Offerings by Date Offerings by Location Offerings by Type NCSPP Faculty Registration & Payment CE Credits Scholarship Fund Policies			Course: Therapeutic Action in the Clinical Hour: What Facilitates Change? Drew Tillotson, Psy.D. 9 CE Credits PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore Street, San Francisco Wednesdays, September 23 - October 28, 2009 7:30 PM - 9 PM $95 - $275* Course Overview In this seminar we will look at different aspects of therapeutic action, the aims of treatment and aspects of our technique. We will review literature dealing with the concept of therapeutic action, and attempt to look at different clinical phenomena and our response to them. We will look at character structure and think together about how to speak (or not to speak) to different types of psychic experience. Interwoven into this, we will explore the therapeutic relationship, what it means to hold a patient in our minds, when breakdowns/impasse/enactments occur and how we navigate this often complicated terrain. I will offer clinical material and vignettes and will invite you to share your own to highlight and contextualize what we are learning. We will discuss in depth what produces (or does not produce) change in the process of clinical work and what are we actually doing and saying with our patients that can be used by them for growth. Course Objectives Participants will clarify the meaning of the very important concept of "therapeutic action" within psychoanalytic models of the mind, with particular attention to relational and intersubjective theorists. Participants will learn to define the aims of treatment and what strategies are likely to be used in facilitating those aims. Participants will leave the course with knowledge to critique and compare examples of therapeutic techniques that facilitate or do not facilitate therapeutic action. Participants will immerse themselves in literature and clinical material with the goal being to apply and utilize the efficacy of analytic technique as it relates to change and mutative communication to patients with various defensive and character structures. Participants will be able to examine certain clinical phenomenon such as transference, countertransference, impasse, erotic transference and countertransference as they relate to technique and develop a broader range of responses to patients’ material. Participants will analyze different types of character structures with the intent to revise and apply clinical interventions as they relate to different types of patients. Participants will critique and assess their understanding of timing, language and technique and develop their knowledge of how to speak (or not to speak) to patients. About Dr. Tillotson Drew Tillotson, Psy.D. is a Clinical Psychologist in full-time private practice in San Francisco where he sees adults and couples. He is an advanced candidate at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), Past-President of NCSPP and currently North American Vice-President for the International Psychoanalytical Studies Organization (IPSO). He is faculty and supervisor for Access Institute and California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and Clinical Supervisor for the California Institute of Integral Studies. He has particular interests in American relational psychoanalysis, intersubjectivity, politics, gender and sexuality, theatre and film. Registration Deadline * Early registration will remain open through September 9, 2009. After this date an additional $40 will be added to all registrations. Instant Registration & Payment Online NCSPP now offers online course registration and payment using PayPal, the Internet's most trusted payment processor. All major credit cards, as well as checking account debit payments, are accepted. To register and pay online, simply select the appropriate button: General Public Fee ($315) NCSPP Member Fee ($255) NCSPP Associate Member Fee ($155) NCSPP Student Member Fee ($135) Scholarship ($135) - (must have prior approval) While online registrations save valuable administrative time for NCSPP, we still offer a paper registration form on our Registration & Payment page. CE Credit 9 CE credits will be awarded for this course. For any course held over multiple weeks participants must attend 80% of the program in order to receive CE credit. Upon completion of a conference evaluation form, a certificate will be issued. This serves as documentation of attendance for all participants. LCSWs/MFTs: These courses meet the requirements for CE credits for LCSWs and MFTs through the BBS. (Provider #PCE 508). Psychologists: Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for these programs and their content. Target Audience & Instructional Level All licensed mental health professionals, residents, interns, and graduate students in training, as well as members of the lay public who have an interest in psychoanalytic psychology. This is an intermediate level course. Cancellation & Refund Policies Enrollees who cancel at least seven days prior to the workshop date or the first class of a course with multiple meetings will receive a refund minus a $35 administrative charge. No refunds will be allowed after this time. THERE WILL BE A $25 BANK CHARGE AND AN ADDITIONAL $15 ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE ON ALL RETURNED CHECKS. Scholarship Information We have established the NCSPP SCHOLARSHIP FUND to broaden community access to our events by subsidizing the greater part of our tuition costs for a limited number of attendees. For information regarding elegibility and availability, please contact Michele McGuinness. Disabilities Division 39 and NCSPP are committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please contact Michele McGuinness for any special needs. NCSPP and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in strict conformity with the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles for Psychologists. If you believe that a violation of ethics has occurred during this presentation, or if you have concerns about such issues as handicapped accessibility, distress with regard to program content or other complaints, please contact Michele McGuinness. Questions For program related questions, please call Myra Gueco Bernecker, Ph.D., 415-263-0633. For questions related to enrollment, locations, CE credit, special needs, course availability and other administrative issues contact Michele McGuinness by email or 415-457-9949.
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