Case Conferences
TPI is pleased to offer the popular case conference series.
Case conferences are held at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue (at Garber) in Berkeley from 4:30pm to 6:30pm on a periodic basis.
Case conferences are open to TPI members and the public. There is no fee to attend, and no rsvp is required. Continuing Education Units are not available.
For more information, or if you are interested in presenting or in participating in the committee that organizes the case conferences, please contact Mark Bronnenberg, TPI Associate Director, at 510-548-2250 ext. 106.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Inside/Outside, Outside/Inside: Where Is the Frame?
Maria Pilar Bratko, MFT
When I began providing therapy outside of an office, I realized that I'd need to create a replacement, portable frame. This case presents two years of work with an American-born Latina adolescent at her home, at school, and at Juvenile Hall. I will exhibit how I am challenged, particularly within cultural similarity and difference, to hold an internal frame in settings out of my control. From this, I hope to discuss this concept: Do we each have an internal frame? How is it defined, activated, or made use of? While I subscribe to theoretical concepts, I believe that this topic is informed by our personal experiences.
Maria Pilar Bratko, MFT, is a bilingual (Spanish-English) psychotherapist working with individuals, couples, and adolescents in private practice in Berkeley. Maria also provides therapy in the broader Bay Area, as far out as Tracy and Sacramento, to children and adolescents in homes, schools, and juvenile incarceration facilities. She holds a Master’s degree in Feminist Clinical Psychology from New College and is a graduate of The Psychotherapy Institute, where she remains active as a Board member and Chair of the Development and Marketing Committee. Presently, Maria is in her second year of a doctoral program in Clinical Social Work at The Sanville Institute.
Friday, January 29, 2010
4:30pm–6:30pm
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Fireside Room
2727 College Avenue, Berkeley
Friday, April 30, 2010
Erotic Transferences
Kathy Sinsheimer, MFT
In the throes of erotic transferences, our treatment rooms heat up, and it can be difficult to think. In quieter moments, we know that our feelings and reactions, while challenging, can be useful for our understanding of our patients as well as ourselves.
At times, clinicians seem unable to metabolize their countertransference reactions adequately, and the countertransference is acted out. Under these circumstances, when the countertransference is erotic, the clinician and patient can wind up in a sexual relationship. How does this happen? How are we all vulnerable to these difficulties? Kathy Sinsheimer's paper, "Erotic Transferences," takes up these difficulties and explicates the dynamics of erotic transferences as well as offering understanding of how these enactments can occur. The case example for this talk is taken from the acclaimed television show, "In Treatment." Clips will be used to illustrate erotic transference dynamics.
Kathy Sinsheimer, MFT, is a psychoanalyst who trained at PINC and is a supervisor at TPI. She has a long-time interest in analyst self-care, which is tied to her interest in boundaries between therapist and patient. Ms. Sinsheimer has written and published several articles on this topic as well as presented locally and nationally.
Friday, April 30, 2010
4:30pm–6:30pm
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Campbell Room
2727 College Avenue, Berkeley
Continuing Education Units are not available for Case Conferences.
Free of charge, no RSVP required.