Symposium: Joan Lachkar contributes to "The She Bomber" by Jamie Glazov,
published in Frontpagemagazine.com September 9, 2005. Excerpt:
This is truly heartbreaking and a reality that our mainstream
media, including Oprah, refuse to mention when discussing
Palestinian female suicide bombers. It appears it has nothing to do
with Israeli “oppression” but with the pathological yearning for
mass death and suicide that permeates Islamist culture in general
and Palestinian society in particular.
Dr. Lachkar?
Lachkar: Thank you Anat, Nancy and Phyllis for welcoming me to this
discussion. Without sounding too arrogant, I think the answer is
relatively simple. Women are given no respect by men and (they)
encourage their sons to have the same disregard toward women and
their mothers. Women in fundamentalist Islam societies have no
rights, no vote, and very low self-esteem. Fidelity is expected of
the woman but not of the man. She learns to tolerate her pain, her
shame in painful silence, and when she does not obey she becomes the
receptacle for all the ills of society and is blamed because she is
regarded as having an inherently evil nature. One way of granting
permission, extending beyond religion and culture, to achieve
"respect," honor and self-esteem, is by blowing one's self up.
Asian Culture Discussion with Peter Berton, Ph.D., presented by
Extension Division of New Center of
Psychoanalysis, West Los Angeles (November 2006), featuring excerpts
from the movie, "Memoirs of a Geisha."
CAMFT Annual Conference, "Self Psychology," presented and introduced the
work of Sigmund Freud, Heinz Kohut, Otto Kernberg, Margaret Mahler, Melanie
Klein. San Francisco (April 1983)
University of California, UCLA Extension Division, "Perspectives on
Relationships" (April 17, 1986)
University of California, UCLA
Extension Course: "Treating Narcissistic / Borderline Couples: A
Psychoanalytic Perspective on Marital Conflict" (May 1-22, 1986)
University of California, UCLA School of Medicine and LA Chapter, "Alive
and Well in the Age of Anxiety" (May 17, 1986)
San Fernando Child Guidance Clinic, "Children as Sacrificial Objects"
(1986)
University of San Francisco, "Narcissistic/ Borderline Couples"
(February 1987)
Cedars- Sinai Medical Center, guest instructor,
"Treating Narcissistic and Borderline Couples" (April 6, 1987) (Grand
rounds for psychiatric residents)
College of Developmental Studies, lecture, "Treating Narcissistic/Borderline
Couples" (April 18, 1988)
University of California, UCLA Extension,
"Personality," Workshop in Psychology 125 (June 9, 1988)
University
of California, UCLA Extension, Self and Others in Intimate Relationships.
"Treating Narcissistic/Borderline Relationships." (1989)
Extension Division of Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Course
on "Narcissistic/Borderline Couples: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Marital
Conflict," three weekly meetings (September - October, 1990)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Harvey Morse Conference Center, Walter Briehl
Human Rights Association. Conference, "The Child As Victim: Governmental
Neglect and Abuse of the Young: Psychosocial Consequences, Challenges and
Remedies," chaired workshop, "The Public Schools: A last Resort for
Helping Victims of Child Abuse." (April 6, 1991)
Mount St. Mary's College, Bel
Air, Lecture, "Narcissistic/Borderline Couples" (May 1991)
Pepperdine University, Culver City, lecture, "Narcissistic/Borderline
Couples: Transference, Countertransference, and Dynamics in Couple Therapy"
(July 8, 1991).
Loyola-Marymount University, Los Angeles, lecture,
"Narcissistic/Borderline Couples" (October 1991)
Pepperdine University, Malibu, "Martial Treatment from an Object Relations
Perspective," Lecture (October 1991)
Antioch University, Marina del Rey,
"Narcissistic/Borderline Couples" (October 1991)
Antioch University
"Marital Conflict" (March 4, 1992)
California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) Continuing Education,
workshop, "Primitive Defenses in Marital Conflict: An Integrated
Approach," Los Angeles Campus (September 26, 1992)
California School of Professional Psychology, "Narcissistic/Borderline
Couples" AS Psychodynamic Approach to Marital Conflict." San Diego
Campus (November 21, 1992)
Antioch University, lecture, "Narcissistic/Borderline Couples," February 9,
1993.
Kaiser Permanente Hospital, workshop, "Narcissistic/ Borderline Couples,"
CA (February 11, 1993)
California School of Professional Psychology, "The Interplay Between Love
and Aggression in Couple Therapy: Primitive Defenses in Marital Conflict,
Los Angeles Campus (March 6, 1993)
California Association of Marriage, Family Therapists (CAMFT), San
Francisco, Master presenter, "Narcissistic/Borderline Couples: Primitive
Defenses In Marital Conflict: An Integrated Approach" (April 30, 1993)
California Association of Marriage, Family Therapists (CAMFT), master
presenter, "Narcissistic/Borderline Couples: A Psychodynamic Approach In
Marital Conflict" (May 1, 1993)
Mt. St. Mary's College, Course,
"Object Relations: Theory and Practice," Psychology 183/283 (June 1997)
Los Angeles Free Clinic, "Narcissistic/Borderline Couples: A Psychoanalytic
Perspective to Marital Conflict," March 23, 1995, Los Angeles. Los Angeles
Free Clinic, "Many Faces of Abuse: Emotional Abuse in High Functioning
Relationships" (emphasis of women's issues) (March 30, 1995)
University of Judaism, Two Consecutive Classes on Couple Therapy for
Paraprofessionals, Los Angeles (October)
University of Judaism, "A
Judaic Approach to Family and Couple Conflict in Blended and Step Families
in the 21st Century," Los Angeles (October 29, 1995)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Continuing Education Series,
"Many Faces of Abuse: Emotional Abuse of High Functioning Women,"
Conference. Portland, Oregon (December 1995)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Continuing Education Series,
"Narcissistic/Borderline Couples: A Psychodynamic Approach to Marital
Conflict," Conference, Portland, Oregon (April 1996)
Mt. St.
Mary's College, Psychology 240, Spousal Abuse. Los Angeles, California
(June 30, 1996)
Mt. St. Mary's College, Course, "Object Relations: Theory and Practice,"
Psychology 183/283 (Oct-Sept. 1997). Adjunct Professor
Contemporary Analytic Perspectives, Treating Difficult Clients. Guest
Presenter, Mandatory Continuing Education of Marriage and Family Therapists
and Licensed Social Workers (February 28, 1998)
Extension Division of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute,
Course, "Narcissistic/Borderline Couples: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on
Marital Conflict." (October 9, 1999)
Los Angeles Free Clinic. Narcissistic/Borderline Love Bonds (presentation to
interns) (December 1999)
Extension Division of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute,
Course, "The Many Faces of Narcissism in Couple Therapy (June 24, 2000)
Extension Division of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute,
Course, "The Many Faces of Narcissism in Couple Therapy" (September 2000).
Technical Books, Book Signing, "The Many Faces of Abuse: Emotional Abuse of
High Functioning Women" (September 2000)
Extension Division of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute,
Course, "Aggression and Cruelty in Cross Cultural Couples," (May 2001)
Tel Aviv University, Seminar. 'Treating Narcissistic/Borderline
Couples" (April 3, 2001), Israel.
California Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) Valley
Chapter. 'Treating Narcissistic/Borderline Couples" (July 2001)
Division of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Course, "The
Many Faces of Abuse: Treating Emotional Abuse of High-Functioning Women."
(Feb. 2002) View
Extension Division of the Southern California
Psychoanalytic Institute, Course, "New Approaches to
Narcissistic/Borderline Couples" (March, 2002)
The Two Year Program for Psychotherapists, Schizophrenia and Psychosis
Course (June, 2002)
Extension Division of the Southern California
Psychoanalytic Institute, Course, "Dance and Narcissism" (October 2002), Conversations,
"Are we Our Own Worst Enemy?" Santa Monica, California (April
2002)
Conversations "What is Love?" Channel 77, Cable TV. Interview with Leon
Wallace, Santa Monica, CA (March 2001)
Conversations "Good and Bad Love," Santa Monica
(June 2002)
Conversations Santa Monica (September 2002)
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. Course for Graduate Program.
"'Psychosis and Schizophrenia." (June 2002)
California Graduate Institute. In-service Seminar for Graduate Students.
(July 2002)
California Graduate Institute. A Fourteen Hour Week-end Workshop. "Parallels
Between Political and Marital Conflict." (September 2002)
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, "The Artist Within -
Dance and Narcissism," May 10, 2003, Santa Barbara.
View
American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA): "Newer Approaches to Treating
Narcissistic/Borderline Couples: Introducing the "V" Spot. Annual
Conference. New York. (February 2004)
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. Course for Graduate Program.
'Where Do Psychoanalysis and Mediation Meet?' (April 2004).
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. Advanced Training in
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Course, "Termination and Psychoanalysis" (2004).
Beverly Hills
Conversations: 'Aggression and Cruelty in the Middle East and its Impact on
Women' (2004). Santa Monica.
Santa Monica Bar Association: "Courts Beware of the Borderline Personality!"
(May 2004). Santa Monica CA
Tampa Psychoanalytic Society. Narcissistic/Borderline Couples "Newer
Approaches to Marital Therapy." (September 2004)
View
Santa Monica Bar Association: "The Impossible Couple -
Implications for Mediation," Santa Monica (2004).
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