Schedule
Friday Evening: (The Solis-Cohen Auditorium, Jefferson Alumni Hall, 1020 Locust Street)
7-10 PM Nathanson and Kelly Review of Affect and Script Theory
An intense and thorough review of affect theory and script theory.
Saturday: (The Van Pelt Auditorium of The Philadelphia Museum of Art)
7:30-8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Kelly Welcome and Introduction to Morning Presentation
8:15-9:45 Nathanson What Determines the Duration of Effective Therapy?
Using the Affect Pattern Chart to help determine the scripts involved in
a patient's presentation of self, Dr. Nathanson will discuss each of the
well-known systems of brief psychotherapy in terms of affect/script theory
and suggest some new approaches.
9:45-10:00 Questions from Audience
10:00-10:15 S N A C K B R E A K
10:15-11:45 Nathanson Transference and Countertransference as Patterns of
Affective Interaction
The emotional attitude that characterizes our interactions with anybody
is actually a script: a pattern of affect modulation developed in the
context of previous relationships and affective experiences—one that
limits our freedom to deal with novel situations and new relationships.
11:45-12:00 Questions from Audience
12-1 L U N C H (lunch meeting of Study Group Leaders, chaired by Dr. Kelly)
1-3 Afternoon Workshops
A Kelly The Redefinition of Intimacy
Review of the Tomkins-Kelly postulates for intimacy, with description of
conditions and personality constellations that limit or prevent interpersonal
closeness.
B Hill Gays and Lesbians in Therapy: Special Issues
As if it were not difficult enough to grow up feeling "different," issues of
secrecy, stigma, and illness oscillate between private concern and public
political action. Discussion will feature the affects and scripts important
to this cohort.
C Deppe Religion in Psychotherapy
Too often ignored as peripheral to therapeutic interests, the religious beliefs
of people in therapy must be handled with grace both for their symbolic
significance and their place in a system of nurturance.
D Wright Eliciting Images in Psychotherapy
The ease with which untrained adults can use drawing to convey affective
information fosters a new kind of communication between patient and therapist,
especially when training, trauma, or terror has stilled the conventional
language of emotion.
E Hite Affect, Scripts, and Organizational Management
Much attention has been drawn to mental models in the study of organization
management, yet all such models and all organizations are based on affect
management scripts that if understood can be altered more easily.
3-3:30 S N A C K B R E A K
3:30-5 The First Annual Michael Franz Basch Memorial Lecture
Carol Basch, Psy.D. Presentation of Award
Leigh McCullough Vaillant Affect & Script in Brief Psychotherapy
Dinner: Annual Meeting of the Membership (The Pyramid Club)
Sunday: (The Van Pelt Auditorium of the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
7:45-8:15 Continental Breakfast
8:15-8:30 Novak Introduction to Sunday Program
8:30-10:00 McShane Affect, The Engine of Politics: Scripts, Ideology,
and the Tomkins Polarity Scale
Tomkins was fascinated by what he called the "psychology of knowledge," the affects
and attitudes linked as the ideology for what each of us "knows" and believes; his
Polarity Scale is a formal psychological test that distinguishes between "normative"
and "humanist" poles of belief. Here it is used to show the affective roots of political
polarization as seen in this election season.
10:00-10:15 Questions from Audience
10:15-10:30 S N A C K B R E A K
10:30-12:00 Moore Transformation in the Workplace: Affect and Script in the Business World
A member of the Australian group that introduced affect/script theory to the Juvenile
Justice System as a way of healing communities scarred by crime, Moore explains how these
remarkably effective brief interventions have brought a new sensibility to the resolution
of workplace disputes.
12:00-12:15 Questions from the Audience
12:15-1:15 L U N C H (wander around museum)
1:15-3:15 Afternoon Workshops
A Kelly Resolving Impediments to Intimacy
A presentation of techniques, approaches, and attitudes toward apparent impasses in
couples therapy.
B Ryan Affect & Script in Acute Care Nursing
Brief hospitalization demands effective management of intense affective experience.
Nurses who understand affect/script theory and the use of the Affect Pattern Chart are
able to approach their work more effectively.
C Moore High Impact Workplace Conferencing
Description and demonstration of the actual techniques used by Transformative
Justice America.
D Klein Treating Addiction Scripts
At the core of this new system for the treatment of addiction is the affective history,
which allows the therapist to determine the "developmental age" of the patient and to
predict areas requiring special attention.
E Desmond Affect and Psychopharmacology
/Pfrommer Medication is about affect, and a secure understanding of the individual affects influenced
by each class of drugs increases the sophistication and flexibility of our treatment approach.
3:15-3:30 Post-conference evaluation (Required for Continuing Education Credit)
3:30 End of Meeting
