Weekend Conference November 8-10, 2024 will be offered Online. Open to any mental health professional or mental health professional-in-training.
Program Date(s):
November 8, 2024 - November 10, 2024The Child in the Adult: New Developments in Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Practice Today
Overview
The course will use lecture, large group discussion, small group/GAM group discussion, case presentation and discussion and informal discussion to achieve the course objectives.
General weekend schedule
Start and end times are approximate for your personal planning purposes. Detailed times, reading lists, and educational objectives will be provided to registered participants.
Friday 9:30am – 6:30 pm US ET
Saturday 9:30am – 6:30pm US ET
Sunday 10:00am – 2:00pm US ET
Virgina Ungar, MD
Virginia Ungar, M.D., training analyst at the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association (APdeBA). She was the Chair of the IPA’s Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis Committee(COCAP) and of the IPA Committee for Integrated Training. She is a member of the Latin American Board of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis (IJP). She was Visiting Professor at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Center, at the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center, at the Australian Psychoanalytic Society (APAS) and at the Finnish Psychoanalytic Society. She was awarded a Konex of Platinum in 2016 and the Sigourney Award in 2023. She is the former President of the International Psychoanalytic Association (2017-2021). She was the first woman to be elected to that position.
IPI Faculty Weekend Co-Chairs
Sue Cebulko, PhD
Lynda Scalf-McIver, PhD
Tuition and Fees
Registration options:
- Full Conference
- $475 up to 21 days in advance; $525 thereafter
- *Full members: $359
- *Associate members: $410
- Full time students: $175
- Saturday All Day (morning and afternoon): $175
- Saturday Morning only: $100
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Continuing Education Credit Hours
Full Weekend Conference:
- 14.5 CE credits
Saturday All Day:
- 6 CE credits
Saturday Morning only:
- 2.5 CE credits
Weekend Conference Attendance Policy
Participants can only earn CE credits for each session they attend in its entirety. No partial credit can be given.
Full Weekend Schedule
14.5 CE credits
Saturday All Day Schedule
6 CE credits
Saturday Morning Only Schedule
2.5 CE credits
Educational Objectives
FRIDAY MORNING SESSION: THE INFANTILE IN THE CLINICAL ENCOUNTER
- Participants will describe how the disturbance of normal countertransference can be corrected to facilitate psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
- Participants will explain how the infantile in the clinical encounter influences the functioning of the psychoanalytic treatment relationship.
FRIDAY MORNING GAM GROUP:
- Participants will apply the Group Affective Model to explain disturbance in countertransference as it relates to the infantile in the clinical relationship.
- Participants will utilize the GAM group to discuss the infantile in object relationships, making links with clinical and group experiences.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION: CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION
- Participants will describe one example of a child’s use of a toy and one example of a child’s use of a drawing to express inner conflict.
- Participants will identify two play therapy techniques for creating a safe space for a child’s expression of aggression and identify three techniques that support the establishment of a therapeutic relationship.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON GAM GROUP:
- Participants will discuss 2 common anxieties in clinical work with children and parents.
- Participants will use the group process to describe 1 ethical challenge working with families and give one illustration of the concept of “the child in the adult.”
SATURDAY MORNING SESSION: PSYCHOANALYTIC CLINICAL PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY
- Participants will describe two aspects of the analytic therapist’s role in guiding the patient through and emerging from their claustrophobic state.
- Participants will explain the impact of socio-political contexts on psychotic and/or paranoid functioning.
SATURDAY MORNING GAM GROUP:
- Participants will utilize the GAM model to discuss defenses that influence internal and external/global conflict.
- Participants will apply the GAM model to draw links between the developmental experiences of adolescence and socio-cultural challenges.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION: THE TURBULENCE OF PUBERTY TODAY
- Participants will define the concept of emotional turbulence and ways it manifests in clinical settings.
- Participants will identify the psychoanalytic and symbolic meanings of self-harm in adolescence.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON GAM GROUP:
- Participants will utilize the GAM model to examine the role of curiosity in the psychoanalytic work and in the psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic process.
- Participants will apply the GAM model to explain how parental function impacts aggression in adolescence.
SUNDAY MORNING SESSION: PLAY AND PLAYING
- Participants will discuss the clinical significance of using clear language that resonates with the expressions of patients, both child and adult.
- Participants will describe two ways to manage and make space for aggressive fantasies in both child and adult psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
SUNDAY MORNING GAM GROUP:
- Participants will utilize the GAM model to describe how play facilitates psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic treatment in children and adults.
- Participants will be able to utilize the GAM model to describe the role of aggressive fantasies in patients, making links to internal and external object relationships.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION: CLOSING DIALOGUE
- Participants will name and describe two general themes from the conference that will lead to a change in their clinical practice.
- Participants will identify two concepts presented during the conference that will enrich their clinical skills.
Membership Benefits
Become a member of IPI at any level and you will have the option of adding on a 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 an optional add on for all IPI 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 “+ Zoom Pro” 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 “+ Zoom Pro” account and only pay the difference in price from your current membership level.]
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Continuing Education Information
The 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 authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for Category I continuing education units. 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 #SW-0299.
Participants are responsible for verifying that IPI CE credit is accepted by the licensing boards in their own states.
Should you have any questions about the program or the application process, please feel free to contact:
IPI Administrative Team - contactus@theipi.org
