What motivates us, what makes us human? What makes us crave an intelligent machine and what then becomes of the creator and the created?  Where is the “Deus” in Ex Machina?  Bring your philosophical, psychoanalytic and moral questions to the process of fleshing out of the symbolic layers and possible meanings of this film. Please

Prospective Student Info Sessions at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis are an excellent opportunity to see the School and learn about the BGSP experience, academic programs, modern psychoanalytic training, career options, the admissions process, financial aid, and much more. Adult learners are welcome and often find that BGSP can advance or enhance their careers. Location

Working With Negative Feelings: Transference and Countertransference in Clinical Settings Feelings, such as anger, envy, hopelessness, fear and disgust, are part of being human and often present the biggest challenge in working with patients, family members, colleagues or institutions.  This is especially true for frontline mental health workers who work with complicated and often difficult cases.   A

Part of the Working With Addictions Series Using Music to Explore Theoretical Concepts in Addiction Treatment.    Saturday, October 31, 2015     |     10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Music has the ability to resonate with our strongest feelings and impulses.  It will be used in this workshop as a tool for clinicians to enhance

Part of the “Good-enough” Parenting Series:  Overcoming the Emotional Obstacles 3 workshops on confronting the challenges of child-rearing Conflicts, contradictions, frustrations—is parenting an impossible undertaking?  We will discuss how to identify and overcome the emotional obstacles that parents encounter—in themselves, their children, and other parties—in their attempts to create and launch a new person.  A

Please join us for our Webinar on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 11:00 am EST You will learn: What kinds of degrees BGSP offers, and what kinds of careers they prepare you for The high expected growth rate of those careers That BGSP programs teach how unconscious forces shape human behavior, and that this understanding

Prospective Student Info Sessions at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis are an excellent opportunity to see the School and learn about the BGSP experience, academic programs, modern psychoanalytic training, career options, the admissions process, financial aid, and much more. Adult learners are welcome and often find that BGSP can advance or enhance their careers. Location

Part of the Working With Addictions Series The Use of Self-Help Groups in Work with Addicts. Saturday, October 24, 2015   |   10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Addiction clinicians generally agree that self-help groups can be an important component of treatment.  It is essential, however, that the therapist considers how and when to discuss

Part of the Working With Addictions Series The Addict's Family:  What Do We Do? Saturday, October 17, 2015 | 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon The addict's recurrent, at times chaotic or dangerous behavior, arouses powerful impulses and feelings in family members.  This event is for parents, partners, friends and clinicians, to discuss their reactions and possible

Part of the “Good-enough” Parenting Series:  Overcoming the Emotional Obstacles 3 workshops on confronting the challenges of child-rearing Conflicts, contradictions, frustrations—is parenting an impossible undertaking?  We will discuss how to identify and overcome the emotional obstacles that parents encounter—in themselves, their children, and other parties—in their attempts to create and launch a new person.  A