For the Community
PAUL A. DEWALD, MD LECTURE
Co-sponsored by the VOICES Project at Saint Louis University
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ROOTS OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
Dr. James Gilligan
As the featured speaker for the March 6th, 2008 Paul A. Dewald MD Lecture, Dr. James Gilligan represents the Saint Louis Psychoanalytic Institute's commitment to the exploration of therapeutic issues vital to the health and well-being of our community. Dr. Gilligan's research and work in violence prevention have made a considerable impact. His program designs for violence prevention in prisons are not only ground-breaking, but they are world-renowned... For more information, please see the front page article about Dr. Gilligan in the January 2008 issue of the Connections newsletter.
Thursday, March 6
7:00-9:00 pm
St. Louis Room #300
Busch Student Center, 2nd floor
St. Louis University
20 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
Fee: General admission: $10
Students with valid school ID: $2 at door, and free advanced registration online at www.stlpi.org with valid student email.
SOPRANOS: NARCISSISM AND VIOLENCE
Andrew Chirchirillo, PhD
As a follow-up to this year-Dewald Lecture Series, vignettes from TV show “The Sopranos" will serve to demonstrate Dr. James Gilligan's ideas on the relationship between narcissistic injury and violence in the community.
Objective: Participants will learn how injuries to self-esteem act as triggers to violent acts and gain an understanding of the psychodynamics of shame and guilt in relationship to the expression of aggression.
Wednesday, March 26
7:30-9:00 pm
Institute Classroom A
Fee: $25
CELLULOID COUCH
FILMS AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
A Spring 2008 film series presented in collaboration with the Webster Film Series:
May 8, 2008
THREE Mothers
Sylvia Ginsparg, PhD
May 15, 2008
Pan's Labyrinth
Jacqueline Langley, PhD
May 22, 2008
Bourne Identity
M. Ann Simmons, PhD, MSW
7:30 pm
Winifred Moore Auditorium
Webster University
460 E. Lockwood
Webster, MO 63119
Fee: $6 General Admission at the door, $4 advanced tickets