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Article Announcements by Elizabeth F. Howell<\/strong> & Sheldon Itzkowitz<\/strong> (USA)<\/p>\n

Elizabeth F. Howell, Ph.D. & Sheldon Itzkowitz, Ph.D. ABPP<\/strong> were Guest Editors for Contemporary Psychoanalysis,<\/em> 54<\/em>(1), 2018, a special issue focused upon \u201cPsychopathy and Human Evil.\u201d<\/u><\/p>\n

Outsiders to Love: The Psychopathic Character and Dilemma<\/h2>\n

Elizabeth Howell<\/strong>, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Contemporary Psychoanalysis <\/em>(2018), 54<\/em>(1):17-39.<\/p>\n

This article describes key characteristics of psychopaths. Their dangerousness stems not only from the unexpected deceit in a world that generally runs on trust, but also from the\u00a0psychopath’s ability to tap into and intermesh with peoples’ dissociated need,\u00a0greed, fears, and\u00a0sadism. Psychopathic\u00a0character\u00a0is understood in terms of a dissociative\u00a0structure\u00a0of interlocking self-states in which a ruthless instrumentality is\u00a0dominant\u00a0and in which there is a severe dissociation\u00a0of\u00a0attachment\u00a0need. The\u00a0character\u00a0problem and dilemma originates in the experience of\u00a0being\u00a0an outsider to love, outside the fabric of the social order and emotional world shared by others. The envy of the emotional bonding that others have drives them to seek to destroy it in others. It is argued that although it is human to have some characteristics of evil,\u00a0sadism, and\u00a0psychopathy, psychopaths themselves fit into a taxon, a category. The dangerous possibility of\u00a0psychopathy as an incipient social\u00a0ego ideal\u00a0is discussed.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00107530.2017.1420318<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Psychopathy and Human Evil: An Overview<\/h2>\n

Sheldon Itzkowitz,<\/strong> Ph.D., ABPP<\/p>\n

Contemporary Psychoanalysis <\/em>(2018), 54<\/em>(1):40-63.<\/p>\n

The term \u201cpsychopath\u201d usually conjures images of serial killers or acts of genocide. Less frequently considered are those who are intelligent enough to avoid detection by the criminal justice system while hiding in the boardrooms of corporations or lurking in the halls of government institutions. This article provides an overview of\u00a0psychopathy\u00a0and human evil by exploring the\u00a0personality\u00a0characteristics, organization, and cognitive style of the\u00a0psychopath, the role of\u00a0superego\u00a0pathology, contributions from the field of\u00a0attachment, and ways in which\u00a0dissociation\u00a0plays a role in\u00a0psychopathy\u00a0and the potential for confusing this with the dissociative structuring of the mind. The article closes with a brief discussion about \u201ccorporate\u201d or \u201csuccessful psychopaths\u201d and how they have a negative impact on\u00a0culture\u00a0and\u00a0society.<\/p>\n


\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00107530.2017.1418557<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

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Presentation Announcements<\/h2>\n

by Elizabeth F. Howell<\/strong> & Sheldon Itzkowitz<\/strong> (USA)<\/p>\n

Sheldon Itzkowitz, Ph.D. ABPP presented \u201cInterpersonal-Relational Approach to Working with Critical and Aggressive Dissociated Self-States<\/strong>\u201d at the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation\u2019s Regional Conference on Relational Healing of Complex Trauma and Dissociation: Psychoanalytic and Integrationist Perspectives, NYC, October 5, 2018.<\/p>\n

An extremely dissociated patient who suffered early childhood trauma and, later on, war-related trauma will be presented. The etiology of critical and aggressive protector\/perpetrator self-states, how they arose and how they appeared in sessions and in the patient\u2019s dreams will be addressed. Concepts regarding the development of this kind of dissociative structure will also be explored. Verbatim session transcripts will show how Dr. Itzkowitz works with critical and aggressive protector\/perpetrator self-states from an interpersonal-relational psychoanalytic perspective.<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth F. Howell, Ph.D. presented \u201cThe Self-Critical Conundrum: Reframing Harsh, Pathological Superego in terms of Dissociation and Attachment<\/strong>\u201d at the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation\u2019s Regional Conference on Relational Healing of Complex Trauma and Dissociation: Psychoanalytic and Integrationist Perspectives, NYC, October 5, 2018.<\/p>\n

Although psychoanalytic theory has not provided a clear conceptual basis for this approach, clinicians often work intuitively with internal criticism or \u201csuperego” as if it were a dissociated persecutory self-state. I suggest that it may be just this \u2013 that the harsh superego may be best understood as an elaboration of a posttraumatic dissociative structure, arising in the context of disrupted attachment, rather than as an outcome of the Oedipal crisis. Freud\u2019s 1917 essay, Mourning and Melancholia<\/em>, describes harsh self-criticism in terms of two dissociated parts of the personality, arising from traumatic attachment loss, and functioning as an intra-personal struggle and implicit dialogue between these dissociated parts. This proposed reframing suggests another structural model.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Sheldon Itzkowitz, Ph.D. ABPP<\/strong>
\nPsychologist Psychoanalyst
\n295 Central Park West
\nNew York, N.Y. 10024
\nwww.sheldonitzkowitzphd.com<\/a>
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\"\"<\/a>Elizabeth F. Howell, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\n280 Park Avenue South, 12H
\nNew York, NY 10010
\nwww.elizabethhowellphd.com\/<\/a>
\nEmail Elizabeth Howell<\/a>
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