Unraveling the Therapist's Contributions to Complexities in the Therapeutic Alliance
"What is going on here?" Clinicians ask themselves this question when they feel pulled-into complex dynamics with their clients. This course will briefly review of different perspectives on countertransference, provide an understanding of projective identification and enactments, and the therapeutic benefit of joining the client's relational matrix. The goal is provide clinicians a framework to understand and navigate these situations, which have great therapeutic potential.
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"What Part is Mine?":
Unraveling the Therapist's Contributions to Complexities in the Therapeutic Alliance
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Dov Finkelstein, LCSW
Course Length: 1 Hour
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the various ways countertransference was viewed psychoanalytically
- Gain insight into common enactments in clinical practice
- Learn how to navigate these complex situations
"What is going on here?" Clinicians ask themselves this question when they feel pulled-into complex dynamics with their clients. This course will briefly review of different perspectives on countertransference, provide an understanding of projective identification and enactments, and the therapeutic benefit of joining the client's relational matrix. The goal is provide clinicians a framework to understand and navigate these situations, which have great therapeutic potential.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the various ways countertransference was viewed psychoanalytically
- Gain insight into common enactments in clinical practice
- Learn how to navigate these complex situations
Agenda:
History of Countertransference in Psychoanalysis An Explanations of Projective Identification and Enactments Applying the Material to Clinical Situations A Case Example will be Presented
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives