The Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program IN PERSON OPEN HOUSE
Monday, February 24, 2025 7:30-9:00 PM
Families and High Conflict Divorce: Working within a Psychoanalytic Framework
with Erin Cantor, LCSW, Lisa Dubinsky, PsyD, and Jacqueline Ferraro, DMH
Join us at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street (between Central Park West & Columbus Avenues)
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION
Children during a high conflict divorce benefit from a combination of play, arts and crafts, and talk therapy. Their parents’ cooperation and engagement are crucial, as with all child work, but the relationship and legal issues make working with these parents complex.
Our presenters will discuss their work with children and parents at various stages of the separation/divorce process. Describing work with collateral professionals –including attorneys for the child and parent coordinators, they will address how these can be helpful but can also complicate treatment. Impacts on the clinician will also be addressed, as countertransference feelings can be quite powerful.
Light refreshments will be served following the presentation
THE PRESENTERS
Erin Cantor, MA, LCSW, is a child play therapist, and adolescent, adult and family psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. She received post graduate training in Family Therapy from The Ackerman Institute and is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) from Behavioral Tech. Entering her final year in the three year child and adolescent psychotherapy training program (CAPTP) at The William Alanson White Institute, Erin is also completing her first year in the Anni Bergman Parent Infant Program (ABPIP) with Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS) and Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), also in New York City, where she lives, works and occasionally writes with her family.
Lisa Dubinsky, PsyD, is the Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program at the William Alanson White Institute (CAPTP). She is a faculty member and supervisor of CAPTP. Lisa worked at the Jewish Board in the Early Childhood Program, including developmental evaluations, play therapy, small group therapy, and parent guidance. She has worked for many years with children, adolescents, and adults, and providing preschool consultation and parent workshops on topics relevant to young children.
Jacqueline Ferraro, DMH, is Executive Committee member, faculty and supervisor in both the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPTP) and in the Eating Disorders, Compulsions and Addictions Service (EDCAS) at the William Alanson White Institute. Dr. Ferraro is in private practice in Manhattan working with children, adolescents, and adults.