Local Annual Conference
Understanding the Traumatically Resistant Patient
Charles Ashbach, PhD, LCSW
Saturday November 4, 2017
Charles Ashbach, Ph.D. obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Joseph’s University. He obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees from Temple University and completed a post-doctoral training from the Washington School of Psychiatry. For over 35 years Dr. Ashbach has been on a psychotherapy journey spanning a wide spectrum of theoretical orientations, leading him ever deeper into the study, treatment and mysteries of the mind.
Dr. Ashbach is co-author of the book Object Relations, the Self and the Group, a study of group dynamics in light of internal objects and narcissism. He is the author of numerous articles and publications.
He is chair of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI), and founding faculty member of the national IPI system.
He has been active in teaching and training therapists throughout the United States and Europe for many years and has sought to bring a more dynamic, creative and imaginative approach to the difficulties involved in becoming an alive co-traveler in the therapeutic enterprise.
He is currently working on a book: Suffering and Sacrifice in the Clinical Encounter.
What to expect:
Dr. Ashbach will illuminate his ideas about The Traumatically Resistant Patient. Chronically difficult and oppositional patients constitute one of the most challenging aspects of any therapist’s practice. We are going to explore a core of underlying factors that can help the therapist understand the patient’s experience of trauma and its effects on psychic structure, personality characteristics and emotional attitudes that produce their tragic and deeply ambivalent situation. We will use the movie The Wizard of Oz to depict the patient's fantastic inner world that becomes the very essence of the transference and especially the counter-transference.
Dr. Ashbach's captivating presentation will be followed by a case presentation by a local colleague with Dr. Ashbach as discussant. There will be plenty of time for participant associations, comments and discussion. Please join local IPI Indy as we host this most lively and inspiring guest presenter.
Registration 8:30 a.m.
prompt beginning 9:00 a.m.-5:00pm
(Lunch on your own)
$125 if registered by October 4, 2017
$135.oo thereafter.
Student rate: $75.00
7171 North Pennsylvania Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46240
prompt beginning 9:00 a.m.-5:00pm
(Lunch on your own)
$125 if registered by October 4, 2017
$135.oo thereafter.
Student rate: $75.00
7171 North Pennsylvania Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Past Esteemed Presenters at this Annual Conference:
2010-- David Scharff, MD
2011 --Jill Scharff, MD
2012--Jack Lindy, MD
2013--Jane Hall, LCSW, FIPA
2014--Nancy McWilliams, MD
2015--Janine Wanlass, Ph.D
2016--Otto Kernberg, MD
2010-- David Scharff, MD
2011 --Jill Scharff, MD
2012--Jack Lindy, MD
2013--Jane Hall, LCSW, FIPA
2014--Nancy McWilliams, MD
2015--Janine Wanlass, Ph.D
2016--Otto Kernberg, MD
