Female sexuality, from the earliest developmental stages to adulthood, has barely been touched upon in psychoanalytic theory, including self psychological theory. Dr. Rosenbaum raises questions that, if seriously considered, would radically change certain aspects of psychoanalytic theory, teaching, and practice, and would expand analytic inquiry to encompass a more comprehensive range of human potential beyond the cordoned-off territory bequeathed to us by our history and many of our greatest thinkers. The speaker aims to begin where both mainstream analytic and most feminist writing has left off, and will demonstrate that the same blind spot that has obscured essential features of female sexuality has also implicitly discouraged illumination of other areas of human experience that are of major psychological and existential significance. Emphasis will be placed on discussion of this topic in the context of self psychological and intersubjective theory.
Two Continuing Education Credits for NYS social workers, psychoanalysts, and psychologists.
Ruth Rosenbaum
Ruth Rosenbaum, PhD, LP, is a licensed psychoanalyst in private practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in New York City. She has worked with individuals and couples for over 30 years. She also conducts two private supervision/study groups that explore how a Post-Newtonian conceptual framework can deepen and enhance psychodynamic work, as well as a therapy group centered on the topic of “Sexuality and Spirituality.” Dr. Rosenbaum is an adjunct professor in the graduate Counseling and Clinical Psychology department at Columbia University’s Teachers College, and is on the faculty of NPAP (National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis) where she is also a supervisor and training analyst. She is on the Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed journal The Psychoanalytic Review. Dr. Rosenbaum has published and lectured on a variety of topics, including intersubjectivity, spirituality and psychotherapy, the integration of concepts from fields such as neuroscience, quantum physics, and psi phenomena with the process of change in psychotherapy, and has been an invited guest speaker at scientific conferences in Europe on topics such as “Consciousness and Quantum Physics” and “Contemporary Psychoanalysis and New Models of Consciousness”.
Aviva Rohde
Aviva Rohde, PhD, LP, Discussant, is a graduate of TRISP where she is a senior faculty member and supervisor. She is in private practice in New York City where she sees adults, adolescents, and couples. She is a supervisor at TRISP and NIP. In addition she is a co-author of Intersubjective Self Psychology: A Primer (Routledge, 2019).
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