LAISPS Certificate Program 2010-2011

Integrating Contemporary and Classical Theories and Technique

The LAISPS Psychotherapy Certificate Program offers an integrated curriculum that combines the latest in psychoanalytic research and theoretical thinking with the classical foundations of our understanding of the development of the personality. Each evening consists of a class on theories of personality development and a class on clinical technique. Over the course of the thirty week program, we will cover object relations theory, early infant and childhood development, the major psychopathologies, as well as clinical issues such as establishing and maintaining a therapeutic frame, working with transference and counter-transference issues, and understanding and interpreting dreams in the clinical setting. Clinical Case Conference is an integral part of the program, and is included in the cost of the tuition.

Our Psychotherapy Certificate Program is designed for a wide range of mental health professionals, at all levels of experience, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and MFTs who are new to psychodynamic thinking as well as those who are seasoned clinicians looking to sharpen and deepen their work with their patients. Advanced interns in clinical practice are encouraged to apply; acceptance will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

ORIENTATION: September 20, 2010

SESSION I:	October 4 - December 14
	PSYCHOANALYTIC TECHNIQUE: FRAME, RELATIONSHIP, PROCESS Lynn Goren, Ph.D. Sharron Holman, Psy.D.
	OBJECT RELATIONS THEORY: FREUD TO THE PRESENT Steven Isaacman, Psy.D.
	Supervising Faculty Diane Mink, Psy.D Valerie von Raffay, PhD
SESSION II
	TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTER-TRANSFERENCE Jill Model Barth, Ph.D.
	NEW COURSE TBA
	Supervising Faculty Deborah Shaw, PhD
SESSION III
	DREAM INTERPRETATION: THEORY AND CLINICAL APPLICATION Sandra Garfield, Ph.D.
	PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: AN EMPHASIS ON CONFLICT NEUROSIS AND BORDERLINE STATES Dan Paul, Ph.D
	Supervising Faculty Linda Sobelman, PhD

GRADUATION: June 13, 2011.

LOCATION:

LAISPS Classroom
12011 San Vicente Blvd., #B3
Los Angeles, CA 90049

FEE: $2,000