Mentalization, Attachment and Psychodynamic Play Therapy
In psychodynamic play therapy, the therapist’s countertransference experiences are an important source of information about the child’s psychodynamics. The theoretical basis of this training is a psychodynamic play therapy viewpoint that incorporates attachment theory and the concept of mentalization from a theoretical and technical perspective. This virtual workshop will allow participants to explore how attachment security in primary attachment relationships and in the relationship with the play therapist relate to the development of mentalization. Join us for a careful exploration with Dr Ayelet Barkai, Child, Adolescent ,and Adult Psychiatrist and Adult Psychoanalyst, Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Learning Objectives: After successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- apply the concept of mentalization in a psychodynamic play therapy mode of treatment.
- define three non-mentalizing modes that occur in the context of play therapy.
- describe how attachment security in primary attachment relationships and in the relationships with the play therapist relates to the development of mentalization.
2 APT Live Webinar CE | Intermediate | Play Therapy Seminal or Historically Significant Theories, Play Therapy Skills and Methods, Play Therapy Special Topics
This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."
About our presenter: Ayelet R. Barkai, M.D. is a co-clinical director with Ruth Drasin of the Cambridge/Boston Chapter of A Home Within. She is Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and a member of the teaching faculty of the Cambridge Health Alliance Division of Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is also a member and on the teaching faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and corresponding member of the PINE Psychoanalytic Center, where she graduated from her adult psychoanalytic training in 2013. She was a research associate at Judge Baker Children’s Center of Harvard Medical School, where she was involved in a 30 plus year longitudinal study of adolescent psychological development. She has a private practice in adult and child psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
NEAPT Members $40; Guests $50 | Limited to 50 participants
VIRTUAL: This will be a virtual meeting. Participants will be awarded NON-CONTACT CE upon successful completion of a post test. Participants must be visible throughout the presentation. This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."
NEAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider 02-123. NEAPT maintains responsibility for the program. Registrants understand and agree that any photograph (screen shot), video or audio recording of themselves may be used to further promote NEAPT.
Cancellation Policy: All cancellations must be requested in writing and received no later than January 10, 2025. Cancellations are subject to a $15 processing fee. Substitutions (someone else attending) or transfer of registration to another training date may be requested. No refunds or partial refunds after January 10, 2025.
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