THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
160 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 · (212) 496-2858 mitppnyc@aol.com · www.MITPP.org · on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
OPEN HOUSE LUNCHEON & CLINICAL PRESENTATION FOR THOSE CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 1:00 PM –2:30 PM
DEPRESSION AS AN OBSTACLE TO CHANGE: TREATING A WOMAN SUFFERING FROM LIFELONG MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
A 62-year-old professional woman was referred by Columbia Presbyterian for treatment for depression after she had spent eight weeks there in a double-blind study. At the time treatment began, she could barely function, overwhelmed by depression, anxiety and despair. She struggled with feelings of recurring debilitating depression, with feelings of worthlessness and crippling envy, and with impulsive rage. Highly sensitive to separation and loss, she had an incapacitating fear of abandonment. Through clinical material we will explore the ways in which her depressive affects affected the treatment and the transference/countertransference matrix.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) understand depression as an expression of disavowed anger, 2) recognize how childhood loss and trauma manifest in present-day, impaired relationships, 3) examine ways in which negativity and feelings of worthlessness serve to preclude autonomy and agency.
PRESENTER: Barbara Spiridon, M.S.Ed, MSJ. Certificates in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult and Child and Adolescent Programs. Candidate for NYS LP Certification in Psychoanalysis. Member: Metropolitan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. Former faculty: Queens College (CUNY) Graduate Program in Education; Former secondary school administrator and teacher, adult education teacher, training consultant and communications consultant.
LOCATION: 160 West 86th Street (outside entrance, between Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues)
RSVP: Space is limited. There is no fee but you must reserve in advance. For reservations: please contact Ivy Vale, Registrar, at (212) 496-2858 or email mitppnyc@aol.com.
Training opportunities, including flexible scheduling and financial options to fit individual needs, will be described following the presentation. Refreshments will be served.
MITPP, offers three certificate programs: a three year program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Adults, a two year program in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, and a program leading to the New York State license in Psychoanalysis. Matriculants see patients at The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, a licensed OMH facility. Social workers’ clinical hours qualify toward the LCSW. Candidates may be offered the opportunity to be paid for clinical work if they qualify to see 14 patient hours weekly. Truly affordable training: Low tuition of $1,200 per semester includes both individual and group supervision and up to three courses. Courses are also offered on a non-matriculated basis.
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