taylor zimmerman (presenter)

Laurie Raymond, M.D. (Discussant)

ZOOM CONFERENCE (LINK SENT AFTER REGISTRATION)

When: Saturday, Februar 15th, 2024 from 12:00 PM—2:00 PM

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ABOUT THIS EVENT

In his essay, “Playing Mothers,” Adam Phillips describes two temptations for the psychotherapist. On one hand, the therapist is tempted to be a caricature, to “play mother” by attempting to contain all of the patient’s negative affect and transform it—assuming absolute knowledge of, and responsibility for, the patient. On the other hand, the therapist is tempted to be “the willing victim of an open transference” and to retreat into a withdrawn, quasi-exploratory stance—assuming absolute skepticism about the patient and leaving them alone in their suffering. The temptation is to be a soothing guru or a blank page, both positions of distance. This case presentation explores these dual temptations for the therapist in the treatment of a hypervigilant narcissistic patient who is experienced as both fragile and provocative, tempting the therapist to either soothe or withdraw. This case will primarily focus on the analytic field including the fantasies the patient has about the therapist (and vice versa), the role of the patient’s psychosexuality in the transference, and the 'working through' of enactments related to love, hate, and knowledge. Issues of sexuality, gender, and spirituality will be of particular concern.

ABOUT TAYLOR ZIMMERMAN

Taylor Zimmerman is a Kentucky Licensed Pastoral Counselor in private practice in Lexington, Kentucky. He received his MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary as well as his MA in Social Science and MA in Philosophy of Religion from The University of Chicago. He is currently in the Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program at the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute. His clinical work focuses on psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches to treatment with particular attention to issues of religion and spirituality as they emerge in the therapeutic work. 

ABOUT LAURIE RAYMOND, M.D.

Laurie Raymond, M.D. is an adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who moved to Lexington, KY, seven years ago. She completed child and adult psychiatry as well as adult psychoanalytic training in Boston, MA, where she had a private practice for 34 years.  She served for fifteen years (1998-2013) as Director of Advising Resources at Harvard Medical School, working with two education specialists to assist medical, dental, and biology graduate students with performance problems.  She teaches PGY3 and PGY4 University of Kentucky psychiatry residents in psychotherapy case consultation and supervises psychiatrists, social workers, and licensed mental health counselors in private practice.