Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Development 302

Spring 2025

12 Week Class - January 29, 2025-April 30, 2025 (No Classes Will Be Held on February 26,2025 and April 2, 2025), Wednesdays, 11:30am-1:00pm

Live Interactive Webinar via Zoom

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY 22, 2025



System Requirements: To attend this training, one must have access to a computer, internet and Zoom. It is vital that a computer be utilized for this training, instead of a mobile device or Ipad.

Course Description

This course focuses on psychosocial development from infancy through adulthood. Emphasis will be placed on thinking developmentally with and for our patients.

We will integrate classical and contemporary psychoanalytic theories with current findings from infant research, neuroscience, and attachment theory. Key developmental concepts from the major psychoanalytic schools of thought will be applied to clinical work.

Topics covered include pre- and post-oedipal development, the centrality of separation-individuation, the impact of intergenerational trauma, attachment, affect and self-regulation, mentalization, reflective functioning, and physical maturation.

Instructor: Alexandra Granville, LCSW

Alexandra Granville, LCSW has been in private practice treating adults, young adults and couples since 2010. She trained in psychoanalysis (2020), psychoanalyitc-systems couples therapy (2015), and psychoanalytic psychotherapy (2014) at the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey (CPPNJ). She joined the faculty of CPPNJ in 2020. She is Voluntary Faculty at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School and has taught and supervised medical students, psychiatry residents, child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and addictions medicine fellows in various topics related to psychotherapy since 2013.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. Analyze key psychoanalytic theories: Identify and compare major classical and contemporary psychoanalytic theories as they relate to psychosocial development across the lifespan.

2. Develop clinical interventions based on developmental understanding: Design interventions that reflect a developmental framework, incorporating these into clinical work and its discussion

3. Explore the dynamics of parent-infant interaction: Analyze the role of early relational experiences in shaping attachment, affect regulation, and developmental outcomes, applying these insights to clinical work.

4. Facilitate the development of reflective thinking in patients: Engage patients in exploring their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors within the therapeutic relationship to enhance their capacity for self-reflection, emotional regulation, and deeper understanding of interpersonal experiences.

5. Examine the intergenerational transmission of trauma: Analyze how unresolved trauma is transmitted across generations and apply psychoanalytic concepts to recognize and address its impact on patient functioning.

Target Audience:  Suitable for Psychologists, Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychiatrists, Advanced Practice Nurses, Graduate Students, Marriage and Family Therapists.

Level of Sophistication: This is an Intermediate level post-graduate continuing education program. Suitable to all licensed professionals.

ADA accommodations available upon request: Requests required at least 14 days prior to course start.

Continuing Education: 

18 CEs for Counselors, Psychologists & Social Workers

Counselors: CPPNJ has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education   Provider, ACEP No. 6863. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CPPNJ is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Psychologists:  CPPNJ is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CPPNJ maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. 

NY Psychologists: Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0165. 

Social Workers: Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0757.



The New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners, and other state boards, recognize CEs approved by the New York State Education Department.

Course Fee: $400 for members

Course Refund Policy: Up to one month before a course starts there will be a full course refund less a $50 administrative fee. Less than one month before a course starts there will be a $50 administrative fee and the payment will be applied to a future course. Once a class starts, there will be no refunds. Extraordinary circumstances will be reviewed on an individual basis.

There is no potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support for this CE event.



For more information or registration, please call 973-912-4432, visit us online at www.cppnj.org, contact us by email at cppnj@cppnj.org or at CPPNJ 235 Main St, Madison, NJ 07940