Lectures & Formal Presentations
Mark D.
Smaller, PhD.
633 S. Plymouth Ct
Suite 705
Chicago, IL 60605
312 447 0605 (w)
Email:
msmaller@aol.com
Website:
www.markdsmaller.com
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Dr. Smaller at 2002 25th Annual Conference on the Psychology of the Self
"Throwing Away the Toys: Psychoanalysis, PLAY, and
Architecture." Invited speaker, University of Texas School of
Architecture ConferenceOn Psychoanalysis and Architecture.
April, Austin. "The Long-Term Impact of Brief Treatment with
Children." Guest Speaker,
Department of Social Work, Children's Memorial Hospital March, Chicago
"Still Humbled After All These Years: A Neuro-Psychoanalysis
Perspective on
Transference."
Presentation to PINC Conference: "Crossing the Synopsis: An
Introduction to Neuro-Psychoanalysis." January, San
Francisco
"We Were All Once Children: How Child Analysis Informs
Adult Treatment;
Ongoing Pre-Conference Workshop, 29th Annual
International Self Psychology
Conference, Chicago, Il
“Playing for Keeps:'
How Neuro-Psychoanalysis Impacts Adult and Child
And Child Treatment." Presentation to the Psychoanalytic
Institute of Northern California (PINC); Seminar, "Crossing the
Synopsis: An Introduction to Neuro-Psychoanalysis, October, San
Francisco.
"Loving to Play and Playing to Love:" A Neuro-Psychoanalytic
Perspective on
Attachment and Object Relations in the Clinical Process.
6th Annual International Neuro-Psychoanalytic Congress, Pasadena, CA.
"Truth and Reconciliation in American:
Lessons from South Africa."
Invited
Panelist, NAACP Annual Convention, July, Milwaukee, WI
"Cutting and Self Mutilation: A Self Psychological
Perspective." Invited
Speaker Community Care Options; November, Countryside,
Ilinois.
"'Angels in Chicago:' The Diagnosis of Cancer and the
Re-Organization of the Self." Invited Speaker: 4th Annual Conference,
Department of Psycho Oncology Swedish Hospital. November, Seattle
Washington.
"Stabilizing the Self Through Violence." Presentation to
Division Of Psychoanalysis
(39) American Psychological Association 24th Annual Spring Meeting,
March 2004, Miami Beach.
"Helplessness and Hopelessness in the Middle East."
Invited Speaker, Congregation Beth Or, February, Deerfield, Illinois.
"Long Term and Profound Impact of Brief Treatment: A Self
Psychological View." Presentation to Department of Social Work,
University of Chicago Hospitals, November, Chicago.
"Terrorism: A Self Psychological Perspective." Moderator
of Panel Presentation; 26th Annual International Self Psychology
Conference; November, Chicago.
"We Were All Once Children: How Child Analysis Informs
Adult
Treatment." Presented at 26th Annual International Self
Psychology Conference;
November, Chicago.
"The Self Psychology of Brief Treatment."
Invited Speaker, Grand Prairie Services, October, Chicago
Heights.
"Self Psychology: An Introduction." Three day workshop,
Senior Clinician of the Year Presentation, Illinois Family Care, June,
Chicago.
"Helplessness, Hopelessness and Survival: A Self
Psychological View Aggression in the Consulting Room and Beyond."
Presentation to Division Of
Psychoanalysis (39) American Psychological Association 23rd
Annual Spring Meeting, April 2003, Minneapolis.
2002:
"Long Term Effects of Brief Treatment: A Psychoanalytic
Perspective." Latino
Family Institute National Conference, October, 2002, Chicago
"What Facilitates or Impedes Gender Development? A Case
Study of a Thirteen Year
Girl In Analysis." Invited Plenary Speaker, 25th Annual International
Self Psychology Conference, October, 2002, Washington, D.C.
"Self Maintenance and Harm: Treating the Addicted
Adolescent." Presentation to the Association for Adolescent Psychiatry
Annual Meeting, Chicago, March.
"The Future of Child Analysis." Presentation to the National Federation of
Clinical Social Work, Committee on Psychoanalysis,
Biennial Conference, Chicago, March 2002
"Transforming a Professional Self: Integrating Social
Work and Psychoanalytic
Education."
Invited Panelist, Presidential Symposium, American Psychoanalytic
Association Annual Fall Meeting, December 2001, New
York.)
"Working with Adolescents: A Time for Reconsideration."
Presented at
the 24th Annual
Self Psychology Conference, San Francisco, November 2001
"Advanced Course
in Self Psychology." Two-day Workshop, Texas Society for Clinical Social
Work Annual Conference, San Antonio, September, 2000
Master Class Presenter, 23rd Annual International Self
Psychology
Conference, Chicago, November, 2000
"Parenting: The Impossible Profession." Presented at the 22nd International
Annual Self Psychology Conference, Toronto, November 1999
1998:
"The Development of Through the Integration of Sexual and
Aggressive Aspects of the
Self." Presented at the 21st Annual Self Psychology Conference, San
Diego, November, 1998
"The Self Psychology Of Child Analysis." Presented at
20th Annual Self
Psychology Conference, Chicago, November, 1997.
"The Psychoanalyst In The Community: Role, Responsibility
And Reward." Presented To
Research Meeting, Faculty, Institute For Psychoanalysis, January, 1996
Hanging Together Or Hanging Separately: Social Work
Stress-Related Problems And Solutions: A Psychoanalytic Perspective."
Keynote Address: Chicago Public School Social Workers Annual Conference,
June, 1995.
"The Self Psychology Of Child Analysis: Transformation Of
The Selfobject." Presented To Hampstead Study Group, London, England,
July, 1995.
"Transforming Therapeutic Disasters Into Treatment
Opportunities." Keynote Speaker: Indianapolis Psychotherapy Institute,
April, 1994.
"Mental Disorders Of The '90s. Treating the Severely
Troubled Patient." Keynote Speaker: 1993 Conference Indiana University,
South Bend, Counseling And Human Service Program, March 1993.
"Engaging the Severely Troubled Patient: A Psychoanalytic
Approach." Keynote Speaker: Indianapolis Psychotherapy
Institute, February,
1993.
1992:
"Engaging Resistance: Treating the Severely Reluctant
Patient." Two-day
Seminar In Houston/Austin, Texas; Texas Society for
Clinical Social Work, March 1992.
"Facilitating The Treatment Process Through Resistance."
Invited Speaker, Texas Social Work Certification Conference, March,
Austin, Texas.
"Gender and Self Development: Clinical Implications."
Keynote
Speaker, Annual Spring Meeting, 1991, Illinois Society
for Clinical Social Work,
Chicago, Illinois.
"The Psychoanalytic Treatment Of Psychosis." I-CAPP Post
Masters Program, San Antonio.
"Facilitating the Treatment Process Through Resistance."
Invited Guest
Speaker, Leyden Mental Health Center, November.
"When the Patient Wants Relief and the Therapist Wants to
Interpret." Invited Speaker: Annual Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Conference, Institute for Psychoanalysis, October.
"Negative Reactions to Feeling Good: Psychoanalytic
Treatment of
Psychosis." Invited Speaker; Annual Spring Meeting,
Illinois Society for
Clinical Social Work.
"Newborn as a
Transference Object." Presented to 1987 Annual Winter Meeting, American
Academy Of Psychoanalysis, Scottsdale, Arizona.
"The Newborn as a Transference Object." Invited Speaker;
Annual
Spring Meeting 1987, Illinois Society for Clinical Social
Work;
"Tension Amidst Professional Commitment: Social Workers
Perceptions and
Attitudes Toward Private Practice." Paper Presented At
NASW Third Annual
Symposium, October 1984, Chicago, Illinois.
"Attitudes Toward Private Practice." Invited Speaker,
Social Work in
1984 - - SSA Alumni Association 25th Anniversary
Conference, University Of
Chicago , Chicago, Illinois.
"The Psychotherapist's Ambivalence to Treatment and Its
Effect Upon Treatment Outcomes." Presented to Illinois Society for
Clinical Social Work Annual Spring Meeting, 1981, Chicago, Illinois.
To discuss any of these presentations, please contact Mark D. Smaller, Ph.D. at the above email or telephone number.