Annual Psychodynamic Case Conference 2023

January 21, 2023

The psychodynamic case conference is an annual training to enhance knowledge in the clinical field especially through discussion around insight-oriented approaches to complex cases. Psychodynamic theory approaches case conceptualization of understanding in-depth unconscious and conscious processes related to one’s sense of self, interpersonal relatedness, defense mechanisms and attachment styles. This conference offers a multifaced approach to a clinical case. A presenter will read a clinical case write up, then following the write up the discussants will each read their written conceptualization of the case. This will then be followed with a Q and A from the audience.

Target Audience

This program is intended for: 

  • Psychologists 
  • Psychiatrists
  • Social Workers 
  • Mental Health Counselors
  • Nurse Practitioners 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

  1. Apply the principles of psychodynamic formulation, i.e., bridge a detailed narrative of what happened in a particular case to the patient’s symptoms and their various conscious and unconscious meanings.
  2. Describe themes that are commonly encountered during the psychodynamic treatment process, including transference and countertransference phenomena, resistance, enactment, and working through.
  3. Explain various psychodynamic psychotherapeutic techniques in clinical practice.
  4. Identify key psychodynamic principals related to conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.00 Social Workers

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 3.00 clock hours for continuing education credits.

  • 3.00 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 3.00 Psychologists CE Credit

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 3.00 CE credit.

Registration opens: 
01/04/2023
Course closes: 
07/07/2023
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All times listed are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)

January 21, 2023

9:00AM - Conference Opens 

9:15AM - Welcoming Remarks 

     Robert Waldinger, MD

9:20AM - Endowment Award for Leadership in the Advancement of Mental Health

     Laura Crain, MD

9:30AM - Case Presentation 

     Diana Stern, MD

10:05AM - Break

10:15AM - Discussion Panel (20 minutes per discussant)

     Jane Hanenberg, EdD

     Jacqueline Olds, MD

     Scott Wilson, MD

11:15AM - Audience Discussion

12:30PM - Conference Ends (Participants complete evaluations/Claim CME)

 

Course Directors/Planner(s)

Laura Crain, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Assistant Director of the MGH Center for Group Psychotherapy

Franklin King, MD
Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Laura Richardson, Ph.D
Director of Group Psychotherapy
MGH Psychiatry
Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Bob Waldinger, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Director of the Center for Psychodynamic Therapy and Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development

Faculty Presenters

Jane Hanenberg, EdD
Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice in Watertown, MA
Training and Supervising Analyst at Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
Parttime Lecturer in psychiatry (psychology) at Harvard Medical School

Jacqueline Olds, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry: HMS
Consultant in Psychiatry: MGH
Consultant in Psychiatry: McLean

Diana Stern, MD
Resident Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Psychiatry Residency

Scott Wilson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Faculty, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, Massachusetts General Hospital

Available Credit

  • 3.00 Social Workers

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 3.00 clock hours for continuing education credits.

  • 3.00 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 3.00 Psychologists CE Credit

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 3.00 CE credit.

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Faculty Presenters

Jane Hanenberg, EdD
Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice in Watertown, MA
Training and Supervising Analyst at Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
Parttime Lecturer in psychiatry (psychology) at Harvard Medical School

Jacqueline Olds, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry: HMS
Consultant in Psychiatry: MGH
Consultant in Psychiatry: McLean

Diana Stern, MD
Resident Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Psychiatry Residency

Scott Wilson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Faculty, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, Massachusetts General Hospita