September Psychoanalytic Lunch & Learn: Mentalization and Reflective Parenting
Date and time
Location
UT Lake Austin Center
3001 Lake Austin Blvd. 4th Floor, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Austin, TX 78703Description
We cordially invite you to a series of Lunch & Learns to introduce psychoanalytic concepts to community practitioners, researchers, social workers and those in all helping professions. “Psychoanalysis” goes far beyond Freud, and has been a valuable and important part of social work since the beginning! Join our discussions this year to learn something new and meet others with similar interests - all while enjoying a free light lunch!
Our third session will feature:
Mentalization and Reflective Parenting
Tuesday, September 19
11:30am-1:00pm; 1.5 CEUs
Mentalization develops within the context of a secure attachment relationship and is the skill of being able to see yourself from the outside and others from the inside.This session will examine this ability in more detail, including how it relates to healthy parenting and positive child outcomes.
You must RSVP to attend.
A light lunch and free CEUs will be provided.
Final Topic:
Defense Mechanisms Explained
Tuesday, December 5 from 11:30-1pm; 1.5 CEUs
Questions?
Tina Adkins at Tina.Adkins@austin.utexas.edu
Lunch & Learns are sponsored by the Fairbanks Psychoanalytic Research Collaboration, which has funded the study of the Family Minds intervention for foster parents. To read more about this study and intervention visit our project page.
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Located within the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, The Child and Family Research Institute enhances the lives of children and families through transformational research, program evaluation, curriculum development and policy analyses that foster meaningful solutions for vulnerable populations. Utilizing our experiences in both direct social work practice and social welfare policy, our researchers seek to build evidence for social work practitioners and policy makers to improve practices and systems.