Technology-stirred Projective Processes in Couple Teletherapy
Presenter: Carl Bagnini, LCSW, BCD
Friday, June 11th at 6-8PM
Two CEs Available for NYS Social Workers
The increase in telehealth and teletherapy during the COVID pandemic raises many ethical, clinical, and situational concerns. Some have been in play long before the increased uses of virtual approaches to psychotherapy, most recently due to the perils of office practice. This Workshop explores implications of technology on clinical work, including the projective process encountered with couples: the world of easy access to a therapist’s personal and professional identity, the influence of the non-office physical environment on couple interactions and the triangular field of psychodynamics, and the meaning of multiple screen settings. Evocative vignettes convey the pitfalls and pratfalls of virtual work with couples.
After attending the presentation, participants will be able to
1. Discuss some caveats of doing teletherapy.
2. Identify therapeutic opportunities arising from teletherapy.
3. Describe how the couple setting, technology, and pets influence interventive choices.
RSVP has closed.
Note: Zoom information will be emailed one day before event.
Carl Bagnini, LCSW, BCD, has certificates from The Ackerman Institute for the Family & Long Island Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy; Founding & Senior Faculty at the International Psychotherapy Institute; Faculty/Supervisor, Child Psychotherapy, Couple Therapy & Supervision Certificate Programs. Clinical Faculty, Adelphi University Derner Postgraduate Programs in Psychoanalysis, Supervision, & Couple Therapy. Supervising & teaching faculty, Training Institute for Mental Health. Author/co-author of 25 book chapters & journal articles. International Advisory Board, Journal of Couple & Family Psychoanalysis. Author: Keeping Couples in Treatment: Working from Surface to Depth (Roman and Littlefield). Private practice with individuals, couples & families, Port Washington, NY. Training & clinical supervision: Individual and paired; child, adolescent, individual, couple, & family cases.