This program is for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and other mental health workers interested in the challenges of working with adoptive children, adults, and families. Because of the relevance of the topic, attendance is also open to interested non-professionals.
This program is appropriate for all levels of training.
At the end of this program, attendees will be able to:
1. Identify how different developmental periods across childhood impact understanding and processing of adoption identity development.
2. Discuss how the understanding and processing of adoption identity development differs in adulthood from childhood.
3. Describe the potential therapeutic needs of adopted children and adults.
4. Assess the contributions of psychodynamic concepts and methods to psychotherapy with adopted children and adults.
5. Describe how psychoanalytic/psychodynamic perspectives contribute to a therapist's sensitivity to processes and issues of identity formation and self-experience in adopted children and adults.
6. Describe at least 2 additional stressors associated with international and interracial adoption on adoptees.
Continuing Education Credit
This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 5.5 Continuing Education Credits for psychologists, social workers, and licensed professional counselors.
CAPP is a local chapter of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association and is approved by the APA to sponsor continuing education (CE) for psychologsts. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content. In addition, CAPP is licensed by the State of Illinois (#159-000326) to sponsor continue education units (CEU) for Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors, and Licensed Professional Counselors.
There will be an additional processing fee of $15.00, assessed at registration for CE credit. CE credit must be arranged before the conference begins. Be sure to pay for CE credits on the Registration Page.
Requests for CE credits after the conference takes place will not be honored. No credit is available for attending only part of this conference.
For more information on continuing education credits and policies regarding them, visit the continuing education page on CAPP's website.
Accessibility and Ethical Commitments
CAPP and Division 39 are committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in continuing education activities. CAPP must be notified of special needs by May 20, 2015 for accommodations to be arranged. If a participant has special needs, she/he should contact Dr. Aarti Khullar, PsyD at support@cappchicago.org
CAPP and Division 39 are also committed to conducting all acitvities in conformity with The American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Presenters and attendees are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality during and after the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns, or any complaints to Jay Einhorn, PhD at support@cappchicago.org
During the program, presenters will address the validity/utility of the topics as well as any risks/limitations of the approaches discussed.
Presented by the CAPP Program Committee: Jay Einhorn, PhD, President; Aarti Khullar, PsyD, Secretary; Kathleen O'connor, LCSW, Treasurer
Contact:
Jay Einhorn, PhD
847-212-3259
jay@psychatlarge.com
References:
1. Cozolino, L, (2010) The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy, 2nd Ed., NY: W.W. Norton and Co.
2. Palmer, J.D., (2010). The Dance of Identities: Korean Adult Adoptees Reflect on their Identity Journeys. Honolulu: The University of Hawai'i Press.
3. Kahn, M., (1997) Between Therapist and Client: The New Relationship, Rev. Ed., NY: Henry Holt and Co.
4. Brodzinsky, D.M., and the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Inst., NY (2011) Children's understanding of adoption: Developmental and clinical implications. Professional Psycholgy, Research, Practice, 42(2), p. 200-207.
5. Nickman, S.L., (1985) Losses in adoption: The need for dialogue. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 365-398.
The Adopted Child: Psychotherapeutic Issues of Consciousness, Identity and Adaptation
5.5 CE/CEU's
Adoption involves complex familial and societal dynamics. For every adopted child and their families early themes of attachment, loss, identity, and belonging are woven together in a psychological tapestry. Trans-racial and international adoption adds to this complexity with layers of culture, race, and ambiguous historical unknowns. Coming to terms with identity and a sense of belonging to their families, their communities, and their larger identifications with race, ethnicity and culture is a challenge for all involved. In this program, we will explore the development of adoption consciousness, identity and adaptation in the context of the psychodynamics of self development and the role of the self in successful adaptation.
Featured Speakers:
Rebecca I. Nelson, PhD: Rebecca Nelson PhD is a licensed clinical child and adolescent psychologst. She is on the professional staff with NorthShore Medical Group in the Dept. of Pediatrics. She provides diagnostic follow-up and consult services for neurodevelopmentally at-risk infants and children in the Developmental Follow-up Clinic at Evanston Hospital. Dr. Nelson has worked with adoptive children and their families for 20 years in various services: developmental follow-up, psychodiagnostics, parent and professional consultation, local and national presentations regarding child development and the sequelae of early institutionalization, empowering adoptive children and their families, curriculum workshop development and facilitation, and community liaison. Addtionally, Dr. Nelson is an adoptee from South Korea at the age of 5 1/2 which provides her with a personal and unique understanding of the developmental and psychological complexities that can challenge adoptees and their families.
Jay Einhorn, PhD: Jay Einhorn, Ph.D., LCPC, is a licensed clinical psychologist and licensed clinical professional counselor in private practice in Evanston and Glencoe, providing individual, couples, family and group therapy, career coaching, and diagnostic evaluation. He is a Consulting Psychologist at Roycemore School, a private jr. K-12th grade college preparatory school in Evanston, and a Clinical Supervisor in the Counseling program at the Family Institute of Northwestern University. Jay is President of the Chicago Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, where he has been Chair of Peer Study Groups for over a decade. An active teacher and speaker, his recent presentations include: “The Brainwork of Therapy,” “Attitudes and Skills for Having Difficult Conversations More Effectively,” “Psychotherapy, Religion and Spirituality,” “Psychotherapeutic Issues with Adults with Learning Disabilities,” and “Adoption: Developmental and Psychodynamic Issues.”
John D. Palmer, PhD: John Palmer, Ph.D., is Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Studies at Colgate University in New York. Much of his research and scholarship has been focused on the experience of international adoptees in search of authentic selfhood between two cultures. He is the author of “The Dance of Identities: Korean Adoptees and Their Journey Toward Empowerment,” and his dissertation was entitled, “In the Midst of Two Cultures: 1.5 Generation Korean American High School Students’ Acculturation and Ethnic Identity Development.” Professor Palmer has lectured at Yonsei University, Seoul National University, and Kyung Hee University, and Ewha Woman’s University in South Korea. His Ph.D. is in Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, Social Foundations of Education, from the University of Iowa. His work is published in American and South Korean journals.
Richard Pearlman, MSW - Richard Pearlman, MSW is the executive director of Adoption Center of Illinois (formerly know as Family Resource Center), a Chicago based Illinois licensed child welfare agency with a practice in the field of adoption. He has direct experience with both domestic and international adoption of children in countries including China, Ukraine, Guatamala, and Viet Nam. The agency has been involved in more than 2500 adoptions. Richard was active in the adoption reform movement in Illinois and was a proponent of the rule requiring agencies in IL to be 501(c)(3) organizations. In the past, Richard has worked as a Hospital Social Worker in cardiact intensive care units, and with families and patients suffering with HIV/AIDS. He is also one of the founders of TLP (Teen Living Programs) working with adolescents transitioning into independent living. Richard earned his MSW at George Williams College and has been a student of Murray Bowen's work since 1978.
Theresa Gregoire, PsyD - Theresa Gregoire is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Psychotherapy & Assessment of Hyde Park, LLC, and formerly at the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School. She earned her doctoral degree from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. Theresa has experience working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families in a variety of settings including residential treatment, community mental health, college counseling centers, and private practice. She approaches her work from a psychodynamic perspective encouraging the development and use of shared curiosity, insight and experiential subjectivity. She has personal interests in philosophy and the arts which inform her work and facilitate ways to thoughtfully play with perspectives and experiences. Her clinical areas of specialty include cultural and social diversity, supervision and consultation, identity development, affective disorders, and relationship and attachment difficulties. In addition to her clinical work, Theresa teaches undergraduate courses in personality and psychopathology.
Program Schedule:
8:15-9:00am - Registration
9:00-9:15 - Welcome Jay Einhorn, President CAPP
9:15-10:15 Rebecca Nelson, PhD "Identity Development in the Adopted Child: Continuity Through Self Narrative".
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Jay Einhorn, PhD - "Psychodynamics of Adaptive and Maladaptive Identity Formation in the Adopted Child".
11:30-12:30 Lunch - Box Lunch provided at no extra charge
12:30-1:30 Richard Pearlman, MSW "Beyond Openness: A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Adoption"
1:30-2:30 John Palmer, PhD - "The Dance of Identities: Korean Adoptees and Their Journey Toward Empowerment".
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:20 Theresa Gregoire, PsyD and Jay Einhorn, PhD - The Adopted Child in Psychotherapy and in the Therapeutic Milieu: A Public Conversation
3:20-4:00 Discussion with Audience
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