Conversation:
Psychoanalysis with Couples
While psychoanalysis with couples seems relatively new to many clinicians in the United States, mental health clinicians from other countries, specifically in England, have used a psychoanalytic approach for many years. Freud realized that we could not study an individual on his own; we must consider his conflict and difficulties with another person. Understandably, it is difficult to deal with varied conflicted forces and fantasies in only one person. At the same time, in couple therapy, the clinician must study how they communicate with one another. Furthermore, therapists have their unique countertransference reactions to the marital pair.
Course Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to identify some common exceptions/motivations related to partnering.
2. Participants will be able to identify patterns of separation and closeness in couples.
3. Participants will be able to identify resistances to compromise and countertransference with each partner.
Facilitator: Pari Sharif, LPC, PsyA and Erica Dietsche, LPC
Place: Zoom Meeting
Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Time: 11:am to 1:00pm
Fee: $10 payable via Zelle or PayPal using ipsinfo@ipsnewjersey.org
Zoom invitation will be sent 24 hours prior to the event.
Registration will close Friday, November 11, 2022
Zoom invitation will be sent 24 hours prior to the event.
This course, provided by The Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, Inc. is approved for 2 continuing education hours by the New Jersey Society for Clinical Social Work.
