Conference: Infant Research and Adult Treatment with Beatrice Beebe, PhD

We can accommodate up to 10 onsite registrations.  
If interested please bring your vaccination card & mask.

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION

MORNING: THREE MODELS OF MOTHER-INFANT TRAUMA 

The first model of mother-infant trauma is a treatment case; the second and third are based on research studies in community samples. (1) Case of Linda and Dan: Mother suicidal at birth; (2) Origins of disorganized attachment at 4 months (3) Pregnant and widowed on 9/11. All three have illustrative video material. For each model of mother-infant trauma, the audience will be led through an embodied interactive role-play of the patterns of interaction.

Current approaches to mother-infant treatment deal broadly with relational disturbance, but not specific patterns of interactive disturbance. Increased specificity in describing patterns of disturbance associated with different forms of mother-infant trauma can facilitate more focused clinical intervention, across a range of clinical settings.

Morning Learning Objectives (Participants will be able to:)

1. Describe ways in which mother-infant research can inform mother-infant treatment.
2. Describe two different pictures of mother-infant trauma.

AFTERNOON: VIDEO FEEDBACK THERAPY FOR A TRAUMATIZED PATIENT WHO DOES NOT LOOK

I present a case of a patient who does not look. She is in an ongoing 20+ year intensive treatment with Dr. Larry Sandberg, and I have collaborated as the video feedback therapist for over a decade (Sandberg & Beebe, 2020). My face, but not the patient’s face, is videotaped during psychotherapy sessions. The patient and I then review segments of the videotaped session, collaboratively observing and thinking together, translating between the verbal dialogue and the therapist’s implicit action dialogue. As Lyons-Ruth (1999) argued, much remains to be learned about the analyst’s collaborative participation as a new relational partner, and how implicit modes of intimate relating are transformed. The video provides a unique opportunity to learn about the therapist’s collaborative participation outside the verbal narrative. The therapist's face, as well as bodily gestures of head and hands, and the background vocal rhythm of the narrative, are relatively unexplored avenues of therapeutic action in adult treatment. We will discuss how this process helped this patient.

Afternoon Learning Objectives (Participants will be able to:)

1. Explain the potential role of video for traumatized patients who cannot look directly into the face of another person.
2. Describe how video feedback therapy can facilitate an understanding of both verbal and nonverbal communication in an adult treatment.
3. Explain the role of video feedback therapy as an adjunct to an ongoing treatment.

Beatrice Beebe, PhD is Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University; she runs a basic research lab on mother-infant communication at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. She is faculty at several psychoanalytic institutes, including the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, and the N.Y.U. Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Her most recent book is The Mother-Infant Interaction Picture Book: Origins of Attachment (Beebe, Cohen & Lachman, Norton, 2016). She has a half-hour internet talk Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies. Her new documentary film, Decoding Mother-Infant Interaction: A Story of One Mother and Infant, is on YouTube. She is in private practice in New York City.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Date: Saturday, May 7, 2022

Location: Wellshire Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, located at 2999 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80222. There is plenty of free parking in church lots or the neighboring residential area along the West side of the building. 

Schedule: (Times listed are Mountain Daylight Time)

We are proud to partner with CAFE 180 to provide box lunches for the conference. At CAFE 180, anyone can eat, regardless of their ability to pay. Those who are unable to pay simply exchange their time and energy for a nutritious meal.

Cost:

• DPS Member - $160
• Non-Member - $175
• Student Rate - $75
• Late Registration - $180

Registration is not complete until registration fee is paid in full. 

Vaccination Policy: All registrants must be fully vaccinated, including any booster dose(s) when eligible, and will be required to upload a copy of their vaccination card during registration. We are unable to accept medical or religious exemptions at this time. Please email office@denverpsychoanalytic.org if you have trouble uploading your vaccination information and we can help get you registered.

COVID-19 Protocols: We ask all participants to wear a mask. The church's upgraded ventilation system will be used to completely refresh the air in the meeting room during the three breaks. Since health and safety recommendations can change quickly, we will adjust as needed to follow CDC, state, and local guidelines for meeting in person. 

Registration Waiver: By registering for this conference, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any place where people are gathered. By attending, you knowingly assume all such risks related to illness and infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, and agree not to hold the Denver Psychoanalytic Society or any of their affiliates, officers, employees, or volunteers liable for any illness or injury.

CME Certificates: To receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, sign the attendance sheet, attend the entire conference, and complete an evaluation. CME certificates will be handed out at the conclusion of the event in exchange for the completed evaluation. If awarded a CME certificate, please retain for your records. 

Confidentiality: During this conference, we will follow rules of confidentiality for clinical case material including disguising identifying information. Please do not discuss any case material outside of the conference. No recording of case material is allowed.

This is a live event only.  Attending via Virtual/Zoom is not an option for this event.  This event is not being recorded.

Cancellation & Certificate Replacement: General registration closes April 29, 2022. Registration after April 30th may be considered. Any refunds after April 29, 2022, will be less a $15 administrative fee. Full refunds will be issued if the event is cancelled due to COVID-19. There will be a $3 charge if the Society must replace a CME certificate. 

CME Disclosures:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Denver Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. (Updated July 2021)