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Upcoming Session:
April 12, 2024 – Nydia Lisman-Pieczanski, MD and Maria Lima, PsyD
Psychoanalytic infant observation and its profound implications for clinical practice
Program Description:
The experience of observing infants began in 1948 at the Tavistock Clinic in London as part of the pre-clinical part of the Child Psychotherapy Training Program. It was founded by Esther Bick, a child psychoanalyst from the British Psychoanalytical Society, and was later introduced at the British Psychoanalytic Institute in 1960. Infant Observations have been sown with incredible fertility throughout Latin America, Europe, USA, Africa, Russia, Iran, and China, among others. In this presentation, I am going to superimpose and connect the experience of observation and its application to clinical practice. Clinical material will be presented for a fruitful conversation on the use of an observational stance with an individual adult patient. Maria Lima PsyD, a graduate from our program, will present the vignettes.
Presenter Bios:
Nydia Lisman-Pieczanski, MD, is a Child and Adult psychoanalyst, trained at
the British Psychoanalytical Institute. She is a training and supervising analyst child and adult of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. She is currently faculty and Founding Chair of the “Observational Studies Program” at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. Scientific adviser of the Infant Observation Program in “Mind in Mind”, Beijing, China. Member of the Association of Child Psychotherapists, London, U.K. Member of the New Washington School of Psychiatry. Member of ALOBB (Latin American Association of Infant Observers) She has written and published papers on Infant, Child, Adolescent and Adult analysis, APsaA Journal reviewer, and is the co-editor with Alberto Pieczanski, MD of “The Pioneers of Psychoanalysis in South America” New Library of Psychoanalysis, Routledge, U.K. and its Spanish version “Los Pioneros del Psicoanálisis Sudamericano” Karnac, London, U.K.
Maria Lima, PsyD, was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, where she completed her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology. In 2017, she graduated from the George Washington University Psy.D. program in Washington DC, and from the Observational Studies Program of the Washington School of Psychiatry. Maria has worked with children, adults and the elderly from under-privileged communities in various psychotherapeutic contexts. Currently, Maria works in private practice and in the British National Health Service (NHS) where she sees adult patients in individual psychodynamic psychotherapy. She has assisted in teaching graduate classes on psychoanalytic theory, she has led workshops on child development and family dynamics for parents and educators, and she is a faculty member for the Observational Studies Program (Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis).
Registration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/register_wcc_2023-2024
ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
There is no known commercial support for this program.
CVs available upon request.
CE Information:
Continuing Medical Education – This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Psychoanalytic Association and The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
* Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. Updated July 2021
Continuing Education – Social Workers – The programs of The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc. meet the criteria for continuing education as defined by the District of Columbia and Virginia Boards of Social Work, and the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work. The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc. designates this program as a continuing education activity for social work for 1 credit hour per hour for this activity.
The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc. is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for Category 1 continuing education units.
Continuing Education – Psychologists – The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Continuing Education – Licensed Professional Counselors – The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc. continuing education credits meet the criteria and may be submitted for re-licensure of LPCs in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. This program/activity has been approved by the Maryland State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to satisfy Category A continuing education requirements.