THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND
THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
TREATING THE CHILD WHO LEARNS DIFFERENTLY
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Presenter: Rena Matison Greenblatt, Ph.D.
Children who learn differently present several challenges for the treating therapist. In this workshop, Dr. Greenblatt will teach the ways to recognize whether a patient may have a learning disorder, and if so, how psychological testing may be useful for the patient and family as well as for the treatment. She will discuss how to read a report and understand what it says. She will discuss how the learning challenges may manifest themselves in treatment. Another focus will be how the therapist may help a child with a learning disability and the challenges children may face in school, with family and with peers. Dr. Greenblatt will show in what ways working with a child with a learning disability may be similar to a standard child psychotherapy and in what ways it may be different. She will describe how she works with such patients, what resistances tend to manifest themselves most commonly and what real limitations these children may face, all of which impact upon the treatment. Also highlighted will be the transference and countertransference manifestations that come up in such work and the self-esteem issues that are so common. Finally, there will be an emphasis on how to help the child and family so they may work together to focus on the child’s strengths and successes.
Rena Matison Greenblatt, Ph.D. Faculty: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult and Child and Adolescent Programs; Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Adult and Child Programs. Supervisor: Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Child Program. Director: Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Child Adolescent Psychotherapy Program. Adjunct Associate Professor: New York University School of Social Work. Member: Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, International Psychoanalytical Association, American Psychological Association.
TIME: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Breakfast at 9:30 AM
LOCATION: The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health
1090 St. Nicholas Avenue (located on West 165th Street
between St. Nicholas and Amsterdam Avenues, downstairs
level next to Church Santa Rosa de Lima)
FEE: $50 includes breakfast (no fee to MCMH staff)
$30 Student Fee (includes breakfast), with proof of student status
On site registration: $60 or $40 (students with proof of student status)
No fee to MCMH Staff members.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 12, 2012.
SPACE FOR THE WORKSHOP IS LIMITED. REGISTRATION IS ACCEPTED
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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. Social Workers enrolled at MITPP may arrange to qualify for the LCSW. Matriculants see patients at the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, which is licensed by the Office of Mental Health. MITPP’s low tuition of $1,000 per semester includes all supervision and coursework. Courses are also offered on a non-matriculated basis.
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