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The Therapist in a Straightjacket:
A Patient's Need to Control

November 7, 2015 | San Francisco, California

Jointly sponsored by the Institute for Clinical Social Work and The Sanville Institute
Program

2.5 CEUs
Suggested donation: $15 (Coffee and refreshments provided)
(Cash or check to NIPER-AAPCSW) No one turned away for lack of funds.

Seating is Limited
Please RSVP by emailing : MeccaCannariato@yahoo.com

Presenter: Norman M. Sohn, Ph.D., LCSW, BCD
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Home office of Gabie Berliner
120 Commonwealth Ave., (Between Euclid & Geary) S.F., CA. 94118 [ MAP ]
(bus-lines: #38 Geary and #1 California)
Tel: (415) 751-3766

2.5 CEUs offered at no charge to LCSW'S, MFT'S, PHD/PSYD by the SANVILLE INSTITUTE, recognized by CA BBS as a CE Provider.

Dr. Sohn will present a case that has been one of the major challenges in his long career. His patient’s need for total control and his scathing criticism aroused intense personal reactions that demanded a high level of forbearance and self-reflection. Dr. Sohn will describe the evolution of his work, and how he came to not only withstand his patient's attacks, but also use these events as the way to understand the patient's attempts to communicate his deepest traumas. Dr. Sohn will introduce the concept of an "expected self" as a necessary adaptation to trauma.

The presentation will elaborate on how patients use both “transference” and “passive-into-active” tests in hopes that the therapist will pass these tests. He will show how therapists can evaluate whether they are passing or failing their patient's tests, how testing shifts over the course of treatment, and how the therapist can use this understanding to get the treatment back on track. His case supports the concept that patients are highly motivated to solve their problems, contrary to classical theories regarding resistance.

Norm Sohn, PhD, LCSW: Dr. Sohn received a Ph.D. from The Sanville Institute. He has taught and presented papers in California and the East Coast. He is a supervisor and co-leads a seminar on long-term psychotherapy at The S.F. Psychotherapy Research Group Training Center & Clinic as well as adjunct faculty at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, UCSF. He is in private practice in S.F., seeing individuals and couples.