,including
Ben’sChiliBowlandEasternMarket’sMarketLunch.
WelcometoWashington,D.C.and
theDivision39SummerProgram!
Ifyouwouldlikealittlenaturewithyourconcrete,RockCreek
Parkis2,800acresworthofnatureinthemiddleofD.C.,with
hiking,cycling,andevenhorsebackriding.Youcanhikethe
entiretyofthe5.5-mileValleytrail,pedalthelengthofBeachDrive
whenit’sclosedtocarsontheweekend,orvisittheNatureCenter
andPlanetarium.YoucanalsowalkorbiketheC&OCanalaftera
bigmealinGeorgetown(whereitstarts),headingnorthtowhereit
ends184mileslaterinCumberland,Maryland.Youcanalsotravel
abroadwithoutleavingthecity.Asthenation’scapital,weare
hometoavastnumberofembassies,manyofwhichopentheir
doorstoresidentsandvisitorsforculturalevents,food,andmore
(noneedtobringyourpassportdespitethefactthatyouare
technicallyonforeignsoilwhileinanembassy).
Finally,don’tforgetD.C.’swonderfullyactivetheatrescene.If
theaterisyourthing,youcantakeinashowatoneofthemany
theatresintown:WoolyMammoth,StudioTheatre,D.C.
ShakespeareTheatreCompany,ArenaStage,andofcourse,The
KennedyCenterforPerformingArts,amongothers.
Asyoucansee,thereissomethingforeveryone,andprobably
morethanyoucandoinalongweekend,butwehopeyoufind
yourexperiencetobeenrichingandenlivening,bothinandoutof
theConventionCenter.WelookforwardtoseeingyouinAugust!
Sincerely,
ColinEnnisandDevonKing,Division39Co-Chairs,APA2017
BoardofDirectors
Officers
DennisDebiak,PsyD,President
MarilynCharles,PhD,PastPresident
DanaCharatan,PsyD,Secretary
Arlene“Lu”Steinberg,PsyD,Treasurer
CouncilReps
SectionReps
NormanAbeles,PhD
AlbertBrok,PhD,I
LauraBarbanel,EdD
NorkaMalberg,PhD,II
MaryBethCresci,PhD
MarilynMetzl,PhD,III
DavidDowning,PsyD
JosephSchaller,PsyD,IV
StevenReisner,PhD MichaelJones,PsyD,V
StephenSoldz,PhD AntoniaHalton,PhD,VIII
AliceShaw,PhD,IX
Members-at-Large
JaineDarwin,PsyD DianaDiamond,PhD
Parliamentarian
JonathanEger,PsyD LaurelBassWagner,PhD
ColinEnnis,PsyD
DevonKing,PhD
JoAnnPonder,PhD
ScottPytluk,PhD
SharaSand,PsyD
KirklandVaughans,PhD
Visitourwebsite!
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Meetings&Events
ExecutiveCommittee
Meeting
Thursday,August3
Time:5pm–8pm
HospitalitySuite
BoardofDirectors
Meeting
Saturday,August5
8am–5pm
Location:TBA
WelcomeReception
Friday,August4
6pm–8pm
MarriottMarquisHotel
FoundationalDivisions
CoalitionReception
(Divisions1,24,26,32&
39)
Saturday,August5
5:30pm–7:30pm
UnionStationRoomat
MarriottMarquisHotel
HospitalitySuiteProgram
Thursday,August3
10am–12pm
Symposium:The(Jewish)FreudWeNeverKnew:Perspectives
fromTwoGenerationsofPsychoanalyticPsychologists
PresentsnewhistoricalfindingsaboutFreud’s
conflictuallyinvestedJewishfoundations,wayshis
conflictsmis-shapeddevelopmentsinhistheoryandhis
clinicalapproach,andhowhisprofessionaltrajectory
impactstheoryandpracticetoday.
Chair: RichardRuth,PhD,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,
WashingtonDC
Participants: Freud’sTwoTechniqueNarrativesandTheirContemporary
Shadow
RichardRuth,PhD,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,Washington,
DC
SigmundFreud,JewishIdentity,andtheSecularMindInsightsfor
HisTreatmentofaHasidicRabbi
SamuelI.Salamon,MP,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,
Washington,DC
Discussant:Arlene“Lu”Steinberg,PsyD,PrivatePractice,
TeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY
2pm–4pm
OpenDiscussion:HowtoTalkaboutTrumpintheClinical
Setting
Adiscussionopentoeveryoneaboutwaysinwhichwe
talkaboutthecurrentpoliticalclimateinourclinical
work.
HospitalitySuiteProgram
Friday,August4
8am–10am
SectionVIII,CoupleandFamilyTherapyandPsychoanalysis
Presents:ConversationHour
ExploringTransgenderSubjectivitiesinPsychotherapy
FacilitatedbyElizabethF.Baumann,PhD,HarvardMedical
School/CambridgeHealthAlliance,Cambridge,MAand
MoniqueBowen,PhD,AntiochUniversityNewEngland,Keene,NH
4pm–6pm
OpenDiscussion:HowtoTalkaboutTrumpwiththepublic
Adiscussionopentoeveryoneaboutwayinwhichwe
talkaboutthecurrentpoliticalclimate,as
psychoanalytically-orientedclinicians,outsidethe
consultingroom.
HospitalitySuiteProgram
Sunday,August6
10am–12pm
Symposium:AbjectionandIdentity:SocialOppression,
Shame,andIdentityDevelopment
Chair: MarilynCharles,PhD,AustenRiggsCenter,Stockbridge,
MA
Participants:
WomenandMadnessinContext:SocialVersusPersonal
ConstructionsofIdentityandBecoming
MarilynCharles,PhD,AustenRiggsCenter,Stockbridge,MA
BlackenedBodiesasthePrimalSiteforSociety’sFears
AnnieLeeJones,PhD,NewYorkHarborDepartmentofVeterans
Affairs,NewYork,NY
TheIntergenerationalTraumaoftheGayCloset:Healingthe
FamilialBondsofTraumaticShame
NishaGupta,MA,DuquesneUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA
GoodEnglish,BrokenEnglish,orAbjectVoice?Unsettlingthe
BoardBetween“Us”and“Them”
AkikoMotomura,PhD,IndependentPractice,Pittsburgh,PA
10am–12pm
Symposium:AbjectionandIdentity:SocialOppression,
Shame,andIdentityDevelopment(continued)
BlackMother:BionicContainerofRace…So,What’sintheMilk?
CleonieWhite,PhD,WilliamAlansonWhiteInstitute,NewYork,
NY
Program
Thursday,August3
10am–11:50am
ConventionCenter
Rm146C
Co-ListingDivisions:10,24,27,31,
APACommitteeonEarlyCareer
Psychologists,PsiChi
Symposium:PsychologyandtheAPAintheDonaldTrumpEra
–TheBattlefortheAmericanmind
Chair: BryantWelch,JD,PhD,IndependentPractice,San
Francisco,CA
Participants/1stAuthors:
IsAPANowReadyfortheTrupEra?WhyandWhyNot
StevenJ.Reisner,PhD,IndependentPractice,NewYork,NY
PressuresonPsychologyintheEraofDonaldTrump
StephenM.Soldz,PhD,IndependentPractice,Roslindale,MA
Program
Thursday,August3(continued)
12:00pm–1:50pm
ConventionCenter
Rm146C
Symposium:ForeignersInside-Out---Intra-andInterpsychic
ConflictsofForeign-BornClinicians
Chair: ClariceMendonca,BA,WidenerUniversity
Participants/1stAuthors:
NaGharKaNaGhatKa:AnInternationalStudentandExpatriate’s
ExperienceswithImmigration
ClariceMendonca,BA
WhereisHome?Foreign-BornJourneyofDiscoveringSelf,
Intersectionality,andRhetoricalQuestions
AnastasiyaTsoy,MA,TeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversity
BorninaForeignLandbutNotofIt:NavigatingaForeign-Born
Therapist’sIdentity
AnnaLomovskaya,MA,PacificaGraduateInstitute
IdentityandSenseofContinuityintheContextofImmigrationand
MultipleMigrations
NadiaThalji,MA,PacificaGraduateInstitute
Discussant:
PratyushaTummala-Narra,PhD,BostonCollege
Program
Friday,August4
8:00am–9:50am
ConventionCenter
RM206
Co-ListingDivisions:29
Symposium:DreamsandNightmares---Psychoanalytic
PsychotherapyandReflectiveFunction
Chair: ZaneDodd,PhD,IndependentPractice,Southlake,TX
Participants/1stAuthors:
TraumaandIdentity:TheChallengeofBecomingOneselfin
TroublingTimes
MarilynCharles,PhD,AustenRiggsCenter,Stockbridge,MA
Westworld:AStoryofTraumaandtheJourneyFromObjectto
Subject
ZaneDodd,PhD,IndependentPractice,Southlake,TX
2018Spring
Meeting
NewOrleans
Apr18-22
Generations:
Ghostsand
Guardians
Program
Friday,August4(continued)
10:00am–11:50am ConventionCenter
EastSalonF
Co-ListingDivisions:10,22,24,27,
29,31,PsiChi
Symposium:WalkingtheWalk---StayingEngagedinCrossCulturalDialogues
Chairs: MarilynCharles,PhD,AustenRiggsCenter,Stockbridge,
MA;andBinduMethikalam,PhD,ChestnutHillCollege
Participants/1stAuthors:
BraveVersusSafePlaces
ShenayBridges-Carter,PhD,ChicagoSchoolofProfessional
Psychology
GraduateStudentInstructorsTeachingDiversityAfterthe2016
PresidentialElection
AndrewYoungChoi,MA,UniversityofCalifornia-SantaBarbara
SweatinginClass
DennisDebiak,PhD,InstituteforRelationalPsychoanalysisof
Philadelphia,Swarthmore,PA
ValueofMentor—MenteeRelationshipsBetweenCliniciansof
ColorinCreatingInterculturalDialogue
KritikaDwivedi,PsyD,UniversityofColorado,Boulder
KeepingtheOtherinMind
DavidRamirez,PhD,SwarthmoreCollege,PA
EthnicIdentityandMulticulturalEducation
CrystalTaylor-Dietz,PsyD,SaintLukeInstitute,SilverSpring,MD
Program
Friday,August4(continued)
4:00pm–5:50pm
ConventionCenter
Rm101
Symposium:ALiveSupervisionExperience
Chair:ZaneDodd,PhD,IndependentPractice,Southlake,TX
Participants/1stAuthors:
DennisDebiak,PhD,InstituteforRrelationalPsychoanalysisof
Philadelphia,Swarthmore,PA
DevonKing,PhD,IndependentPractice,Bethesda,MD
LauraCaptari,MA,UniversityofNorthTexas
NinaE.Calmenson,BA,UniversityofNorthTX
6:00pm–7:50pm
MarriottMarquisHotel
WelcomeReception
Saturday,August5
8:00am–8:50am
ConventionCenter
Rm208
Co-ListingDivisions:10,22,24,27,
29,47
PaperSession
Participant/1stAuthor:
SourceofResilience–ADepthPsychologyApproachto
UnderstandingandAccessingResilience
JustinWeiss,PhD,RoseCityCounselingCenter,Pasadena,CA
Program
Saturday,August5(continued)
9:00am–10:50am
ConventionCenter
Rm152B
Co-ListingDivisions:9,10,24,26,29,
APACommitteeonEarlyCareer
Psychologists
Symposium:SocialJusticeandResearchEvidence---Structural
OppositiontoChange
Chair:MarilynCharles,PhD,AustenRiggsCenter,Stockbridge,
MA
Participants/1stAuthors:
ConfrontingandNavigatingtheSystemicForcesoftheUniversity:
OneStudentResearcher’sPerspective
AndrewCostigan,MEd,UniversityofTexasatAustin
TheSpaceUndertheTable:TowardanAcceptanceof
PsychoanalyticApproachesinPreschool
AlexCollopy,BS,PennStateUniversityPark
CulturalIdeologyandStructuralStigma:ClosingtheGapBetween
theDiagnosedandResearcherVoice
VeronicaOzog,MA,AdelphiUniversity
SocialGrieving:BlindnessAdjustmentstoaSightedSociety
LeslieThompson,BA,CenterofTreatmentandResearchof
Anxiety,SanPedroGarzaGarcia
11:00am–11:50am ConventionCenter
Rm206
Symposium:BeyondMindfulness---WesternTherapyonthe
CushionFromaTibetanLama’s
Chair:BryantWelch,JD,PhD,IndependentPractice,San
Francisco,CA
Participant/1stAuthor:
OrgyenChowang,StanfordUniversity
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2
Program
Saturday,August5(continued)
12:00pm–1:50pm
ConventionCenter
HallsDandE
PosterSession
Participants:
UnderstandingStudentsFromaPsychoanalyticPerspective
ShujiYoshikawa,MEd,NikkohigashiJunioHighSchool,Nikko,Japan
AttachmentandObjectRelationsasPredictorsofInternetAddition
Ca-LieCheng-Wang,MA,AlliantInternationalUniversity-SanDiego
Co-Author:JoanneE.Callan,PhD,AlliantInternational
University,SanDiego
Co-Author:MatthewPorter,PhD,AllianInternational
University–SanDiego
PsychoanalyticSupervisionAsaNomotheticNetworkofBinding
Commonalities
HhowDoesSupervisionWork?TheContextualPsychoanlytic
SupervisionRelationshipModel
CliftonE.Watkins,Jr.,PhD,UniversityofNorthTexas
TheImpactofHelicopterParentingonIdentityFormationinCollege
Students
JillKovach,MA,ChicagoSchoolofProfessionalPsychology
Program
Saturday,August5(continued)
PosterSessions(continued)
PainandDepression:CommonalitiesBetweenSelf-Harmand
ChronicPainAmongOpioidUsers
TiffanyLin,BA,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
Co-Author:LyleVintinner,MPsy,MPH,George
WashingtonUniversity
Co-Author:GretaR.Carlson,BS,GeorgeWashington
University
Co-Author:MarleneVillegas,BA,GeorgeWashington
University
Co-Author:JamesSexton,PhD,GeorgeWashington
University
TheInteractionofGenderandPersonalityWithaFocuson
DepressionSubtypeandPathology
RyanM.Shea,MS,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
ADeadSquirreland“Crunch”HourinPsychodynamicChild
Therapy
TraceyL.Hurd,PhD,BostonPsychoanalyticalSocietyand
Institute,Newton,MA
TheSocialCognitionandObjectRelationsScaleandTwoMeasures
ofAdultAttachment
JwanM.Bahnan,BA,UniversityofDetroitMercy
Co-Author:TashaLeno,BA,UniversityofDetroitMercy
Co-Author:MariaChristoff,MA,UniversityofDetroit
Mercy
Co-Author:HayleyLotter,MA,UniversityofDetroit
Mercy
Co-Author:BarryDauphin,PhD,UniversityofDetroit
Mercy
Program
Saturday,August5(continued)
PosterSessions(continued)
QualityofObjectRelationsPredictsPerceptionofPsychodynamic
PsychotherapyTechniques
KatherineM.Weber,MA,UniversityofNorthTexas
Co-Author:JeffreyM.Vance,MS,UniversityofNorth
Texas
Co-Author:JabeenShamji,MA,UniversityofNorthTexas
Co-Author:SharonR.Jenkins,PhD,UniversityofNorth
Texas
PresenterAffiliations
JwanM.Bahnan,BA,UniversityofDetroitMercy
ElizabethF.Bauman,PhD,HarvardMedicalSchool/Cambridge
HealthAlliance,Cambridge,MA
MoniqueBowen,PhD,AntiochUniversityNewEngland,
Keene,NH
ShenayBridges-Carter,PhD,ChicagoSchoolofProfessional
Psychology,Chicago,IL
JoanneE.Callan,PhD,AlliantInternationalUniversity,
SanDiego,CA
NinaE.Calmenson,BA,UniversityofNorthTexas
LauraCaptari,MA,UniversityofNorthTexas
GretaR.Carlson,BS,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
MarilynCharles,PhD,AustenRiggsCenter,Stockbridge,MA
Ca-LieCheng-Wang,MA,AlliantInternationalUniversity,
SanDiego,CA
MariaChristoff,MA,UniversityofDetroitMercy
AndrewYoungChoi,MA,UniversityofCalifornia-SantaBarbara
OrgyenChowang,StanfordUniversity
AlexCollopy,BS,PennStateUniversityPark
AndrewCostigan,MEd,UniversityofTexasatAustin
DennisDebiak,PsyD,InstituteforRelationalPsychoanalysisof
Philadelphia,Swarthmore,PA
BarryDauphin,PhD,UniversityofDetroitMercy
ZaneDodd,PhD,IndependentPractice,Southlake,TX
KritikaDwivedi,PsyD,UniversityofColorado,Boulder
NishaGupta,MA,DuquesneUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA
TraceyL.Hurd,PhD,BostonPsychoanalyticalSocietyand
Institute,Newton,MA
SharonR.Jenkins,PhD,UniversityofNorthTexas
AnnieLeeJones,PhD,NewYorkHarborDepartmentofVeterans
Affairs,NewYork,NY
DevonKing,PhD,IndependentPractice,Bethesda,MD
JillKovach,MA,ChicagoSchoolofProfessionalPsychology
TashaLeno,BA,UniversityofDetroitMercy
AnnaLomovskaya,MA,PacificaGraduateInstitute
HaylryLotter,MA,UniversityofDetroitMercy
TiffanyLin,BA,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
PresenterAffiliations
(continued)
ClariceMendonca,BA,WidenerUniversity
NinduMethikalam,PhD,ChestnutHillCollege
AkikoMotomura,PhD,IndependentPractice,Pittsburgh,PA
VeronicaOrzog,MA,AdelphiUniversity
MatthewPorter,PhD,AlliantInternationalUniversity,
SanDiego,CA
DavidRamirez,PhD,SwarthmoreCollege,PA
StevenJ.Reisner,PhD,IndependentPractice,NewYork,NY
RichardRuth,PhD,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,
Washington,DC
SamuelI.Salamon,MP,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity JamesSexton,PhD,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
JabeenShamji,MA,UniversityofNorthTexas
RyanM.Shea,MS,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
StephenSoldz,PhD,IndependentPractice,Roslindale,MA
Arlene“Lu”Steinberg,PsyD,PrivatePractice,TeachersCollege,
ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY
CrystalTaylor-Dietz,PsyD,SaintLukeInstitute,
SilverSpring,MD
NadiaThalji,MA,PacificaGraduateInstitute
LeslieThompson,BA,CenterofTreatmentandResearchof
Anxiety,SanPedroGarzaGarcia
AnastasiyaTsoy,MA,TeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,
NewYork,NY
PratyushaTummala-Narra,PhD,BostonCollege,Boston,MA
JeffreyM.Vance,MS,UniversityofNorthTexas
MarleneVillegas,BA,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
LyleVitinner,MPsy,MPH,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
CliftonE.Watkins,Jr.,PhD,UniversityofNorthTexas
KatherineM.Weber,MA,UniversityofNorthTexas
JustinWeiss,PhD,RoseCityCounselingCenter,Pasadena,CA
BryantWelch,JD,PhD,IndependentPractice,SanFrancisco,CA
CleonieWhite,PhD,WilliamAlansonWhiteInstitute,
NewYork,NY
ShujiYoshikawa,MEd,NikkohigashiJunioHighSchool,
Nikko,Japan