Transference and countertransference: Training for agency-based mental health professionals

Transference and countertransference: Training for agency-based mental health professionals

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Dates: February 6 and 8, 2023
Time: 1 to 4:30 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Natalie Zlodre, MSW, RSW

Description:
Trauma that is unhealed, unresolved and unintegrated into a healthy balance within the self has the potential to be repeated, reenacted, acted out, projected or externalized in relationships.

Working with human suffering on a daily basis and being sensitive to the despair, frustration and fear embodied in our clients is an integral aspect of our work. In order to be effective we need to be aware of our clients and our own unconscious self-protective reactions (transference/projection). A worker who is unaware or unresponsive to countertransference experiences can be thrown into a cycle of reactivity, both within the specific client dynamic and within one’s own psyche.

In this webinar we will understand the core features of metapsychological phenomena: transference, projection, projective identification and countertransference.  We will use real case examples from direct service settings to illustrate the complex dialectic of balancing empathic attunement with experiences of empathic strain.

Learning objectives:

• Understand key self-protective strategies clients use (transference, projection)
• Understand key self-protective strategies workers use (countertransference)
• Apply skills in “catching,” repairing and integrating metapsychological phenomena

Registration fee:
General - $250 ($192.50 with promo code NEWYEAR23 saving 23% off)
Student - $225 ($173.25 with promo code NEWYEAR23 saving 23% off)
New Years Sale offer valid from Jan. 11 to 24.

For full program overview and registration details please visit: https://cvent.me/dPbGgG

Continuing Education (CE) information: 6 CE hours

SickKids CCMH Learning Institute has approval from the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) for participants of our programming to apply the number of CE hours earned in the program towards their continuing education hours.