For Mental Health Professionals
Spring 2008
Mary Goodrich, MSW and M. Ann Simmons, PhD, MSW, Sub-Committee Co-Chairs
Cutting Edge
A Program designed for advanced level therapists
Peter Ruderman, MSW
From
the book On Private Madness by Andre Green, this class will focus on
the chapter entitled The Dead Mother. Written in 1980, the
distinguished French psychoanalyst attempts to explain a common
clinical condition that results in some patients having difficulty
resolving issues of depression and loss. The concept of the "dead
mother" describes a process by which a living and loving mother may be
transformed into a distant, toneless, seemingly dead parent, who has
psychologically "died" for the child. Carrying these feelings into
adulthood, the experience of loss of the mother's love is followed by
loss of meaning in life for the patient. The Dead Mother is an
important psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic contribution to
understanding grief, loss and depression as well as other areas of
clinical interest: psychic reality, borderline phenomena, passions and
identification.
Other psychoanalytic writers to be discussed are Thomas Ogden and Christopher Bollis.
Objectives: To explore a particular psychological configuration that results in a profound inhibition of mourning.
4 Monday Evenings, March 10, 17, 24, 31
7:30-9:00 pm
Institute Classroom B
Fee: $150
CME/CE: 6 Credit Hours
The Body Speaks to you
Gail Glenn, MAEd
This
workshop will explore the insights gained by paying attention to a
patient's "body talk," as well as the responsibilities inherent in
considering these non-verbal signals. How best to understand a
patient's communication about her past in "another voice" is the focus
of this case conference. Therapists have much to gain as Gail Glenn
facilitates a discussion of two different cases, one presented by Mary
Goodrich, MSW, an advanced candidate at the Institute, and another
presented by an APP alumnus or Analytic candidate. Time for specific
questions by participants is included.
4 Friday Afternoons, April 4, 11, 18, 25
1:15-2:30 pm
Institute Classroom A
Fee: $125
CME/CE: 5 Credit Hours
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT CLINICAL CASE CONFERENCE
For licensed therapists, child therapists, psychologists, child psychiatrists, LCSW & LPC
Julio Morales, MD, Conference Chair
February 5, 2008
Topic: Therapy of a 2 year, 7 month old girl with separation anxiety whose mother is ill with cancer.
Presenter: Roy Marks, MA, LCSW
Discussant: Julio Morales, MD
Objective: To understand the girl's separation anxiety and her response to her mother's illness.
March 4, 2008
Topic: Therapy of a 17 year old boy with autistic spectrum disorder
Presenter: Cleary Eckelman, PhD
Discussant: Bernard Feinberg, MD
Objective:
To study the thought process as it is manifested in the transference,
as well as the therapist's response in his counter-transference.
April 1, 2008
Topic: Therapy of an angry 8 year old girl who refuses to do her homework
Presenter: Jacqueline Langley, PhD
Discussant: Moisy Shopper, MD
Objective: To learn how to deal with the anger of a child in therapy
May 6, 2008
Topic: Therapy of a depressed 5 year old girl with divorced parents
Presenter: Kaye Bock, MSW
Discussant: James Mikolajczak, MD
Objective: To learn how to help a child deal with the effects of
his/her parents' divorce.
12:00-1:30 pm
Institute Classroom A
Fee: $25 per session, $80 for series
CME/CE: 6 Credit Hours
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THE LAW
Donna Bonan, JD and Moisy Shopper, MD, Sub-Committee Co-Chairs
February 19, 2008
Topic: Internet Adult Pornography: When Is Enough Too Much?
Psychological and Legal Issues in Child Custody/Parenting Plans
Speakers: Rosalyn Schultz, PhD, licensed psychologist Honorable Douglas Beach, St. Louis County Family Court
Objective: To examine the psychological and legal issues of internet adult pornography in child custody/parenting plans.
April 15, 2008
Topic: Infanticide: Toward an Understanding of the Risks of Parental Homicide
Speakers:
Rick Scott, PhD, licensed psychologist and certified forensic examiner,
Sharon Turlington, JD, Assistant Public Defender, Capital Litigation
Unit
Objective: To examine the models for understanding maternal
infanticide and mental health and legal issues relevant to such cases.
12:00 -1:30 pm
Institute Classroom A
Fee: $25 per session, $40 for series
CME/CE/CLE: 3 Credit Hours