OVERVIEW

Although you might pride yourself on being able to offer your clients plenty of support, do you sometimes worry that you are not providing them with enough challenge? Or do you sometimes have difficulty describing how you think psychotherapy really works and what you are actually doing with your clients?  

With a focus always on the translation of theory into practice, Martha Stark, MD, has developed a comprehensive theory of therapeutic action that conceives of the “therapeutic action” as primarily involving either (1) “enhancement of knowledge” (the interpretive perspective of classical psychoanalysis), (2) “provision of experience” (the deficiency-compensation perspective of self-psychology), or (3) “engagement in relationship” (the intersubjective perspective of contemporary relational theory). Her expertise in simplifying complex theoretical concepts will enable you to feel more comfortable with both the theory and the practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy. 

Dr. Stark uses snippets of clinical material and a number of extended case vignettes to demonstrate how seasoned clinicians position themselves, moment by moment, in relation to the unfolding therapeutic process. Because her weeklong course will be “live,” there will be ample opportunity for participants to interact directly with both her and their fellow learners.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Health professionals in psychiatry, psychology, neurology, medicine, surgery, geriatrics, pediatrics, nursing, social work, and counseling

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Construct a growth-incentivizing “conflict statement” to highlight neurotic conflict;
• Create a “disillusionment statement” to facilitate grieving;
• Describe the process of grieving, relenting, forgiving, and evolving to sober, mature acceptance; 
• Examine the therapist’s “use of self” to negotiate the intersubjective space between client and therapist; 
• Analyze the process of “relational detoxification” as a result of working through projective identification; 
• Explain the relationship between projection and projective identification; 
• Describe the difference between a negative transference and a disrupted positive transference; 
• Explain the concept of “challenging when possible and supporting when necessary”;
• Prepare an “accountability statement” that focuses on the here-and-now engagement between client and therapist;
• Analyze the relationship between “relentless hope” and “acceptance”; and
• Discuss the relationship between “optimal stress” and 2nd order change.

ACCREDITATION

PHYSICIAN CREDIT: 

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates these live activities for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMECs®).

PSYCHOLOGIST CREDIT:

The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 15.00 CE credits will be awarded to psychologists for attendance at these seminars.

NURSE PRACTITIONERS & REGISTERED NURSES CREDIT:

These activities have been submitted to ANA Massachusetts for approval to award contact hours. ANA Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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