BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_1703_2feac9dad692649d8dd92839917de16f@psychoanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Before and After the Fall: Horizontal and Vertical Object Orientations in the Analysis of a Patient with Grievances DESCRIPTION:\n  \;\n \n  \;Before and After the Fall: Horizontal and Vertical Object Orientations in the Analysis of a Patient with Grievances \;\n \n Speaker: \;John Steiner\n \n  \;Discussan t: Lord John Alderdice\, \;marking his electio n to Honorary Fellowship of the Society.\n \n Chai r: Vic Sedlak\, President of the British Psychoana lytical Society\n \n Friday 7th February 2025\n 6. 00pm - 8.00pm (GMT)\n \n Hybrid - In person at the Institute of Psychoanalysis or Online\n This even t will be recorded and available for 1 week.\n \n  \;\n \n \n In this paper I will re-examine th e grievances commonly arising in an analysis which create a vertical relationship made up of either humiliation or triumph. The intense feelings that are generated serve to keep the relationship alive and prevent the recognition of loss. The lost obj ect has become internalised as a critical figure f unctioning as a super-ego and making demands of th e patient that he is unable to fulfil. \;Becau se he feels looked down on the patient attempts to reverse the humiliation by turning the tables in a response of manic triumph which results in the c reation of &ldquo\;up or down&rdquo\; world in whi ch one or other participant is on top. This common ly binds the self and the lost internal object in a mutually hostile relationship which interferes w ith the work of mourning. I describe the relations hip as vertical because either the self or the obj ect is felt to take a position looking down on the other. However\, the hostility is accentuated bec ause of  \;the traumatic experience of a fall from an earlier idealised horizontal relationship. Clinical material is presented to illustrate the vertical relationship and to show that sometimes\, for reasons that remain poorly understood\, progr ess is able to resume as a softening of the grieva nce allows the turning point of mourning to be rea ched - \;John Steiner\n \n Not all the concept s that have emerged from individual psychoanalytic exploration transfer well to the psychology of la rge groups\, but John Steiner has set out some key principles from clinical experience that not only apply but illuminate key elements of geo-politics particularly at this time of crisis in internatio nal relations \;- \;Lord \;John Alderd ice\n \n \n \n REFUND POLICY: Tickets are fully re fundable until 14 days before the lecture\, after which time no refunds will be issued.\n \n Concess ion tickets are available\, for students\, BPAS ca ndidates \;trainees. Please email \;outrea ch@iopa.org.uk \;if you are unsure if you qual ify for a concession ticket.\n \n Views and opinio ns expressed by speakers are their own and do not represent the views or opinions of the Institute\, event organisers or other speakers. \;We expe ct delegates to respect the confidentiality of cli nical material discussed in our events. The conten t must not be recorded\, conveyed or disseminated in any format and participants must not share acce ss to the event with non-registered participants. CATEGORIES:Conference CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250207T180000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250207T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250207T200000 LOCATION:Hybrid Event\, online via Zoom\n & In person at Th e Institute of Psychoanalysis\n Byron House\n 112A Shirland Road\n W9 2BT\n United Kingdom\n ORGANIZER:MAILTO:outreach@iopa.org.uk URL:https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1703 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR