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Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program

Child and Adolescent Clinical Case Conferences

The child's verbal and nonverbal productions in therapeutic session, and the clinician's response to this material, are used in case conference to develop a deeper appreciation of the child's internal experience. By using current case material, we will identify possible latent meaning of the child's presentation, and then use this process knowledge to formulate and refine the treatment approach. The various phases of therapy, from diagnosis, through beginning to termination, including transference and counter-transference issues will be examined.

Participants will provide their own clinical work for discussion.

Oak Park Case Conference

Dates: Wednesdays - March 12, 19; 26 and April 2, 9, 16 (6 sessions 9 CEUS)
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Location: 137 N. Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park
2nd Floor Conference Room 26
Fee: $210.00
Instructor: Peter Shaft, MSW, LCSW, BCD is a graduate of the Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPPT) and a member of its faculty. He is a graduate of New Directions, a writing and critical thinking program of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. Mr. Shaft is in private practice in Oak Park and Chicago. He is particularly interested in dynamic understanding of children who have experienced trauma.

Highland Park Case Conference

Dates: Fridays - April 18, 25; and May 2, 9, 16, 23 (6 sessions 9 CEUS)
Time: 12 noon-1:30 p.m.
Location: 508 Central Ave., Ste. 212,
Highland Park
Fee: $210.00
Instructor: Edward P. Kaufman, MSW, LCSW, BCD, is Co-Director and faculty member of the CAPPT Program. He is in private practice in Chicago and Highland Park. He is a consultant to various schools and social service agencies in the Chicago metropolitan area. Mr. Kaufman is an editor and contributor to Emotions and Learning Re-considered: International Perspectives, Gardner Press, 1993.

Necessary Skills for the New Child Mental Health System

As the Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership proceeds in creating a new Children's Mental Health System, what are the skills that clinicians need in order to participate effectively in this new system? Providing clinical services within this developing clinical paradigm requires skill sets and capacities not found yet in traditional educational venues. This course begins to provide the foundation for the development of these skill sets of the future. It will take a developmental approach to understanding how early experiences, both positive and negative, contribute and shape the infant into the young child that he or she will become. In addition, it will identify a culturally sensitive approach to clinical interventions and actions.

Dates: Fridays - April 4, 11, 18, 25; and May 2, 9 (6 sessions 12 CEUS)
Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: Institute for Psychoanalysis;
122 S. Michigan Ave.
13th floor
Fee: $210.00
Instructor: William D. Gieseke, PhD, LCPC is a faculty member of the CAPPT Program and has been working with children, adolescents and their families for over 30 years. He has worked in a variety of clinical settings and has consulted with schools, community mental health centers, and childrens' mental health advocacy organizations. He is in private practice in Northfield.

Working With Parents

D.W. Winnicott once said that you can't have an infant without a parent or a parent without an infant. The two are crucial for one another. As therapists we cannot work with children without working with the parents. And the work with parents is often considered one of the most challenging aspects of child therapy. We will examine the importance of developing a working alliance with the parents and how this can be accomplished, and consider the complex factors that face both the therapist and the parents. Didactic material as well as clinical material and class discussion will be utilized.

Dates: Saturdays - May 31; June 7, and 21 (3 sessions, 4.5 CEUS)
Time: 12:00 noon-1:30 p.m.
Location: Institute for Psychoanalysis
122 S. Michigan Ave.
13th floor
Fee: $105.00
Instructor: Evelina Pereira-Webber, MA, LCPC is a faculty member of the CAPPT Program. She lectures frequently at schools in the Chicago area on parenting and child development. She is in private practice with children, adolescents, and parents in Chicago.

Continuing Education

Psychologists: The Institute for Psychoanalysis of Chicago is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Institute for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program.

Social Workers: The Institute for Psychoanalysis of Chicago is approved as a continuing education sponsor for social workers by the Deparmtent of Professional Regulation of the State of Illinois.

Professional Counselors: The Institute for Psychoanalysis of Chicago is approved as a continuing education sponsor for professional counselors and clinical professional counselors by the Department of Professional Regulation of the State of Illinois.

Registration

To register download the form (PDF, 84 KB) and return with payment to:
Attn: Christine Susman
Institute for Psychoanalysis
122 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60603

For additional information contact Christine Susman at 312-922-7474, ext. 324.

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