Exclusive Invitation

for Members of the

CHA Department of Psychiatry

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May 2021 – 100% Online

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FREE

INTENSIVE (4-week)

PSYCHODYNAMIC

PSYCHOTHERAPY

TRAINING

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For any and all interested

CHA staff, faculty, and trainees

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by Martha Stark, MD

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Based on My Award-Winning Book

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MODES OF THERAPEUTIC ACTION:

Enhancement of Knowledge,

Provision of Experience,

and Engagement in Relationship

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WEEKLY 2-hour

PRE-RECORDED VIDEOS

– in 30 bite-sized segments –

for EACH of

Four Consecutive Weeks

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available for viewing

any time at all (24/7)

during the entire

month of May

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the 300 Narrated

PowerPoint Videos

– accompanied by

300 downloadable PDFs –

total over

EIGHT HOURS 

of Online Training

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WEEKLY (Optional)

40-minute Q&A

Zoom Sessions

at the end

of every week

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several different

Zoom Sessions

will be offered

every week

in order

to accommodate

your busy schedules

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FLEXIBLE TIME COMMITMENT

because only the

WEEKLY (Optional)

40-minute Q&A

Zoom Sessions 

will be "live"

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SUPPLEMENTARY (Optional)

Readings

– available as

downloadable PDFs

(for your permanent reference) –

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Please email me

– MarthaStarkMD@HMS.Harvard.edu –

to register and/or

if you have any questions!

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If you have already

emailed me,

there will be no need

to re-register –

I will be

in touch with you

shortly in order to

arrange times

for our

40-minute (optional)

Q&A Zoom sessions

at the end

of every week.

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CONTEMPORARY

PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY

AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

 

Do you wish you had

a better grasp of

psychodynamic concepts

and their application

to clinical situations?

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(1) the interpretive perspective

of classical psychoanalytic theory

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(2) the corrective-provision perspective

of self psychology and other deficit theories

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(3) the intersubjective perspective

of contemporary relational theory

 

Whatever your level

of expertise,

this rigorous

ONLINE

PSYCHOTHERAPY

TRAINING

will allow you

to learn remotely

– and at your own pace –

from the comfort

and convenience

of your office or home.

 

It will feature

my most current

and innovative thinking

about the actual

“process” of healing –

relevant for both

mind and body

and both short-

and long-term

therapeutic work.

 

With an emphasis always

on the translation

of theory into practice,

the training will focus

on helping you develop

“optimally stressful”

and “powerfully effective”

psychotherapeutic

interventions

for your patients.

 

You will learn to craft

“anxiety-provoking”

but ultimately

“growth-promoting”

interventions

custom designed to address

– always with compassion

and never judgment –

the inherent conflict

that exists within our patients

between what they know

in their heads

and what they feel

in their hearts.

 

The therapeutic provision

of “optimal stress”

– against the backdrop

of empathic attunement,

authentic engagement,

and secure attachment –

is indeed sometimes

the magic ingredient

needed

to overcome

the almost universal

resistance to change

that we so

frequently encounter

in our patients

with longstanding

unmastered

relational traumas.

 

A Christopher Logue poem,

which speaks directly

to the power

of using "optimal stress"

to provoke

transformation and growth,

captures the essence

of how I conceptualize

the "therapeutic action" –

Come to the edge.

We might fall.

 Come to the edge.

It's too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!

And they came

and he pushed

and they flew...

Throughout the month,

I will be offering you

not only theoretical material

but also brief and

extended clinical vignettes

demonstrating the interweaving

of theory with practice.

I do hope you will join me

ONLINE for my

FREE

INTENSIVE

PSYCHOTHERAPY

TRAINING

this May!

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Please email me

 – MarthaStarkMD@HMS.Harvard.edu –

to register!

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Registration will close shortly.

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THANK YOU!!

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