Theory and Practice of Relational Psychoanalytic Integration (Live, Online)
This course is taught on Mondays from 1:00 to 2:50 on September 11, 18, and October 2, 2023.
Each legitimate psychotherapy approach has its own genius and limitations. Knowledge of more than one approach and the ability to combine them skillfully enhances a practitioner’s clinical creativity and resourcefulness.
This course—which is a requirement of NIP’s Certificate Program in Psychotherapy Integration (PIP) but open to noncertificate students—introduces practitioners to ways of conceptualizing and combining interventions from other therapy approaches into ongoing relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
An integrative psychotherapy practice is significantly supported by familiarity with this discipline’s history, various theoretical frameworks, and most recent developments.
Readings include the contributions from Wilma Bucci, Louis Costanguay, Paul Wachtel, Jill Bresler and Karen Starr, Leslie Greenberg, Kenneth Frank (instructor), and others.
The following issues are considered:
A brief history of psychotherapy integration in psychoanalysis
An overview of different theoretical approaches for integrating
Emphasis on a relational psychoanalytic framework for integrative work
The role of research in common factors, cognitive science, and neuroscience
A new schema-based approach to integrative psychotherapy based on the blending of psychoanalytic principles with those from cognitive, affective, and neuroscience.
Practical guidelines, using case material
The course is taught on Mondays from 1:00 to 2:50, September 11, 18, October 2, 2023.
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives include:
I. Students will be able to describe the historical and theoretical evolution of psychotherapy integration.
II. Students will be able to describe a relational psychoanalytic model based on emotion schemas and how the model differs from other major frameworks for integration.
III. Using the schema-based psychoanalytic and other frameworks, students will learn to conceptualize strategies for introducing outside interventions into relational analytic therapy.
Kenneth Frank, a leading voice in psychoanalytic psychotherapy integration, has written and lectured extensively on this topic. Dr. Frank is a Co-Founder and Board Director at NIP and Co-Director of PIP, NIP’s Integrative Training Program. He is also a Former Clinical Professor in Psychiatry (part-time) at Columbia University. Dr. Frank treats individuals and couples, in person and remotely, for those in NY, NJ, FL, and elsewhere.
Continuing Education
This class is approved for 5.5 CE contact hours for psychologists, social workers, and licensed psychoanalysts:
The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credits for psychologists. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0018.
The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #Psyan-0004.
Personalized CE certificates will be emailed at the end of this event after completing and passing an online quiz and evaluation form. Attendance on all days are mandatory for CE credits.
Refunds, & Cancellation Policy
Cancellation requests made more than a week prior to the event will be given a full refund of registration fees. Refunds will not be granted for cancellation requests made within a week of the first day of the event or for no-shows on any of the days event take place.