Child Colloquium Series

Bruce Reis presents his treatment with an adolescent boy, “Manny”, in which he explores a broader meaning of Eros. What he finds is the pleasure in ideas, the pleasure in relationships, and the pleasure of play. This is Eros that is fueled by the life instinct, that seeks growth and seeks development; and a play between analyst and patient that is led not by theory, goal direction or understanding, but by an affection for the development of the individual. Drawing on his own experience of adolescence, Reis keeps the analytic space of adolescence open without a super egoic demand for maturation.

Bruce Reis, PhD, 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 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 is a frequent contributor of analytic articles and book chapters, including one in a forthcoming book having to do with the professional relationship between Winnicott and Bion. More can be found at:  https://www.brucereisphd.com

Terrence Owens, PhD is in private practice in San Francisco where he sees adolescents and adults in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. He also provides clinical and program consultation to individual clinicians and clinical programs.  He is a member and faculty at SFCP. Currently he serves on the advisory board for PEPWEB. Dr. Owens was the director of the in-patient adolescent unit for 10 years at St. Mary’s Medical Center in SF where he was also an attending psychologist. He served as a consultant to the adolescent unit for an additional 6 years. He is the co-founder and former clinical director of the Masonic Center for Youth and Families in SF. Dr. Owens was formerly on the faculty at USF, UCSF, and Smith College.