Training Institute

Psychotherapy training should emphasize, in both its content and form, preparing therapists to participate authentically in the therapeutic encounter. As the therapist's own growth as a person is crucial to her or his effectiveness, the training that we offer focuses on the unique unfolding of the person of the therapist. The process of learning is as important as the content mastered.

The Pine River Psychotherapy Training Institute meets monthly, on Friday mornings from 9:00-12:00.  The tuition of $975 includes two hours of individual consultation with any of our faculty.  Space is limited to 15 members.

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Group Process 
January 11, 2008 
Bob Coyle, Ph.D., &
Mark Timberlake, Ph.D.
     This class offers experiential and didactic training in group psychotherapy.  Participants will form a group and process together.  The leaders will then explore ways to conceptualize the experience.

The Process of Change in Psychotherapy February 22, 2008   
Avrum Geurin Weiss, Ph.D.
     While outcome measures are increasingly popular in psychotherapy, we have been less reflective about the actual nature and process of change.  In this class students will have the opportunity to articulate and deepen their understanding of the process of change.

The Therapeutic Relationship and Ethical Concerns 
March 28, 2008
Debbara Dingman, Ph.D. &
Avrum Geurin Weiss, Ph.D.
     Different models of the therapeutic relationship will be presented and participants will work toward developing their own style.

Imagery and Deep Listening
April 11, 2008
Bernhard Kempler, Ph.D., ABPP
     Deep listening is a core therapeutic skill and is an indispensable aspect of effective psychotherapy.  Attending to the ongoing flow of the imagery in both the therapist and client is an important component of deep listening.

The Unconscious in Psychotherapy  
May 9, 2008
Ruth Hepler, Ph.D.
     The relationship of the unconscious to behavior will be explored.  Clinical application of this material will focus primarily on working with dreams utilizing a Jungian perspective.

Transference, Counter-Transference and Ethical Concerns  
June 6, 2008
Debbara Dingman, Ph.D. &
Nancy Cooley, Ph.D., ABPP
     During this class we will discuss the origins, therapeutic effects and clinical management of transference and counter-transference reactions from a relational perspective.  Ethical considerations in therapy, consultation and supervision will also be considered.
 

Psychotherapy and Addiction
July 11, 2008
Bob Coyle, Ph.D., &
Avrum Geurin Weiss, Ph.D.
     This workshop will explore therapeutic options for working with issues of addiction in psychotherapy through discussion, case examples and role play. A model that supports the synergistic integration of growth oriented psychotherapy with 12 Step programs will be included.

Impasse and Treatment Failure
August 22, 2008
Pauline Rose Clance, Ph.D. &
Louis McLeod, Ph.D.
     Therapeutic impasses and treatment failures are difficult to talk about, but critically important to our learning.  In this class we will look at the causes and resolutions of therapeutic impasses and the more challenging topic of treatment failures.

Couples Psychotherapy
September 26, 2008  
Louis McLeod, Ph.D., Judy Pemberton, Ph.D. & Bruce Pemberton, Ed.D.
     In this class we will explore the primacy of unconscious dynamics in the relationship of the couple.  We will work together to articulate strategies for managing the couples’ regression into rage and terror and promoting differentiation in the dyad.

Clinical Psychopharmacology
October 10, 2008  
Benjamim Eubanks, M.D., &
Marlyne Israelian, Ph.D.
     The workshop will aim to introduce key features of today’s most widely prescribed psychotropic medications, including indications, side effects, and contra-indications.  Special emphasis will be placed upon how referring a client for medication consultation can affect the therapeutic relationship.

Termination in Psychotherapy
November 21, 2008  
Debbara Dingman Ph.D. &
Mark Timberlake, Ph.D.
     The way we conclude a therapy relationship strongly impacts the ways re remember and carry it forward.  In this class on termination, we will explore satisfactory and unsatisfactory endings and use the group to both learn about termination and process our own ending.