Room for thought: a developmental perspective” with Kate Oram at IPTAR

IPTAR Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Program is pleased to invite you to attend a meeting of THE CHILD THERAPIST AT WORK SERIES
“Room for thought: a developmental perspective” Presenter: Kate Oram, PhD MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018 Reception and Open House at 7:30 pm Program to follow at 8:00pm

IPTAR 1651 Third Avenue, #205 Conference Room (92nd and 3rd Ave.)

IPTAR Members/ Candidates: Free Non-IPTAR Members: $25 Candidates/ Students with Valid Id: $5 Registration is requested for all No Refunds
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This paper discusses the different ways a developmental point of view enriches and informs our work. It focuses on that aspect of the developmental point of view that has to do with the development of reflective functioning; specifically, how we, as therapists, make room for thinking with both our child and our adult patients. The complex relationship between the development of self/object differentiation and the development of reflective functioning is discussed. The role of therapy in the facilitation of this relationship is illustrated from the therapist’s own experience. In addition, the importance in child therapy of working with the child/parent dynamics as a crucial component of the therapist’s intervention is described. The presentation will include a case example of a child treatment. The work in this case emphasizes the importance of intervening with the family as a way of facilitating the child’s development.

Kate Oram, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is on the faculty and a consultant in the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and a training and supervising analyst at the Contemporary Freudian Society. She has taught and supervised in IPTAR’s Child and Adolescent Program and is a clinical adjunct at Pace University.
Dr. Oram’s interest in development and her experience working with children has profoundly influenced her work. Her writings include “A Transitional Space: Involving Parents in the Play Therapy of Their Children and a paper co-authored with five NYU colleagues, “ Collected Stories: Play in Four Acts,” which focuses on the use of “play” in both adult and child psychotherapy.

Teaching Method: Lecture and clinical presentation followed by discussion with the audience.

Learning Objectives:

to be able to think about and articulate how an understanding of development influences our understanding of the patient and our choice of clinical interventions with the patient.
to be able to understand how the patient’s ability to think reflectively, an important developmental step, influences our choice of clinical approaches with the patient.
to understand and be able to articulate the relationship between self/other differentiation and the development of reflective functioning.
To understand how the involvement of parents in the play sessions of their children allows the therapist to both understand and impact important child/parent dynamics that are important in self/other differentiation and the development of reflective functioning.

Social Workers: The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Inc. (IPTAR) SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0226. Licensed Psychoanalysts (LP): IPTAR is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychoanalysts (P-0011). Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCAT): The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists (#CAT-0037). Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC): The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (#MHC-0112).

(2) CE credits will be granted to participants who have registered, have documented evidence of attendance of the entire program and have completed the on-line evaluation form. Upon completion of the evaluation form a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to all participants who comply with these requirements.

CAP Executive Committee: Phyllis Beren, Ph.D., Director.
Susan Berger, Ph.D., Bettina Buschel, LCAT, Ranny Goldfarb, LCSW, Carole Grand, Ph.D,
Lynne Rubin, Ph.D., Esther Savitz, LCSW, Francesca Schwartz, Ph.D., Rori Shaffer, LCSW,
Sam Semper, PhD, Donna Roth Smith, LCSW, Leni Winn, LCSW
Candidate Representative: Nadia Bassino, MA.

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