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Adoption Circle Workshops

Both sessions are held from 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Friday, May 2 - Fathers and Adoption.

Three adoptive fathers discuss the role and emotional experiences of the male parent in the adoption process. Fathers: Ioanis Papavissiliu, Ronald Katz, and Gary Perkins.

Friday, May 30 - Case Study: A Kinship Adoption

Carol Hirsch, LCSW, Director of the Post Adoption Program at New Alternatives for Children presents a case study of a kinship adoption involving siblings adopted by their maternal grandmother.

Professional Lecture Series 2007-2008

May 9, 2008, 7:30-9:30 pm

Dan Gilhooley, PsyaD, "Mistakes"

Mistakes go deep into the heart of clinical practice. A study of clinical mistakes touches on several controversial issues of technique: analytic authority, neutrality, self- disclosure, spontaneity, apology, transference/countertransference issues, and therapeutic alliance. Clinical vignettes support the idea that creatively used mistakes can
focus and improve treatment.

May 23, 2008, 7:30-9:30 pm

Robert Quackenbush, PhD, “The Use of Psychoanalytic Techniques with Children and Adolescents”

Mistakes go deep into the heart of clinical practice. A study of clinical mistakes touches on several controversial issues of technique: analytic authority, neutrality, self- disclosure, spontaneity, apology, transference/countertransference issues, and therapeutic alliance. Clinical vignettes support the idea that creatively used mistakes can
focus and improve treatment.