Co-Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association &New Center for Psychoanalysis Program Description Patients who have never fully confronted – and grieved – the pain of their early-on heartbreak will often cling tenaciously to their hope that perhaps someday the object of their desire will be forthcoming. But there are others who, in the aftermath of their early-on […]
Sponsored by The WILA Alumni Association Program Description Working with eating disorders presents a complex and unique set of challenges for clinicians unfamiliar with this population. This course is designed for clinicians who are interested in gaining basic knowledge and understanding of working with clients with mild to severe eating disorders. Learning Objectives Upon […]
Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association Program Description This program involves Dr. Philip Ringstrom’s presentation of his original model for doing relational psychoanalytic couples therapy. It involves a grounded framework for addressing the complex psychodynamics of couples in highly practical ways. The model is based on three broad themes: 1) the actualization of self-experience in […]
Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association Program Description This course for mental health professionals begins with the awareness that our ability to predict suicide is little better than chance and that at present there are no consistently reliable empirically validated treatment techniques to prevent suicide. However, Dr. Hedges will demonstrate that in the past three […]
Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association Program Description This discussion will explore the frame and setting of sessions; that which is constantand that which is tailored to each patient. Examples from clinical and supervisory work willbe used to explore both the firmness and flexibility required of the therapist to allow thepatients' themes and conflicts to […]
Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association Program Description Working with borderline states is extremely challenging because we often feel invaded, overwhelmed, and helpless to make sense of what is happening with the patient. Language, both ours and the patient’s, seems inadequate to capture the experience in the room. In this workshop, I will use Bion’s […]
Sponsored by The WILA Alumni Association Program Description The interpretive process is potentially the therapist’s most powerful tool for stimulating personal growth through emotional integration. But, since an interpretation is aimed to destabilize some aspect of the patient’s neurotically organized internal world, it can readily be experienced as a threat and therefore warded off. […]
Co-Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association &New Center for Psychoanalysis Program Description Appreciating the clinical implications of personality differences has been a central concern for psychotherapists since the early part of the twentieth century. Our patients are unique individuals, with specific, personality-related strengths and weaknesses, and although we may focus on a particular “disorder” that […]
