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For 2024-25, the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis (CCP) proudly continues its program of small consultation groups, to be led by master clinicians from the CCP community. These groups, offered at relatively affordable fees exclusively to CCP members, will focus on two broad areas of clinical practice – psychodynamic approaches in community-based agencies, and work within the transference-countertransference matrix. Group size will be highly limited to a maximum of 8 members in order to foster intimate and lively participation. Members will commit to biweekly meetings through the end of May, 2025, so that groups can offer consistent and cohesive connection around each other’s clinical material. Each meeting will be at least 1-1/2 hours and will operate virtually. Fees for the 2024-25 groups will be graduated based on the member’s career stage. For those who are not yet licensed, the fee is $350. For those who have been licensed less than 5 years, the fee is $550. For those who have been licensed 5 or more years, the fee is $750. We are excited to offer this special opportunity to CCP members, and to those who might want to avail themselves of this opportunity by joining CCP. By joining CCP, you will not only be eligible for group membership, but will also enjoy other CCP benefits, such as free access to the acclaimed Friday night lecture series. If you would like more information, please contact Dr. Paul Sanders at 847.302.7682, or prsanders1234@yahoo.com. Please check out the group descriptions below. If space is available, you can register and pay online easily by clicking the links on the right.
Consultation Groups Registration (Registration buttons are at top right of this page) (Please bear in mind that enrollment in these study groups is extremely limited) GROUP SELECTION (Choose one): David Daskovsky, PhD. FEE (Choose one): · Not yet licensed - $350 · Licensed less than 5 years - $550 · Licensed 5 years or more - $750
More about the groups: Group title: Working with enactment and projective identification in psychodynamic treatment Group leader: David Daskovsky, PhD Meeting dates: Alternate Tuesdays, beginning September 17 Meeting times: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. on Google Meet Group Description: In this ongoing consultation group, members will share their work with challenging clients, while exploring the ways that difficult experiences can be evoked in the therapist and played out in the treatment relationship. One major focus will be on the transference-countertransference matrix, with particular attention to projective identifications and enactments, which can illuminate what is happening in the treatment relationship and how this might relate to the patient’s presenting problems and character issues. As group members take turns presenting case material, we will be able to discuss ways to recognize these phenomena, and how to address them directly in the treatment. In some instances, we will see how enactments can play a role in treatment impasses and what can be done in those circumstances. For those participants who care for patients in the context of an agency or treatment team, we will have an opportunity to see how enactments can play out among team members, and how this might be addressed helpfully. Case presentations will be informal and follow a format that helps to highlight the above issues, among others. This will involve describing sessions in some detail, including what it feels like to be in the room with this person (aka, your countertransference), and what difficulties are arising in the treatment. The emphasis will be on a safe, thoughtful, and enriching exchange, as group members share their work. About the leader: David Daskovsky, PhD is a faculty member at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and Assistant Professor in the Division of Psychology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. He earned his PhD in clinical psychology from Northwestern University's School of Medicine in 1988. From 1989 to 1998, he was staff psychologist at NMH’s Extended Partial Hospitalization Program, which offered intensive, long term treatment for adults with severe mental illnesses. In 1998, Dr. Daskovsky become Director of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation at Trilogy, Inc., and from 2003 to 2009 he served as that agency’s Clinical Director. While at Trilogy, he was instrumental in the development of a highly respected practicum training program and has long been committed to teaching and training mental health professionals about the treatment of mental illness in community settings. From 2009 until 2019, he was staff at Yellowbrick, where he served as Senior Psychologist and Director of Training. Dr. Daskovsky has taught and presented widely on issues related to the treatment of serious mental illness, attachment and psychotherapy, and therapist transparency in psychodynamic treatment. -----------
CANCELLED Meeting dates: Alternate Tuesdays, beginning September 24 (virtually) Meeting times: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (Central) Group Description: Working in a community-based organization (CBO) such as a non-profit hospital, government run therapy clinic, or school can be rewarding, given the nature of the work, but can also be challenging, given the lack of clinical focus and support. It is rare to find a community-based agency that emphasizes reflective practice, supervision, and psychodynamic approaches. Administrative priorities such as documentation, billing, and caseload quotas often compromise clinical support and supervision. These organizations are fast paced, with high demands for seeing as many people as possible. This group is a protected space for clinicians who work in such agencies to slow down to process their clinical work with a psychodynamic lens. The group will focus both on the individual case level (e.g., direct service with clients and transference/countertransference issues), and on the systemic level (e.g., organizational transference and countertransference, and how to protect yourself and your work). This group will provide a sense of community where you are held, heard, and seen. We will help each other strengthen our self-awareness and clinical decision-making skills.
About the leader: Tracy Vega, LCSW, DSW is a Clinical Associate Faculty member of CCP, an adjunct faculty member at Erikson Institute Graduate School, and a supervisor at Youth and Family Services in Marin County, California. She earned her B.A, from Loyola University of Chicago, her MSW from the Erikson Institute as a Harris Excellence Scholar, focusing on child development and psychotherapy with 0-5 and middle school-aged youth. Her DSW was awarded by the University of Southern California, where she developed an innovative 16-week family and peer-centered treatment program, Unidos, Nos Superamos. Tracy has had a long relationship with CCP, where she has earned the Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. After providing treatment to a wide range of adults with severe co-occurring disorders at Association House in Humboldt Park, Tracy moved to Marin County in 2017, working as an emergency response social worker in Child Welfare and as a bilingual licensed mental health practitioner. Currently, Tracy is a clinical supervisor, providing clinical supervision to therapists who provide therapy for all Marin County children, adolescents, and caregivers with severe mental health issues, complex trauma, and difficult social circumstances. In addition, since 2019 Tracy has been a board vice-president of Multicultural Center of Marin, a non-profit that supports the immigrant and indigenous populations in the county. As the child of parents who immigrated from Mexico, Tracy brings a deep appreciation of the enormous difficulties facing those living with poverty, community violence, addiction, and trauma. Years of work in community-based agencies have also reinforced Tracy’s special interest in the many impediments to careful, reflective treatment where time and resources are limited – a problem that many committed therapists face, but which is rarely addressed. | To Register:You must be a CCP member to register. To join CCP, click below: Please register using the form below: Payment:If space is still available, you can register and pay online easily (link above). |