The Fourth Frances Tustin International Conference - Tel Aviv May 1-3, 2008
Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine School of Continuing Medical Education Program of Psychotherapy and The Frances Tustin Memorial Trust - Los Angeles welcome The Fourth Frances Tustin International Conference From the Black Hole of Nothingness to the Emergence of Meaning May 1-3, 2008 Tel Aviv, Israel Conference Website: www.frances-tustin-autism.org Program Thursday, May 1, 2008 18:30-20:00 Registration and Cocktail Party 20:00-20:30 Opening Welcome Address: Yoseph Mekori, Dean of Sackler Faculty of Medicine Judith Mitrani, Chair FTMT Michel Granek, Head of Program of Psychotherapy, Tel-Aviv University Alina Schellekes, Conference Chairperson 20:30-20:45 Introduction Yolanda Gampel: Recollections of Frances Tustin 20:45-22:15 Plenary Session Chairperson: Alina Schellekes Suzanne Maiello: The Survival Code: Autistic Barriers in an Adult Patient Discussant: Judith Mitrani Friday, May 2, 2008 9:30-11:00 Plenary Session Chairperson: Ted Mitrani Moshe Halevi Spero: A Neglected but Nontrivial Anticipation by Freud of the Concept of the Psychic Envelope Discussant: Vincenzo Bonaminio 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-13:00 Plenary Session Chairperson: Ofra Eshel Neville Symington: Not I Discussant: Moshe Landau 13:00-14:30 Lunch – at Dan Panorama Hotel (included in registration fee) 14:30-17:00 Clinical Workshops in Parallel Groups. Clinical Supervisors: 1. Judith Mitrani; JoAnn Culbert-Koehn 2. Ted Mitrani; Chiara Cattelan 3. Naama Keinan ; Jane Van Buren 4. Shirley Gooch; James Gooch 5. Hagit Aharoni; Avner Bergstein; (Hebrew) 6. Britta Blomberg; Celia Fix Korbivcher 7. Maria Pozzi; Tessa Zadok 8. Yehoshua Durban; Galit Gampel 9. Bianca Lechevalier-Haïm; Gerard Pulver (French) 10. Pam Platek-Yogev; Tami Pollak (Hebrew) All groups will be conducted in English unless otherwise specified. In groups 1-5 an adult case will be presented. In groups 6-10 a child/adolescent case will be presented. 21:30-23:00 Cultural Evening at Suzanne Dellal Arts Centre, Neve-Tzedek: "Clip Trip" – Dance Performance of The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (included in registration fee) Saturday, May 3, 2008 – All lectures on Saturday will be held at Gesher Theater, Noga Hall, 9 Sderot Yerushalayim, Jaffa 9:30-11:00 Plenary Session Chairperson: Naama Keinan Maria Rhode: The Wellsprings of Memory: Moving on From Concreteness Discussant: Bianca Lechevalier-Haïm 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-13:00 Plenary Session Chairperson: Yolanda Gampel Joan Symington: Bristling and Raw, Tiny and Lost Discussant: Chiara Cattelan 13:00-14:30 Lunch – at Gesher Theater, Noga Hall (included in registration fee) 14:30-16:30 Round Table Discussion: From the Black Hole of Nothingness to the Emergence of Meaning The discussion will relate to the topic of the conference in the context of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) Chairperson: Vincenzo Bonaminio Participants: JoAnn Culbert-Koehn Veronika Grueneisen Beatriz Priel Yechezkiel Cohen For those who did not have a chance to view the film "The Lives of Others", the film will be shown on Thursday, May 1 at 13:00 at Dan Panorama Hotel. 16:30-16:45 Judith Mitrani: Closing Remarks 19:30 Tel Aviv by Night - Gala Dinner Location and details will be further announced Registration forms will be processed and accepted in order of arrival. In addition to the conference, on Thursday, May 1, 2008, there will be five pre-conference supervision groups, at the location of the conference, Dan Panorama Hotel. Case presentations will be selected ahead of time. The groups will be led by the following: Between 10:00 - 12:30: 1. Judith Mitrani 2. Ted Mitrani 3. Suzanne Maiello Between 15:00 – 17:30: 4. Maria Rhode 5. Neville Symington
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