THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY 160 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 · (212) 496-2858
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OPEN HOUSE LUNCHEON & CLINICAL PRESENTATION FOR THOSE CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE TRAINING: DIGGING DEEPER WITH AN ANXIOUS ADOLESCENT
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 1:00 PM –2:30 PM

A 15 year-old girl sought treatment for severe anxiety believing her symptoms were related primarily to fears that she would not achieve academic success. Beneath her academic distress were issues independent of academic achievement including an insecure attachment to her parents, and an enmeshment communicated both emotionally and physically. At times the patient expressed her feelings about her parents through rage, and at other times guilt, pity, sadness and fear of loss. These shifting expressions were often dependent upon the interplay with her therapist. The therapist regularly experienced a sense of constriction in the room, and the feeling that she “couldn’t get it right” in responding to the patient. These interactions provided the therapist with clues about the patient’s need to remain connected and attached while simultaneously becoming an autonomous individual.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will identify 1) how models of separation-individuation and attachment-individuation can guide us in understanding adolescent anxiety, 2) how the patient’s symptoms can be conceptualized using leading edge and trailing edge interpretations, 3) how our feelings and relational dynamics in the room with the patient can help us to better understand how the patient’s symptoms are affecting relationships with peers and family.

PRESENTER: Christina Garidis, MA, LCSW. Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Program.

LOCATION: 160 West 86th Street (outside entrance, between Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues)
RSVP: Space is limited. There is no fee but you must reserve in advance. For reservations: please contact Ivy Vale, Registrar, at (212) 496-2858 or email mitppnyc@aol.com.

Training opportunities, including flexible scheduling and financial options to fit individual needs, will be described following the presentation. Refreshments will be served.

MITPP, offers three certificate programs: a three year program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Adults, a two year program in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, and a program leading to the New York State license in Psychoanalysis. Matriculants see patients at The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, a licensed OMH facility. Social workers’ clinical hours qualify toward the LCSW. Candidates may be offered the opportunity to be paid for clinical work if they qualify to see 14 patient hours weekly. Truly affordable training: Low tuition of $1,200 per semester includes both individual and group supervision and up to three courses. Courses are also offered on a non-matriculated basis.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION IN MITPP COURSES.

Applications are currently being accepted for the Fall 2018 semester.

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