International Psychotherapy Institute Indianapolis
Distance Learning
Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy Videoconference
Program Chair: David Scharff, M.D. and Carla Trusty-Smith, Ph.D., LMHC
Special Topics In the Theory, Technique, and Practice of Couple Therapy
Participate in person at a local site or join this live web seminar from your computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone.
Wednesdays from 9:45am to 11:45am EST.
Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy course will focus on special topics and challenges in the practice of couple treatment, using didactic lectures, case presentation and discussion, and advance readings. The course will feature presenters from the International Psychotherapy Institute and colleagues from the U.S., Argentina, England, Greece, Israel, and Scotland. Participants may join the course at Indianapolis, IN, Athens, Greece, and Tel Aviv, Israel, or join by video over the internet. Internet participants will all have the opportunity to participate fully in the seminar by joining in the live discussion with the presenter and local sites. Participants joining over the internet can do so easily by downloading a free program and clicking on a simple link provided for each session.
Interested in the Couple Therapy Certificate Program? More Information.
Fall Semester 2020
REGISTER FOR FALL SEMESTER
09
SEP
Reviewing sensate focus through a Winnicottian lens
Susan Pacey
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14
OCT
Case Presentation
discussant: Jill Savage Scharff
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28
OCT
The role of secrets in the invention or reinvention of families
Susana Muszkat and Monica Vorchheimer
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04
NOV
Co-Parent Therapy
Identifying Defenses and Establishing Containment in High Conflict Separating & Divorcing Couples
Dana Iscoff
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18
NOV
Case Presentation
discussant: Janine Wanlass
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02
DEC
Transitional and transformational states in couple life
Winnicott, Bollas, Goldman and others
Julie Friend
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09
DEC
Right and Wrong Ways to Mourn
the Difficulties of Mourning Differently, in three situations of lost pregnancy
Rachel Cooke
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Spring Semester 2021
REGISTER FOR SPRING SEMESTER
13
JAN
The binds that bond; disavowed vulnerability in traumatized couples
Ortal Kirson-Trilling
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27
JAN
Do sex and marriage go together like a horse and carriage?
Hanni Mann-Shalvi
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03
FEB
Shared Unconscious Beliefs
Opening a thinking space
Carla Trusty-Smith
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24
FEB
Consultation between Individual and Couples/Family Therapists
Is the “new couple” a space for collaborative growth or a toxic agglutinated mass?
Leora Benioff and Lee Slome
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03
MAR
When Couple Therapy Reactivates Trauma
Bridging Psychoanalytic and Trauma Theory and Technique
Sheila Longerbeam
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21
APR
From Dysfunction to Erotic Discovery
Transforming the Couple Sexual Narrative
Suzanne Iasenza
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28
APR
Oedipus for Everyone
Revitalizing the Model for LBGTQ Couples, Families, and Single Parents
Shelley Nathans
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12
MAY
Family psychoanalysis with case of sexual abuse at home
Merav Sabban
RegisterContinuing Education Credit HoursSingle Session: 2 hours CE credit
Fall Semester 2019: 14 hours CE credit
Spring Semester 2020: 16 hours CE credit
RegistrationRegister for the Fall Semester here
Register for the Spring Semester here
The individual sessions each have their own register link in the schedule above
Tuition and Fees$55 per session (IPI Members $45)
$360 per semester (IPI Members $315)
Membership BenefitsBecome a member of IPI at the “Associate Member PLUS”, or “Full Member PLUS” level and you will receive an IPI Zoom Pro account as one of your member benefits. Associate and Full Members also receive discounted registration fees for most of IPI’s events, a subscription to PEP Web, the online psychoanalytic library, and other benefits depending on membership level.
HIPAA compliant Zoom video accounts are provided for all IPI Associate Member Plus and Full Member Plus memberships. IPI has a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement with Zoom, which provides a HIPAA compliant platform for our accounts. HIPPA compliance is strongly recommended for all internet-mediated clinical work and clinical teaching. The “PLUS” add-on to the IPI membership gives the user the ability to host online meetings with multiple people at the same time. [Current members can upgrade to the “Plus” account and only pay the difference in price from your current membership level.]
Click for IPI Membership and Zoom Account information
Educational ObjectivesOverall Course Objective
Participants in this course will enhance their repertoire of psychoanalytic couple therapy and technique regarding how to discriminate specific couple syndromes from individual partner difficulties.
Should you have any questions about the program or the application process, please feel free to contact:
info@theipi.org
Continuing Education InformationThe International Psychotherapy Institute, IPI, is approved by The American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. IPI maintains responsibility for the program and its content. The International Psychotherapy Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6017. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The International Psychotherapy Institute is responsible for all aspects of the programs. The International Psychotherapy Institute is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. The International Psychotherapy Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers.
Participants are responsible for verifying that IPI CE credit is accepted by the licensing boards in their own states. Please note: At this time we are aware that CE credit for IPI events will not be accepted by the New Jersey Board of Social Work.
Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy One-day Course
September 12, 2020
Program Chair: Carla Trusty-Smith, PhD
One-day live online course designed to provide a basic introduction to couple therapy from an object relations perspective.
The Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy Program is offering a one-day live online course designed to provide a basic introduction to couple therapy from an object relations perspective.
This course is appropriate for all levels of therapists interested in exploring and expanding their practice to include couple work or deepening their existing work with couples. It is a recommended but not required prerequisite to the Foundations of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapydistance learning series which builds upon these fundamentals which are not explicitly taught in the video seminar.
*This is a required course for students enrolling in the Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Certificate Program.
The course will be held online as a two-way secure, HIPAA-compliant live videoconference using the Zoom videoconference platform, requiring only a computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone with a camera/microphone and internet access.
Program Date(s):September 12, 2020
Course ScheduleThe course will meet online as a live two-way videoconference from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. US Eastern Time Zone with a one-hour lunch break from 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. ET, providing 6 hours of CE Credit. Participants will receive an advance reading list and copies of the course readings.
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
What makes Couple therapy different from individual therapy?
Carla Trusty-Smith, PhD
- The back of the therapist’s mind
- Couple state of mind
- Creative couple
- The third position
- Desired outcomes
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Conducting an Assessment and Setting Up Treatment
Janine Wanlass, PhD
- Setting a frame
- Establishing an alliance
- Conducting an initial assessment
- Formulating hypotheses and making treatment recommendations
Couple Dynamics and Projective Identification
Jill Scharff, MD
- Couple dynamics from an object relations perspective
- Klein — projective identification
- Fairbairn — individual development
- Dicks — Marital tensions
Role of the therapist in transference/countertransference dynamics
Jim Poulton PhD
- Use of the therapist’s self
- Negative capability
- Transference and countertransference
- Contextual, Focused, Individual, Joint
- Working between individual and joint transferences
- Interpretation of defense and anxiety: The because clause
- Working through
3:45-5:00 p.m.
Common Challenges: Sexuality and Sexual Issues in Couple Therapy
David Scharff. M.D.
- Sexual Development
- Assessing Sexual Difficulty
- Dealing with Affairs
Registration fee: $180
Discounted fee for IPI Association Members and Full Members: $153
Membership BenefitsBecome a member of IPI at the “Associate Member PLUS”, or “Full Member PLUS” level and you will receive an IPI Zoom Pro account as one of your member benefits. Associate and Full Members also receive discounted registration fees for most of IPI’s events, a subscription to PEP Web, the online psychoanalytic library, and other benefits depending on membership level.
HIPAA compliant Zoom video accounts are provided for all IPI Associate Member Plus and Full Member Plus memberships. IPI has a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement with Zoom, which provides a HIPAA compliant platform for our accounts. HIPPA compliance is strongly recommended for all internet-mediated clinical work and clinical teaching. The “PLUS” add-on to the IPI membership gives the user the ability to host online meetings with multiple people at the same time. [Current members can upgrade to the “Plus” account and only pay the difference in price from your current membership level.]
Click for IPI Membership and Zoom Account information
Continuing Education Credit HoursThe one-day course provides 6 hours CE Credit
Program Faculty
James Poulton, Ph.D.
David Scharff, M.D.
Jill Scharff, M.D.
Carla Trusty-Smith, Ph.D.
Janine Wanlass, Ph.D.
Educational ObjectivesParticipants will be able to:
Session 1
- Define the concept of “couple state of mind”.
- Identify two aspects that differentiate couple therapy from individual therapy.
- Name three outcomes of successful couple therapy according to J. Scharff.
- Describe 3 tasks of an assessment in couple therapy from a psychodynamic perspective.
- Discuss 2 ways to facilitate the establishment of a therapeutic alliance in couple treatment.
- List three phases of projective identification according to Ogden.
- Identify one defensive and one restorative function of projective identification in marriage.
Session 4
- Describe two kinds of joint transferences couples can present in couple therapy.
- List three reasons a therapist may shift between offering interpretations of individual vs. joint transferences in couple sessions.
- Enumerate five stages of sexual development that can create adult sexual vulnerability.
- List three differential causes of affairs and develop effective treatment techniques appropriate to each one
Participants are responsible for verifying that IPI CE credit is accepted by the licensing boards in their own states. Please note: At this time we are aware that CE credit for IPI events will not be accepted by the New Jersey Board of Social Work.
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