The Management of Affect Storms and Suicidality [Archive]
Credits: [8 ]
Dates:
Continuous
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Empirical studies now show that Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) is as effective as Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the treatment of suicidality. Moreover, when compared with DBT and supportive therapy it was the only treatment demonstrated to improve reflective functioning.
“The Management of Affect Storms and Suicidality” conference is an opportunity to learn and discuss directly with Drs. Otto Kernberg, Frank Yeomans and JohnClarkin how to effectively manage affect storms and suicidality, two of the most challenging presentations of Borderline pathology. Also participating in the discussions will be senior colleagues in the Personality Disorders Institute, Drs. Pamela Foelsch, Catherine Haran, Judit Gordon-Lendvay and Ms Delaney.
Discussions will center on papers by Dr. Kernberg and Dr. Yeomans. The emphasis in the discussions will be on clinical material with senior colleagues at the institute presenting their experiences in clinical-life-as-lived with suicidal patients and/or patients exhibiting affect storms.
The papers will both elucidate some of the underlying theory that allows for a useful understanding of the origin and role of affect storms and provide practical clinical solutions for managing affect storms when they occur in the treatment process. Dr. Yeomans will present a Chapter from the just release revised treatment manual, Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: Focusing on Object Relations (APA Press, 2006) that provides specific instruction on how to establish a treatment contract that is effective in managing suicidality and other destructive and treatment interfering behaviors. Dr. Clarkin will lead off the discussion providing an integrative framework for understanding and applying the clinical wisdom contained in these papers. Dr. Foelsch will moderate the discussion, ensuring that the three clinical panelists and the conference attendees will explore in-depth how to effectively manage these most difficult patient behaviors. All clinicians can benefit by the comprehensive theoretical understanding and specific therapeutic tools this course will provide.
Panelists: 3 clinician’s involved in both discussions, 1 ½ weeks on each topic.
- Jill Delaney, LCSW,
- Judit Gordon-Lenvay, MD,
- Catherine Haran, Psy.D.
PAPERS AND LEADOFF DISCUSSANTS:
The Management of Affect Storms in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Borderline Patients, Presenter: Otto F. Kernberg, MD
Chapter 6 Assessment Phase: Treatment Contracting in Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: Focusing on Object Relations Presenter: Frank E. Yeomans
Fee for conference:
Registration Fee: $117
Fee for Continuing Education Credits: $45
The test for corresponding continuing education credits may be purchased separately in the PsyBC testing center. Click the Testing Center tab and look up the test by title.
Educational Objectives:
The student in this course will learn:
- The theoretical formulations underlying affect storms
- How to identify, understand, and manage an affect storm
- How to establish a “treatment contract” that allows for the least restrictive set of conditions necessary to ensure an environment in which the psychotherapeutic process can unfold
- How to manage threats to treatment, including suicidal behavior
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Faculty
John F. Clarkin, Ph.D.
Dr. John F. Clarkin is a Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and Co-Director of the Personality Disorders Institute at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is on the Research Faculty at the Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute. Currently the past-president of the international Society for Psychotherapy Research, Dr. Clarkin’s research activities have focused on the phenomenology of the personality disorders and the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder. He is the author of numerous articles and books on psychopathology, treatment planning, and the personality disorders. Two recent books include: John F. Clarkin and Mark Lenzenweger, Major Theories of Personality Disorder and John F. Clarkin, Frank Yeomans, and Otto F. Kernberg, Psychotherapy of Borderline Personality.
Jill C. Delaney, LCSW
Ms. Delaney is a Voluntary Faculty member of Weill Medical College of Cornell and a member of the Personality Disorders Institute, and the Personality Studies Institute. She is a TFP supervisor and clinician specializing in the treatment of severe personality disorders. She is also a psychoanalyst and has a private practice in Manhattan and Connecticut.
Pamela A. Foelsch, Ph.D.
Dr. Foelsch is a Senior Fellow in the Personality Disorders Institute at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University where she is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry. Dr. Foelsch received Post-Doctoral Training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), a modified psychodynamic psychotherapy for severe personality disorders, by Dr. Otto Kernberg at the Personality Disorders Institute. Dr. Foelsch has provided workshops and training in TFP and is a senior supervisor. In addition, Dr. Foelsch conducts research evaluating psychotherapy process and its relation to patient outcome and is an Adjunct Professor at the Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA, where she teaches and is a research advisor. Dr. Foelsch is a NYS Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Manhattan and Harrison, New York.
Judit Gordon-Lendvay, MD
Dr. Gordon-Lendvay is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Hartsdale, NY. She is on the faculty at Weill-Cornell Department of Psychiatry and at the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center of Training and Research and member of Personality Disorders Institute.
Catherine Haran, Psy.D.
Dr. Catherine Haran is Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell. She is a member of the Personality Disorders Institute and the Personality Studies Institute and a TFP supervisor and clinician, specializing in the treatment of severe personality disorders. Dr. Haran has a private practice in Manhattan and White Plains.
Otto F. Kernberg. MD
Dr. Kernberg is director of the Personality Disorders Institute at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Kernberg is Past President of the International Psychoanalytic Association and also Training and Supervising Analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. From 1976 to 1995, he was Associate Chairman and Medical Director of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division. Dr. Kernberg has been instrumental in advancing the psychiatric and psychoanalytic understanding of personality structure, and the theory, phenomenology and treatment of personality disorders. He is the author of 10 books and co-author of 9 others, ranging from Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism (1975) to Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques and their Applications (2004).
Frank E. Yeomans, MD, PhD
Dr. Yeomans is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Since 1995, he has also been Senior Supervisor at the Personality Disorders Institute of Weill-Cornell, under the directorship of Dr. Kernberg. His other positions included Unit Chief of the Psychodynamic Unit for Borderline Conditions at the New York Hospital-Westchester Division. More recently, Dr. Yeomans has become Director of the Personality Studies Institute in Manhattan. Dr. Yeomans has participated in establishing training programs for psychodynamic therapy of personality disorders in numerous other sites, including Universite Laval in Quebec, Pennsylvania State University, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Austria. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and several books on psychotherapy research and technique, including, with Dr. Kernberg, A Primer on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient, and Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality.
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