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Connecting with Clients: How Object Relations Can Help You Be a More Effective Therapist; Saturday, November 22, 2008 >>
Special Topics in Object Relations Series
Academic Year 2008-9
This series of 5 3-hour seminars gives participants at all levels of experience the opportunity to explore, with senior IPI clinicians, a range of applications of Object Relations Theory . Seminars may be taken individually or as a series.
September 27, 2008
Object Relations Child Therapy
Jill Scharff, MD
October 11, 2008
Object Relations Treatment of Patients with Chronic Pain
Mona Mendelson, MSW
November 1, 2008
Introduction to Object Relations Therapy
David Scharff, MD
December 6, 2008
From Intrusion to Intimacy: Working with Nasty Couples
Sheila Hill, MSW
January 24, 2009
Madness Runs in Families and it Runs Both Ways:
The Impact on the Couple of Serious Psychological Disturbance in their Adolescent or Adult Children
Mike Stadter, Ph. D
Cost:
Individual Workshops: $50 per workshop (please indicate on your registration form which workshop/s you are registering for)
Entire Series: $200
Continuing Ed:
Individual workshops: 3 hours; Entire series: 15 hours
For More Information:
Please call at 301-951-3782 , or email your questions to: info@thecrt.com
REGISTRATION:
Connecting with Clients:
How Object Relations Can Help You Be a More Effective Therapist
A One-Day Workshop with David Scharff, MD; Pier Ferrari, Ph.D.; Patrizia Pallaro, LMFT; Sheila Hill, LCSW-C
SCHEDULE:
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9am-9:15am |
Greetings and Introductions Kate Scharff, MSW |
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9:15am-10:30am |
The Basics of Object Relations Theory David Scharff, MD |
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10:30am-10:50am |
Break (with refreshments) |
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10:50am-1:00pm |
Connecting with others: Mirror Neurons, Intersubjectivity, and the Latest Findings in Neuropsychological Research Pier Ferrari, Ph.D. |
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1pm-2:15pm |
Lunch (on your own) |
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2:15pm-3:15pm |
Clinical Presentation and Discussion Presenter: Patrizia Pallaro, LMFT Chair, Sheila Hill, MSW |
About the Presenters:
Pier Ferrari, PhD is currently a visiting scientist in the Laboratory for Comparative Ethnology of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH. In Italy Dr. Ferrari is Assistant Professor in Biology at the School of Medicine at the University of Parma. He is a researcher in the department of neuroscience research with Rizzolati, Galese and others who discovered mirror neurons and continue to develop research into their importance in rhesus monkeys and humans.
David Scharff, MD is Co-director of the International Psychotherapy Institute, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and at Georgetown University. He is a Teaching Analyst at the Washington, DC Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Scharff has authored, co-authored and edited fifteen books, including Object Relations Couple Therapy (1991), Object Relations Individual Therapy (1998), and Tuning the Therapeutic Instrument: Affective Learning of Psychotherapy (2000), all with Jill Savege Scharff. His recent books include The Psychoanalytic Century: Freud's Legacy for the Future, and Fairbairn and Relational Theory, co-edited with Frederico Pereira). Treating Relationships: New Paradigms in C ouple and Family Therapy.
Patrizia Pallaro, LMFT
A bilingual licensed psychotherapist and a registered dance/movement therapist, Patrizia Pallaro maintains a private practice in Bowie, Maryland, where she offers individual, couple, family and group therapy (www.movingtheself.org). A writer and editor, she is faculty member of IPI Metro (http://www.ipimetro.org/), of Art Therapy Italiana (www.arttherapy.it) and a Fellow of the International Psychotherapy Institute (www.theipi.org).
Sheila Hill, LCSW-C is in private practice in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She is a faculty member at The International Psychotherapy Institute for which she is the chair of the Supervision and CAP programs and the co-chair of The Metro Washington Center of IPI (IPI Metro).
Location:
Offices of IPI Metro: 6917 Arlington Rd., Suite 224, Bethesda, MD 20814
Cost:
$150
Continuing Education:
4.5 hours
For More Information:
Please call at 301-951-3782 , or email your questions to: info@thecrt.com
REGISTRATION:
The International Psychotherapy Institute, IPI (formerly the Institute of Object Relations Therapy, IIORT) is approved by The American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Continuing Education Credit: IPI is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider Number 6017. IPI is a California Board of Behavioral Sciences approved continuing education provider for marriage and family therapists and social workers (PCE#1508) IPI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Continuing Education Credit or Social Workers has bee applied for through the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work. The views expressed at the conference are not necessarily those of the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.
Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
A One-Day Conference for Graduate Students in the Mental Health Field
Co-Sponsored by the Howard University School of Social Work
And the Howard Medical School Department of Psychiatry
Presenters: David Scharff, MD and Jill S. Scharff, MD
Co-Directors, International Psychotherapy Institute
DESCRIPTION:
This exciting one-day conference will introduce graduate students of social work, medicine, nursing, psychology, counseling and other helping professions to the basic principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy. The presenters will utilize lecture, clinical vignettes and videos, and experiential/interactive discussion to teach participants about such important concepts as:
• What is psychodynamic psychotherapy and how does it differ from other theoretical orientations?
• How to establish the clinical "frame"
• The basic techniques of psychodynamic psychotherapy (such as working in the transference and countertransference, following he affect, interpretation, and working with defense and resistance,
• Performing a psychodynamic assessment
• Characteristics of the beginning, middle, and termination phases of treatment
About the
Presenters:
David E. Scharff, M.D. is Co-director of the International Psychotherapy Institute, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and at Georgetown University. He is a Teaching Analyst at the Washington, DC Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Scharff has authored, co-authored and edited fifteen books, including Object Relations Couple Therapy (1991), Object Relations Individual Therapy (1998), and Tuning the Therapeutic Instrument: Affective Learning of Psychotherapy (2000), all with Jill Savege Scharff. His recent books include The Psychoanalytic Century: Freud's Legacy for the Future, and Fairbairn and Relational Theory, co-edited with Frederico Pereira). Treating Relationships: New Paradigms in C ouple and Family Therapy.
Dr. Jill Scharff is the Co-director of the International Psychotherapy Institute and Chair of its International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University; and Teaching Analyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. She is the co-author with David Scharff of many books including Object Relations Family Therapy (1987), Object Relations Couple Therapy (1991), A Primer of Object Relations Therapy (1992), Object Relations Therapy of Physical and Sexual Trauma (1994), Object Relations Individual Therapy (1998), and Tuning the Therapeutic Instrument (2000). She practices psychoanalysis and psychotherapy with children and families in Chevy Chase.
Kate Scharff, MSW is the Director of the Metro Washington Center of IPI, as well the Center for Relationships in Transition (a mental health center in Bethesda, MD providing general psychotherapy services and specialized services to separating and divorcing families). She has written and taught widely in the areas of Object Relations Psychotherapy, divorce, and high-conflict divorce. Ms. Scharff is the author of the book Therapy Demystified: An Insider’s Guide to Getting the Right Help (without going broke!, and maintains a private practice of psychotherapy, mediation, collaborative law, parenting coordination, and custody evaluation.
Place:
Howard University Medical School Tower Auditorium: 2041 Georgia Avenue, NW, WDC 20060 (first floor of the Towers Building. The building is located two blocks up from the Howard/Shaw Metro Station. Parking is available in the visitors’ lot in front of the main hospital for a maximum of $6/day. Street parking is also available.
Time:
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Registration:
Because space is limited, we recommend pre-registering by calling the IPI Metro Administrator, Ewelina Kotalma, at 301-951-3782 or by email: info@thecrt.com. Admission on the day will be made on a space-available basis.
Cost:
This conference is being offered free -of- charge to students and graduate program faculty. Others may attend as space permits.
A light snack will be served: a lunch break will be provided during which participants may eat in the hospital cafeteria or local restaurants.




Pictures from February's Conference: "Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" at Howard University
Psychotherapy with Couples
An Object Relations Approach to Understanding and Working with Common Clinical Situations
Schedule:
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9am-9:15am |
Greetings and Introductions Kate Scharff, MSW |
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9:15-11:00 |
Object Relations Work with Couples David Scharff, MD |
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11:00-11:20 |
Break (with refreshments) |
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11:20 -12:20 |
Application of Infant Observation Theory to Couple Therapy Rachel Kaplan, MSW |
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12:20-1:30 |
Lunch (on your own) |
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1:30-2:30 |
Working with Nasty Couples Sheila Hill, MSW |
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2:30-3:30 |
High Conflict Divorcing Couples Kate Scharff MSW |
Location:
Offices of IPI Metro: 6917 Arlington Rd., Suite 224, Bethesda, MD 20814
Cost:
$150
Continuing Education:
4.5 hours
For More Information:
Please call at 301-951-3782 , or email your questions to: info@thecrt.com
REGISTRATION:

