Attachment, Affect Regulation, and the Reflective Function in Analytical (Depth) Psychotherapy

Description

Educational Consultation Group

Attachment, Affect Regulation, and the Reflective Function in Analytical (Depth) Psychotherapy

Catharine Jones, LCSW, Jungian Analyst
Arlo Compaan, PhD, Jungian Analyst

8 Bi-Weekly Fridays, Sept 10 – Dec 17, 2021 | 1:00-3:00pm CDT/CST via Zoom | Convert Time Zone | Space is Limited

This 8-session consultation group for licensed psychotherapists will focus on the specialized long-term work with clients who carry wounds from traumatic experiences in childhood. Our approach is informed by Analytical Psychology, Object Relations Theory, Interpersonal/Relational Theory, and especially the recent research on attachment and affect regulation. Marcus West’s Into the Darkest Places will provide our theoretical grounding. David Wallin’s Attachment in Psychotherapy is recommended for supplemental reading. Each session will include discussion of a couple of chapters from the West book. We will move to clinical case discussions in the second hour. Participants are asked to select one client who is currently in therapy with them and to prepare to present vignettes from their sessions for consultation.

Specialized Focus
Affect Regulation, the Reflective Function, and Attachment Dynamics in Psychotherapy with Trauma Wounded Clients.

Format & Schedule
This group will be conducted entirely by Zoom. The dates are September 10 & 24, October 8 & 22, November 5 & 19, December 3 & 17.   We will meet for eight two-hour sessions (1:00–3:00 pm) on these Friday afternoons.

Audio/Video
The group is interactive. Participants will be expected to share audio and video.

Participants
The group is limited to 10 licensed psychotherapists (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists).

Learning Objectives

As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the three types of insecure attachment and their relationship to affect regulation.
2. Describe the connection of Jung’s idea of “the reflective Instinct” to Fonagy’s research on the Reflective Function.
3. Relate and differentiate each of the following: the Reflective Function, the Transcendent Function, the Observing Ego, Meditation, and the Analytic Third.
4. Describe the importance of body consciousness to affect regulation.
5. Identify the client’s insecure attachment type in the case they present.
6. Observe & identify their preferred insecure attachment style
7. Recognize the presence and absence of marked accurate empathy.
8. Recognize the feeling of security that comes with a well- developed reflective function.
9. Describe the centrality of reflective function development in psychotherapy.
10. Identify when a client is in their attachment complex and how it impacts you as a therapist

Required Reading
• Marcus West, Into the Darkest Places. (London: Karnac Books, 2016).

Recommended Reading
• David J. Wallin, Attachment in Psychotherapy. (New York: The Guilford Press, 2007).

Course Outline

LOCATION
This group will meet via Zoom
The Zoom link to attend will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the first session

FEE
$345 | 16 CEs $15

There is no member or student discount for groups

Registrants will need to sign a consent form, which will be emailed after registration

Bio

Catharine Jones is an Analytical Psychoanalyst and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has been in clinical practice for 42 years, the last 26 of which were as a psychoanalyst. She is a training analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago where she teaches and supervises candidates. She served as Director of the Analyst Training Program, as well as a member of numerous other Institute committees. She maintains a clinical practice in Chicago and in Evanston. She has a special interest in attention, affect regulation, the body, and attachment dynamics in psychotherapy. She lectures and does workshops in this area.

Arlo Compaan is an Analytical Psychoanalyst and a Clinical Psychologist. He has been in clinical practice for 46 years, the last 22 of which were as a psychoanalyst. He is a training analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago where he teaches and supervises candidates. He served as Director of Training of the Analyst Training Program, as well as a member of many other Institute committees. He maintains a clinical practice in Chicago and in Frankfort, IL. He has a special interest in affect regulation and especially the regulation of shame and shamelessness (narcissism). He lectures and does workshops in the area of affect regulation and attachment dynamics.