Scientific Meeting | Saturday January 24, 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Topic: Graduate Society Scientific Meeting

Vicissitudes of Interpretation

In this presentation Dr. Reis asserts interpretation is called upon to do far too much explanatory work in psychoanalysis and that it is accorded a variety of meanings. Moreover, it is employed for varied uses, often simultaneously, making it hard to know what analysts mean when referring to an “interpretation”, and what uses they intend for it. Without doing away with the most valuable conception of interpretation he also observes how every interpretation is at once also a concealment, every inscription a negation, every representation a representation of something unrepresentable. Despite this, the concept of interpretation, even if theoretically unsupportable in large measure, retains its clinical utility.

Event Location

Scientific Meeting | Saturday January 24, 2:00PM - 4:00PM

About the Event.

In this presentation Dr. Reis asserts interpretation is called upon to do far too much explanatory work in psychoanalysis and that it is accorded a variety of meanings. Moreover, it is employed for varied uses, often simultaneously, making it hard to know what analysts mean when referring to an “interpretation”, and what uses they intend for it. Without doing away with the most valuable conception of interpretation he also observes how every interpretation is at once also a concealment, every inscription a negation, every representation a representation of something unrepresentable. Despite this, the concept of interpretation, even if theoretically unsupportable in large measure, retains its clinical utility.

About Our Speaker.

Bruce Reis, Ph.D., FIPA, BCPsa

Bruce Reis, Ph.D., FIPA, BCPsa, is a Training and Supervising Analyst and Faculty Member at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, New York; an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Consultant in the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; and a member of the Boston Change Process Study Group. He is a regular presenter at the American and International conferences and an invited speaker in Europe, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Mexico.  Dr. Reis is Regional North American Editor for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and has previously served on the editorial boards of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, and Psychoanalytic Dialogues. He is the author of Creative Repetition and Intersubjectivity (2020) Routledge Press and has contributed over 40 published articles and numerous and book chapters. In 2026 he will be a visiting scholar at PINC in San Francisco.

Learning Objectives.

As a result of participating in this presentation:

  • Participants will be able to demonstrate the features of the "First Approach" to Interpretation.
  • Participants will be able to demonstrate the features of the "Second Approach" to Interpretation.

CME/ CE Statement.

ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Psychoanalytic Association of New York. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement 
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support. 

Psychoanalytic Association of New York (affiliated with NYU Grossman School of Medicine) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0112.

Psychoanalytic Association of New York, affiliated with NYU School of Medicine is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0124.

Psychoanalytic Association of New York is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P0064.

Psychoanalytic Association of New York is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0304.

CME/ CE Credits Available: 2

Citations.

Cooper, S.H. (2021). Donald Winnicott and Stephen Mitchell’s developmen-
tal tilt hypothesis reconsidered. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 21:355–370.
Reis, B. (2020). Creative Repetition and Intersubjectivity. New York:
Routledge.
MAWson, C. (2019). Psychoanalysis and Anxiety: From Knowing to Being.
New York: Routledge.

How to Prepare.

Zoom Videoconference link will be provided closer to the date of the event!

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