Psycho-Social Development And Family Systems Theory: We Are A Reflection Of Our Family
About This NYSED Social Work Board Approved Workshop (4-CEUs)
NYSED Social Work Board Approved Certificate will be awarded upon completing both sessions. Psycho-Social Development and Family Systems Theory provides a framework for understanding human behavior in the context of the social environment and family systems. Participants will explore how psychological and social content shape the human experience. Erik Erikson’s Psycho-Social Stages of Development Theory will be reviewed as a framework for practitioners to understand the role of early relationships, culture, age, in personality development across the life-span. From an Eriksonian perspective, emphasis will be placed on how core childhood stages influence the foundation of adult personality. Murray Bowen’s (Bowenian) Family Systems Theory will be offered as a model for understanding the family emotional system. Participants will learn how to apply these theories in the context of providing clinical treatment and concrete social services to children and families.
About The Instructor
Trélan N. Holder, MS, LCSW, is a skilled psychotherapist with extensive years of counseling experience in mental health and human services. She attained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Clark University, her Master of Science Degree in Social Work from Columbia University, and a Certificate in Bioethics and Medical Humanities from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cardozo Law School. Additionally, her clinical pursuits include: postgraduate psychodynamic psychotherapy training at the NYU Institute for Psycho-analytic Education.
Trélan is on faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work and the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Courses taught: Early Development, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Health Care Systems—Mental Health, and Disability Policy, Practice, and Programs.
Prerequisites
This course is open to Licensed Professionals
Continuing Education Units (CEU) Information
4 continuing education hours are available