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The Sexual Drive for Power – The Passion for Ever More

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Registration will Open September 12, 2025

What do the sexual and other drives, psychic trauma, addictive behaviour and creativity have in common? What do the human drives and narcissism have to do with the scientific, technical and industrial revolutions and with our present day environmental, societal and political crises? These are among the questions to be addressed during this presentation.

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Learning Objectives:

At the end of this two-hour course, you will be able to:
1. Explain the role of human drives and narcissism in the contemporary crises assailing humankind.
2. Identify the mechanism of allostasis as a possible central feature and link between such topics as the sexual drive, the drive for mastery and the quest for omnipotence.
3. Discuss the difference between mastery, control and power in the relationship with other humans and the environment.

Preparatory Readings:

Freud, S, (1905) Three Essays on Sexual Theory. Standard Edition, vol. VII, London, The Institute of Psychoanalysis, p. 125-245.

Freud, S. (1914) On Narcissism: An Introduction. The Standard Edition, Volume XIV, p. 67-102.

Freud, S. (1930). Civilization and its Discontents. The Standard Edition, Volume XXI, 57-146.

Scarfone, D. (2021) Trauma, Subjectivity and Subjectality, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 81, p. 214–236.

Scarfone, D. (2023) The Reality of the Message: Psychoanalysis in the wake of Jean Laplanche (In conversation with Avgi Saketopoulou), New York: The Unconscious in Translation.


REGISTRATION:

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Registration questions: may be directed to Alicia Wein-Senghas at aspsychotherapy@gmail.com.
Payment questions may be directed to Kathy Schlageter at Kathy@KSchlageterpsyd.com.
Conference inquiries may be directed to Georgia DeGangi, Ph.D. at gdegangi@gmail.com.

Fee Schedule:

VAPS Member                                 $50                                                                                                  

Non-Member                                    $55                                                      

Student                                             $20 

 

SCHOLARSHIP SLOTS:

VAPS has received a local chapters small grant award from Section IV: Local Chapters, a section of Division 39 of the APA that will fund up to twenty scholarship slots for mental health professionals working in high risk settings.  Please contact Georgia DeGangi, Ph.D. at gdegangi@gmail.com for an application to be considered for one of these awards.

 

Cancellation Policy: No refunds after September 20, 2025


Continuing Education Credits:

2 Continuing education credits are available for Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychoanalysts, Analysts, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors for each of the short workshops if attended in their entirety. Upon participant’s completion of the program evaluation for each workshop, a corresponding certificate of completion will be issued.

VAPS and SPPP (Division 39) are committed to accessibility and nondiscrimination in CE activities and will conduct all activities in conformity with the APA’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. If participants have special needs, reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns, and any complaints to Georgia DeGangi, Ph.D. at gdegangi@gmail.com.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to take breaks as needed and process these feelings during discussion periods. There is no commercial support for either program or any relationship between the CE sponsor, presenting organization, and presenter that could reasonably be considered a conflict of interest.

Participants will be informed of the utility/validity of the content/approach discussed (including the basis for the statements about validity/utility), as well as the limitations of the approach and most common (and severe) risks, if any, associated with the program’s content.


VAPS a local chapter of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39): Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (SPPP) of the American Psychological Association (APA).

SPPP (Division 39) is approved by the APA to sponsor continuing education (CE) for psychologists. SPPP (Division 39) maintains responsibility for the program and its content.

Date and Time

Saturday, November 22, 2025, 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM

Event Contact(s)

Alicia Wein-Senghas
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Georgia A DeGangi
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Katherine Schlageter
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Category

Short Course

Registration Info

Registration is required
Payment In Full In Advance Only
Registration cancellations will be accepted until Friday, November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Cancellation Policy:
Refunds will not be given after November 14th.

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