Analysis and Creative Writing: A Psychoanalytic Scientific Presentation

On Friday October 17, the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center will host a scientific presentation geared toward mental health clinicians, creative writers and readers of fiction alike. The speaker, Fred L. Griffin, M.D. — Training and Supervising Analyst with the NOBPC and Director of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alabama School of Medicine– will discuss how his creation of a work of autobiographical fiction led to expanded self-understanding through the therapeutic process of writing. He will discuss how others may use this technique for both personal and professional/clinical purposes to process emotional trauma creatively. Dr. Griffin has a private practice in... [read full story]