Child Study Group

The Child Study Group is an open, bi-weekly, ongoing group with presentations of psychoanalytic cases, readings and discussions of issues with children and

families.

This year, the Child Study group will continue discussions of “The Thinking Heart. ” As an addition, CFPS Child and Adolescent Analysts will join the sessions to present their own materials. Anne Alvarez, PhD, M.A.C.P., author of “The Thinking Heart” will join us for sessions 9 and 10 (January and March 2020).

Goals and Objectives

1. Define the impact of difficult to treat child patient.
2. Discuss the various presentations of difficult to treat child patients and the implications for treatment
3. Describe the process of engagement of the difficult to treat child patient.
4. Identify treatment processes used by clinicians to reach the difficult to treat child patient and work with their families; reflecting on clinicians’ counter-transference responses.

Program Dates and Adolescent Analysts

September 13, 2019 James Bennett, MD

September 27, 2019 James Bennett, MD

October 11, 2019 Jay Alan Davis, MD

October 25, 2019 Jay Alan Davis, MD

November 08, 2019 Catherine Henderson, PhD

November 22, 2019 Fall Visiting Teacher TBD

December 20, 2019 Efrain Bleiberg, MD

January 03, 2020 Efrain Bleiberg, MD

January 17, 2020 Anne Alvarez, PhD, M.A.C.P., Author of "The Thinking Heart"

January 31, 2020 Anne Alvarez, PhD, M.A.C.P., Author of "The Thinking Heart"

February 28, 2020 Spring Visiting Teacher Diane Ehrensaft, MD

Presenter

B. James Bennett, MD is a Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychoanalyst in Private Practice. He is on the faculty for the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies and is a Training and Supervising Analyst in Child , Adolescent and Adult Psychoanalysis and Child Faculty Chair.

Time

Fridays, 12:15-1:45 pm

Credit Hours awarded

1.5 per session, CFPS will require Evaluation Submission for the Study Group Series in exchange for a CME Certificate.

Child Study Group Registration Fee

The Child Study Group will require a registration and a $25 continuing education fees for each session for non-CFPS Child Candidates and Trainees. CFPS Candidates and Trainees will be invoiced for Child Study Group as part of tuition.