Educational Objective(s)
- Explain the differences between a narrow and a broad definition of countertransference in child psychoanalysis
- Define indirect countertransference in child psychoanalysis
- Apply the distinction between providing a corrective emotional experience and serving as a developmental object when analyzing children and adolescents
Presenter Information
ABOUT DR. SUGARMAN
Alan Sugarman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist practicing in Solana Beach, CA. He is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst and a Supervising Child and Adolescent Psychoanalyst at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center. Dr. Sugarman is the former and inaugural Head of APsA's Department of Psychoanalytic Education and the current and inaugural Head of its Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Department. He chaired the APsA Subcommittee on an Integrated Child/Adolescent/Adult Curriculum and served on the IPA Integrated Training Committee. A prolific author, Dr. Sugarman has published widely, applying developmental thinking to issues of technique and psychopathology. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and serves on the editorial boards of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly and Psychoanalytic Psychology.
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