– Committee Report
– Portugal
– Argentina
– Mexico
– Spain
– Greece-Athens
– Chile
News from the International Chapters Committee
By Steven Kuchuck (USA), Marianne Kennedy (Australia), and Juan Francisco Jordan (Chile)
We are pleased to have heard from a number of our chapters and their reports follow. As always, we are impressed by the number of IARPP activities and events going on around the world. And we are excited to announce that, since we’ve last been in touch, IARPP Greece-Thessaloniki will be joining us as our newest chapter. This marks the first time that we have two chapters from the same country: IARPP Greece-Athens and now IARPP Greece-Thessaloniki. We look forward to hearing from our newest chapter in the next issue of eNews, and offer them our congratulations and warm welcome.
This letter is my (Steven Kuchuck) last one to you as co-chair of the International Chapters Committee (ICC). As of January 1, 2018, I will begin my tenure as IARPP President. It has been my pleasure to serve as co-chair of the ICC. Marianne Kennedy and I inherited this role from founding ICC (formerly known as the Local Chapters Committee—LCC) co-chairs Chana Ullman (Israel) and Neil Altman (USA), who built a strong and important committee. Like Chana and Neil and the rest of the IARPP Board of Directors, I recognize that our international members and chapters are a large part of what makes IARPP strong, forming much of the heart and soul of our organization.
It has been a pleasure for me to work with our ongoing chapters and their members, help start several new chapters, and consult with a number of other members who are in the midst of forming new chapters to be announced soon. It has been an especially gratifying experience to co-lead this committee with Marianne, who, as most of you know, is a tireless advocate for this committee and quite dedicated to the ongoing success and growth of our international chapters. I am very happy to let you know that she will continue as co-chair of the committee. And I plan to stay as involved with the committee as I possibly can, and hope to meet with the chapter members in New York City during the ICC meeting this June.
And I (Marianne) want to say how much I have enjoyed working with Steve in our shared role and thank him on behalf of all of us for his warm support of the international community and his encouragement and engagement in its development and growth over the last couple of years. I look forward to his continued involvement with the chapters in his new role as President of IARPP.
In closing, we want to welcome Juan Francisco Jordan (Chile) as the new co-chair of this committee. Juan Francisco brings with him experience from his roles as a former President of IARPP-Chile and a current member of the IARPP Board of Directors, and through his related work on behalf of the International Psychoanalytical Association. We very much look forward to his leadership and to welcoming him to our next in-person ICC committee meeting at the IARPP Conference in New York City June 14-17, 2018.
Wishing all of you a happy, healthy, and successful New Year,
Steven Kuchuck, Marianne Kennedy, and Juan Francisco Jordan
Steven Kuchuck, LCSW
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Marianne Kennedy, MA
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Report from IARPP-Portugal
By Miguel Moita, President
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Dear IARPP members,
2017 was a year of elections at IARPP-Portugal. The board is now composed of Miguel Moita (President), Helena Dulce (Vice-President), Ana Guedes (Secretary), Marta Godinho (Treasurer), and Bernardo Couto (Board Member).
This board is committed to implementing an open membership policy in which all registered psychotherapists who show an interest in the relational school are welcome regardless of their affiliation to other local institutions. We aim to break the traditional divisions into small groups that has characterized the Portuguese psychoanalytic arena for the last decade. We are open to establishing links with all organizations that work within, or are interested in becoming involved with, the relational approach to psychotherapy.
We now have three associated centers, Associação Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Psicanalítica (APPSI), which has supported IARPP-Portugal since the beginning, and two new centers, The Portuguese Association for Pedagogy and Mental Health and the Alameda Center for Psychology. We are in the process of contacting other organizations and hope to have new associated centers in the following months.
In 2018, we will feature our Clinical Dialogues series, a monthly clinical presentation and discussion. We are opening in March a new study group on relational psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. This group will run a weekly seminar that will be open to all psychotherapists and psychologists. Starting in January, we will also have a reading group in which we will discuss articles selected from the latest issues of Psychoanalytic Dialogues.
We are available to support the associated centers’ scientific activities. With APPSI we will support the new study group on Psychoanalytic Education and Supervision and with The Association for Pedagogy and Mental Health we will support a study group on Pedagogy and Relational Thinking.
Best regards to all IARPP members,
Miguel Moita
Chair of IARPP-Portugal
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Relatório da IARPP Portugal
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Caros membros da IARPP,
O ano de 2017 foi um ano de eleições na IARPP Portugal. A direcção é agora composta por Miguel Moita (Presidente), Helena Dulce Cruz (Vice-Presidente), Ana Guedes (Secretária), Marta Godinho (Tesoureira) e Bernardo Couto (Vogal).
A actual direcção está empenhada em implementar uma politica de abertura em relação todos os psicoterapeutas que demonstrem interesse na escola relacional, independentemente da sua pertença a outros grupos de psicoterapia e psicanálise locais. Pretendemos trabalhar no sentido de superarmos gradualmente a tradicional divisão em pequenos grupos que tem caracterizado o movimento psicanalítico português na ultima década. A IARPP Portugal está aberta a estabelecer parcerias com todas as organizações que trabalham a partir da abordagem relacional à psicoterapia ou que se encontrem interessadas em envolver-se no estudo da escola relacional.
A IARPP Portugal desenvolveu parcerias com três centros; a Associação Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Psicanalítica, associação que apoiou a IARPP Portugal desde a sua fundação, a Associação Portuguesa de Pedagogia e Saúde Mental e com o Centro de Psicologia da Alameda. Estamos a desenvolver contactos com outras instituições e esperamos alargar o numúero de centros associados nos próximos meses.
Para o ano de 2018 temos programado:
O ciclo de Diálogos Clínicos, com sessões mensais de apresentação e discussão de material clínico.
A partir de Janeiro teremos um grupo de leitura que irá discutir textos selecionados dos últimos números da revista Psychoanalytic Dialogues.
Em Março iremos dar inicio a um novo grupo de estudos sobre Psicoterapia e Psicanálise Relacional que irá dinamizar um seminário semanal com inscrições abertas para todos os psicoterapeutas e psicólogos.
Estamos dedicados a dar apoio cientifico às actividades dos centros associados. Com a Associação Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Psicanalítica vamos participar num novo grupo de estudos sobre Educação Psicanalítica e Supervisão e com a Associação Portuguesa de Pedagogia e Saúde Mental vamos participar num grupo de estudos sobre Pedagogia e Pensamento Relacional.
Melhores cumprimentos a todos os membros da IARPP,
Miguel Moita
Presidente da secção Portuguesa da IARPP
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Report from IARPP-Argentina
By Alberto Samperisi, President, and Mariela Cuello, Secretary
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Dear IARPP Members,
We would like to thank the IARPP Board and membership for allowing us to be part of the extended community of this international association. It feels so good to have the opportunity to interact and dialogue with relational psychoanalysts and psychotherapists worldwide. We feel a sense of global community and “home” when thinking and working in a relational psychoanalytic way.
We’re very delighted, enthusiastic, and focused on planning and organizing events and activities for next year.
Meanwhile, we began a study group last November in which we are discussing Stephen Mitchell’s book Influence and Autonomy in Psychoanalysis (1997), which was translated into Spanish a few years ago. Our group involves the participation of very interested graduate psychologists and senior clinicians. Discussion of both theoretical and clinical concepts takes place in these engaging encounters.
We wish you all happy holidays and a happy new year!
Alberto Samperisi, MD
1339, San Martin Street
5700 San Luis, Argentina
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Mariela Andrea Cuello, BA
Barrio Portal de la Aguada
Manzana B Casa 9
5700 San Luis, Argentina
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Informe de IARPP Argentina
por Alberto Samperisi, Presidente, y Mariela Cuello, Secretario
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Estimados miembros de IARPP,
Queremos agradecer a la Comisión Directiva de la IARPP y a todos los miembros por permitirnos ser parte de la extensa comunidad de esta Asociación Internacional. Se siente grato tener la oportunidad de interactuar y tener diálogos con psicoanalistas y psicoterapeutas relacionales de todo el mundo. Un sentimiento de comunidad y de “hogar” global nos rodea cuando pensamos y trabajamos en el proceso de ser seguidores del psicoanálisis relacional.
Estamos muy felices, entusiasmados y dedicados a la planificación y organización de los eventos y actividades a comenzar el próximo año.
Mientras tanto, hemos iniciado un grupo de estudio en noviembre acerca del libro de Stephen Mitchell Influencia y Autonomia en Psicoanálisis (1997), traducido al español hace algunos años atrás. Contando con la participación de psicólogos graduados y clinicos experimentados. La búsqueda de conocimiento y la experiencia clínica tuvieron lugar en estos motivadores encuentros.
¡Les deseamos felices fiestas y un feliz año nuevo!
Alberto Samperisi, MD
1339, San Martin Street
5700 San Luis, Argentina
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Mariela Andrea Cuello, BA
Barrio Portal de la Aguada
Manzana B Casa 9
5700 San Luis, Argentina
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IARPP-Mexico Chapter Report
By Anne Marie Maxwell
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We are pleased to report on the recent activities of the Mexican chapter of IARPP.
As all of you already know, certain states in Mexico were struck by an earthquake on September the 19th, exactly the same day another big one struck in 1985. Both left devastating consequences for Mexico’s population, including many losses of loved ones and of their houses, cars, and so many other things.
The members of the Mexican chapter of IARPP fortunately are all fine, and thank you all very much for your concern. As did a very great number of Mexicans during the first 24 hours after the earthquake, we also fled to the streets to help in many different ways, from carrying rubble, food, and water, to psychologically helping people onsite who had just lost a family member, friend, or acquaintance. Days later when people and the government started organizing the help, we participated at hostels attending to people in crisis who were experiencing anxiety and post-traumatic stress. Since that day we have attended to—and keep attending to—patients in our practice via telephone or Skype, since Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world and many people do not have the time or the money to pay for public transport.
It has been a very moving and sad experience for all of us and there are so many things still to be done in helping many people. We know it will take some time to go back to “normal” but we are sure that even during natural disasters we can always learn many things, especially if solidarity and empathy are present.
Anne Marie Maxwell Martínez, PhD
Morelos 3, Col. Pueblo de Axotla,
Delegación Alvaro Obregón,
Ciudad de México, DF, 04330, México
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Alejandra Plaza Espinosa, PhD
Uxmal 278. Narvarte 03020
Benito Juárez México D.F.
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Patricia Ma Carmen Minjares, PhD
Cerrada de San Jerónimo # 72
Col. San Jerónimo Lídice
México C.P. 10200
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Reporte del Capitulo Mexicano IARPP
Por Anne Marie Maxwell
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Tenemos el gusto de reportar lo siguiente:
Como es por todos sabido el 19 de septiembre tuvimos en México un terremoto muy fuerte, justo el mismo día de otro terrible que tuvimos en 1985 de consecuencias también devastadoras para todos los mexicanos, dejando enormes pérdidas en todos sentidos.
Afortunadamente todos los miembros del Capítulo Mexicano aunque consternados nos encontramos bien y agradecemos a todos el interés y preocupación que tuvieron por todos nosotros. Durante las 24 primeras horas posteriores al terremoto, como la mayoría de los mexicanos todos nos volcamos a las calles a ayudar desde cargando graba de edificios derrumbados, comida, agua hasta ayudar a las personas en el lugar en el que recientemente habían perdido algún familiar, amigo o conocido.
En los días subsiguientes en los que ya el gobierno y la ciudadanía se organizaron para brindar la ayuda, apoyamos dando atención psicológica en albergues a personas con crisis de angustia y estres post traumático, depresión. A partir de entonces hemos seguido dando apoyo psicológico en nuestros consultorios ya sea vía presencial, telefónica o por Skype debido a que la Ciudad de México es una de las ciudades más grandes del mundo y muchas personas no pueden trasladarse fácilmente de un lado a otro o no cuentan con los recursos económicos suficientes para hacerlo.
Ha sido una experiencia muy dura para todos nosotros, en la que hemos aprendido muchas cosas y hay mucho aún por hacer a todos niveles, pero sentimos que con la solidaridad y empatía de todos lo vamos logrando.
Alejandra Plaza Espinosa, PhD
Uxmal 278. Narvarte 03020
Benito Juárez México D.F.
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Anne Marie Maxwell Martínez, PhD
Morelos 3, Col. Pueblo de Axotla,
Delegación Alvaro Obregón,
Ciudad de México, DF, 04330, México
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Patricia Ma Carmen Minjares, PhD
Cerrada de San Jerónimo # 72
Col. San Jerónimo Lídice
México C.P. 10200
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Report from IARPP-Spain
By Rosa Velasco, President, and Aleksandra Misiolek, Secretary
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IARPP Spain will be co-organizing together with IPR (the Institute of Relational Psychotherapy, Madrid) the 5th Relational Psychoanalytic Meeting entitled “The Couple and the Community: Transforming our Everyday Relationships,” with Andrew Samuels (UK) and Phil Ringstrom (USA) as the invited speakers. The conference will take place in La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia), Spain, on February 23 and 24, 2018.
The next IARPP-Spain meeting will take place in Seville in October of 2019. We are currently working on choosing the main theme and deciding on the invited speakers and we will keep you informed in the upcoming issues of the eNews.
A new issue of the journal, Revista Clínica e Investigación Relacional, created by Ágora Relacional and co-sponsored by IARPP-Spain and IPR, has been launched.
The articles can be accessed by clicking on the following link: https://www.psicoterapiarelacional.es/CeIRREVISTA-On-line/Volumen-11-3-Octubre-2017.
From the editorial and collection entitled Relational Thought, co-sponsored by IARPP-Spain, two new books have been published, El enigma de la angustia by Juan José Blasco Ibáñez, and La sombra del Tsunami y el Desarrollo de la Mente Relacional, a book by Phillip Bromberg translated into Spanish.
Rosa Velsaco
IARPP-Spain President
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Aleksandra Misiolek
IARPP-Spain Secretary
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Informe de IARPP España
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IARPP-E co-organiza con IPR (Instituto de Psicoterapia Relacional, Madrid) las V Jornadas de Psicoanalisis Relacional tituladas “Pareja y Comunidad: Transformando nuestras relaciones cotidianas” con Andrew Samuels y Phil Ringstrom como invitados especiales. El evento tendrá lugar en La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia) 23 y 24 de Febrero de 2018.
La próxima reunión de IARPP España tendrá lugar en Sevilla en 2019. Estamos trabajando en escoger el tema de la conferencia y decidir los principales invitados. Os iremos informando en los próximos Newsletters.
Ha salido el último número de la Revista Clínica e Investigación Relacional, creada por Ágora Relacional y co-patronizada por IARPP-España e IPR. Se puede acceder a los artículos haciendo click en el siguiente enlace: https://www.psicoterapiarelacional.es/CeIRREVISTA-On-line/Volumen-11-3-Octubre-2017.
En la colección Pensamiento Relacional, co-patrocinado por IARPP-E, han salido 2 libros nuevos: El enigma de la angustia de Juan José Blasco Ibáñez y La sombra del Tsunami y el Desarrollo de la Mente Relacional, traducción al español del libro de Phillip Bromberg.
Rosa Velsaco
IARPP-España Presidenta
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Aleksandra Misiolek
IARPP-España Secretaria
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News from IARPP Greece Athens
By Alexis Mordoh, Chair
Here at IARPP Greece Athens chapter our study and peer supervision group is continuing to grow steadily. Our group combines presentations of interesting adult and child clinical cases with readings of relevant papers from the relational literature. We are also still in the planning stages for a Skype seminar in 2018. Colleagues interested in our activities are welcome to contact me at alexismordoh@gmail.com.
Warmly,
Alexis Mordoh
Alexis Mordoh, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
42 Patriarhou Ioakim Street, Athens, 106.75
65A Sarantaporou Street, Kifisia, 145.63 Greece
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News from IARPP-Chile
By María Eugenia Boetsch, President
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Dear IARPP community,
We want to share with you our final activities of this year.
In October we had our last clinical meeting entitled, “On Psychoanalysis and Inmigration.” Consistent with the IARPP perspective of including and making sense of the contexts in which our clinical practices take place, and given not only the magnitude of the inmigration processes in our country, but also of the eruption of ideas on difference-inclusion, political assylum, cultural diversity, and interculturality, we decided to bring in and share reflections from different ponts of views. The idea was to try to look at the inmigration processes at a global level, thinking about interculturality in our clinical practice, and trying to think critically about how to move into these new horizons.
Francesca Colzani presented her paper, “A Choral Response to the Documentary film Chasing Asylum,” presented at the IARPP International Conference in Sydney. Margarita Becerra presented “And the Place of Culture in Psyhotherapy? The Construction of Otherness and Processes of Change in Clinical Work with Different Others.” And Germán Morales’ presentation was entitled, “The Stranger that Knocks at your Door: Relational Psychotherapy and Interculturality.” [Did I translate these correctly?]
In October we also held our Annual General Meeting where our annual budget was approved. During that meeting we informed our members about the activities of our different committees, giving special attention to our Editorial Committee, which is currently working on the first relational psychoanalytic dictionary. We also welcomed the 22 new members who have joined our chapter, and discussed the re-launching of our web page, which you can visit here: www.iarppchile.cl.
We then gave space to think together about the difficulty acomplishing our goal of having more active participation from the members of our organization. In addition to attending our clinical meetings and international conferences, we need our members to get involved with our committees and work groups. Some suggestions were made to gain more involvement and in this context we arrived at the idea of offering some funding for seminars, supervisions, and workshops taught to our members by our members.
In November we sponsored an international conference organized by CESCH (The Chilean Sexuality Center) called “Relational Concepts, Attachment Theory, and the Neuroscience of Sexuality,” where the international guest was Dr. Mario Marrone and the local presenters included Nicole Baumgartner, André Sassenfeld, and Dr. Christian Thomas.
Currently we are planning our end of the year party to be held in January of 2018.
We wish you all a very good 2018!!
María Eugenia Boetsch
President, IARPP-Chile
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Noticia de IARPP-Chile
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Estimada comunidad IARPP,
Queremos compartir con ustedes lo que fueron nuestras últimas actividades de este año:
En Octubre realizamos nuestra última jornada clínica 2017, sobre “Psicoanálisis e Inmigración”. Siguiendo la perspectiva de la IARPP Chile de incorporar y hacer sentidos a los contextos en que se desenvuelve nuestra práctica clínica, dada no sólo la magnitud de los procesos de migración en nuestro país, sino la irrupción de las nociones de diferencia-inclusión, refugio político, diversidad cultural e interculturalidad es que hemos decidido interpelar y compartir reflexiones desde diversas aristas. La idea fue intentar mirar los procesos de migración a nivel mundial, pensar en el lugar que la clínica relacional ocupa la interculturalidad, y analizar críticamente cómo nos movemos en estos nuevos horizontes.
Francesca Colzani presentó su trabajo “Respuesta Coral al Documental ‘Persiguiendo Asilo’” presentado en la Conferencia Internacional de la IARPP en Sydney, como parte del Panel Invitado “De la Necesidad de Pronunciarse Ante la Injusticia”. Margarita Becerra presentó su trabajo titulado ¿Y el lugar de la cultura en psicoterapia? Construcción de alteridad y procesos de alterización en la clínica con quienes aparecen como tan distintos.” Y Germán Morales “Un des-conocido que sufre llama a tu puerta”: Psicoterapia relacional e interculturalidad.
Tambien tuvimos en octubre nuestra Asamblea General Ordinaria donde fue aprobada nuestra cuanta anual, correspondiente a nuestro primer año como directiva. Resumimos las actividades realizadas durante el año de los diversos grupos de trabajo, destacando el del comité editorial en la elabotración en curso del primer diccionario de psicoanalisis relacional. Ingresaron 22 nuevos miembros. Creamos y lanzamos nuestra nueva página web que están invitados a conocer en www.iarppchile.cl
Durante la reunión luego se reflexionó en conjunto acerca de la dificultad de lograr una participación más activa de los miembros, que si bien asisten con entusiasmo a las diversas actividades, se involucran/comprometen poco con la organización, pese a los llamados a integrarse a diversos comités (esta discusión surge desde lo difícil que resultó lograr el quórum para la asamblea general pese a que en su mayoría fueron poderes enviados por mail). Se habla de la identidad y pertenencia a IARPP Chile, la cual alberga a grupos diversos y heterogéneos, muchos de ellos con su propia identidad e historia previa; la falta de tiempo y el hecho de que esto es común a otras instituciones. Se sugieren distintas posibilidades para generar mayor participación. En este contexto, surge la idea de ofrecer instancias de formación, como supervisiones, talleres, seminarios dictados por miembros u otras instancias que pudieran contar con financiamiento de IARPP Chile, dirigidas a otros miembros. Se pensó en la alternativa de generar un sistema de fondos concursables y así motivar a hacer actividades a los miembros.
En Noviembre se auspició la realizaión de una Jornada Internacionas del CESCH “De Conceptos Relacionales, Teoría del Apego y Neurociencias en sexualidad” donde el invitado in ternacionesl fue el Dr. Mario Marrone y expusieron tambien Nicole Baumgartner, André Sassenfeld, y el Dr. Christian Thomas.
Actualmente estamos abocados a la planificación de nuestra fiesta de fin de año que se realizará en Enero.
Desde Chile les deseamos unas muy felices fiestas y un aun mejor 2018!!
María Eugenia Boetsch
Presidenta, IARPP-Chile
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