International Psychotherapy Institute Indianapolis
Distance Learning
Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy: Special Topics in Theory, Technique & Practice
Program Chairs:
David Scharff, M.D. and Carla Trusty-Smith, Ph.D., LMHC
This course can be done entirely distance learning through Zoom Videoconference
Wednesdays from 9:45am to 11:45am Eastern Time.
Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy distance learning course will focus on special topics and challenges in the practice of psychoanalytic couple therapy, using didactic lectures, case presentations, discussion, and advance readings. The course will feature presenters from the International Psychotherapy Institute and colleagues from Argentina, Austria, England, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, and the USA. Register by semester or individual class with special discounted price for semester enrollment, including free subscription to the Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal for a full-year enrollment.
This course is one component of the Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy Certificate Program. Click for More Information about the full Certificate Program.
***Registrants in this course are encouraged to also attend the one-day online course Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy onSeptember 11, 2021. Click for more information on and registration for the one-day course.
Program Date(s):September 29, 2021 - May 11, 2022
Fall Semester 2021
REGISTER FOR FALL SEMESTER
29
SEP
A couples group preventive intervention for parents:
Theory, research, and practice
Phil Cowan, Ph.D. & Carolyn Pape Cowan, Ph.D.
Register for Sept 29
13
OCT
Talking about Sex with your patients:
It’s not so hard
Derek Polansky, M.D. (US)
Register for Oct 13
27
OCT
Legitimacy and value in psychoanalytic psychotherapy research
David Hewison, Ph.D. (UK)
Register for Oct 27
03
NOV
Case Presentation & Discussion
Olga Kohklova (Russia)
Register for Nov 3
17
NOV
Case Presentation & Discussion
Diana Moraru Ph.D. (Romania)
Register for Nov 17
08
DEC
Attachment and interpreting couple relationships
Chris Clulow,Ph.D. (UK)
Register for Dec 8
15
DEC
An Exploration of Countertransference as a Compass in High Conflict Custody and Access Cases
Caoimhe Nicdhomhnaill, B.A. Mod. M.Psych Sc. (Ireland)
Register for Dec 15
Spring Semester 2022
REGISTER FOR SPRING SEMESTER
12
JAN
How does couple psychotherapy allow for and respond to the individual?
Damian McCann, D.Psych. (UK)
Register for Jan 12
26
JAN
What is Queer About Sex for Heterosexual & LGBTQ Patients
Suzanne Iasenza, Ph.D.
Register for Jan 26
16
FEB
When Couple Dysfunction Defends Against Anxiety
Richard Zeitner Ph.D. (USA)
Register for Feb 16
23
FEB
How to Drive Your Spouse Insane:
The toxic effect of micro-separations
Brett Kahr (UK)
Register for Feb 23
09
MAR
Narcissistic Relating and Sharing Psychic Space
Mary Morgan (UK)
Register for March 9
13
APR
Case Presentation & Discussion
John Allemand Ph.D.
Register for April 13
27
APR
The threatening third: working with betrayal in couples
Amita Sehgal Ph.D (UK)
Register for April 27
11
MAY
Case Presentation & Discussion
Alexandra Leonardo (Portugal)
Register for May 11
Educational Objectives Overall 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.
FALL SEMESTER
Sept 29 – A couples group preventive intervention for parents
- Participants will be able to list five domains in a model of risk and protective factors for developing effective family relationships.
- Participants will be able to to describe three elements of how working with couples functions as a preventive intervention that fosters parents’ and children’s development.
- Participants will have the opportunity to reduce their own anxiety about talking about sex with clients while learning about the integration of psychodynamic concept in the sex therapy field; list two reasons why talking with clients about sex is important.
- Participants will list at least three essential elements of how to take a sexual history.
- Participants will be able to list three ways research legitimizes psychoanalytic psychotherapy and extrapolate two ways these results apply to psychanalytic couple therapy.
- Participants will sight two reasons for the need to continue to pursue research on the value of in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
- Participants will be able to name two examples of couple transference to the therapist in a case presentation.
- Participants will be able to describe the process of projective identification using one example in the presented couple case.
- Participants will be able to name two examples of couple transference to the therapist in a case presentation.
- Participants will be able to describe the process of projective identification using one example in the presented couple case.
- Participants will be able to describe two ways attachment theory informs the dynamics in couple relationships, and consider three ways in which safety and the capacity for exploring can be developed through interpretation.
- Participants will be able to describe the meaning of interpretation in couple psychotherapy from an attachment perspective and identify two examples of effective interpretations with attachment dynamics in mind.
- The participants will be able to identify mental states necessary to Custody and Access evaluators in high conflict cases, and describe two examples of the use of such states.
- Participants will be able to give one example each of in the challenge of discerning the contribution of
- (i) a child’s own separation anxiety,
- (ii) estrangement from a parent due to abuse or neglect and
- (iii) parental alienation dynamics using a psychodynamic lens.
Jan 12 – How does couple psychotherapy allow for and respond to the individual?
- Participants will be able to describe three complex issues involved in undertaking couple therapy with only one of the partners present and provide two examples.
- Participants will be able to identify under what circumstances, if any, it is appropriate to see and work with one of the partners in couple therapy, and give two examples of potential positive and negative outcomes.
- Participants will be able to describe three elements of successful work with the fluidity of sex and gender in psychodynamic couple sex therapy.
- Participants will be able to list three ways a relational sexual history identifies narratives specific to LGBTQ patients.
- Participants will give two examples of the role couple dysfunction can play in defending against anxiety.
- Participants will give 3 examples of anxieties often shared by partners in a defensive collusion.
- By examining the contributions of Sigmund Freud, René Spitz, John Bowlby, Margaret Mahler, and other practitioners, participants will be able to name three psychopathological effects of long-term separations.
- Participants will identify three ways brief separations and micro-separations impact the state of mind of couples in distress.
- Participants will be able to describe two ways in which sharing psychic space can be difficult in relationships.
- Participants will be able to explain the difference between ’narcissistic adherence’ and ‘narcissistic detachment’ (Britton, 2003)
- Participants will be able to name two examples of couple transference to the therapist in a case presentation.
- Participants will be able to describe the process of projective identification using one example in the presented couple case.
- Participants will identify two elements of psychoanalytic understanding of how introducing a third into a couple’s relationship can dismantle the structure of their relationship and present a challenge to both partners as they re-align and find a new balance within it.
- Participants will be able to list three elements necessary to working psychoanalytically with the aggression generated between partners when a third disrupts their relational equilibrium; and be able to name two observable psychodynamic interventions in such a couple case.
- Participants will be able to name two examples of couple transference to the therapist in a case presentation.
- Participants will be able to describe the process of projective identification using one example in the presented couple case.
Fall Semester: 14 hours CE credit
Spring Semester: 16 hours CE credit
RegistrationRegister for Fall 2021
Register for Spring 2022
Register for both Fall and Spring (and get a free subscription to Couple and Family Psychoanalysis)
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)
Benefit for registering for the full Academic YearRegistrants who sign up for both the Fall and Spring semesters of the Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy (i.e. the full academic year), will receive a FREE subscription to Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal from the IPI.
REGISTER for the Full Academic Year (both Fall and Spring semesters)
Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy One-day Course
September 11, 2021
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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