2008-2009 PROGRAM

Holding and Containing:
Love, Hate, and the Emergence of a Self

September 17, 2008

Hearing the Music, Dancing the Dance, Bearing the Unbearable: Thoughts on the Royal Road to Clinical Relevance Myrna Little, Ph.D Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:00-9:00 PM 8340 Meadow Road (Pecan Creek Office Park)

October 15, 2008

So I'll just drop off my child at therapy? How many sessions will this take? Melody Moore, Ph.D., Jennifer Unterberg, Ph.D., Tyler Wooten, M.D. Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:00-9:00 PM 8340 Meadow Road (Pecan Creek Office Park)

November 8, 2008

Fall Workshop: Pamela B. Sorensen, Ph.D., MACP (Brit) "What to do? Thoughts about Linking Dynamic Formulation and Treatment Intervention" Dr. Sorensen trained as a child analyst at the Tavistock Clinic. She is the former director of the Under Fives Study Center at the University of Virginia. She currently acts as consultant, supervisor and teacher to clinicians interested in working with children and families. Dr. Sorensen will explore the use of projective identification as a tool in making recommendations for intervention in child and adolescent cases. Special attention will be paid to the therapist's countertransference. In-depth theoretical discussion and afternoon adult case presentation will be included. Saturday, November 8, 2008 8:30am-3:30 PM Location to be announced

January 21, 2009

Holding Mind in Mind: Enhancing Sense of Self and Secure Attachment in Young Adulthood through Mentalization and the Therapeutic Process Noelle McDonald, Ph.D. Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:00-9:00 PM 8340 Meadow Road (Pecan Creek Office Park)

February 18, 2009

Containment in Marriage: Two Papers Developmental Aspects of Containment in Marriage: or is it really my turn to take out the trash again? Rober Aberg, Ph.D. Locating the Self in a Community of Adults with Disabling Mental Illness. Sarah Aberg, LCSW Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:00-9:00 PM 8340 Meadow Road (Pecan Creek Office Park)

March 7, 2009

Spring Mini-Workshop: Adoption: The Known, Uncertain and Fantasized Ties that Bind Joellen Peters, Ph.D., JoAnn Ponder, Ph.D., Sharon Horowitz, Ph.D. Our colleagues from the Austin Society of Psychoanalytic Psychology will present a trio of papers. Their emotionally moving and clinically relevant presentations recount their personal experiences as birth mother, adoptive mother and adopted child. Saturday, March 7, 2009 8:30am-12:30 PM Seay Building 8th Floor Conference Room UTSW (North Campus) 2201 Inwood Road Click for map

April 29, 2009

Containment and the Therapeutic Process Dale Godby, Ph.D. Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:00-9:00 PM 8340 Meadow Road (Pecan Creek Office Park)