Diane Davis Lecture: Dreaming Contemporary Psychoanalytic Practice: From Sleep to Therapy and Beyond, Presented by Dr. Greg Stevens

Dr. Greg Stevens is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice in Marietta, GA. Dr. Stevens specializes in therapy for trauma survivors, marginalized people, and healthy masculinity. His doctoral dissertation was a quantitative study of constructs underlying the clinical use of reverie, or therapist daydreaming during therapy. Stevens has since published and presented multiple times on reverie and psychotherapeutic technique. Alongside clinical practice, he presents and publishes professionally at the intersection of contemporary psychoanalytic theory and culture.

Greg has also held multiple leadership positions in the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, Division 39 of the American Psychological Association. He currently holds the position of Treasurer. Prior to this, he served as a Co-Chair of the Early Career Committee and received its Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Early Career Clinicians. He also previously served on the Graduate Student Committee as the first Chair of its Media Subcommittee and as a member of the Presidential Task Force for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology on Wikipedia. Greg is a past awardee of the Division 39 Scholars Program and has served as a mentor for the Scholars Program for multiple years.

This workshop will discuss the use of various dream experiences in contemporary psychoanalytic therapy, supervision, and group work. While psychoanalysis was born through the interpretation of dreams, psychoanalytic understandings of dreaming and its role in human psychology have continued to evolve over the following 125 years. The presentation will begin with the progression of modern theories on dream interpretation from classical to contemporary and include practice using contemporary dream interpretation theories in various settings. Psychoanalytic theories on therapist daydreaming and other reverie experiences during therapy will be described alongside their clinical use. Particular attention will be paid to a quantitative study of constructs underlying the use of reverie in therapy. Post-Bionian theories on dreaming the analytic field will also be discussed in relation to work with clients, supervisees, and groups. Finally, Social Dreaming techniques for exploring the shared preoccupations of a group will be described. Attendees will leave the workshop with deeper knowledge of and skills with using dreams in contemporary psychoanalytic practice.

This event is being offered viritually or in-person. The location is: 696 Concord Rd SE, Suite B, Smyrna, GA 30082. Registration is required.