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Mary Jo Peebles, Ph.D. presents “Feeling Stuck in Psychotherapy…and What to Do About It”
November 9, 2024 at 8:45 am - 12:00 pm
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**Dr. Peebles will appear in person.**
Presentation Summary:
When we feel stuck in psychotherapy, we feel inadequate, ashamed, and hide our confusion. A common reaction is to blame and feel irritated with the patient, but then we blame ourselves for being irritated. This workshop will address how to break this cycle, which requires a shift from seeing stuckness as a problem to seeing it as just where one wants to be. It will explore not-knowing as a developmental accomplishment, one that transforms the atmosphere of therapy from pressured answer-seeking to creative and playful curiosity. Clinical descriptions, visual slides, and video clips of couples therapy sessions will be used to bring the concepts to life.
Presenter:
Mary Jo Peebles, Ph.D., is a Psychologist-Psychoanalyst, who practices and teaches as a theoretical synthesist. Her “six men and the elephant” concept of six equally valid, supported, and vital theoretical portals into human functioning (biological, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, systems) forms the basis for her psychotherapeutic reasoning. Her intensive background in Psychological Testing shapes her understanding of the importance of mapping structural instabilities and recovery when planning treatment. Dr. Peebles is the author of Beginnings: The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy as well as When Psychotherapy Feels Stuck, and is co-author with Anthony Bram of Psychological Testing That Matters. She teaches the same way she conducts therapy: with an understanding that multimodal encountering complexifies neural networks, brings ideas alive, and helps change stick.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Explain the shift in attitude from being stuck, to feeling stuck, to understanding stuck is exactly where one wants to be for change to happen.
Describe the four paradigms of developmental disruption and two reasons why developing and maintaining a shared therapeutic focus is essential.
Discuss the concept of not-knowing as it applies in the clinical situation.
About Scientific Meetings
Program Committee Chair: Eugenio Duarte, Ph.D.
Scientific Meetings are large public events where renowned analysts from around the country are invited to present papers and clinical material. In addition to the formal presentation, attendees have an opportunity to engage in questions, comments, and discussion with the speaker.
Scientific meetings are held three to five times per year on Saturdays from 9.00am to 12.00pm. Meetings will be held in person with light breakfast served, as well as streamed over Zoom.
Scientific Meetings are open to anyone who has an interest in psychoanalysis. CME’s and CEUs are offered.