Integrating Psychodynamic Techniques in Modern Therapy

Integrating Psychodynamic Techniques in Modern Therapy is organized by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Mar 10 - 14, 2025 at Grand Beach Hotel, Miami, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
Although you might pride yourself on being able to offer your clients plenty of support, do you sometimes worry that you are not providing them with enough challenge? Or do you sometimes have difficulty describing how you think psychotherapy really works and what you are actually doing with your clients? With a focus always on the translation of theory into practice, Martha Stark, MD, has developed a comprehensive theory of therapeutic action that conceives of the “therapeutic action” as primarily involving either (1) “enhancement of knowledge” (the interpretive perspective of classical psychoanalysis), (2) “provision of experience” (the deficiency-compensation perspective of self-psychology), or (3) “engagement in relationship” (the intersubjective perspective of contemporary relational theory). Her expertise in simplifying complex theoretical concepts will enable you to feel more comfortable with both the theory and the practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Dr. Stark uses snippets of clinical material and numbers of extended case vignettes to demonstrate how seasoned clinicians position themselves, moment by moment, in relation to the unfolding therapeutic process. Because her weeklong course will be “live,” there will be ample opportunity for participants to interact directly with both her and their fellow learners.

ACCME Objectives:

• Construct a growth-incentivizing “conflict statement” to highlight neurotic conflict;
• Create a “disillusionment statement” to facilitate;
• Describe the process of grieving, relenting, forgiving, and evolving to acceptance;
• Examine the therapist’s “use of self” to negotiate the intersubjective space between client and therapist;
• Explain the concept of “challenging when possible and supporting when necessary”.
• Analyze the process of "relational detoxification" as a result of working through projective identification;
• Explain the relationship between projection and projective identification;
• Describe the difference between a negative transference and a disrupted positive transference;
• Explain the concept of “challenging when possible and supporting when necessary”;
• Prepare an "accountability statement" that focuses on the here-and-now engagement between client and therapist;
• Analyze the relationship between "relentless hope" and "acceptance"; and
• Discuss the relationship between "optimal stress" and 2nd order change.

APA Objectives:

• Construct a growth-incentivizing “conflict statement” to highlight neurotic conflict;
• Create a “disillusionment statement” to facilitate;
• Describe the process of grieving, relenting, forgiving, and evolving to acceptance;
• Examine the therapist’s “use of self” to negotiate the intersubjective space between client and therapist;
• Explain the concept of “challenging when possible and supporting when necessary”.
• Analyze the process of "relational detoxification" as a result of working through projective identification;
• Explain the relationship between projection and projective identification;
• Describe the difference between a negative transference and a disrupted positive transference;
• Explain the concept of “challenging when possible and supporting when necessary”;
• Prepare an "accountability statement" that focuses on the here-and-now engagement between client and therapist;
• Analyze the relationship between "relentless hope" and "acceptance"; and
• Discuss the relationship between "optimal stress" and 2nd order change.