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Working Through Toward Character Change


This program was presented on April 26 and 27, 2008


Presenter: Patricia Coughlin, Ph.D

Saturday, April 26, 2008  9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Sunday, April 27, 2008  9:00 AM–6:00 PM

This presentation will focus on the phenomenon of de-repression: what happens AFTER the breakthrough of feelings and impulses. ISTPD is not a cathartic treatment, nor a treatment with the sole aim of facilitating emotional experience. While we spend a great deal of time focusing on the preparation for, and eventual experience of, previously avoided emotions, this is not the ultimate goal of treatment, but a means to an end. Davanloo found that the experience of feelings and impulses was a trigger unlocking the unconscious. In fact, the hallmark of a true breakthrough is the de-repression of memories, associations, and dreams shedding light on the core conflicts responsible for the patient's suffering. In order to facilitate the process of working through and create coherence, developing an understanding of emotionally felt experience is essential. This involves an integration of cognitive and emotional processes. As therapist and patient become aware of the situations and traumas that have given rise to the patient's conflicts, a coherent life narrative can be constructed. Research has demonstrated that creating a coherent life narrative is the most enduring benefit of psychotherapy. Of interest, only those patients willing to get emotionally involved in the process were able to achieve this goal. The conference is intended for social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health workers.

Objectives

Participants will:

  1. Learn to identify the triangle of conflict.
  2. Learn how to help patients integrate feeling experiences with their thinking.
  3. Learn how to help the patient develop a coherent narrative.

Schedule - Saturday

9:00 - 9:30 Registration and light breakfast
9:30-11:00 Facilitating the patient's emotional involvement in treatment: Didactic and Videotape presentation
11:00-11:30 Coffee
:30-12:30 Videotape presentation
12:30-1:30 Lunch provided on site
1:30-3:00 Videotape presentation: integration of emotional and cognitive processes
3:00-3:30 Coffee
3:30-4:30 Videotape presentation: developing a coherent narrative
4:30-5:00 Questions and discussion

Supervision Day

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Dr. Coughlin will supervise videotaped cases of advanced trainees and practitioners. This is a rare opportunity to see a master clinician at work and to see how this treatment model can be applied to a wide range of patients. Anyone seeking more understanding of how to help patients see and turn against defenses will benefit greatly from this presentation. It is open to any licensed therapist.

Schedule - Sunday

9:00-9:30 Registration and light breakfast
9:30-12:30 Supervision
12:30-2:00 Lunch on your own off site
2:00-6:00 Supervision

Presenter

Patricia Coughlin, Ph.D. is the well known author of two of the most important books on Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy and Lives Transformed. Known as a dynamic presenter and speaker, she has presented videotapes of her work throughout the United States and Europe. She is currently on the faculty of the Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Location

The Washington School of Psychiatry
5028 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20016
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CE/CME Award - 7

The Washington School of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists. The Washington School maintains responsibility for the program. The School is approved by the Social Work Board of the State of Maryland as a provider of continuing education for social workers. The School is approved by the Medical Society of Maryland (MEDCHI) for continuing education for psychiatrists.

Fee - $210.00

Reduced Fee - $350 for attending both days.

Registration

Please call the School at 202-237-2700 to register. You can also use the conference registration form to register for this seminar by faxing it to WSP at 202-237-2730, or mail the form to: Washington School of Psychiatry, 5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20016.

Cancellations and Refunds

Refunds will be made for cancellations received at the School office in writing prior to April 18 and are subject to a non - refundable administrative fee of $50.