The Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy,
The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health and
The Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists
Invite you to a Scientific Meeting
Friday, November 7, 2014 – 8:00 PM
LITTLE FEELINGS: COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
IN PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH CHILDREN
Presenter: Jill Bellinson, Ph.D.
We often fall in love with our child patients and imagine ourselves to be the good caretakers who will fix all their difficulties. This is because they are cute, needy and eager — and because we truly are good caretakers. And it is also because we are experiencing a countertransference reaction, one of many that might be evoked as we conduct child therapy. Child patients are indeed lovable, and they can also be frustrating, irritating, boring, and anxiety-provoking. They stir memories of our own childhood and associations about our own parents. We find ourselves identifying with ‘our’ children against their parents, feeling annoyed and uncertain at times, and recognizing the need to attend to our own experiences as we work. These experiences may interfere with our ability to conduct effective treatment, and they may also aid in making sense of ourselves and our child patients. Tracing the concept of countertransference in child treatment from its roots in analytic and child therapy literature, this presentation will offer ideas about the complex ways in which the therapist’s experience can unfold in child treatment and describe strategies for using countertransference to guide us as we try to understand the children we treat.
JILL BELLINSON, PH.D. Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William Alanson White Institute. Faculty and Supervisor: Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Program; William Alanson White Institute, Adelphi University, Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Supervisor: Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programs of CUNY and Columbia University. Psychological Consultant: New Alternatives for Children and Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services. Author: Children’s Use of Board Games in Psychotherapy and papers on psychodynamic treatment of children and adults.
No registration or fee required. Refreshments served following the presentation.
Meeting Will Be Held At:
The Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Institute and Center
329 East 62nd Street (1st & 2nd Avenues)
1st Floor Auditorium, New York, NY 10021
Program Committee: Alexandra Cattaruzza, MS, LP, Co-Chair * Rosemarie Verderame, LCSW, Co-Chair * Joyce A. Lerner, LCSW *
Thomas McCoy, M. Div., LCSW * Barbara Reichenthal, LCSW, BCD * Ivy Vale, BFA
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