A Scientific Meeting Presented by Prof. Dr. med. Lutz Goetzmann

Event Price: Event is free. Optional CE fee is $10.

Continued Education (CEU/CME): 1.5 credits

Attendance: Virtual event via Zoom Meeting

Course Description:
In this presentation, I will present theoretically the three stages of the Oedipus complex according to Freud and Lacan. A clinical discussion will follow this. With regard to the first phallic-imaginary stage, I will make references to Laplanche's seduction theory, particularly with regard to the attribution of gender identity. I will also introduce a preliminary traumatic stage and link this with two considerations: on the one hand, the anti-Oedipal desiring-machines (Deleuze and Guattari) and, on the other hand, the idea of ​​dédoublement (Danielle Quinodoz). This presentation concludes with the various fates of the Oedipus complex (shown graphically as a line, loop, or semi-circular garland).  

Learning Objectives: 

1. Discuss the theoretical foundations of the Oedipus complex, as well as some critiques of this concept. 

2. Apply this knowledge clinically (e.g., by interpretations). 

Lutz Goetzmann, MD,  working in his practice in Berlin as a psychoanalyst (SGPsa / IPA). He studied medicine in Homburg / Germany; psychoanalytic training at the Freud Institute Zurich and habilitation at the University Hospital Zurich. 2011 - 2020 Chief Physician of the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Bad Segeberg, since 2014 APL professorship at the University of Lübeck. Co-founder of the Institute of Philosophy, Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies (IPPK) and co-editor of the journal "Y - Journal of Atopic Thinking". Numerous publications on psychoanalytic psychosomatics.