2019 SUMMER INSTITUTE
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA: CLINICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
Instructor: Linda Jaffe Caplan, Ph.D.
This 4-week case seminar will explore Psychological Trauma, clinical theory and practice from a psychodynamic perspective. Special areas of exploration will focus on the effects of cumulative trauma, early onset trauma, PTSD and intergenerational transmission of trauma. While relevant readings will be assigned (historical and contemporary), the focus of each class will be on the clinical treatment of patients. Participants will be encouraged to bring into class on-going clinical material. The discussion and integration of case material (participants andinstructor’s) will be paramount. Participants will become more familiar with basic tenets of trauma from a psychoanalytic perspective and their applications to clinical work with seminal writings in psychoanalysis on trauma as well as more contemporary contributions, and will gain greater facility working with patients who present with trauma, from a psychoanalytic framework.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 19, 26, July 10
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM 6 Contact Hours
FEE: $135
155 West 71st Street, #1D (between Broadway & Columbus Avenues)
IN THE BEGINNING – WHAT WE LISTEN FOR IN THE INITIAL CONSULTATION
Instructor: Hadassah Ramin, LCSW
The initial consultation is the stage on which the patient presents us with the cast of his/her internal object world. With the help of clinical vignettes the instructor will demonstrate how she listens to decipher deeper symbolic meaning hidden in the manifest content. She will also demonstrate how such deeper understanding facilitates the therapist’s capacity to formulate interventions that will be accessible and useful to the patient. Clinical material with theoretical background will be provided and participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own clinical vignettes for discussion. Participants will: understand the difference between hearing and listening; be sensitized to the value of non verbal communication, and learn the value of reliance on counter-transference as a tool to deepen the therapist’s understanding of the patient’s relationship with his/her internal objects.
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 2 Contact Hours
FEE: $50
675 West End Avenue, #1A (between 92nd& 93rdStreets)
SHOPPING ADDICTIONS: BEYOND THE PRIMAL
Instructor:Ricardo Rieppi, Ph.D.
Money is among the most emotionally charged subjects in contemporary life and in the psychoanalytic consultation room, with multiple meanings that are suffused with conscious and unconscious associations to power, security, self-worth, and love. These unconscious meanings in turn affect unconscious motivations that clash with our conscious striving and subsequently create problematic money symptoms, such as compulsive shopping, which can be seen as attempts to amend a missed or derailed developmental need. A comprehensive and extensive exploration of how patients regard and handle money can help us reveal, understand, and resolve our patients’ most powerfully influential attitudes, beliefs, and feelings, as well as provide us with an opportunity to explore deeper issues of developmental arrest and psychic conflict. We will discuss the historical and contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives on money and its use, with a primary focus on central themes that underlie our clinical understanding and treatment of compulsive shopping. Participants will review psychoanalytic conceptions of money, examine the meaning, clinical process, and psychoanalytic treatment of compulsive shopping, and explore clinical material that illustrates issues related to the treatment of compulsive shopping.
SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
3 Contact Hours
FEE: $65
330 West 58th Street, #404 (between 8th& 9thAvenues)
PSYCHOANALYTICALLY INFORMED WORK WITH CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS: DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY TO LISTEN TO THE LANGUAGE OF SOMA AND PSYCHE
Instructor: Michele Cohen, LCSW, FIPA
Chronic pain is an increasingly complicated public health concern, particularly in light of today’s opiate crisis. Patients who suffer from physical pain conditions experience isolation, despair, helplessness, hopelessness and frustration, but often have difficulty putting their feelings into words. Most do not seek out therapy as a means of understanding themselves, preferring magical solutions to rid themselves of pain. For this reason, people suffering from chronic pain can often be difficult to engage in treatment. This workshop will explore techniques associated with reaching out to an underserved group of patients. We will approach this population from the vantage of psychoanalysis, time-limited psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and support groups. Participants will be introduced to challenges unique to chronic pain patients, gain an understanding of defenses and resistances presented by chronic pain patients, and gain an understanding of transference, countertransference, projective identification and enactment in the context of working with chronic pain patients.
TUESDAY, June 18, 25, July 2
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 4.5 Contact Hours
FEE: $100
275 Central Park West, #1F (between 87th& 88th Streets)
THE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF DEPRESSED ADOLESCENTS
Instructor: William Salton, Ph.D.
This workshop reviews the diagnosis and treatment of adolescent depression. We will first review the diagnostic criteria and differentiate adolescent depression from adult depression and also from the “normal” difficulties of adolescence. We will then discuss how to assess depression in adolescence and how it may be disguised, along with the consideration of how to assess suicidal potential. Finally, we will examine the various etiologies of adolescent depression from a number of theoretical viewpoints (such as psychodynamic, family-systems, and cognitive) in order to present different treatment strategies. Participants will learn the phenomenology of adolescent depression, and particularly how it differs from depression in adults, learn how to formulate adolescent depression from different schools of thought including psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral, and learn how to integrate treatment methods for adolescent depression. Clinical case examples as well as characters from literature, film, and music will be used to enhance this presentation.
SATURDAY, JUNE 22
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM 3 Contact Hours
FEE: $65
1225 Park Avenue, #1A (between 95th & 96th Streets)
CHILD & ADOLESCENT THERAPY: WORKING WITH OUR PATIENTS’ PARENTS
Instructor: Alexandra Cattaruzza, MS, LP, FIPA
Talking to parents used to be regarded as contrary to analytic technique, sending parents off to their own treatments when their psychopathology or behavior was seen as interfering with the progress of the child. Nowadays we can’t imagine conducting a treatment without the participation of the parent or parents; however, the degree of their involvement varies in accordance to the nature of a child’s difficulties, his or her age and stage of development, and treatment goals. In this workshop we will discuss the history and theoretical foundations of parent work and the appropriateness and suitability for it according to the child’s difficulties. Case material will be presented and participants are encouraged to bring their own material to discuss and process. Students will learn about the history and theoretical foundations of parent work, different types of interventions with parents and the differences in technique according to the stage of development and age of the patient.
MONDAY, JUNE 24
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM 3 Contact Hours
FEE: $65
1133 Broadway, #1120 (between 25th& 26th Streets)
WHAT CLINICIANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LEGAL LIABILITY
Instructor: Jonathan D. Rubin, J.D.
This presentation will provide an overview of the many malpractice litigation risks faced by psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts/therapists and social workers in New York State. He will also discuss some of the tools and protections available to mental healthcare providers to help reduce the risk of litigation and to mitigate liability. This workshop will provide an overview of malpractice claims against mental health providers, highlight common risks in the practice, and outline means to protect providers and their practice. Topics will include record keeping, confidentiality and privilege, the duty to protect third parties from a dangerous patient, terminating treatment of a patient, informed consent, and improper relationships with a client. This workshop is designed to help attendees understand the different kinds of malpractice litigation risks to mental health providers, what some of the most important best practices for avoiding liability are, and the tools and protections available to help reduce the risk of litigation.
MONDAY, JULY 8
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM 3 Contact Hours
FEE: $65
120 Broadway (between Pine & Cedar Streets)
TOO MUCH PAIN: WORKING WITH TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN
Instructor: Jill Bellinson, Ph.D.
Even for seasoned child therapists, children who’ve experienced significant early trauma present a challenge. They don’t play as freely as less impacted children — they may not be able to play at all. They respond dramatically to attention, limits, and separation, and they may be triggered inexplicably by almost anything that happens in the session. As caring therapists, we want to protect them from distress while we know we need to allow them to express their pain. This workshop will present the conundrum that arises in working with severely traumatized children — how to recognize it, how to understand it, and how to work with it. After a general introduction to concepts of early trauma and its effects on young children, it will examine case examples of children in treatment, both the instructor’s and the participants. At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to identify three signs of early trauma that appear in the play of young children, modify their therapeutic stance so that children bring their distress to their therapists rather than hide it and describe interventions that are supportive of trauma survivors’ psychological healing.Note: this workshop is limited to those who are currently working with children in ongoing play therapy and who have active clinical examples to bring to the group.
SATURDAY, JULY 13
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM 3 Contact Hours
FEE: $65
170 West End Avenue, #1K (between 68th& 69thStreets)
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT PRIVATE PRACTICE: A DISCUSSION FOR THOSE CONSIDERING GOING (OR ABOUT TO GO) INTO THEIR OWN PRACTICE
Instructors: Alison Hickman, LCSW, and
Sweta Kansagra, LCSW
The focus will be helping to pave the way for those starting out in private practice and will include: Assessing needs for office space and finding an office, practical matters concerning licensing and managing your records (clinical and financial), determining whether or not to participate on managed care panels, how to fill out insurance forms and submit to insurance companies for payment, practical information about insurance (what is a deductible, coinsurance vs. copay, etc.), issues in fee setting, advertising, marketing, developing a referral network, HIPAA (Privacy Law) requirements, licensing restrictions, and developing collegial and supervisory supports. The clinical dimensions that arise around these issues will also be raised (frequency of sessions, payments for missed appointments, telephone sessions, and other such matters). Clinical dimensions that arise around the issues of opening your private practice will be discussed. Participants will learn how to go from passing your LCSW exam to opening the door to your private practice and how to fill out insurance forms and other useful information about the ins and outs of taking insurance.
SUNDAY, JULY 14
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM 3 Contact Hours
FEE: $65
116 WEST 23rd Street, 5thFloor, Conference Room #1 (between 6th& 7thAvenues)
The New York State Education Department has approved these courses for contact hours (CEUs) for LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs and LPs.A certificate will be emailed upon request to those who attend all sessions, complete an evaluation and pay an administrative fee of $15.
There is no charge for those affiliated with MITPP, MCMH or MSPP.
JILL BELLINSON, Ph.D. Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William Alanson White Institute. Faculty and Supervisor: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Program; William Alanson White Institute; Adelphi University. Supervisor: Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programs of CUNY, Columbia University and Yeshiva. Author: Children’s Use of Board Games in Psychotherapy & papers on psychodynamic treatment of children and adults.
LINDA JAFFE CAPLAN, Ph.D. Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, New York University Postdoctoral Program. Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, IPTAR. Faculty and Supervisor: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Faculty: IPTAR, Respecialization Program. Clinical Adjunct Supervisor: Derner Institute, Adelphi University. Clinical Adjuncst Supervisor: Pace University School of Professional Psychology.
ALEXANDRA CATTARUZZA, MS, LP, FIPA Certificate in Clinical Training in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Certificate in Adult Psychoanalysis, Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Certificate in Parent-Infant Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Contemporary Freudian Society & Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Certificate in Creative Arts Therapies, New School University. Diploma in Child Psychological Assessment, Universidad El Bosque. Faculty and Supervisor: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult and Child and Adolescent Programs; Harlem Family Institute; Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
MICHELE COHEN, LCSW, FIPA. Certificate in Adult Psychoanalysis, Contemporary Freudian Society, Faculty and Supervisor, Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Faculty and Supervisor, Contemporary Freudian Society, Psychotherapy Program. Training and Supervising Analyst, Contemporary Freudian Society. Member, Contemporary Freudian Society, American Psychoanalytic Association, International Psychoanalytic Association, NASW.
ALISON HICKMAN, LCSW Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Faculty: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Board Member: Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists.
SWETA KANSAGRA, LCSW Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Member: Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists.
HADASSAH RAMIN, LCSW Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Contemporary Freudian Society. Faculty and Supervisor: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Faculty, Training and Supervising Analyst: Contemporary Freudian Society. Training and Supervising Analyst [Fellow]: Institute of Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
RICARDO RIEPPI, Ph.D. Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, New York University Postdoctoral Program. Faculty: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Chair: Candidate Outreach Committee, Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association. Advisory Board Member: The Candidate Journal. Steering Committee Member: Psychotherapy Action Network. Member: Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association, Psychoanalytic Society of the New York University Postdoctoral Program, New York State Psychological Association, International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
JONATHAN D. RUBIN, J.D. Senior Partner: Kaufman, Borgeest & Ryan LLP. Practice areas include Medical Malpractice Defense, Long Term Care and Nursing Home Defense, Health Care, Products Liability Defense and General Liability Defense Litigation. He represents hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and health care professionals in civil litigation matters in state and federal courts, and has presented on topics including the litigation of complex medical malpractice matters and risk management issues for health professionals. His expertise is in the defense of mental health providers and he has lectured extensively, including ASHRM lectures focused on “Managing Psychiatric Patients in Acute Care Settings,” lectures for NYS Chapter of the American Psychology Association, NASW and other psychoanalytic and psychotherapy organizations.
WILLIAM SALTON, Ph.D. Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents from New York University Medical Center PsychoanalyticInstitute. Certificate in Family Forensics, Washington Square Institute. Faculty and Supervisor: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Program. Former Director: Families and Individuals in Recovery (F.A.I.R.) Program, Metropolitan Center for Mental Health. Adjunct Associate Professor: Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University. Faculty: New York Institute for Psychotherapy Training for Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
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