Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program: Infants, Children and Adolescents
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program: Infants, Children and Adolescents
Robin Goldberg, Ph.D., Psy.D., RP – Program Director and Dean
NPI is pleased to offer a unique clinical training program which follows a child’s development from birth through adolescence, looking at the interacting dynamics of body, mind, world in the experience of each child. Our program invites those who work with infants, children, adolescents and adults to become more knowledgeable in treating the complex intrapsychic, interpersonal, environmental and neurobiological challenges of those who come to see us, while building a community of clinicians to think together about their work.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
This one year program is designed to build the foundation of clinical thinking and working from a psychoanalytic perspective that seeks to integrate the mutually influencing dynamics of body mind and world – social and physical environment.
Our program begins in mid-September and ends at the end of May. Held in ten week trimesters structured around vacations and holidays, two classes a day will meet on Friday’s from 10:00am to 1:10pm in our Tustin campus.
Program Components
Development I, II, and III: Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence from a Psychoanalytic Perspective
In this three trimester series, we will read and discuss classical and contemporary theoretical and clinical work about psychological development and ways that development goes awry. Together with a seasoned clinician, we will explore how to think clinically and how to work from informed clinical thinking.
Psychoneurobiology for Clinicians:
Looking to understand the contribution of the body to psychological development from a psychoanalytic perspective, this class will be taught by a neuropsychologist with psychoanalytic background, by occupational therapists expert in sensory integration, and a psychoanalyst with expertise in infancy and toddlerhood.
Models and Modalities :
Seasoned psychoanalytic psychotherapists will offer clinical case presentations to illustrate different modalities of working: Developmental play therapy, dyadic therapy, play therapy and psychoanalytic talk therapy with children and adolescents. Our focus is psychoanalytic understanding, which can be extended to many techniques that integrate body based and cognitive behavioral based origins.
Case Discussion: Putting it all together
Students will have the opportunity to bring their cases for us to think psychoanalytically together about: anxiety, depression, trauma, autistic spectrum disorder, attention and learning differences, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, psychosomatic collapse, and constrictions of play, gender dysmorphia, adoption and all aspects of the human condition.
Applications are being accepted now
For application information, please contact:
Eileen Cornish, Administrative Director: 714-505-9080 or [email protected]
For more information about the the program and it’s content, please contact:
Dr. Robin Goldberg, Program Director: 714-573-9044
The Newport Psychoanalytic Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education. Newport Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
NPI welcomes participants from a variety of disciplines, including psychiatry, social work, marriage and family counseling, psychology, occupational therapy and nursing.
NPI’s programs admit qualified applicants and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, handicap, or national or ethnic origin.