“I strongly recommend this training for child therapist who are new to parent work.”
C.M., LCSW
“The instructor was comprehensive and attentive to the group’s questions!”
E.S., LCSW
This course covers ethical and foundational concepts for working with parents of children in psychotherapy. After this course, you will be able to:
Define 4 psychodynamic concepts that are useful in conceptualizing work with parents.
Compare 5 modalities of working with parents of children in treatment and how to determine which is the most appropriate for each case.
Analize ethical and clinical considerations in confidentiality between child patients and parents.
Apply psychodynamic thinking when share feedback, impressions, and guidance with parents effectively.
Assess which approach to use when working with common challenging situations (high conflict, intrusiveness, and resistance).
This course contains intermediate level of instruction for those who have some basic levels of psychodynamic knowledge.
Working with parents in child psychotherapy is often considered a challenging and complex dimension of working with children. Psychodynamic approaches offer many unique attributes that greatly enrich the clinician’s ability to understand and effectively meet the needs of parents of children in treatment. Psychodynamic concepts such as parenthood as a developmental phase, intergenerational transmissions, therapeutic alliance, resistance, transference, and countertransference are some of the many ideas covered in this course.
After building a depth of understanding about who parents are to the child’s therapist and the general therapeutic stance of the clinician, we will examine specific methods of engaging with parents. We will cover the significant modalities of parental involvement in a child’s treatment and how to determine which is most appropriate for individual cases. After establishing the basic framework for such engagement, we will explore how, what, when, and whether to communicate with parents. Finally, we will examine common areas of complexity and difficulty, including confidentiality, working with highly conflictual parents and families, and working with parents who intrude upon, interfere with, or undermine the child’s therapy.
This presentation aims to provide information relevant to all practitioners working with children and parents. However, it is most accessible to those with a basic level of familiarity with psychodynamic theory. It is intended to provide a well-rounded overview of the approach, practices, and theoretical foundation of working with parents.
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The target audience and the instructional level of this program:
X Intermediate (teaching how to apply a known terminology or technique to different scenarios)
X Post-maters and post-doctoral level clinicians
Course Description: Working With Parents in Psychodynamic Child Psychotherapy
FREE PREVIEWLearning Objectives: Working With Parents in Psychodynamic Child Psychotherapy
FREE PREVIEWPresenter Bio: Dr. David Sisk
FREE PREVIEWHANDOUT: Illinois Minor age limit for consenting to treatment
HANDOUT: ILLINOIS LAW for age of consent
HANDOUT: COMMON AREAS EXPLORED IN THE EVALUATION PERIOD
HANDOUT: AN INTEGRATED SYNOPSIS OF PSYCHODYNAMIC DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES
SLIDES
VIDEO #1-Taking a Developmental perspective- Parenthood as a Developmental Phase
VIDEO #2- working with parents: Therapeutic Alliance, Transference, Countertransference, and Resistance. Modalities of working with parents.
VIDEO #3-Working with Parents: Common areas of complexity when working with parents
References
Complete Bibliography and Reference list
How to get the CE after your online Course
Dr. Sisk’s research study and its complete reference list on working with parents of children in psychotherapy dissertation ebook can be accessed here: Ebook Link
Spring Advisory, PLLC has been approved by The National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7169. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Spring Advisory, PLLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Spring Advisory, PLLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spring Advisory, PLLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The Art Therapy Credentials Board recognizes CE credits granted by NBCC Approved Continuing Education Providers. All CE from Spring Advisory can be counted towards ATR, ATR-BC, and ATCS credential renewals for art therapists per ATCB.
Spring Advisory is an Illinois Social Work CE Sponsor, #159.001540
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This program contains an intermediate level of instruction; target audience is clinicians with at least an advanced degree and education in psychotherapy with clinical experiences in working with children and parents. In order to obtain your CE certificate, you have to pass the pos-test by 80%.
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