INFANT, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOANALYTIC PROGRAM (ICAPP)

WINTER/SPRING 2023-2024 CLINICAL SERIES

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WORKING ANALYTICALLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE AND UNDERSTANDING THE EARLIEST DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMITIVE STATES OF PSYCHE-SOMA

Clinical cases and papers concerning child psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy  will be presented by faculty members and post-seminar candidates. The therapist will show how psychoanalytic principles and theory underlie our approach to the treatment of children with varied emotional, social, and behavioral problems. 

If you are considering working with children, adolescents, and families join us and learn about ways of treating primitive and early states of mind and relationships in the clinical setting. If you are already working with young children, children and families come and share your experiences with us. There will be time for discussion and questions with each presentation. 

Tuesdays, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Clinical Presentations

via Zoom 

Early Registration, by December 1st, $60.00 for the series;

General Admission: $25.00 per presentation

or registration after December 1, 2023.

(Candidates, PPP Students, Interns, and Postgraduate Fellows free).

If you are working with children, adolescents, adults, and families join us. Learn about ways of treating primitive and early states of mind in the clinical setting.

For Series questions, please contact Dr. Patricia O'Brien, Ph.D. at P2o5brien@aol.com

For questions regarding Zoom, please contact the PCC Office at

Office@p-c-c.org

ICAPP - WHAT IS INFANT, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY?

“Child” psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a method of treatment which addresses the roots of emotional and behavioral disturbances in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Children evidencing symptoms of emotional distress suffer impairments in their relationships and ability to function in their family and school environment. Careful diagnostic evaluation is implemented to distinguish between behaviors and emotional disturbances that are part of normal development and those that may impede and distort development.  Psychoanalytic work seeks to understand the most primitive level of a child’s experience and to treat emotional and behavioral disturbances at their source. 

Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training at PCC relies, among others, on the ideas of Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion, Donald Winnicott, Donald Meltzer, Frances Tustin, Esther Bick, and Anne Alvarez. The program teaches techniques to establish a therapeutic relationship with the child/adolescent and to explore his/her conscious and unconscious emotions and internal world. This involves understanding the child's conflicts and curiosities, their manifestations of anxieties and inhibitions, and their unconscious phantasies. 

PCC-ICAPP Committee Members

Jeanette Gadt, PhD, Co-Chair, Faculty, C&A Training Analyst

Persila Conversano, Psy.D., Analyst, PCC Faculty

Diane Garcia, PhD, Faculty, C&A Training Analyst

Shirley Gooch, RN, PhD, Faculty, C&A Training Analyst

Lee Herzog, PsyD, Co-Chair, Member, PCC Faculty

Jennifer Langham, PhD, Faculty, PCC Faculty

Patricia O’Brien, PhD, Faculty, PCC Faculty

Benjamin Nakanishi, PsyD, Candidate Representative