Essential Components of Couple Psychotherapy from an Object Relations Perspective
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April 1, 2017
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructor: Molly Ludlam
Date: Saturday, April 1st, 2017
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with break for lunch and coffee breaks (lunch not provided)
Location: Mt. Sinai, Goldwurm Auditorium, Madison Ave @ 98th Street, New York, NY
5 CEUs
$150 Regular Admission
$75 for Candidates of The Contemporary Freudian Society
Co-Hosted with The Contemporary Freudian Society
READINGS: Ludlam_Lost-Found-in-Translation
Molly Ludlam, couple psychotherapist and Editor of the Journal Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, offers a day in which to think about the essential components of Object Relations couple therapy. In two presentations, “Connecting with the Internal Couple” and “How might the couple therapist best think about relationship breakdown and failure?”, she will review with participants the key theoretical concepts of this approach and how best to offer a containing relationship to couples struggling with entrenched conflict and the disabling fear of failure. There will also be an opportunity to apply these ideas in two live consultation sessions of participants’ case material.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will review the key theoretical components of an Object Relations approach to couple psychotherapy.
- Given that loss and fear of failure are always must always be part of conflicted couple relationships, participants will consider and discuss the essential elements of building a therapeutic relationship with couples seeking therapy.
- Participants will consider and discuss the application of psychoanalytic approaches to couple therapy in relation to live presentation of case material.
Program Schedule
Morning:
Presentation: “Connecting with the Internal Couple”
SHORT BREAK
Case presentation from a participant
LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon:
Presentation: “How might the couple therapist best think about relationship breakdown and failure?”
SHORT BREAK
Case presentation from a participant
Discussion