Course Schedule 2008-2009
Foundations of Clinical Process
This course will consider issues involved in beginning psychotherapy and developing a therapeutic relationship. The negotiation of disruptions and repairs will also be discussed. Theoretical and clinical applications will be addressed from comparative psychoanalytic perspectives. Achieving goals such as evolving and understanding of the patient and developing rapport will be approached from different contemporary perspectives stressing the contributions of self psychology. An emphasis will be placed on the impact of employing empathy and attending to disruptions in the therapeutic bond.
Instructors: Peter Lessem, PhD & Peter Kaufmann, PhD
Locations: 580 Broadway, Suite 1005 NYC & 156 Fifth Ave. Suite 718, NYC
Dates: September 24, October 1, 15, 22, & 29, 2008
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 PM
The Clinical Process Unfolding: Transference and Countertransference
This course will consider how to understand the unfolding clinical process in ongoing treatment in terms of the interplay of transference and countertransference. Different psychoanalytic conceptualizations of transference and countertransference will be presented and compared (each by an instructor who is an expert in that particular perspective). The views of intersubjectivity theory and dyadic systems theory will be stressed. Focus will be placed on the developmental and repetitive aspects of the transference, the co-creation of the transference and countertransference, and the interaction between mutual and self-regulatory processes. Participants are encouraged to bring their own clinical examples. For the first class with Dr. Frank Lachmann, please come in prepared to discuss the 1st two sessions of a case with regard to your countertransference.
Instructors: Frank Lachmann, PhD, Donna Orange, PsyD., Shelly Doctors, Ph.D., Peter Kaufman, Ph.D. and Ruth Burtman, Ph.D. with J.P. Cheuvront, Psy.D.
Locations: 11/5: 393 West End Ave. Suite 1A & 11/12: 315 West 86th St. Suite 9E, NYC and at each instructors office thereafter.
Dates: November 5, 12, 19, December 3 & 10, 2008
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Love and Danger in the Consultation Room: A Consideration of Erotic and Self-Destructive Enactments in Treatment
This course will provide an in-depth examination of two types of challenging enactments that can occur in therapy: the erotic transference, and self-destructive acting-out. The examination will illustrate how these enactments are co-created and consider how therapists can constructively address them in treatment. Sessions from the series "In Treatment" as well as vignettes from participants will be discussed.
Instructor: Peter Kaufmann, PhD
Location: 156 Fifth Ave. Suite 718, NYC
Dates: January 7, 14, 21, 28, February 4, 2009
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Clinical Case Process
Participants will be encouraged to present challenging clinical cases and formulate questions to be addressed. The group will give participants to consider these clinical dilemmas from the point-of-view of self psychology, intersubjectivity, and motivational systems theory. A prerequisite for this course is completion of one of the other three courses in this series.
Instructor: Ruth Burtman, PhD
Location: 225 Central Park South, Suite 918, NYC
Dates: March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 2009
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Registration, Cost and Continuing Ed Credit
All lectures are open to licensed clinical professionals. For application materials, please contact the IPSS administrator by email or by phone at 212-582-1566 x206.
Cost and CE Credits: The amount for each course is $350 to be paid before or on the first day of class. To register, please call 212-582-1566 Ext. 206 to reserve a space and make payment, or print and complete the brochure available here. All courses have been approved for CE credits under the auspices of the National Association of Social Workers, NYS Continuing Education Recognition Program. IPSS is approved to offer CE credits for psychologists by the American Psychological Association. IPSS maintains responsibility for these courses and their content.