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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