Child Psychotherapy: Practical Applications of Psychoanalytic Theory
CPSY x253
| Day | Friday, November 7, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Time | 12:00pm-5:00pm |
| Room | Arts and Sciences, 232 |
| Credit | 0.5 CEUs, 5 CE Hours |
| Cost | $115.00 |
Description
Clinicians face a host of challenges when working with aggressive, oppositional, and treatment resistant youth. Presented in two parts, Child Psychotherapy: Practical Applications of Psychoanalytic Theory is a recommended, but not required prerequisite for the second workshop, Adolescent Psychotherapy: Practical Applications of Psychoanalytic Theory) This series of 2 workshops will present, Relational Pragmatism, a developmentally rooted, strength-based model for evaluating, conceptualizing and treating of children with a range of externalizing disorders. In addition, participants will learn about concrete and easy-to-implement strategies for conducting supportive (C.A.R.E.) consultations with parents and classroom teachers. Through the lenses of attachment, object relations and resiliency theory, this workshop will explore practical and hopeful ways of treating frequently encountered clinical and relational issues of children. Participants are encouraged to bring cases for discussion and consultation.
Mike Axelman Ph.D.
Instructor
Michael Axelman, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University. He graduated with honors (Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude) from the University of Vermont, and received his M.A. in the Social Sciences and Ph.D. in Human Development: Psychology from the University of Chicago. He was awarded the John Dewey Prize Lectureship in the College, and held fellowship at the Joint Center for Poverty Research (Northwestern University/University of Chicago, and the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago.
He has developed astrength-based approach to parent therapy (C.A.R.E:Caring Adults and Respectful Environments). C.A.R.E. Parent Therapy is a therapeutic approach that utilizes a parent’s capacity to care as a therapeutic tool. He has produced a training video on C.A.R.E. Parent Therapy, and trained hundreds of students and practicing therapists how to conduct their brief, strength-based intervention. Michael Axelman is a licensed clinical psychologist and maintains a child and adolescentpsychotherapy practice in Palo Alto. He consults regularly with parents, school and mental health clinics.
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