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 Register 14 OCT Case Presentation discussant: Jill Savage Scharff Register 28 OCT The role of secrets in the invention or reinvention of families Susana Muszkat and Monica Vorchheimer Register 04 NOV Co-Parent Therapy Identifying Defenses and Establishing Containment in High Conflict Separating & Divorcing Couples Dana Iscoff Register 18 NOV Case Presentation discussant: Janine Wanlass Register 02 DEC Transitional and transformational states in couple life Winnicott, Bollas, Goldman and others Julie Friend Register 09 DEC Right and Wrong Ways to Mourn the Difficulties of Mourning Differently, in three situations of lost pregnancy Rachel Cooke Register Spring Semester 2021
REGISTER FOR SPRING SEMESTER 13 JAN The binds that bond; disavowed vulnerability in traumatized couples Ortal Kirson-Trilling Register 27 JAN Do sex and marriage go together like a horse and carriage? Hanni Mann-Shalvi Register 03 FEB Shared Unconscious Beliefs Opening a thinking space Carla Trusty-Smith Register 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 Register 03 MAR When Couple Therapy Reactivates Trauma Bridging Psychoanalytic and Trauma Theory and Technique Sheila Longerbeam Register 21 APR From Dysfunction to Erotic Discovery Transforming the Couple Sexual Narrative Suzanne Iasenza Register 28 APR Oedipus for Everyone Revitalizing the Model for LBGTQ Couples, Families, and Single Parents Shelley Nathans Register 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
12:00-1:15 p.m. Couple Dynamics and Projective Identification Jill Scharff, MD
Couple dynamics from an object relations perspective
Klein — projective identification
Fairbairn — individual development
Dicks — Marital tensions
2:15-3:30 p.m. 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
Click to REGISTER 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.
Session 2
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.
Session 3
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.
Session 5
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
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.