Therapeutic Presence: Reflections on Countertransference
Nine Monthly Seminars Fridays 12:15– 3:15 PM
Starting September 21, 2012
This seminar fulfills the 3 CE credit multicultural requirement for MD and DC Psychologists.
This seminar series is for licensed professionals who are interested in the treatment of children with complex psychopathology originating early in life. Each seminar includes a case presentation which the faculty discusses from 4 perspectives: 1) heritable and constitutional factors; 2) attachment theory;3) intrapsychic and psychodynamic factors; 4) family structure and systems. The seminar provides an opportunity to integrate multiple points of view from which to plan and provide comprehensive treatment. Cases in this series include: dissociative disorders; life threatening eating disorders, trauma following natural disaster; forensic issues/attachment; cross-cultural issues in loss and trauma; planned and unplanned termination; regulatory disorder across generations.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will be able to:
- Define the four perspectives/frameworks described in the seminar and the “ports of entry” that a therapist may use in working with the clients.
- Apply knowledge of the four perspectives, with their related theoretical concepts and techniques, to understanding and thinking about their clinical work.
- Define how the four perspectives and the “ports of entry” provide more powerful intervention in working with complex cases.
Schedule of Sessions
2012
September 21
Asian/American: Countertransference across cultural divides,
Elizabeth Maury, Ph. D., presenter
October 19
Infants, children, and adults with eating disorders: Dealing with life and death decisions in therapy.
Georgia DeGangi, Ph. D., presenter
November 16
Countertransference in traumatized children who experience profound dissociation,
Gwen Martinsen, Ph. D., presenter
December 14
Three ways to say goodbye: Countertransference in termination by disease, abrupt ending, and consensus,
Marc Nemiroff, Ph. D, presenter
2013
January 18
Layers of countertransference in disaster relief: Tragedy and hope in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake,
James Venza, Ph. D., presenter
February 15
Becoming ourselves: Loving the difficult child. Intergenerational transmission of pathology in a case of a 6 year old with significant mood dysregulation,
Kristin Lee, Psy. D., presenter
March 15
Successful and unsuccessful self-disclosure in countertransference,
Mauricio Cortina, M.D., presenter
April 19
Reconciliation and Reunification, Making the Impossible Possible: A cross cultural view of a forensically informed, challenging reunification therapy between a young girl and her estranged family,
Ruth Zitner, Ph. D., presenter
May 17
Summary,
Griffin Doyle, Ph. D., presenter
ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION
The workshop is intended for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, early intervention professionals, licensed professional counselors, physicians, and medical students. Doctoral candidates who have relevant internship experience may also apply.
FACULTY
Mauricio Cortina, M.D.
Georgia DeGangi, Ph.D.
Griffin Doyle, Ph.D.
Kristin Lee, Psy.D.
Gwen Martinsen, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Maury, Ph.D.
Marc Nemiroff, Ph.D.
Ed Turner, M.S.W.
James Venza, Ph.D.
Ruth Zitner, Ph.D.
TUITION
Tuition for the 2012 academic year is $810. The $50 application fee is nonrefundable.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
CE/CME Award: 27. This seminar fulfills the 3 CE credit multicultural requirement for MD and DC Psychologists.