Kathy Harting, LMHC, Psychoanalyst, will facilitate a seminar that integrates contemporary neurobiological and psychoanalytic perspectives on relational development, focusing on the capacity to engage in love versus patterns of refusal. Drawing on current scholarship and the work of Otto Kernberg on love and aggression, the course examines how these dynamics manifest in clinical practice.

Participants will explore how neurobiological processes and internal object relations contribute to these relational patterns and will apply this understanding to clinical formulation and intervention. Clinical examples will be used to facilitate discussion and deepen participants’ ability to work with patients in whom aggression, withdrawal, or refusal of love predominate.

Cost to attend will be $32.50 (full-time student rate is $16.25 with discount code “STUDENT”). Price includes all credit card processing fees. 1.5 CEs are available.

Liz Kennedy, LMHC, will facilitate a seminar that will examine ethical challenges in the termination phase of psychotherapy and explore the clinical elements of a “good enough” ending. The course will begin with a review and discussion of Glen O. Gabbard’s paper titled, “What is a Good Enough Termination?” Next, the presenter will discuss a case illustrating the challenges and ethical considerations discussed in the article and reflect on her experience of the termination process in that case. Throughout the presentation, attendees will be encouraged to engage with the material, bring associations and questions and contribute case material relevant to the discussion.

Cost to attend will be $32.50 (full-time student rate is $16.25 with discount code “STUDENT”). Price includes all credit card processing fees. 1.5 Ethics focused CEs are available.

We invite you to join us as Kathy Harting, LMHC, Psychoanalyst, facilitates a discussion on the role of siblings and their impact on clinical material in the consulting room. Kathy will be exploring the paper by Juliet Mitchell, M.A; “Why Siblings? Introducing the ‘Sibling Trauma’ and the ‘Law of the Mother’ on the ‘Horizontal’ Axis.” Cost to attend will be $32.50 (full-time student rate is $16.25 with discount code “STUDENT”). Price includes all credit card processing fees. 1.5 CEs are available.

When the Patient is a Therapist: The Ethics of Treating Mental Health Professionals | Kelsey Hanlon, LMHC, Psychoanalyst

Personal psychotherapy and/or analysis is considered good practice in our field. As such, many psychotherapists and psychoanalysts find themselves with mental health colleagues as patients. Some even specialize in being a “therapist of therapists.” Given that we are a large patient population, why are the ethical challenges and gratifications involved in these treatments not discussed? Join us as we openly talk about what has been taboo in our field: our very selves as patients. Cost to attend will be $32.50 (full-time student rate is $16.25 with discount code “STUDENT”). Price includes all credit card processing fees.
1.5 Ethics CEs are available.