NEW CONFERENCE on The Psychotherapeutic Encounter in Holguin, Cuba FEBRUARY 4TH-8TH
http://psychocubaconference2019.simplesite.com

What is special about the psychotherapeutic encounter? What makes meetings between the patient and the therapist therapeutic? What makes it different from other contacts?

The psychotherapeutic encounter takes place in the course of multiple meetings; it is a continuous process. How is this reflected in psychotherapeutic activity? What happens in the patient, in the psychotherapist and in the relationship?

The psychotherapeutic meeting is both mental and physical. What happens in the patient’s body and what in the therapist and how do they physically respond to each other in psychotherapeutic meetings?

These and certainly more are questions that will be addressed at this seminar. Outstanding professionals will present their views and engage in what we expect to be exciting conversations with the participants.

What makes this conference extra special is that it includes professionals from Cuba, the United States and Norway who offer a variety of different approaches.

Presenters:

Professor Siri Gullestad, Specialist in Clinical Psychology, Psychoanalyst. Norway

Psychologist Jessica Broitman, Psychoanalyst, Control – Mastery, USA

Psychiatrist Alexis Arturo Alonso Rodriguez, Cuba

Psychologist Doris Brothers, Psychoanalyst, USA

Psychologist Jon Sletvold, Character Analyst, Norway

Psychiatrist Ana Sarracent Sarracent, Cuba

Psychiatrist Carlos Enrique Rubalcaba Fernández, Cuba

Psychologist Tor Sletten, Bodynamic Analyst, Norway

Location:

Hotel Pernik, Holguin, Cuba Course fee: $500. Price of hotel: double room as singleroom per night: CUC 47; single person in double room: CUC 35. All inclusive breakfast, dinner at the hotel: 9 to 12 CUC. (1CUC is approximately equal to 1 dollar) There are flights directly to Holguin from US that can be ordered at Gotogate. You can also go to Havana, spend some time there and then fly from Havana to Holguin. This can also be ordered via Gotogate. Registration by November 1 by payment of registration fee to the general association account: Almagroforeningen Norway NO0850820697348. (Bic DNBNOKKXXX ). For further information write to: almagroforeningen@gmail.com

Our Summer Samba  was held on August 13th 

We gathered in Berkeley to enjoy good food, company and the unveiling of our new website. Plans were formulated for upcoming fundraising events, trainings and the launching of our new “satellite clinic”  with a start date of April 2018.

We will be accepting applications for mft interns, social worker and  psych assistants   in January 2018.

February 6-9th 2018 in Havana Cuba!

The International Control Mastery Center Conference in Havana, Cuba
February 6-8, 2018

The International Control-Mastery Center Conference in Havana, Cuba from February 6 through February 8, 2018 was conceived following a joint Cuba-Norway-USA conference in January 2017 which was organized by our colleagues from Norway. At that conference Jessica Broitman, Ginger Rhodes and Gena Castro Rodriguez presented aspects of Control-Mastery Theory. Following that conference Jessica Broitman worked with Cuban colleagues Ana Sarracent Sarracent, Carlos Enrique Fernandez and Alexis Arturo Rodgriguez to organize a conference to teach Control-Mastery Theory to Cuban mental health professionals. Thirty-six attended. The conference was held at the EEUU-Cuba. Jessica presented a general description of Control-Mastery Theory on the first day. On the second day Jessica spoke on the development of pathogenic beliefs. On the third day John Gualtieri spoke on the unconscious plan and plan formulation in the morning and testing in the afternoon. Following each lecture, the attendees divided into four discussion groups. Jamie Edmonds and David Becker worked with those attendees who wished to focus on application of the theory to work with children, adolescents and families. Jessica and John worked with those attendees who wished to focus on application of the theory to work with adults and couples. After each lecture, the attendees, leaders and translators separated into small groups. The small groups, their leaders and their translators remained consistent throughout the conference. The discussion group leaders asked attendees to present cases for discussion and application of the theory to each case.

Almost from the beginning of the conference a rapport developed between presenters and attendee which generated curiosity, enthusiasm and trust. We had excellent translators. They translated theory and case presentations with diligence and dedication to accurateness and intent. In the morning lectures, the attendees were attentive. They asked questions which helped us to further elucidate the theory. We became excited as Joe Weiss’s ideas became alive in the room. As we hoped, each small group developed trust. Case presentations were detailed, captivating, sophisticated and compassionate. Delivery of treatment in the USA and in Cuba in some cases is very different but the problems with which we are presented are very much the same. The attendees relaxed as they came to understand the flexibility of Control-Mastery Theory. They grasped the importance of a case specific approach. It is the way in which they practice. This exchange of theory and practice between countries and across languages happened with few obstacles and precious rewards.

We plan to return in March 2019- please join us!

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