January 2019 Scientific Meeting

 

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, dreaming matters. The lives of an indigenous people, the Achuar, are built around their daily dream analysis process. Hours before sunrise, all adult members of the Community awaken to share dreams. The dreams are interpreted by elders of the clan. Dream interpretations are then used as a basis for making decisions for the day. Beth Kalish and her colleague have visited with the Achuar, studied dreams with them and discussed dream interpreting practices. This presentation and discussion illuminates some of their research and findings.

1. Participants will be able to describe the use of dream life in an indigenous culture to create and communicate an enhanced view of psychic reality.

2. Participants will be able to recognize differences and similarities between dream interpreting practices in the Achuar culture and North American psychoanalysis.

3. Participants will be able to apply new insights about dream interpretive work to their own clinical practice.

About the Presenter

Beth Kalish, PhD, FIPA is a training and supervising analyst and former President of the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS). She is a founding member of the of the Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS) and served on its board for many years. Currently she represents LAISPS on the NAPsaC Board of Directors and is serving her second term on the IPA Board of Directors representing the North American region. Dr. Kalish's early research includes non-verbal developmental assessment of autistic children and currently the study of dream interpretation as in her present work in South America. She maintains a private practice in Hollywood, California.

 

Location: NPSI at 2701 First Avenue, Suite 120; Seattle, WA 98121 (next door to Chase Bank)

Time: 7:00-7:30 pm: Socializing
7:30-9:00 pm: Presentation

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