Infant Development Research: Implications for Adult Psychotherapy and Other Mental Health Practice

Speaker:

Stephen Seligman, DMH
Volunteer Clinical Professor • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences • UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Clinical Professor • Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy • New York University

Training and Supervising Analyst • San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis • Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe how patient-intervenor relationships are significant factors in determining treatment outcome.
• Identify three non-verbal processes in an intervenor-patient interaction.
• Apply recent findings on how relationship patterns in infancy can affect adult psychology and psychopathology in order to increase intervention effectiveness.

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Link to book mentioned – "Relationships in Development (Relational Perspectives Book Series) 1st Edition: https://a.co/d/iuJquaa
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UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers.