Multiplicities and the Development of the Self: Relationships, Construction of Knowing, and Cerebral Hemisphere Processing Related to Value Construction
Presented by
Errol Leifer, PhD, ABPP, ABN
Shelley Stokes, PhD
The San Joaquin Valley Psychological Association (SJVPA) invites you to attend a continuing education event presented by two preeminent psychologists discussing the development and pathology of the Self from psychoanalytic and neurobiological perspectives. Participants will gain further knowledge about why humans are in an unending struggle in how, why, and where a value perspective is emphasized as what is preferred to be true, and gain deeper knowledge about the multiplicity of the self and its implications for emotional stability, and sense of self-cohesiveness.
Objectives:
1. Participants will demonstrate increased understanding of the role of language in constructing and deconstructing knowledge.
2. Participants will describe how knowing is based on some form of interpreted processing of information.
3. Participants will compare how each hemisphere of the brain has its own inclinations in processing information and in creating different phenomenological emphases or realities of knowing.
4. Participants will discuss how the manner of Attending by each cerebral hemisphere creates multiplicities of knowing.
5. Participants will explain the dynamics and pervasiveness of the “fear of being real” and the accompanying loss of a sense of agency.
6. Participants will discuss and demonstrate how the impact of relational trauma and the associative and dissociative processes affect the maintenance of self-coherence.
7. Participants will describe the importance of connecting with deeper aspects of the self through internal reflection, dreams, creativity, imagination, and play.
8. Participants will discuss in application, the implications of the “normal” and the “pathological” multiplicity of the self in intimate relationships, and in psychotherapy.
About the Presenters:
Errol Leifer, PhD, ABPP, ABN received his doctoral degree from the University of Gorgia and completed his post-doctoral training at The Menninger Foundation studying psychoanalytic psychotherapy in both outpatient and inpatient settings. He is board certified in clinical psychology and neuropsychology. He taught for 27 years as an adjunct faculty member of the California School of Professional Psychology and has provided numerous presentations across many areas of psychological practice over the course of his career. He continues to work as a senior neuropsychologist at Valley Children's Hospital.
Shelley Stokes, PhD, received his doctoral degree from Michigan State University and completed his post-doctoral training at UCSD with the comparative human cognition laboratory. He was the coordinator of psychological services for Spokane Community Mental Health. He is a past director of psychological services at the California School of Professional Psychology in Fresno. He is certified in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from the Masterson Institute where he has also been a lecturer and supervisor. He has written multiple books, and provided multiple presentations, on the development and pathology of the self.
Special Promotional Offer from SJVPA
For anyone who is not a member of SJVPA and attends this CE event, SJVPA will provide a complimentary 1 year membership (an $80 value). This will allow you to receive all the benefits of being a SJVPA member for 1 year, which includes significant discounts on CE events, voting privileges, and the opportunity to serve on committees. Please see Jason Christopherson, PsyD, ABPP at the event or contact him at jason.christopherson@ascendbh.com for any questions regarding membership and SJVPA. This opportunity represents a significant discount on the event.
Location
This event is being co-sponsored by Sierra Meadows Behavioral Health who is providing the venue location at their facility in central Fresno on Fir (one block north of Herndon), between Cedar and Maple. The facility is located at 1781 E. Fir Suite 102, Fresno, CA 93720. See map below for directions.
Continuing Education: Six (6) continuing education credits provided by the Sullivan Center for Children, an authorized provider of continuing education credit through the American Psychological Association (APA). APA-sponsored continuing education credit is approved for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs.
The Sullivan Center for Children is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Sullivan Center for Children maintains responsibility
For questions, comments, or concerns regarding Sullivan Center for Children CE program content, material, registration, or any related manners, please contact our Continuing Education Program Coordinator Alicia Houts, PhD, at (559) 271-1186
*Important Notice: Please note that APA guidelines require that we only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the start time, or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credits. No partial credit will be awarded.