This six-session child psychotherapy course will focus on illustrating aspects of child development and child therapy, clinical theory, therapeutic listening (to words, communications through nonverbal behaviors and play), and technique. We will present case material and clinical vignettes, supplemented by at least one reading for each session. One session of the series will focus on consultation with parents, teachers and other professionals, including issues of confidentiality and the choice of material one can present in professional settings.
Case material will help participants to understand how clinical interaction brings to life aspects of theory and development, and illustrates clinical impressions, choice of interventions and their impact. Presenters will pay special attention to the interplay between inevitable therapeutic misattunements or ruptures and subsequent repair in the therapeutic relationship. We will also be sensitive to the role of transference/countertransference and enactments in sessions with children and adolescents.
This course is designed for child and adult clinicians who have been in practice for at least two years. Questions can be directed to the office and will be responded to as soon as possible.
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Dates: 6 Tuesday evenings as follows: 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21 and 3/28.
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Format: Lecture and discussion
Location: Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center Library
401 Shady Ave, Suite B101
Pittsburgh PA 15206
12 Continuing Education Credits available for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors and other mental health professionals.
Tuition: Early Registration by January 28, 2023: $250
After January 28, 2023: $300
IMPORTANT: This is a clinical course and in order to maintain professional standards of confidentiality we require there be no recording or photographs of course material. Registration for this course constitutes agreement that class participants will not discuss clinical material shared within the class outside of the course.
About the Instructors:
Eleanor C. Irwin, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and a child and adult certified psychoanalyst. Dr. Irwin is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and a faculty member, past president and former chair of the Child Analysis committee of the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center. The author of many articles and book chapters about the mental health issues of children and their families, she has also made films about play therapy and the arts in individual, family and group work.
Ronald G. Jalbert, Ph.D., is a child and adult Jungian analyst and psychologist in private practice. Dr. Jalbert is a faculty member and chair of the Child Analysis committee of the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center and an adjunct clinical professor in the Clinical Psychology Department at Duquesne University. He has presented widely both in the United States and abroad on such topics as dreams, symbol formation, uses of expressive arts in psychodynamic therapy and ethics in the analytic field. Publications include several translations of works by French analysts and, most recently, one essay-review of two analytic books on Hamlet and another on an inaugural issue of a French analytic journal.
Sharon Leak, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice and on the faculty of the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center. She specializes in psychological testing and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with mood and anxiety disorders, as well as learning disabilities and attention problems. Dr. Leak integrates psychodynamic and neurocognitive perspectives in psychotherapy, psychological testing, and consultation with schools and clinicians, as well as in her writing of journal articles and book chapters.
Diana Schwab, M.Ed., LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice who focuses on children and families, applying her expertise across a number of settings. Ms. Schwab is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, a developmental specialist in international adoption at Kids Plus Pediatrics, and a consultant to a variety of organizations that support children and families. Understanding the role of development and relationships is at the center of her work, whether working as a psychotherapist or as a consultant providing reflective consultation.
Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Statement:
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of (12) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education - Psychologists:
Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
Disclosure Statement:
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. *Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, LPCs: The Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Centers is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center maintains responsibility for the program and its content. The Pennsylvania Board of Social Work approves of credits issued by APA sponsors. Therefore, the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center is able to offer continuing education credits to social workers and counselors per Pennsylvania Code, Section 49.