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Evening Post-Graduate Course now in East Bay!
Dear Colleagues, The San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (SFPRG) is pleased to announce a year-long Post-Graduate Course in Control Mastery Theory (CMT). The course is designed for mental health professionals in practice who wish to further their understanding of CMT, a relational, psychodynamic theory of human behavior and the therapeutic process that has received considerable support through numerous research studies. This course is open to therapists from diverse theoretical backgrounds, whether familiar with CMT or not. The course will cover in detail such CMT concepts as: the role of unconscious pathogenic beliefs in psychopathology; the effect of trauma and unconscious guilt in producing pathogenic beliefs; the patient's unconscious plan to master pathogenic beliefs; how the patient works within the therapeutic relationship to pursue their unconscious plan; safety and the unconscious regulation of defenses; testing within the relationship such as transference testing and passive-into-active testing; interpretation and treatment by attitude; and following the therapeutic process after making interpretations and responding to tests. Course meetings will consist of a 45 minute seminar followed by a 90 minute case conference. Initial seminars will focus on key concepts of CMT, taught by the core faculty. Core faculty for the course are Heather Clague, M.D., Carol Drucker, Ph.D., John Gibbins, Ph.D., Helene Goldberg, Ph.D., and Michael Lowenstein, M.D. Initial topics include seminars on the basic tenets of CMT, the historical context of the theory, trauma and pathogenic beliefs, mastery of pathogenic beliefs, countertransference and the testing process, treatment by attitude, guilt, and the therapeutic process. Later seminars will cover a wide range of topics, taught both by the core faculty and other members of SFPRG. Seminars will present the concepts through readings, lecture and discussion. Readings will consist of articles distributed to participants via email, and Joseph Weiss' book, "How Psychotherapy Works." The case conferences will provide participants an opportunity to present their own cases, while allowing the concepts presented in the seminars to be applied to ongoing clinical work, further supplementing seminar discussions. The Course will meet at Herrick Hospital in Berkeley on Wednesday evenings, from 7:00 to 9:15 p.m., starting October 13, 2010, continuing until June 4, 2011. The cost is $650 for SFPRG members and $775 for non-members. Class size is limited to twelve (12). Forty-four (44) continuing education hours are offered.
Other Classes
This Saturday, Oct 2nd: Understanding Complex Trauma through Control Mastery Concepts * Ginger Rhodes, PhD * Saturday,Oct 2, 2010, 9 am - 12:15 pm. 3 CE hours $35 members; $50 non-members; $10 students/interns * San Francisco Jewish Community Center, 3200 California Street (at Presidio Ave). In this workshop, we will identify the similarities and differences between complex trauma and a more traditional understanding of posttraumatic stress-type trauma. We will review the growing body of support for the impact of complex trauma on survivors's affect regulation and information processing. We will also identify how complex trauma influences survivors's pathogenic beliefs and the potential impact on how survivors test these beliefs in treatment. Our regular case conferences are getting underway - there is still time to join.
You may register for all classes online at www.sfprg.org
San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group, Clinic and Training Center
email:
sfprg@sfprg.org
phone:
415-561-6771
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http://www.sfprg.org
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