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DESCRIPTION:Session Description This special YCSC Grand Rounds session co-
 sponsored by Connecticut Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (CSPP) wil
 l take place virtually\, with an in-person "viewing party" and live Q&A w
 ith the speaker via Zoom in the Cohen Auditorium\, where lunch will be pr
 ovided. Fees will apply for participation at this special session\, wheth
 er in person or virtually. Visit the CSPP website for fees\, registration
 \, and continuing education details . Please note that the Zoom link for 
 this session will be different than the usual registration link for YCSC 
 Grand Rounds\, and will be provided by CSPP following registration. Joini
 ng via Zoom\, the speaker will address relentless hope as a defense to wh
 ich a patient clings in order not to feel the pain of disappointment in t
 he object – the hope a defense ultimately against grieving. The use of op
 timally stressful\, growth-incentivizing “disillusionment statements” – s
 trategically designed to juxtapose what the patient “had hoped” with what
  the patient “is coming to realize” – will be discussed as a way to facil
 itate working through grief while beginning to confront the intolerably p
 ainful reality of the object’s limitations\, separateness\, and immutabil
 ity. If all goes well\, realistic hope and serene acceptance will arise i
 n the context of the patient’s survival of her heartbreak and disappointm
 ent – the patient sadder perhaps\, but wiser too. The learning objectives
  for this session are for participants to be able to: Explain why relentl
 ess hope is a defense Summarize what the relentless patient is refusing t
 o confront Construct a growth-incentivizing disillusionment statement des
 igned to facilitate grieving Discuss the relationship between grieving an
 d adaptive internalization Demonstrate the importance of relenting and ev
 olving ultimately to a place of serene acceptance Speaker Bio Martha Star
 k\, MD\, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalyt
 ic Institute\, is a holistic (adult and child) psychiatrist and integrati
 ve psychoanalyst in Boston\, MA. She is an HMS Lecturer on Psychiatry (pa
 rt-time) at Cambridge Health Alliance. She is also the originator/develop
 er of THE STARK METHOD of PSYCHODYNAMIC SYNERGY and the author of nine bo
 oks on the integration of psychodynamic theory into clinical practice\, i
 ncluding Modes of Therapeutic Action – 1999 recipient of Jason Aronson's 
 prestigious "Book of the Year Award.” Several of her books have become "r
 equired reading" for candidates in psychoanalytic training institutes and
  students in psychodynamic psychotherapy programs in the US and abroad. H
 osted by the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) and Connecticut Society for P
 sychoanalytic Psychology (CSPP)\, this is the first in a new series\, par
 t of YCSC Grand Rounds and held as a special lecture outside of the usual
  day and time\, and with a separate registration process and Zoom link.\n
 \nSpeaker:\nMartha Stark\, MD \n\nAdmission:\nFree\n\nFood:\nLunch\n\nDet
 ails URL:\nhttps://medicine.yale.edu/event/ycsc-cspp-lecture-2025/\n
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STATUS:Confirmed
SUMMARY:Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) - Connecticut Society for Psychoana
 lytic Psychology (CSPP) Joint Clinical Conference | Special Grand Rounds 
 Lecture
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