The International Society of the Rorschach’s Summer Seminars

Montreux, Switzerland21st July – 23rd July 2010

The town of Montreux nestles in a sheltered Lake Geneva bay, surroundedby vineyards and against the breathta-king backdrop of snow-covered Alps.The Montreux Jazz Festival, whichtakes place in June/July and featuresconcerts on a variety of stages and parksis very famous.

Because of the exceptionally mild climate Montreux is called the capital ofthe Vaud Riviera. Plants associated with the Mediterranean, such as pines,cypresses and palm trees grow here. Charlie Chaplin, Freddie Mercury andseveral other famous people of world-renown lived and continue to live onthe Vaud Riviera.

The long, flower-bordered lake promenade which links Vevey and Montreux going all the way to Chillon Castle is simply asking to be strolledalong. Cultural events, such as the Montreux Jazz Festival, as well as count-less excursion options to the mountainous hinterland or on the lake makeMontreux the most popular excursion and holiday destination. Many of thehouses along the lakeside road, including the magnificent Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, date from the hayday of the Belle Epoque. And the townhas a modern congress and exhibition centre: the Montreux Music and Convention Centre (2M2C).

The lake is ideal for bathing, water sports or a cruise. And along the lakepromenade piano and jazz bars, discos and Switzerland's oldest casino,mingle with hotels and restaurants. Welcome to Montreux!

How to get to Montreux

By air and trainAirports in Geneva, Zurich andBasel-Mulhouse.

Getting from the airports to theSwiss Riviera by train is very easyand comfortable.

From Geneva: Every hour there is atrain from Geneva to Montreux.The trip takes about 1 hour; ticketprice is about CHF 32.00.

From Zurich:Every 30 minutes thereis a train from Zurich to Montreux(via Bern/Lausanne). It takes about2½ hours; ticket price is about CHF 76.00.

From Basel-Mulhouse: Every hourthere is a train from Basel-Mulhouseto Montreux (via Bern/Lausanne).It takes about 2½ to 3 hours; ticketprice is about CHF 73.00.

By carApproaching from the north, eastand west, motorways provide accessto Montreux.

Registrations for the Summer Semi-nars are to be made to Trudi Finger.E-mail: trudi.finger@hogrefe.chFax: (+41)31 300 45 96 .

Latest registration date for the Sum-mer Seminars and Dialogues is alsoMay 31st, 2010. Registration fee Summer Seminarsbefore April 30th: CHF 475.00 (ca. � 320.00).Higher fee for late registration at theSummer Seminars (after April 30th):CHF 550.00 (ca. � 370.00). Thesefees are valid for members of theISR; fees for non-members are in -creased by CHF 30.00 (ca. � 20.00.)

The registration fee includes: Summer Seminars Program (excl.Excursion to the Archives in Bern),conference fee, lunch (3 course-menu, mineral water, coffee), 1 cof-fee break, mineral water during conferences. Please note that for the Excursion tothe Archives in Bern AN EXTRACOST IS INVOLVED. The cost fora railway ticket to Bern and back toMontreux is CHF 76.00 (approx. � 51.50). If more than 10 people aretravelling together it is possible toget a lower price and we could alsooffer a guided visit.

Please note that the registrationsare separate and use the enclosedregistration form only for the Semi-nars registration. Note also that thenumber of participants is limited, inorder to keep the more intimate for-mat. Registrations are dealt with inorder of appearance.

The Hotel Situated on the lakeside on the edgeof Geneva Lake, the hotel enjoys apeaceful and particularly sunnyposition. It offers 152 rooms, mostof them with a balcony and sittingarea, with wonderful lake andmountain views. The rooms areequipped with cable television,Internet connection, mini-bar andall the comforts of a superior****star hotel.

In the registration fee for the hotelstay breakfast and taxes are inclu-ded. The total per day is– CHF 173.80 (approx. � 117.00)per person (single room)

– CHF 247.60 (approx. � 167.00)cost for room (2 people, doubleroom)

This special prices are valid begin-ning July 18th and also for a couple ofdays after the Seminars.

RegistrationsRegistration for the hotel stay is tobe made directly with the Hotel BestWestern EUROTEL RIVIERAMONTREUXPhone: +41 21 966 22 22Fax: +41 21 966 22 20E-Mail: eurotelriviera@euriv.chWebsite: www.eurotelriviera.chLatest date for hotel registration is31.05.2010.

The International Society of the Rorschach has made this form of con-tinuing education a renewed tradition,to be held every year in between con-gresses. Welcome to the VIIth SummerSeminars!

21st July-23rd July 2010We are offering continuing educationas it was done in the late 40’s and early50’s. At that time it was usually arran-ged in Zurich, Switzerland. For theearlier occasions (2001, 2003, 2004,2006, 2007 and 2009 we chose Spiez,Switzerland, Vaxholm, Sweden, Montegrotto, Italy, Lucerne, Switzer-land and Prague, Czech Republic fortheir beautiful locations and niceatmosphere. This time we have chosenMontreux for the same reason. Givingthe Summer Seminars now and then inSwitzerland also makes it possible forour participants to visit the RorschachArchives and Museum in Bern, as partof the program, which is all the moreimportant since the Summer Seminarsare held partly in order to raise fundsfor their development.

The original formatWell-known Rorschach specialistsWalter Morgenthaler and MargaretLoosli-Usteri were central to the deve-lopment of the initial programs andcontributed actively to them. Presen-tations were also made by other outs-tanding colleagues such as Schachterand Bohm. Each person involvedusually presented once, or twice at themost, and the topics varied considera-bly. We believe that there was somesort of roundtable discussion includedin some of the series, and have foundthis idea very appealing. We can alsoimagine the interesting dialogues thatmust have taken place and this is nowpart of our new tradition as well!

Recent timeOur predecessors did not have to contend with the problem of language,as all presentations were done in German. Today, we are pleased to wel-come members from all over the worldand with different languages. We havefound English to be a language com-mon enough for us all to present the

lectures only in English. There will,however, be colleagues who can trans-late on a more informal basis into othermajor languages when needed, duringthe lectures /workshops and to facili-tate the dialogues.

We usually have 30-40 participants(maximum) plus the faculty. The smallformat gives everybody a chance totake active part in the discussions andto get to know each other.

We are offering lectures, workshopson case studies and lots of informaldiscussions around different Ror-schach matters around the dinnertables and in the garden. Since we allhave our meals together and stay at thesame hotel, the chance of getting newfriends is obvious.

Last review by participantsThree golden days in PragueThe 6th IRS Summer Seminars tookplace in Prague from the 24th to the26th of August this year.

It was three days with a mixture ofvery interesting lectures, workshopsand panel discussions, and generallythe days offered very rewarding inter-national being together with collea-gues who all “love the Rorschach”.Vera Campo spoke about “RorschachAspects of Children in trouble”, Stephen Finn about “Using RorschachFeedback as a tool in Psychotherapy”,and Judith Bell from Tavistock spokeabout the use of ORT and Rorschach.To me Vera Campo’s and StephenFinn’s contributions seemed to be cha-racterized by attaching more impor-tance to the interpretation of the con-tents of the Rorschach than to theinterpretation of the Structural Sum-mary as was the work in the work shopsand the following discussions. Thisseems to be a slightly different weight-ning than I experienced at previousSummer Seminars in Stockholm andMontegrotto, and it’s also somewhatdifferent from the way my colleaguesand I usually work with the Rorschach.However I liked it and became a lotwiser listening to two such experien-ced Rorschach interpreters. Furthermore I was moved by the warmheartedcare for the patients, which seems tocharacterize them both. Anne Andro-nikof ’s highly qualified comments and

questions during the three days madea good context for the discussions, andAgneta Rosenquist made the SummerSeminars go well off practically, andher very kind manners contributed tous all feeling welcome. Finally I willmention, that “The Golden City ofPrague” showed itself in the mostfavourable light. In our spare time wetook a walk in the beautiful old city, orwe sat in a mountain restaurant loo-king at the sunset over the city drin-king a glas of wine or a Pivo. In everyway it became three golden days inPrague! I’m already looking forwardto join the Summer Seminars in Switzerland next year. Mette Bork

Summer Resort and historical site

In the XVIII century, Montreux wasonly a collection of small villages offarmers and craftsmen. It was mostlythanks to the success enjoyed by theworks of Jean-Jacques Rousseau («LaNouvelle Héloïse», 1761) and of LordByron («Le prisonnier de Chillon»,1816) that the Montreux Riviera beganto attract its first visitors. Enchantedby the descriptions of Chillon Castleand its surroundings, the Europeanaristocracy (and especially the English)found what corresponded with thesense of serenity and change of scenerythey were looking for. In order toaccommodate the ever increasingnumber of visitors, a first guest houseopened in Montreux in 1815. Thingsaccelerated with the building of thefirst large hotels from 1840 and thearrival of the railway in 1861. Attrac-ted by the beauty of the scenery, thegentle climate and the excellent quali-ty of life, many celebrities soon startedstaying and even settling in the area.Among the most famous are VictorHugo, Gustave Eiffel, Charlie Cha-plin, Gandhi and Freddie Mercury.

The Rorschach Museum and ArchivesAny surplus income realized by theseSeminars will be used to support thecurrent operations and future deve-lopment of the Rorschach Museumand Archives in Bern, to the benefit ofall members and researchers who usethe Rorschach. Our faculty and orga-nizers have therefore agreed not toreceive any payment for this event –

which is also the tradition with theSummer Seminars.

The faculty The faculty that has been invited forthis VIIth Summer Seminars and Dia-logues, and that we are proud to pre-sent, are: Bruce Smith, USAAnne Andronikof, FranceAlessandro Crisi, ItalyChairman: Agneta Rosenquist, Sweden

Our faculty will provide material forinteresting roundtable discussions anddialogues. As usual, we expect diffe-rent schools and traditions to be repre-sented among our participants.

We are looking forward to meetingyou in Montreux this summer!

ISR Continuing EducationAgneta Rosenquistagneta@rosenquist.org

History revived

Summer Seminars programScheduled half-day lectures (one per day), Wednesday 21st August – Friday, 23rd August. There will also be anafternoon program on Wednesday and Friday consisting of a couple of case studies. They will be preparedamong the participants, in smaller groups and followed by roundtable discussions, in which participants willget the opportunity of discussing together with our faculty.

Dr. Bruce Smith, USA Rorschach in Litigation

Prof. Alessandro Crisi, Italy The forgotten test: Wartegg Drawing CompletionTest (WZT) and the Rorschach

Prof. Anne Andronikof, France Understanding the mechanics of violent crimes through the Rorschach: from clinical cases to theory and back

Chairman: Agneta Rosenquist, Sweden

Program:

Wednesday 21st lecture 09hrs – 12hrs workshop and roundtable 14hrs – 18hrsThursday 22nd lecture 09hrs – 12hrs Afternoon: Excursion to the Archives in Bern (facultative)Friday 23rd lecture 09hrs – 12hrs workshop and roundtable 14hrs – 18hrs

The afternoon program for Wednesday and Friday will include case studies worked through in smaller groups,followed by a discussion together with our faculty. Both parts are usually well appreciated by our participants.

Thursday afternoon there is a possibility to visit the Rorschach Archives in Bern (extra charge). For those whohave already been there or prefer to stay at the hotel, Professor Crisi will be available for an extended discus -sion about the Wartegg-Test (WZT).

Since the program is being set so much ahead of the event, slight changes may occur. We will, in any event, tryto make it an enjoyable and interesting opportunity of sharing the knowledge of researchers and clinicians fromdifferent schools and traditions and with a vast experience of the Rorschach, as well as of making new friendswith colleagues from all over the world.

The Summer Seminars are taking place at the Best Western EUROTEL RIVIERA MONTREUX. All participants are expected to register separately for their stay, at www.eurotelriviera.ch.A number of rooms have been reserved for the occasion. Please note that the maximum number of participantsat the Seminars are 40. First applied – first served!

Important: the hotel registration has to be done separately.