The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
ANNUAL CONFERENCE: “MOMMY, DADDY! I’M AFRAID!”
How Living in a Threatening World Impacts the Inner Life of the Child and the Family
5 CE Credits
Keynote Speakers:Steven Marans, MSW, Ph.D., Susan Coates, Ph.D.
Saturday, November 19, 2016, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The Renaissance Westchester Hotel, 80 West Red Oak Lane, West Harrison, NY.
Continental Breakfast and Check-In (8:30 – 9:00am)
Morning Program (9:00am – 12:00pm): Dr. Steven Marans will present his work with traumatized children: “Childhood Trauma: Translating Clinical Observations into Effective Interventions.” He will outline symptomatology, phases of reactions, risk factors and long-term consequences of PTSD in children. He will also describe the efficacy and implementation of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI). Following Dr. Marans’ paper, Kate Washton, LCSW will offer a clinical vignette highlighting the impact of mass violence on a child.
Lunch (12:00 – 1:00pm)
Afternoon Program (1:00 – 3:00pm): Dr. Susan Coates will describe her work with traumatized children, etiology of PTSD, and essential factors that both precipitate and prevent the development of traumatic responses in children and parents in her paper, “Toward Trauma-Proofing Our Children.” This will be followed by Dr. Steven Spitz, who will utilize projective material from psychological examinations to illustrate the effects of exposure to trauma on children’s internal world. The conference will conclude with a discussion and Q&A with all presenters.
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Steven Marans, MSW, Ph.D. is the Harris Professor of Child Psychoanalysis, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Childhood Violent Trauma Center at the Child Study Center and the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also Co-Developer of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI), a brief early intervention that decreases the development of PTSD in children. A prolific author, Dr. Marans’ latest book is Listening to Fear: Helping Kids Cope, from Nightmares to the Nightly News.
Susan Coates, Ph.D. is a Cinical Professor in Psychiatry at Columbia University and is on the teaching faculty at the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center. Dr. Coates has published more than 70 papers on issues such as infant trauma, attachment, and gender, and co-edited the book September 11: Trauma and Human Bonds. Dr. Coates is a recipient of the George Daniels mert award and the Margaret S. Mahler literature prize for her paper “Can Babies Remember Trauma?”
Kate Washton, LCSW, BCD is a psychotherapist/psychoanalyst in private practice in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, working with children, teens and adults. A former Director of the WCSPP Child and Adolescent Training program, she currently serves as a member of the faculty and as a supervisor in that program.
Steven Spitz, Ph.D. is a psychologist/psychoanalyst in private practice in Mt. Kisco, NY and New York City, working with children, teens and adults. He is on the faculty of WCSPP and the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. Former Director of WCSPP, he has published and presented papers on a wide variety of topics, including sections in the forthcoming 2nd edition of the Psychoanalytic Diagnostic Manual (PDM).
CONTINUING EDUCATION – 5 CE CREDIT HOURS
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Social Work as an approved provider of Continuing Education for Licensed Social Workers #0063. This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886583956-5291) for 5 continuing education contact hours. WCPE is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credit for psychologists. A completed quiz and evaluation must be submitted after the conference.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1. List the 4 phases of traumatic reactions and response.
2. List 3 main categories of PTSD symptoms in children.
3. Identify 3 strategies parents can utilize to assist traumatized children
4. Define how projective testing can be used to gain insight into the internal world of children.
Who should attend: Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, mental health and school professionals, nurses, teachers, graduate students.
WCSPP seeks to foster diversity along dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, veteran status, interest, perspectives, and socioeconomic status. Grounded in equal opportunity and non-discrimination, our robust commitment to diversity is fundamental to the Institute’s mission of advancing knowledge, educating future leaders in the field, and providing public service.
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