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SUMMARY:Client Engagement with AI: Ethical and Symbolic Considerations from a Depth Psychological Perspective - Presented by Nadia Thalji\, PhD [Class]
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”12986″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]NARRATIVE \nAs clients increasingly engage with artificial intelligence (AI) platforms for emotional guidance\, self-reflection\, and meaning-making\, clinicians are encountering new forms of clinical material that raise ethical\, symbolic\, and relational challenges. This continuing education seminar examines how clinicians can respond thoughtfully and ethically when clients bring AI-generated content into psychotherapy. Grounded in depth psychology\, and relational ethics\, the seminar explores how client engagement with AI may function symbolically\, concretely\, or defensively\, including its role as a third object\, idealized authority\, or symbolic equation. Emphasis is placed on maintaining the therapeutic frame\, supporting symbolic thinking\, and preserving client agency and reflective functioning. Clinical vignettes will be used to illustrate assessment and intervention strategies. Participants will learn how to use countertransference and ethical discernment to guide clinical responses that restore symbolic mediation and support psychological depth in the context of emerging technologies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]LEARNING OBJECTIVES \nUpon completion of this workshop\, participants should be able to: \n\nList at least two common ways clients engage with AI and introduce AI-generated material into psychotherapy.\nDifferentiate symbolic engagement from concrete reliance by correctly categorizing at least two clinical examples of client–AI interaction.\nIdentify at least two ethical considerations related to client use of AI in psychotherapy practice.\nApply a depth psychological formulation to at least one case vignette involving client–AI interaction\, including a statement of possible clinical meaning.\nDescribe two countertransference reactions and explain how each could inform an intervention with a client using AI.\nFormulate one clinically appropriate intervention that addresses AI-related material while maintaining therapeutic boundaries.\nDemonstrate one intervention that promotes symbolic thinking or reflective functioning in response to a client presenting AI-generated content.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]COURSE OUTLINE—4 hours \n9:00 – 10:15 am  \n     Overview of client engagement with AI. Ethical considerations and clinical implications. AI as object\, authority\, or symbolic mediator. \n10:15 – 11:00 am  \n     Symbolic thinking vs. symbolic equation. Clinical vignettes and discussion. \n11:00 – 11:15 am  \n     Break \n11:15 am – 12:00 pm  \n    Therapist stance\, countertransference\, and boundary maintenance. Preserving the therapeutic frame. \n12:00 – 1:00 pm  \n     Cultural\, generational\, and contextual considerations. Clinical integration and case discussion.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Criterion 1.1 TO 1.3:  \nThis program meets Criterion 1.1. Content Curriculum.  \nContent Curriculum: \n\nThis continuing education seminar explores how clinicians can ethically and clinically respond when clients bring AI-generated material into psychotherapy. Grounded in depth psychology and relational ethics\, the course focuses on preserving symbolic thinking\, clinical boundaries\, and reflective functioning. \nThe program content is grounded in peer-reviewed psychoanalytic\, depth psychological\, relational\, and ethical literature. Although AI technologies are continuously evolving\, the seminar strictly focuses on applying established clinical principles that are highly relevant to current psychological practice. \nThis seminar is intended for licensed mental health professionals\, including psychologists\, psychotherapists\, social workers\, and advanced trainees. The instructional level is intermediate to advanced. \nThe course material is specifically designed to enhance a clinician’s ethical discernment and clinical judgment. Acknowledged limitations include the rapidly evolving nature of AI technologies; to address this\, the course emphasizes broad\, enduring conceptual frameworks over the use of specific\, transient tools or platforms.\nThe seminar recognizes that there are cultural\, socioeconomic\, generational\, and contextual differences in how clients engage with technology. The clinical examples used throughout the course reflect diverse populations and place an emphasis on culturally responsive practice.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]BIO: \nDr. Nadia Thalji\, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice\, faculty member at Antioch University\, and founder of Intercultural Psychology\, a platform for culturally attuned clinical training. She teaches and mentors graduate students in depth psychology and has extensive experience working with individuals in the technology sector\, while offering international consultation on intercultural dynamics. Her work examines the ethical\, symbolic\, and relational implications of emerging technologies in clinical practice\, highlighting imagination\, embodiment\, and meaning-making in the evolving relationship between psyche and technology.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]COST: \nCIP Members: \n$100 early registration 10 business days prior to seminar; $120 after \nNon-Members: \n$120 early registration up to 10 business days prior to seminar\, $140 after \nCEs: 4 CEs for LMFTs\, LCSWs\, LPCCs and Psychologists \n  \nCommunity Institute for Psychotherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  Community Institute for Psychotherapy maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.  \nRequirements for the successful completion of the activity are attending the program in it’s entirety\, and completing an evaluation form. \nCancellations must be received in writing 10 business days prior to the seminar\, class\, or first study group session for a refund minus a $25 cancellation fee. Cancellations less than ten days will not be refunded. \nAccommodations will be made wherever possible for those with disabilities. Please let us know of any disabilities upon registration to ensure proper accommodations are put in place prior to the workshop/training.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cipmarin.org/event/client-engagement-with-ai-ethical-and-symbolic-considerations-from-a-depth-psychological-perspective-presented-by-nadia-thalji-phd-class/
LOCATION:Zoom Only\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Interpretation in the Clinical Moment: The Modern Kleinian Approach to Working Through the Psychoanalytic Process - Presented by Robert Waska MFT\, LPCC\, PhD [Class]
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”12987″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]NARRATIVE \nCase material\, disguised for confidentiality\, is used to show the way interpretations are made from the Modern Kleinian Therapy approach and how these interpretations evolve during the course of a session and throughout treatment.  Issues of focus on defense and/or internal phantasy conflict are discussed.  Transference\, extra-transference\, and phantasy are then illustrated with case reports.  The process of working through psychic conflict and resolving psychic distress will be examined using a three-phase model of finding\, facing\, and challenging old internal and interpersonal patterns. The patient’s internal object relational struggles are highlighted\, explored\, and challenged with supportive interpretation with a focus on transference\, countertransference\, and containment throughout the working through process. \nThe consistent exploration of unconscious phantasy is highlighted as the bedrock of psychoanalytic intervention. Transference is the externalization and direct expression of internal phantasy onto the analyst.  Transference is an essential aspect of the treatment\, but not always available to work with. Ongoing extra-transference associations are usually present for the analyst to follow and interpret instead and often easier for the patient to understand and engage with. Interpretation of phantasy\, transference\, and extra-transference encourages the working through process. The theoretical basis of interpretation will be explored and case material will demonstrate how transference\, phantasy\, and extra-transference are often all present in every session.  The material shows how to best choose what and when to interpret.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]LEARNING OBJECTIVES \nAt the conclusion of this program\, participants will be able to: \n\n   Describe the ways Modern Kleinians work with interpretation\n   Name the three phases of working though in the psychoanalytic process\n   Understand the use of countertransference and the application of containment when interpreting\n   Define the differences between phantasy\, transference\, and extra-transference\n   Describe the clinical importance of extra-transference interpretations\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]COURSE OUTLINE—4 hours \n10:00 – 11:00 am \nRobert Waska will read a paper highlighting the issues of interpretation from a Kleinian perspective \n11:00 – 11:45 am \nAudience discussion/questions \n11:45 am – 12:00 pm \nBreak \n12:00 – 1:15 pm \nRobert Waska will read a second paper continuing to highlight interpretation in the psychoanalytic situation \n1:15 – 2:00 pm \nAudience discussion/questions \n2:00 pm \nEnd of Conference[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Content Curriculum: \n\nThe participant will know more about making interpretations to patients using a psychoanalytic and Kleinian viewpoint.\nParticipant will have more information on how to offer their patient helpful interpretations during moments of conflict.\nThe material is helpful for introductory students as well as advanced audiences.\nThe first paper has been published previously and the second paper is currently being reviewed for publication. \nThe clinical approach and theoretical positions presented apply to all patients.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]BIO: \nRobert Waska LPCC\, MFT\, PhD\, is a graduate in Psychoanalysis from the Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies and was a full analytic member of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. For over thirty-five years\, he has kept a full-time private psychoanalytic practice for individuals and couples in San Francisco and Marin County as well as teaching\, consulting\, and presenting papers internationally.  \nDr. Waska is the author of sixteen published textbooks on Kleinian psychoanalytic theory and technique\, is a contributing author for five psychology texts\, and has published over one hundred articles in professional journals.  He also serves on the review committee for several journals and book publishers. \nHis clinical work focuses on contemporary Kleinian topics including projective identification\, loss\, borderline and psychotic states\, the practical realities of psychoanalytic practice in the modern world\, and the establishment of analytic contact with difficult\, hard to reach patients.  He emphasizes the moment-to-moment understanding of transference\, counter-transference\, and internal phantasy as the vehicle for gradual integration and mastery of unconscious conflict between self and other.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]COST: \nCIP Members: \n$100 early registration 10 business days prior to seminar; $120 after \nNon-Members: \n$120 early registration up to 10 business days prior to seminar\, $140 after \nCEs: 4 CEs for LMFTs\, LCSWs\, LPCCs and Psychologists \n  \nCommunity Institute for Psychotherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  Community Institute for Psychotherapy maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.  \nRequirements for the successful completion of the activity are attending the program in it’s entirety\, and completing an evaluation form. \nCancellations must be received in writing 10 business days prior to the seminar\, class\, or first study group session for a refund minus a $25 cancellation fee. Cancellations less than ten days will not be refunded. \nAccommodations will be made wherever possible for those with disabilities. Please let us know of any disabilities upon registration to ensure proper accommodations are put in place prior to the workshop/training.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cipmarin.org/event/interpretation-in-the-clinical-moment-the-modern-kleinian-approach-to-working-through-the-psychoanalytic-process-presented-by-robert-waska-mft-lpcc-phd-class/
LOCATION:Zoom Only\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Professional Development
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