Transference and countertransference: Training for mental health professionals

Transference and countertransference: Training for mental health professionals

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Dates: May 15, 2024
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 webinar we will understand the core features of metapsychological phenomena: transference, projection, projective identification, and countertransference. Real case examples will be used 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 - $300  |  Student - $270

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

Facilitator Bio:
Natalie Zlodre Choy, MSW, RSW was the Head of the Trauma and Resiliency Centre and Associate Director of training at SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute (formerly known as The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre - Gail Appel Institute).

She is currently the director of Community Resources and Initiatives, a trauma-informed consulting firm located in Toronto. Her professional focus is in the areas of acute trauma, developmental/complex trauma and the impact of trauma on professionals and on mental health services. Natalie provides clinical consultation and supervision to mental health professionals and organizations. Her theoretical framework is trauma-informed and strength-based.

Natalie is an experienced training facilitator and has provided hundreds of presentations nationally and internationally. She is known for her direct and lively style and her ability to translate complex theories about traumatic responses into relevant practices for post-traumatic growth in vulnerable populations.

Continuing Education (CE) information: 6 CE hours