BEING A PSYCHOANALYTIC CANDIDATE IN COVID-19 TIMES  AN ONLINE WORKSHOP PRESENTER: MARIA LAGUNA, LCSW
The journey of becoming a psychoanalytic psychotherapist presents candidates with rewarding moments as well as emotional and intellectual challenges. There are certain anxieties that seem to be inherent in the process of becoming an analyst: the great deal of exposure involved in presenting our clinical work, the mobilizing process of undergoing our own analysis/psychotherapy, the navigation of complex interpersonal dynamics with our patients, our supervisors, teachers and peers. As we all attempt to grapple with the unprecedented impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic, new challenges and anxieties emerge: We found ourselves overnight transitioning from the private office or clinic setting to our homes, charged with the difficult task of providing a holding environment in which the shared physical space is Lost, and in which both patient and therapist are subjected to uncertainties and deep transformations of their internal worlds.

This interactive workshop will attempt to explore some of the questions that are relevant to all clinicians but even more pressing to candidates in training:

•   How can we sustain a “good enough holding environment” in the midst of this global crisis?

•   What are the emotional implications (for both patient and clinician in training) of transitioning to Teletherapy?

•   How can we sustain an analytical situation in cases where there are new. unexpected “guests’ in the analytic encounter, i.e. ambulance sirens blaring in the background, coughs, intrusions or presence of family/roommates/pets, and new crises (unemployment, financial insecurity, health concerns, etc.)?

•   How can we remain engaged in the psychoanalytic community during social-isolation? Some brief clinical vignettes will be presented.

MARIA LAGUNA, LCSW Advanced Candidate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Metropolitan Institute for Training in

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Psychotherapist: Metropolitan Center for Mental Health. Clinical Supervisor and Psychotherapist: Affinity Psychotherapy. Candidates’ Representative to the Board of Trustees of MITPP and MSPP. Member: Metropolitan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists.

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020
TIME: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

LOCATION: ONLINE THROUGH ZOOM
Zoom instructions and meeting fink will be emailed to participants prior to the workshop.

1.5 Contact Hours/CEU’s

FEE FOR ONLINE ATTENDANCE: Free to MITPP candidates

$10 for other candidates (with proof of student status)

The New York State Education Department has approved this online workshop for 1.5 contact hours (CELIs) for LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs and LPs, A certificate will be emailed to those who sign in at the beginning of the session„ stay until the end of the session and complete an emailed evaluation.

REGISTER HERE: htt s://www.mit .0 /events/ –