Short Course Archives - Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Short Course: Psychotherapy in Black & White: Anti-Black Racism in Black Client/White Therapist & Black Therapist/White Client Dyads~April 23rd, 2021

Offering 3 Diversity CEs ~ This workshop we will review the research on Black-White interpersonal dynamics and how they relate to our therapeutic work. Along with reviewing the research on psychotherapy process between Black therapists and their White clients. We will review research on various types of anti-Black racism exhibited by White Americans in their interactions with Black Americans in general and in the psychotherapy context.

Nilou Mostofi2021-04-27T13:51:25-04:00February 12th, 2021|Tags: client dyads, Psychotherapy, race, race-relations, racism|

Short Course: From the Nursery to the Therapeutic Relationship – Developing a Sense of Earned Security ~ Feb 5, 2022 ~ Registration Now Closed

Offering 2 CEs ~ In this short course, we will describe the observable links between an insecure attachment presentation in the nursery and the differences/similarities in adult treatment. We will also illustrate the way knowledge of attachment research can support therapists during moments in which intense and potentially disruptive affects take center stage in the clinical encounter. These are often the times that developmental trauma powerfully enters the room, affecting the dyad’s shared experience.

Nilou Mostofi2022-02-05T16:33:59-05:00December 2nd, 2021|Tags: attachment, child-mother, clinical, Intersubjective, Psychoanalytic Training, therapeutic relationship|

Short Course: Suicidality: Changing the Narrative ~ February 14, 2020

America is in the midst of a suicide crisis. Last year, the Center for Disease Control released statistics showing that the rate of suicide increased by 33% between 1999 and 2017. Since 2008, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death for all ages. That rate only increases when there is a history of childhood abuse and neglect. Most therapists received little, if any training, about how to manage a suicidal crisis. Most of the training that is available focuses on ‘fixing’ the problem of suicide through prediction and prevention techniques.

ICP+P2020-08-31T08:32:48-04:00February 14th, 2020|Tags: abuse, coping mechanism, Joanne Zucchetto, neglect, short course, Simone Jacobs, suicidal behavior, Suicide, survivors|

Short Course: Keeping the Body in Mind: Affect Regulation for Trauma Survivors ~ November 15, 2019

Traumatic stress can evoke emotional extremes in survivors who are often described as feeling “too much” (flooding) or feeling “too little” (shut down). This workshop introduces participants to a range of neurobiologically-informed therapeutic tools and techniques that can be utilized in clinical practice with dysregulated clients. Keeping the body in mind, we will experiment with a range of body-based, “bottom up” interventions designed to promote grounding and attunement and facilitate self-awareness and affect regulation for trauma survivors.

ICP+P2019-11-16T13:55:34-05:00March 1st, 2019|Tags: Affect, affect regulation, body, dysregulated clients, mind, neurobiologically-informed therapeutic tools, short course, trauma, trauma survivors|

Short Course: Circling the Chairs: Starting Groups in Private Practice ~ September 20, 2019

Launching a group can be one of the most challenging tasks you face as a group therapist. It is easy to get stuck because you are unsure what to do next. In this workshop participants will explore the potential pitfalls of starting a group and learn how to avoid them. Using practical advice that is grounded in group theory, participants are guided through a stepwise process of launching a group.

ICP+P2019-09-20T11:52:56-04:00June 5th, 2019|Tags: forming a group, group, group theory, Launching, private practice, psychodynamic group therapy, referral sources, Starting, therapy groups, tools|

The Female Gaze in/on the Female Body in Art + Psychoanalysis: Why Does the Work of Artist Paula Modersohn-Becker Challenge Embedded (or Unconscious) Misogyny + Epistemic Injustice? Mar 1

Get Diversity CEs ~ The work of artist Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) who in 1905-07, painted her body and those of mothers and babies in the nude, defied centuries of representations of idealized female nudes and nudes painted through the male gaze.

ICP+P2019-03-03T20:43:14-05:00March 1st, 2019|Tags: Art, epistemic injustice, female, nude, Paula Modersohn-Becker, prejudicial treatment, procreative body, psychoanalysis|

Short Course: To Group or Not to Group: Assessment and Preparation of Potential Group Members ~ February 8, 2019

Group therapy can be integrated with, or follow, individual treatment to expand and broaden the client’s therapeutic experience beyond the traditional dyad. This workshop is an exciting opportunity for clinicians who may or may not run groups themselves: to learn specific ways in which participating in group may be beneficial; to explore having a dialogue with clients about group; and to connect clients with a group experience, if appropriate.

ICP+P2019-07-22T18:50:57-04:00February 8th, 2019|Tags: assessing readiness for group, emotional, group, psychodynamic group therapy, therapy groups, tools|