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Open Seminars for Clinicians

Breakfast Seminar - FRIDAY OCTOBER 8th, 9:30-11:00am
Modern Psychoanalytic Approaches to Harm Reduction
Harm reduction reduces the negative consequences of drug use and improves quality of life. Clinicians meets clients “where they’re at” to learn their emotional defenses and strengths. Learn the principles of harm reduction and their relationship to modern psychoanalytic techniques. Bring cases to discuss. 1.5 CEUs. Complimentary Breakfast. RSVP: 212.260.7050 or cmps@cmps.edu.

Raul Plasencia, LCSW, CMPS graduate, Director of Bailey Holt House
Laurie Mitchell, PhD, CMPS graduate, Director of Marcus Garvey Nursing Home.

Evening Seminar FRIDAY DECEMBER 3rd, 7:30–9:00PM
ADOLESCENTS IN TREATMENT
In this seminar, Dr. Zaretsky will discuss and demonstrate how to work with adolescents in group and individual treatments. She will focus on depression, identity struggles, oppositionalism, violence, and maturity.

Sheila Zaretsky, PhD, faculty member at ACAP and a consultant in schools and therapeutic programs in and around Newark, New Jersey.