SYMBOL and SYNAPSE: Adolescent Development and Therapy Through the Lens of Neuropsychoanalysis

SYMBOL and SYNAPSE: Adolescent Development and Therapy Through the Lens of Neuropsychoanalysis is organized by William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology and will be held on Oct 19, 2019 at New York Blood Center, New York City, New York, United States of America.

Credits:
7.5 CEUs/CMEs/Contact Hours (see below for specific information)

For Psychologists:
The William Alanson White Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor Continuing Education for Psychologists. The William Alanson White Institute maintains responsibility for these programs and their contents.7.5 Continuing Education Credits

For Social Workers:
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0159. 7.5 Continuing Education Credits

For Licensed Psychoanalysts:
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0007. 7.5 Continuing Education Credits

For Physicians:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the William Alanson White Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 7.5 Continuing Education Credits

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of [7.5 ] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For Mental Health Counselors:
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0025 7.5 Continuing Education Credits

For Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists:
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0019. 7.5 Continuing Education Credits

Learning Objectives for Symbol and Synapse:
• Participants will be able to identify seven basic affective systems and explain why affect is conscious.
• Participants will be able to explain why, according to neuropsychoanalytic theory, therapy needs to rely more on observations in the transference relationship than on patient memories
• Participants will be able to explain how psychoanalytic understanding of adolescent development and therapy benefits from a neuropsychoanalytic explanation of affect and memory in adolescence
• Participants will be able to describe the similarities and differences between Panksepp’s seven affects and Freud’s, Klein’s and Sullivan’s views on affect.  Also, participants will be able to explain the differences between current research perspectives on memory and Freud’s understanding of memory
• Participants will be able to explain the neuropsychoanalytic method for detecting what is motivating a patient’s conflicts and behavior
• Participants will be able to explain how therapy with adolescents can be conducted with a neuropsychoanalytic method
• Participants will be able to identify two common features of the neuropsychoanalytic theory of how and why therapy works and the Relational/Interpersonal theory of why and how therapy works

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.