Francis W. Parker School, 330 W. Webster Ave., will be the host for a program of interest to anyone wishing to understand the covert and unconscious dynamics in institutional and organizational life. "When the Client is the Organization: Using the Unconscious at Work" is a presentation by Kenneth Eisold Ph.D., with Solomon Cytrynbaum, Ph.D.
The sponsors are The International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations and The Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations. The program takes place from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5, in the School's Harris Center.
The cost is: Students $15; ISPSO, CCSGO members $20; Francis W. Parker School faculty $20; Non-members $30. Reservations can be made by contacting Nancy Marks. E-mail nancymarks@hotmail.com, call (773) 975-9764, or fax: (773) 975-9771.
Dr. Kenneth Eisold will present case material on a long-term consultation to a law firm. The case study will illustrate the utility of a psycho-dynamic framework in consulting to organizational problems. Dr. Eisold will focus on the use of the psychoanalyst’s skills in understanding and working with organizations.
In addition to the presentation by Dr. Eisold, the afternoon program will include a discussion by Dr. Cytrynbaum, small group discussions, and an interactive plenary discussion with the audience.
The program is designed so that all participants can explore together how clinical skills and knowledge of the unconscious can be applied in institutional and organizational settings.
Dr. Eisold is president of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations and a fellow of the AK Rice Institute. He is former director of the William Alanson White Institute Organizational Program where he continues to be on the faculty. He is a psychoanalyst and an organizational consultant in private practice in New York and has lectured and published widely on such diverse topics as psychoanalytic institutes, organizational consulting, organizational corruption, and the group dynamics of war.
Dr. Cytrynbaum is a professor in the School of Education and Social Policy and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and is the Associate Director for Education, the Center for Applied Psychology and Family Studies, The Family Institute at Northwestern University. He has a private practice of organizational consultation and psychotherapy in Wilmette. Dr. Cytrynbaum has written many articles and chapters on group relations conference work and co-edited the recently published Group Relations Reader III.
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