2nd EFPP Workshop on Infant Observation
HOW CAN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY MAKE USE OF THE METHOD OF INFANT
OBSERVATION?
Dear colleague,
Psychoanalytic infant observation is a vital component in the training of psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and clinicians of allied professions. Its usefulness to clinical work is well established worldwide, as it enables clinicians to conceptualise the nonverbal and implicit interactive processes and can prepare psychotherapy trainees and enhance clinicians' capacity for perceptual and emotional receptivity. Through the training, the observers can develop 'empathic receptivity', as they unconsciously engage with primitive states of mind, when following the infant's emotional development within his/her family.
Infant Observation has been a special interest group within the EFPP. A working party was formed in 2004 which extended this interest, organising the first Infant Obs. Workshop (Athens 9-10 Dec. 05), and having a constant presence in all recent EFPP conferences.
The aim of such workshops is to promote space for reflection on the method of Infant Observation and its relevance to our clinical practice, but also to keep in touch with the different training applications and the new developments. Another task of the working party is to facilitate countries or sections that have not yet started trainings in Infant Observation and are planning to do so.
This time we invite you to a workshop in Pisa, 15th-17th February 2008.
The guest speaker will be: Jeanne Magagna, presenting a paper on:
"Thinking about crying; crying and not thinking:
The link between infant observation and psychotherapy".
There will be plenty of time for reflection, exchange of ideas and sharing
of experiences, difficulties and hopes in small group discussions, following
the key-note presentation and training issues.
Conference venue: Pisa , S.Croce in Fossabanda
Address: Santa Croce in Fossabanda, 11 S.Croce Square, Pisa
Programme:
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Friday, February 15th |
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10:30- 11:30 |
Registration and coffee |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Welcome and introduction to the Workshop |
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12:00 - 12:45 |
Jeanne Magagna (London) |
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12:45 - 13:15 |
Discussion with the main speaker |
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13:15 - 14:15 |
Lunch at the venue |
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14:15-16:15 |
Workshop 1: Infant Observation Seminar at work: |
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Discussion |
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16:15- 16:45 |
Coffee/Tea |
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16:45 - 18:15 |
Workshop 2: Infant Observation and Adult Psychotherapy |
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Discussion |
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18:15 - 18:45 |
Reflections on the presentations of the day |
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20.30 - |
Dinner in the town |
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Saturday, February 16th |
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8:00-9:00 |
Breakfast |
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9:00 - 11:00 |
Workshop 3: Infant Observation and Group Psychotherapy |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee/Tea |
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11:30-13:30 |
Workshop 4: Infant Observation and Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy |
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Discussion |
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch at the venue |
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14:30 - 16:00 |
Workshop 5: How can psychoanalytic psychotherapy make use of the
method of infant observation? |
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16:30 17:30 |
Reflections on the day |
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20:00 - |
Dinner and music downtown |
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Sunday, February 17th |
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8:00 |
Breakfast |
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8:30 - 9:30 |
Summing up and Closure |
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Facilitators: Britta Blomberg, Effie Layiou-Lignos, Simona Nissim, Miriam Rosenthal |
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9:30 |
Drinks farewell |
We look forward to welcoming you to Pisa
The working party, (EFPP, child section delegates): Britta
Blomberg (Sweden), Anne Holländer
(Denmark),
Effie Layiou-Lignos (Greece), Simona
Nissim (Italy), Miriam Rosenthal
(Israel)
For registration use the registration form either as pdf-file or as word document. Please complete this registration form and send it by fax or e-mail no later than the 15 December 2007 to:
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Please complete this registration form and send it
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ADDRESS: FAX: +39 0509711044, And a copy to: |
For further information please contact:
Britta Blomberg, Sweden britta.blomberg@ericastiftelsen.se
Anne Holländer, Denmark psykliah@post1.tele.dk
Effie Layiou-Lignos, Greece cel-lignos@otenet.gr
Simona Nissim, Italy simonan@tin.it
Miriam Rosenthal, Israel miriamrosenthal@bezeqint.net
