This comprehensive two-day interactive workshop is designed for counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists who wish to develop or deepen their knowledge and technique of a psychodynamic assessment. Through engaging exercises, case studies and self-reflection, the participants will refine their skills in conducting an in-depth interview. The workshop is psychoanalytically informed but practitioners of other orientations are welcome!
Workshop content:
• An Overview of Psychoanalytic Assessment
• The Aims of Assessment: Why and What we Assess?
• History Taking versus History Making
• DSM - Friend or Foe?
• Clinical Case Presentation: Making Sense of the Symptoms
• Unconscious Communication in the Assessment Process
• Concluding Assessment: Constructing a Psychodynamic Formulation & Treatment Recommendation
• Psychodynamic Considerations in Risk Assessment & Management
Registration Details:
Katarzyna Akhtar is an accredited psychoanalytic psychotherapist and clinical supervisor. She has over 20 years of experience of working therapeutically with individuals and groups in a variety of mental health settings, including the National Health Service, private and charity sectors in Portugal, UK, UAE & Poland. She has particular interest in the work with trauma, intercultural and transgenerational issues.
English
with Katarzyna Akhtar
Friday January 23rd and 30th,: 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm