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

Date: October 11, 2023
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 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 training, 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

Please note: Some of the material in this training is also covered in Certificate in trauma counselling for mental health professionals: Level 1

Registration fee: General - $250 |  Student - $225

Summer sale: Register during July 19 to August 2, 2023 to save 20% off!

For full program overview and registration details please visit: https://cvent.me/lL2Zq2

Continuing Education (CE) information: 6 CE hours