About This NYSED Social Work Board Approved Course (4-CEUs)
This Two-Day 4-hour In-Service Workshop is held over Two-Sessions: Wednesday, March 6th (12pm – 2pm) and Wednesday, March 13th (12pm – 2pm). NYSED Social Work Board Approved Certificate of completion is awarded upon completing both sessions.
Psychodynamic Theories (i.e. ego psychology, object relations) are presented as a lens for understanding personality development and human behavior spanning across childhood and adulthood. Emphasis is placed on ‘unconscious drives’ and ‘early experiences’ as motivations for human behavior across the life course. Focus is also placed on temperament and the quality of the parent-child relationship (i.e. goodness-of-fit). Implications of psychodynamic concepts to clinical social work practice will be underscored, specific to supportive counseling and psychoanalytic treatment methods.
Learning Objectives
- Define Psychodynamic Theory
- Identify Psychoanalytic Theories (such as object relations, ego psychology) that are practiced in clinical social work
- Compare and contrast psychodynamic theories of human development
- Identify (3) significant constructs (id, ego, superego) of Freud’s Theory on Personality Development
- Define Drive Theory
- Identify the (2) significant concept (unconscious forces and early experiences) that are core to psychoanalytic thought
- Apply psychodynamic concepts to clinical social work practice
About the Instructor
Trélan Nicole Holder, MS, LCSW, is a skilled psychotherapist with extensive years of counseling experience in mental health and human services. Trélan 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 an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work and the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.
Prerequisites
This workshop is open to Licensed Professionals
Continuing Education Units (CEU) Information
4 continuing education hours are available