Attachment, Adoption, and Developmental Issues in Therapy with Individuals and Couples
Instructors: Jeanne Lichman , Ph.D.
Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D.
Course Description:
Drawing on more than fifty years of attachment and child development research the focus this year will be on the clinical situation and how various developmental issues, including adoption, present dynamic dilemmas in later work with individuals and couples.
Learning Goals:
· To understand how parents/caregivers can promote or disrupt secure attachment.
· To understand how disruptions of attachment affect child development.
· To understand how the child’s temperament and reactive behaviors contribute to the attachment relationship.
· To learn the various ways that adoption and developmental issues can affect the therapy process with individuals and couples.
· To learn the importance of affect regulation and “the present moment” in human development.
General Information:
This course will be taught in a small group format with several key papers and chapters assigned each month for reading and discussion. The course will be limited to ten participants and will meet the fourth Wednesdays from 10:30 to 12:00 p.m. Tuition for the year (for 12 hours of continuing education credit) is $320 including the non-refundable $80 registration fee with the balance to be paid in three monthly installments of $80. Save $50 by paying the full tuition in advance by September 15–pay only $270!
The Listening Perspectives Study Center is accredited to provide Continuing Education Credits for Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, and Nurses. The exact number of credits awarded is equal to the number of contact hours for each event and is specified on the Registration Form.
Marriage and Family Therapists and Social Workers Provider Number: PCE348.
California Board of Registered Nursing Provider Number: CEP12038
The Listening Perspective Study Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Listening Perspectives Study Center maintains responsibility for the program.
Books to Read
October 2005:
Susan M. Johnson and Valerie E. Whiffen. (2003). Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy. The Guilford Press. ISBN: 1572308737
Read pages 1-102
November 2005:
Susan M. Johnson and Valerie E. Whiffen. (2003). Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy. The Guilford Press. ISBN: 1572308737
Read pages 103-214
December 2005:
Susan M. Johnson and Valerie E. Whiffen. (2003). Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy. The Guilford Press. ISBN: 1572308737
Read pages 215-320
January 2006:
Nancy Verrier. (1993). The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child.
Baltimore, MD: Gatewood Press. ISBN: 0963648004
Read pages 1-100
February 2006:
Nancy Verrier. (1993). The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child.
Baltimore, MD: Gatewood Press. ISBN: 0963648004
Read pages 101-206
March 2006:
Daniel N. Stern. (2004). The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life.
W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN: 0393704297
Read pages 1-74
April 2006:
Daniel N. Stern. (2004). The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life.
W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN: 0393704297
Read pages 75-134
May 2006:
Daniel N. Stern. (2004). The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life.
W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN: 0393704297
Read pages 135-241