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Presenter: Tony Frank
Topic: Forms of Accommodation
Date: Thursday evening 16th April
Time: 19h30 – 21h10
Where: hybrid: in person at the Newlands Athenaeum, and on Zoom

Free to all CTPSPG Members

We are delighted to have long-standing member and senior colleague, Tony Frank, presenting on Forms of accommodation in the dyad and their relevance in the consulting room.

This talk is an overview of forms of accommodation on a spectrum from productive to problematic. The focus is on accommodation in the consulting room. Some theory from Winnicott, Guntrip, Kohut, and Brandchaft is presented as helpful in understanding and addressing the struggles some of our clients have in this area. The struggles psychotherapists face in doing this work is also discussed.

As is our practice, sessions are not recorded, and we ask all members to uphold strict confidentiality regarding the case material shared during the presentation and discussion.

Tony has been in full-time private practice with adults since the mid-1980’s. Psychodynamics and psychoanalytic psychotherapy remain passionate areas of focus for him. He has been involved with the CTPSPG since its formation in the mid-80’s and has been a member for over 20 years. He has been a committed member since its early years, in the excitement of discovering Self Psychology in the 1990’s, and has enjoyed teaching Self Psychology to Clinical Masters students at UCT for many years. Tony has also been a member of the IAPSP since 2009.

We warmly encourage members who can attend in person to do so. Our library will be open, and it’s always a pleasure to reconnect socially. Please feel free to arrive a few minutes early to browse the collection and enjoy some snacks together.

Reading:

• Brandchaft, B. (2007). Systems of Pathological Accommodation and Change in Analysis. Psychoanal. Psychol., (24)(4):667-687