Members may register starting September 24th.
General registration opens October 1st.
The purpose of the film series is to encourage psychoanalytic dialogue with respect to creativity and movies.
FILM DESCRIPTION
Description: Will Hunting (Matt Damon) is a brilliant but troubled young man working as a janitor at MIT. When Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgård) discovers Will’s extraordinary, self-taught talent for mathematics, he offers him a chance to avoid a prison sentence for a street fight on the condition that Will study mathematics with him and attend court-ordered therapy with unconventional psychologist Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams). With the support of his best friend Chuckie (Ben Affleck) and a budding relationship with Harvard student Skylar (Minnie Driver), Will is forced to confront his painful past and decide where he truly wants his life to lead.
Format: The evening will begin with a presentation by the discussant followed by group discussion. Please watch the film prior to the event. Good Will Hunting is available to view with a premium subscription or to rent on several platforms such as: Hoopla, Prime Video, Apple TV, etc.
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DISCUSSANT BIOGRAPHY
Christopher W. T. Miller, MD is a Psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He trained in Adult Psychiatry at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Residency Program, graduating in 2012. He completed training in Adult Psychoanalysis at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. He is the Director of Psychotherapy Education for the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Program. He has published and lectured on educational frameworks for teaching psychotherapy, on the intersection between the neurosciences and psychotherapy, and on psychodynamic dimensions of film and literature. He is the author of “The Object Relations Lens: A Psychodynamic Framework for the Beginning Therapist".
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REGISTRATION DETAILS
Date: Thursday, January 14, 2027
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (MDT)
Location: Virtual using Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours before the event.
Many of our emails get filtered through secondary inboxes, so please do a search within your inbox for key words such as: Denver Psychoanalytic Society, DPS, Zoom link, and/or the name of the speaker or title of the event to find the email with the link.
Cost: To help cover costs, there is a fee to register for this event. Donations are welcome during registration to help keep our programs affordable.
- Nonmembers - $15
- Society Members - $10
- Students - Free (Please list your training institution during registration.)
Registration: Registration is required. Society members receive early access beginning September 24th. General registration opens October 1st.
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POLICIES
Confidentiality: During events, we will follow rules of confidentiality for clinical case material including disguising identifying information. Please do not discuss any case material outside of this conference. No recording of case material is allowed.
Cancellation: While we understand that plans can change unexpectedly, our program arrangements and financial commitments are finalized in advance. For this reason, we cannot issue refunds for cancellations made within 10 days of the program. Thank you for understanding.
To contact the Society office, please email office@denverpsychoanalytic.org.
