THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING
IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
160 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 o (212) 496-2858
mitppnyc@aol.como www.MITPP.org
OPEN HOUSE & CLINICAL PRESENTATION
FOR THOSE CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Fasten Your Seatbelts: How Play Therapy Bridges Fantasy and Reality
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
How often have we seen our younger patients being dragged, pushed, and cajoled into our offices? With resistant and often unwilling partners, therapists take on the daunting challenge of entering the children’s worlds while inviting them to enter ours. In an office which is often not our own, we and the patient come together to create “our” space for a therapeutic encounter. Employing a psychoanalytic framework we get down to the business of play: the child’s road to what’s out of awareness. This road serves as an alternate route to the adult’s verbal highway. The child often lacks–and sometimes actively refuses to use–the verbal skills required to convey feeling and meaning. The therapist buckles up for what often proves to be a rough and bumpy ride, fraught with perceived dangers. The therapist gives up certain controls and allows the child to take the wheel. There will be no smooth sailing HOV lane for these travelers. Together we will face countless roadblocks, detours and hazards. Fender benders abound, as the therapist often takes on the function of an air bag, deployed for head on collisions. This is no video game. Hop in and join the ride. Dramamine and crash helmets optional! This presentation will take you on a ride with an 8-year old boy whose parents were in the middle of an ugly divorce and who was brought into therapy due to wild temper tantrums and aggressivity with other children. His behavior tested his therapist’s ability to set limits.
PRESENTER: Steven Suchow, L.M.S.W. is a graduate of The Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy’s Clinical Training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program. He is a member of The National Association of Social Workers, American Psychological Association, American Psychoanalytic Association, and The Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. Mr. Suchow is currently a staff therapist at The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health (MCMH).
LOCATION: 160 West 86th Street (outside entrance, between Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues)
RSVP: Attendance 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, chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, 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 New York State licensure in Psychoanalysis for those with Masters Degrees who don’t qualify for licensure in the established mental health professions. Matriculants see patients at the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, which is licensed by The New York State Office of Mental Health. MITPP’s low tuition of $1,000 per semester includes all supervision. Courses are also offered on a non-matriculated basis.
Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2010 semester.
MITPP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A PATH FOR THOSE WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS TO EARN THE LCSW. WORK TOWARD LCSW LICENSURE AND A CERTIFICATE
IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY.
The Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy, in conjunction with The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health (www.metropolitancenter.com), an Office of Mental Health(OMH) licensed clinic, offers social workers the opportunity to carry 10 clinical hours to qualify for the LCSW in six years.
After completing MITPP’s two-year Clinical Training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, clinicians would then continue in individual and group supervision and take a minimum of one course per semester in MITPP’s Adult Program until they have accrued the necessary hours for the LCSW.