Presented by WCSPP’s Child, Adolescent, Parent (CAPP) Psychotherapy Training Program:  Parenting in Today’s World: Clinical Conversations: Psychotherapy with Neurodivergent Individuals: A Developmental and Relational Approach to Parent-Child Work 2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners – LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs

Presenter: Lauren Tobing-Puente, PhD Live on Zoom! Thursday, May 7, 2026 7 – 9 pm

Admission including CE: $45 CE CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR NYS PRACTITIONERS

As diagnoses and awareness of neurodivergence (including ASD, ADHD, etc.) have rapidly grown over the years, many psychotherapists wonder how to address neurodivergent clients’ unique needs in psychotherapy. The DIRFloortime® model and related strategies, developed by Stanley Greenspan, MD and Serena Wieder, PhD, are well-suited for addressing developmental differences, emotional regulation, reflective thinking, and self-advocacy in a strengths-based, developmentally-informed, and relationship-based manner. Through didactic and video case presentation and discussion, participants will learn the foundations of this person-centered, neuroaffirming model and how to apply to children (with their parents) and adults with a range of developmental capacities.

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This webinar is live, real-time and interactive

Dr. Lauren Tobing-Puente is a licensed psychologist who earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology, with a specialization in child and family therapy, from Fordham University.  She leads a team of mental health clinicians at her private practice, Connected Growth & Wellbeing, in NYC which provides evaluations and intervention for individuals, from toddlerhood to adulthood, and their families, as well as professional consultations and training, and parent workshops.  Dr. Tobing-Puente is the former Clinical Coordinator of a large nonpublic school where she supervised a multidisciplinary team of mental health clinicians, and evaluated and provided psychotherapy to students through age 21 using the DIRFloortime(R) methodology.  Her diverse experience includes many years working in home-based and center-based Early Intervention, independent preschool and elementary school, Head Start, and hospital settings for children with various developmental needs.  Dr. Tobing-Puente was a long-time board member of the NY Metro chapter of the National Autism Association (NAA).

CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR SCIENTIFIC MEETING – 2 CE HOURS
Teaching Method: Lecture and Interactive Discussion
Learning Objectives:
1- Participants will identify three ways the DIRFloortime approach aligns with psychodynamic psychotherapy, including developmental and relational aspects.
2- Participants will describe how to use the D, the I, and the R of DIRFloortime in their psychotherapy with neurodivergent individuals and their parents.
3- Participants will understand three DIRFloortime-based strategies for supporting individuals (children and adults) with neurodevelopmental differences.

The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy is recognized by NY State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0050; Licensed Clinical Social Workers #SW-0063; Licensed Psychoanalysts #P-0027; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists #MFT-0040; Licensed Mental Health Counselors #MHC-0075; and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0028

A completed survey must be submitted after the meeting for 2 CE hours.

Who should attend:  Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychoanalysts, other mental health professionals, nurses, and graduate students.