METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
160 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 496-2858
Email: mitppnyc@aol.com Website: www.MITPP.org
2010 SUMMER INSTITUTE
PSYCHOTHERAPY AND THE SUBSTANCE ABUSER
Controversies in the field of substance abuse focus on treatment approaches: some clinicians tout 12- step programs while others rely on traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. This three-session mini-course presents an integration of methods, drawing from cognitive theory, attachment theory, ego psychology and object relations theory. Starting with an assessment of the substance abusing patient, this seminar will consider multiple perspectives of the internal and external world. Achieving abstinence, early recovery and advanced recovery will be examined in the framework of transference and countertransference. Clinical material from participants will be welcome.
MICHAEL J. PEARLMAN, Ph.D., CASAC Faculty and Supervisor: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Fellow: IPA, American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work. Former Faculty: Westchester Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Hunter College Post-Masters Program, New York University School of Social Work.
Wednesdays, June 2, 9, 16 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM $80
315 West 57th Street, #403 (between 8th & 9th Avenues)
“IN TREATMENT”: ENGAGING THE 21ST CENTURY PATIENT
What does it mean to “engage” a patient in treatment? Many people have never sought help before. Their fantasies and hopes about treatment may come from watching television or seeing movies. What are people looking for when they seek treatment and what can we offer? When and how does “engagement” begin? The first contact and the first meeting are filled with feelings for both patient and therapist. This mini-course will focus on the subtle and obvious processes of engaging a patient in his/her own treatment. There will be exploration of the concepts of resistance, shame/embarrassment, neediness, and transference/countertransference as they arise at the beginning of treatment as well as the nuts and bolts of negotiating fees, determining frequency, handling insurance, etc.
SHELLY PETNOV-SHERMAN, L.C.S.W. Faculty: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult and Child and Adolescent Programs. Senior Faculty, Supervising and Training Analyst: American Institute for Psychoanalysis. Chairperson, Membership Committee: International Association for Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Mental Health Consultant: Corlears School, New York City.
Thursdays, June 3, 10, 17, 24 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM $100
330 West 72nd Street, #7A (between West End Avenue & Riverside Drive)
WORKING WITH THE MEDICALLY ILL PATIENT: ADAPTIVE VS. MALADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS
The nature and severity of psychopathology depends on many factors, such as individual coping skills, the nature of the illness, the medical treatment regimen and its perceived meaning. When a patient is diagnosed with a severe transient or chronic illness both fantasy and defensive systems may be disrupted. The methods that are used to cope with the illness can be useful or destructive. If coping is maladaptive, depression, anxiety, loss of identity and resistance to receiving medical treatment can occur. This course will examine the concepts of adaptive and maladaptive coping, pathological control, resistance, and non-adherence. It will also critically analyze the research literature and make recommendations for clinical practice. Two treatment models (insight-oriented & ego supportive psychotherapy) and the therapist’s stance vis-à-vis internal and external realities will be discussed. Rich clinical material will be presented to illustrate the theoretical concepts and demonstrate psychotherapeutic techniques.
ANTHONY MAZZELLA, L.C.S.W. Faculty: New York University School of Social Work, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services. Member: Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, International Psychoanalytical Association, and IPTAR Board of Administrators. Former Faculty: The New York Counseling Center.
Mondays, June 7, 14, 21, 28 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM $100
140 West 97th Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues)
WHEN THE BOUGH SHAKES: CLINICAL DILEMMAS IN THE TREATMENT OF PARENTS WHO MIGHT HARM THEIR CHILD(REN)
This two-session 3 hour workshop will explore the clinical, legal and ethical dilemmas facing the clinician who is treating, or considering treating, a parent where there is a significant risk of harm to the patient’s child(ren). In the first session, we will consider a case example where two young children were at serious risk of being hurt or killed by their distraught and very depressed mother. A review of the literature, distinguishing between neonaticide, infanticide, and filicide-each applying to children of different age ranges and vulnerabilities-will be highlighted. In the second session, we will discuss the various difficult dilemmas facing the clinician undertaking work with potentially very harmful parents. The workshop will also highlight special considerations that arise when the parent in question is an adolescent, reviewing developmental and legal aspects that bring an added dimension to the already complex issues facing the clinician. Participants are encouraged to bring in clinical material from their own caseloads for further elaboration.
BARBARA REICHENTHAL, LCSW, BCD, Faculty and Supervisor: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program. President: Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. Member: Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
Saturdays, June 5, 12 10:30 AM – 12:00 NOON $65
120 East 34th Street, #11G (between Park & Lexington Avenues)
IDENTITY AND MULTI-CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
Erick Erickson posits that identity formation, definition, and redefinition are central developmental challenges that start at birth and may continue until the end of life. For many, the initial challenge is to form an identity separate from parents or siblings while maintaining valuable identifications and connections. Ethnic and cultural backgrounds contribute to “known and unknown” identifications that are integral to identity formation. This course will examine the powerful effects of identity and cultural identifications in the configuration of intrapsychic conflicts. Case examples will be discussed to illustrate historical, socioeconomic and sociological factors that mediate identity and contribute to psychological conflicts. Particular attention will be paid to transference and countertransference phenomena “obscured and or brought to light” by cultural and identity differences and similarities in therapeutic dyads.
NORMA COFRESI, Ph.D. Former Faculty: Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center; Dept. of Psychology, Cleveland State University; Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, City College of New York. Intake Coordinator: Metropolitan Center for Mental Health (MCMH).
Tuesdays, June 8, 15, 22 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM $80
875 West 181st Street, Unit A (the corner of 181st & Riverside Drive, with the Wiggles & Giggles Playhouse awning)
THE SPONTANEOUS GESTURE: MAKING CLINICAL USE OF IT IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Child and adolescent patients often express “spontaneous gestures” during initial assessments and/or in continuous analytic therapy (in the case of adolescents) or play therapy. This workshop will help therapists to recognize and understand these gestures as efforts by their child/adolescent patients to discover their “true self”-potential and the promise of articulating their “personal idiom.” Winnicott’s “Spontaneous Gesture” and Bollas’ “Personal Idiom,” present significant contributions to the analytic literature. These valuable ideas are directly applied in child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy by the instructor. Throughout this workshop series, he will provide a review of relevant theories of D.W. Winnicott and Christopher Bollas, elucidating the understanding of how the child and adolescent patient’s unconscious use of the “therapist as object” aids the patient in elaborating and integrating critical and meaningful aspects of themselves. Clinical illustrations will be offered to elucidate how spontaneous gesture appears in the therapeutic situation and the techniques employed to sustain and work with them. In addition, there will be discussion of cases where child patients may appear overly anxious, inhibited and unable to play spontaneously and how their material is understood and the countertransference challenges handled. The instructor will welcome clinical material from participants.
CHARLES BONERBO, L.C.S.W. Faculty: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program. Faculty, Supervisor, Chairperson of Training Committee: Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Faculty and Supervisor: Training Institute for Mental Health, Couples Program. Faculty and Supervisor: Chinese American Psychoanalytic Association, NY and Beijing.
Associate Adjunct Faculty: New York University School of Social Work.
Wednesdays, June 16, 23 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM $65
107 West 82nd Street, Basement Suite #102 (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues)
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