AAP-15 American Academy of Psychotherapists 56th Annual Institute and Conference

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Wed - Training Institute T1

Wed - Beginning Professionals 1

Thu - Plenary 1 & Beginning Professionals 2

Thu - Community Meeting 1

Thu - Sessions 1-9a, T2

Fri - Plenary 2 & Beginning Professionals 3

Fri - Community Meeting 2

Fri - Sessions 5b-17

Sat - Plenary 3 & Beginning Professionals 4

Sat - Community Meeting 3

Sat - Sessions 10b-22

Sun - Community Meeting 4

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Please rate the following:

The program was relevant to my work.

Content matched stated objectives.

Usefulness of handouts/AV.

Quality of facilities.

How well did the educational sessions give a balanced view of therapeutic options, including the use of generic names?

If you rated any of the above questions with 'fair,' 'poor,' 'disagree,' or 'strongly disagree' please explain:

Please rate the speaker(s) as a group. You will have the opportunity to elaborate on an individual speaker in the following question.

Having completed the activity, please rate your ability to meet each of the following overall conference objectives:

Discuss the similarities, differences and interrelationships between three kinds of love: eros, filial and agape via group discussion

If you have additional comments regarding the session or individual speaker(s) - e.g. teaching ability, expertise, organization of materials, etc. - please use the space below:

Explain how to apply new findings in neuroscience and love, attachment and rejection in their work with clients via case studies

Describe the process and importance of forgiveness when utilized in their work as psychotherapists via role play

Having completed the activity, please rate your ability to meet each of the following objectives:

Describe the concept of intersubjective psychotherapy

Explain how to apply the concept of “the third” to work with patients

Identify three attachment styles

State the components of boundary setting in groups

Set and maintain boundaries pertaining to time, membership and confidentiality

Identify the main styles of attachment

Describe the new paradigm of depression

Identify brain structures and functions that are associated with sexual arousal and love

Describe resistances to engagement in relationship

Identify important leadership functions

Describe meaningful and relevant differences between individuals which may affect them in group

Summarize new neuroscience research for their psychotherapy practices, especially related to the process of caring

Describe how to modify familiar practices, especially in group psychotherapy, related to this new knowledge

Identify their resistance to the complexity and challenge of the new data of neuroscience

Compare styles of communication in intimate relationships

Identify toxic patterns of communication and alternatives

Identify interaction patterns of addictive relationships

Describe the various motivations that prompt therapists into making mistakes about interventions

Compare these therapeutic moments with those when the timing is more appropriate and caring

Identify the importance of restraint and withholding as therapeutic dynamics

Describe five major illnesses that impact men and women and decrease sexual functioning

List three medical prescriptions and/or procedures that are used to intervene in the wake of the above illnesses

Discuss the role of the therapist in augmenting medical and prescriptive interventions to seek better resolve for the individual or couple

Define infidelity in committed relationships

Describe different aspects of infidelity

Describe how to treat infidelity that occurs in committed relationships and how eros, fillia, and agape love inform us in this process.

Describe similarities and difference between three kinds of love

Explain how the three kinds of love can be utilized in psychotherapy

Identify the interrelationships between three kinds of love and how it is manifests in the psychotherapeutic process

Compare and contrast the states of passion, romance and intimacy

Describe the reasons behind the volatility of romance, and discuss its various consequences

Define the tasks necessary for attaining and sustaining intimate connections

Describe three different frameworks for viewing gay male and lesbian sexual behavior

Apply the framework to case presentations

Explain how to apply the framework to their own client situations

Describe three ways in which an understanding of “psychic geometry” can enhance the clinical process of psychotherapy and use of psychotropic medication

Explain how the three elements of momvement manifest during the process of therapy

Describe how psychotropic medication can affect relationships both positively and negatively using the concept of fractal geometry

Identify the key elements in a loving parent-child relationship

Compare those key elements to what you were exposed to in your family of origin

Describe how the lack or abundance of love experienced in your life has impacted you in your capacity to form meaningful personal relationships as well as being able to form therapeutic alliances with your patients

Describe the implications of the intersection of the attachment style of the patient and the therapist

Discuss the concept of enactment

Explain how to apply this knowledge to work with patients

Describe seven distinctive features of contemporary psychodynamic therapy

Explain the concept of effect size and its use in meta-analysis

Describe the empirical evidence supporting psychodynamic therapy

Compare the therapeutic effects of expressing resonant empathic identifications with others vs. expressing judgments and interpretations within a group setting

Identify types of risk-taking in groups

Practice leadership skills of being inclusive of competing and disparate voices within the group, facilitating dialogue between members, and building cohesion within the group

Explain how to bring psychodynamic psychotherapy insights into group interactions

State the strengths of psychodynamic psychotherapy

Apply the insights from psychodynamic theory to their relational patterns

Describe the importance of forgiveness in the psychotherapeutic process

Discuss the utilization of forgiveness in the growth process

Explain the integration of love and forgiveness in the individuation process

Articulate a plan about forming positive and meaningful relationships

Explain the value of affirmation and validation in the psychotherapeutic process

Summarize the key aspects of love and its impact in the consultation room

Identify five Characteristics of Dreaming Homeostasis as an organizing and discriminating principle in the psyche

Compare different orientations to dreaming and differing approaches to the role of the dream in the psyche

Discuss both concrete thinking, fluid thinkin; and the power of symbols

Discuss the complexities of the three kinds of love

Describe how to stay with the unorganized activity of the unconscious

Explain how to better demonstrate tolerance and support for open dialogue

Summarize how what happens regarding attachment in their consulting rooms might impact their clients’ parenting behavior and therefore approach this more deliberately in therapy

Identify how their own parenting experiences (being parented and parenting in various roles) influence relationships with clients

Identify ways in which feelings of abandonment might be triggered in clients due to parenting issues and identify ways to avoid unnecessary pitfalls

Describe at least three discrepancies between the “Cultural Competency Guidelines” and application to indigenous populations

Identify three important features of love relationships in Native American populations.

Summarize three interpersonal (psychotherapist & client) aspects in counseling with Native populations

Describe how to make a presentation of self that allows others to join and a statement of loss in life that allows other to join with him/her

Identify ways to relate to others about loss

Discuss how connections with others are experienced

Identify the symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder and their impact on family systems

Discuss family interventions that help to foster attachment and create family health when love only is not enough

Describe specific tools to assure parental health during the process of building attachment

Describe the role of a treatment contract in contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy

Describe the central role of personality diagnosis in effective psychotherapy

Describe the use of countertransference in clinical case formulation

Summarize the evolution of sexuality among youths/adolescents from previous generations to current generation and the impact of an expanding arousal template with exposure to cybersex and the expanding cyberworld

Identify current adolescent courtship patterns and common trends in methods of communication/interaction among adolescents

State visions for approaching and addressing concerns and consequences of modern sexual development and sexual expression among today’s adolescents/teens

Identify the components of forgiving love as viewed by the four faith traditions

Identify the similarities and differences in the understanding of and approaches to forgiving love by the four faith traditions

Distinguish between true, false and misguided expectations of forgiving love from those taught by their respective faith traditions

Identify important elements of their own history and trauma history and relate these understandings with present day interpersonal behaviors

Identify important elements of others' history and trauma history and relate these understandings with present day interpersonal behaviors

Discuss the elements of a successful termination within a group

Identify the various ways in which relationships are broken, especially where they have been personally involved

Explain how love can be part of the healing process and not always a boundary violation

Chart the importance of love in psychodynamic psychotherapy, noting the traditional resistances to the use of the word

Contrast concrete and fluid understandings of a dream

Identify the classic frequent dream themes

Identify the basic archetypes such as the Mother, the Father, adolescent Puer, the Child and the Hero’s quest

Differentiate between an I-Thou Relationship and an I-It Relationship

Compare and contrast the concepts of the three kinds of love

Summarize the theoretical value of learning through personal experiences that occurred during the session

Explain how connections are augmented or diminished

Describe how to make decisions about moving more toward more or less connections with others

Discuss closure and the experiential aspects of closure

Distinguish between level of personality organization versus personality style

Describe common personality syndromes and their defining features, as identified in empirical research using the SWAP instrument

Summarize the psychodynamic treatment process discussed in the session

Differentiate between personal and professional secrets

Identify the appropriate channels to discuss and reveal professional secrets

Identify the ethical and moral issues which relate to keeping and revealing secrets

Describe the "abandonment depression"

Identify defenses against self-activation

Explain to a patient how positive growth may precipitate sadness or depression

Describe guidelines for helping family members approach and discuss the issues of end of life

List areas of possible emotional difficulties/conflict among family members and/or medical teams at times of decision making near end of life

Identify the questions to be addressed, both personally and professionally, to understand the issues and values that play a part in end of life ethical decision making

Describe the unique love necessary when trying to cope with disability and its multiple losses, for both the disabled and the caregiver/spouse/parent

Describe how to identify and cope with survivor guilt

Explain how humour, art, poetry, music, video can be used to get into issues, avoid pain and how it can be a resistance to what needs to be dealt with

Name the basic symptoms of the five main kinds of dementia and several psychological problems that may require a differential diagnosis

Explain how to proceed after a tentative diagnosis

Discuss how to best support the caregiver

Articulate the most important learnings they have taken from the various events of the meeting

Identify the ways in which they have changed their understanding of love in psychotherapy

Describe how other participants have helped or hindered their learning and their sense of being a part of the community

Compare effect sizes for psychodynamic therapy with those of other evidence based treatments

Practice “talking” dementia

Please answer the following:

Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?

Was the educational content scientifically sound?

Was the educational content free of commercial bias?

Was the mode of education effective to learning?

If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, please explain.

How much did you learn as a result of this educational program?

What did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?

What patient/client problems or patient/client challenges do you feel you are not able to address appropriately or to your satisfaction?

What problems are your patients/clients communicating to you that need attention or follow up?

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training (the overall meeting) be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient/client outcomes?

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