Event Detail



Institute Symposium 

Wednesday May 22nd 1pm-2pm Castrated Analyst: The Analytic Fourth

Bobbie M. Davis, Ph.D., LCSW, 

 

Summary

The author takes the Freudian concept of Castrated and expounds the meaning applied to the way the analyst is experienced by the analysand when the analyst has an observed diversity. The analytic fourth is further clarified to understand the depth of the complexity of the analysand bringing forth or resistance to allow for the diversity to be brought into the transference. In use of the author’s own blindness clinical examples are used to deepen the understanding of the complexity this holds within the analytic space. 

What is a castrated analyst? What does the term “castrated” mean? In this paper, Bobbie Davis will explain the castrated analyst and what she has  identified as the analytic fourth in her  work as a blind psychoanalytic candidate, as well as describe the difference in the use of the analyst with barriers that may be in place due to the analytic fourth present in the transference. Working with an understanding of the significance of the analytical fourth in the differentiation from being only a component of diversity, the castrated analyst, or in the transference of the castrated other, prevents the deepening of the transference if this is not identified and worked through in the analysis.

 

Educational Objectives

 

After attending this talk participants should be able to:

1. Understand what the analytic 4th is and the role it plays in the analysis.
2. Understand the significance of the analytical fourth in the differentiation from being only a component of diversity, the castrated analyst, or in the transference of the castrated other, and how this prevents the deepening of the transference if this is not identified and worked through in the analysis. 
 

The presenter, Bobbie Davis, PhD, has  no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

 

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091). 

 

Eligible professionals will receive 1.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn. 

 

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.