Distance Learning Seminars

Master Speaker Videoconference Series

David E. Scharff, M.D., Chair

2010-2011 Series

September 24, 2010 – May 26, 2011
Monthly two-hour seminar 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time

Course Description: This once monthly 2-hour seminar features outstanding therapists and analysts from across the U.S. and abroad who join students from around the U.S. and abroad, united by videoconference technology. Participants are linked between Washington, DC (IPI Metro),Salt Lake City, UT, Indianapolis, IN, Long Island, NY, and Omaha, NE. Students in other locations can join from their own computer, or via streaming video or by telephone (contact info@theipi.org for details). The video conference seminars are 2 hours each, one Friday a month from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. ET. Speakers present on a selected topic with group discussion across the participating sites facilitated by IPI faculty. An optional continuing case seminar meets following the videoconference at most sites. Advance readings provided.

Infant Observation Seminar

FACULTY: Nancy Bakalar, MD

IPI offers an infant observation seminars led by IPI Faculty. The seminars link participants across the U.S. Seminars meet by telephone 2-3 times per month.

In the tradition of Esther Bick of the British Psychoanalytical Society, the goal is to learn how personality forms in the natural setting of the ordinary family The task for the seminar participant is to observe a baby in its home surroundings without influencing the course of events. Participants present their observations, discuss colleagues’ observations, and process their reactions so as to develop hypotheses about developmental processes and to improve their capacities for observation. Please contact us for more information about joining the infant observation group.

IPI will be glad to offer seminars by video link or teleconference to groups at other sites by arrangement. To inquire, contact us at IPI.

Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy

The Theory, Technique, and Practice of Couple Therapy in the Early to Middle Stage

September 22, 2010 – December 15, 2010

7 sessions of two hours each, 9:45-11:45 a.m. Eastern Time

Course Description: The Fall Semester of the Couple Therapy Course, given jointly with the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, will focus on issues and problems frequently encountered in the early stages of therapy, but which can then emerge at any stage of the work. The dates are set as given below, but the topics are in draft form, with teachers still to be assigned both from IPI and TCCR. While one or more sessions may change, this outline provides a good idea of the course content and design. Teachers will be drawn from the IPI faculty and faculty of the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships in London. Participants may join the course at several IPI videoconference sites including Chevy Chase, MD, Indianapolis, IN, Long Island, NY Salt Lake City, UT, and Panama City, Panama, or may join individually by videoconference program or by phone or video streaming (for information contact info@theipi.org or 301 215-7377).

September 22: David Scharff, IPI
Topic: Now we have a plan, why won’t you do it? Transitioning from evaluation to treatment
The couple disagrees with the treatment recommendations; One partner is motivated, but the other is not; Deciding between individual and couple work

October 6: Carl Bagnini, IPI
Topic: The Triangular Field of Couple Containment.
What is containment and how is it built? How does containment differ in individual and couple work? Common challenges to containment

October 20: David Hewison, TCCR
Topic: Shifting projections: What’s mine and what’s yours?
Addressing projective identification within the couple relationship; Identifying and using projective identification in the transference relationship

November 3: Christopher Clulow, TCCR
Topic: Applying attachment theory to couple work: How is this helpful?
Understanding individual attachment styles and the couple interplay; The impact of the therapist’s own attachment style

November 17: Instructor TBA
Topic: Addressing sexual issues in the early stage
When sex is a primary issue; When sex is never mentioned; Combining dynamic understanding with practical solutions

December 1: Jill Scharff, IPI
Topic: Trauma within the couple
Traumatic histories of one or both partners; Trauma as an organizing or disorganizing couple dynamic; When the couple is traumatized

December 15: Christopher Vincent, TCCR
Topic: Incorporating non-analytic interventions in couple work: When is this appropriate?
Differentiating necessary non-analytic work from defensive non-analytic alternatives; Managing escalations of fighting and threats of separation; Deciding what to do when one partner “no shows” for the session; When is it appropriate to give advice?

Fee/Registration: $295 (participants register for the full course of seven sessions – not open to registration for individual sessions). Register online.

CE Credit: 14 hours

Contact IPI at info@theipi.org or 301-215-7377 for more information on any of our programs, including objectives, target audience, instructional level of the activity, schedule, cost, refund/cancellation policy, instructor credentials and CE credit.

THE YEAR OF PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION AND PRIMITIVE MENTAL PROCESSES
10 MONTHLY TELEPHONE SEMINARS
BEGINNING IN 2011

For the year of 2011 the "Year of" seminar will focus on "The Year of Projective Identification and Primitive Mental Processes". Each seminar is an hour and a half and CE credits are available. A key object relations theme is selected as the focus of the year for the seminar participants to study in depth. The seminar faculty select readings for each month to anchor the discussion on the theoretical and clinical implications of the concept of the year. This series began in 2009 with "The Year of the Transference" followed this year, 2010, with "The Year of the Countertransference". The Seminar meets on the phone one evening per month for 10 months of the year for a total of 10 meeting. Five faculty from IPI rotate in each month to lead the discussion on the relevant readings. Currently we have two groups meeting: One group meets on Mondays 8-9:30 PM ET. The second group meets on Wednesdays 7:30-9PM ET. These times will stay the same for year 2011. The groups will have a maximum of 10 participants. The cost of the seminar is $440. Please check our website (www.theipi.org) or e-mail us (info@theipi.org) concerning updates or your interest in the seminar.

Introduction to Psychoanalysis Part 1

A Distance Seminar Using Conference Call
For psychotherapists who are interested in psychoanalysis

Faculty: Jill Savege Scharff MD, with Pat Hedegard, Lynn Stormon, Caroline Sehon, Stan Tsigounis

Date and Times: 10 Wednesdays from 12:45 – 1:45 pm (may be negotiable)

CE Credits: 10 Contact Hours

Cost: $400

Readings:
Required Course Book: Textbook of Psychoanalysis, ed. E. Nesserian and R. Kopff (American Psychiatric Press, 2005). (This book may be purchased new or used from Amazon. I prefer it to the newer Textbook of Psychoanalysis.)
Required article: Ogden, T. (1994). The analytic third: Working with intersubjective clinical facts. Subjects of Analysis, pp. 61-95. Northvale NJ: Jason Aronson.

Schedule of Classes October – December, 2009:
The First Phase of Psychoanalytic Theory, pp. 7-55 October 7
Clinical Case: Caroline Sehon presenting October 14
The Structural Model, pp. 57-88 October 21
Clinical Case: Lynn Stormon presenting October 28
Object Relations Theory, pp. 89-125 November 4
Clinical Case: Pat Hedegard presenting November 11
Self Psychology, pp. 127-164 November 18
Clinical Case: Stan Tsigounis presenting December 2
Psychoanalytic Technique, pp. 423-454 December 9
Intersubjectivity & Process, Ogden article, pp. 61-95 December 16

Learning Objectives:
To trace the history of the development of psychoanalytic thinking
To review three major psychoanalytic models
To study the fundamentals of psychoanalytic technique and process
To illustrate the concepts in clinical case studies

Offered as a 10-session course, not separate classes.
To enroll, please email Anna Innes annainnes@theipi.org. Checks payable to IPI.

IPI will be glad to offer seminars by video link or teleconference to groups at other sites by arrangement. To inquire, contact us at IPI.