DEPRESSION AND THE DEPRESSIVE POSITION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: THEORETICAL AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Benedetta D’Intino Foundation and Centre International Conference
Friday, October 2nd 2020, Milan
Centro Congressi FAST, Piazzale Rodolfo Morandi 2, 20121 Milano
Ryan Spring Dooley, In the nursery, 2018, private collection
DEPRESSION AND THE DEPRESSIVE POSITION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: THEORETICAL AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Provisional Program
Morning
8.30 Registration and distribution of headsets for the simultaneous interpretation service Chair
Francesco Barale
9.15
Welcome and Introduction by Sara Micotti
9.30-10.30
Depression in neuropsychoanalysis Presenter: Mark Solms
10.30-11.15
Depression before speech Presenter: Chiara Cattelan
11.15-12.00
Negative Capability and the capacity to play Presenter: Antonino Ferro
12.00-13.00
Roundtable and audience discussion, introduction by Francesco Barale
13.00-13.45 Light lunch
Afternoon
13.45 – 15.00
Parallel case presentations and discussions
15.00-15.30 Coffee-tea break
Chair
Rosa Spagnolo
15.30 – 16.30
Primary depression and movements towards the depressive position (Video-presentation) Presenter: Serge Sanchez
16.30 – 17.15
From schizoid withdrawal to the capacity to “dream”. An analytic journey through the Jurassic of the mind
Presenter: Massimo Vigna Taglianti
17.15-18.00
Roundtable and audience discussion, introduction by Rosa Spagnolo
18.00
Conference Closing
18.00–18.30
ECM test (Italian participants only)
Parallel Workshops 13.45-15.00 Parallel-track case presentations and discussions:
1) Feelings of depression in migrant mothers and children Presenters: Ida Finzi; Federica Stortoni
Chair: Barbara Valli
2) Beyond the techniques of medically-assisted procreation (MAP). Silent suffering and early
psychotherapeutic intervention
Presenters: Giovanni Marchitelli; Ausilia Sparano, Chair: Diana Norsa
3) The structuring of psychosomatic disorders: traumatic events experienced by child and parents Presenters: Rosa D’Agostino; Valeria Ladino Corina
Chiar: Fiamma Buranelli
4) Feelings of depression in children and young teens with SLD Presenters: Andrea Clarici; Ilaria Dufour
Chair: Emanuela Maggioni
5) When a secure base has been missing. The Resurgence of child depression during adolescence Presenters: Antonella Anichini and Pia Massaglia; Monica Bomba
Chair: Anna Scansani
Workshop format:
Each workshop will comprise of
• Two case presentations of 20 minutes each
• An Introduction and discussion of 35 minutes
Introduction to the meeting by Sara Micotti
The conference aims to explore depression in young children by bringing two different disciplines into conversation: affective neuroscience and psychoanalysis. Internationally experienced researchers and clinicians will discuss what occurs when “the secure base” suffers upsets, disruptions and tensions from the beginning of life and how the tools of research, observation, listening, play and words can help children and parents.
During our plenary sessions and parallel clinical workshops, we will discuss the following questions: Can “le mal de vivre” affect us from earliest childhood? Can young children experience de-pression, namely, the collapse of their vital instincts, particularly of the seeking system which is integral to the human urge to explore the unknown?
Integrating sadness and vitality is a crucial phase of psychic maturation. In psychoanalytic terms, we refer to it as the movement towards the “depressive position”. How can unprocessed, shapeless and nameless terrors experienced at sensory level be transformed through the therapeutic relationship? What role is played by therapists at work with patients and carers in capturing the phenomena of the field that come to life in the meeting of minds during the session? Let us think of a way of working that arises from the idea (or what Keats and Bion called negative capability) that much of both the external and internal world escapes our immediate understanding. Today, we will
focus on therapeutic work that expands the psychic container and develops the capacity to play and dream as well as a feeling of aliveness.
Doctors, psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, pediatricians and other childcare professionals will have the opportunity to meet and discuss treatment tools and explore a radically intersubjective vision of how the psyche is born and how psychoanalysis works.
Scientific Committee
Federica Bono, Fiamma Buranelli, Ilaria Dufour, Rita Giorgiutti, Valeria Ladino, Emanuela Maggioni, Sara Micotti, Sandra Piperno, Rosa Spagnolo
Organizing Committee
Alice Cannone, Marta Falsirollo, Rosamaria Ferrante, Roberta Pozzi
Participation
Participation in the Study Day is open to educators, speech therapists, doctors, psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychomotor therapists, and psychotherapists. 200 places are available.
Cost: € 120 (including Italian VAT) until 1st July, 2020
Cost: € 160 (including Italian VAT) after 1st July, 2020
Undergraduate and postgraduate students under 30 years: € 40.00 (including Italian VAT)
Registration and payment methods
Send the registration form together with the copy of the bank transfer receipt by email to infocbdi@benedettadintino.it . The payment must be made by bank transfer to Banca Prossima 05000 Milan branch Beneficiary: Fondazione Benedetta D’Intino IBAN code: IT86 C033 5901 600 10000 0019 714 Reason: name + surname * day study 02/10/2020 (*indicate name and surname of the member)
Cancellation/Refund Policy:
50% of the registration fee will be refunded if notice of withdrawal is received from registrant on or before August 31, 2020. Please send notice of withdrawal via email to: Marta Falsirollo: formazione@benedettadintino.it
No refunds after 1st September, 2020
For further details and registration please contact:
info@benedettadintino.it
www.benedettadintino.it
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