Scientific Program Information

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and the Association for Child Psychoanalysis). The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Total of 7.5 Hours of CME Credit Offered

Friday, May 1, 2026

 SUPERVISOR'S WORKSHOP

Session Title: Supervisor Workshop

Credits: 1.5

Presenters: Steve Wein, MD

Note this session is for child analytic supervisors only

Course Objectives:

• Participants will identify two common challenges that arise in the the supervision of child/adolescent analytic cases.

• Participants will explain the difference between parallel process and supervisory impasses in the supervision of child/adolescent analytic cases.

• Participants will identify two strategies for providing digestible supervisory feedback in situations where the child candidate appears to be overlooking elements of the negative transference/countertransference

Course Description: 

Child analytic supervisors do not regularly seek peer consultation related to the difficulties they encounter, and may miss important aspects of what they are doing that have the potential to be counterproductive. This workshop is designed as an open, confidential discussion of common challenges in the supervision of child and adolescent psychoanalyses. Such challenges include helping candidates with evaluation of potential cases, overcoming resistance to working regularly with parents, and problems of confidentiality in the work with adolescents. Participants will be invited to discuss brief vignettes of their own experiences with difficult issues.

 PANEL PRESENTATION

Session Title: The Impact of Siblings on Development and Treatment
Credits: 1.5
Presenter:  Rex McGehee, M.D., PC
Moderator and Discussant: Wendy Olesker, Ph.D, PC

Course Objectives:

• Describe two ways in which sibling relationships can complicate a child's ability to form peer relationships outside of the family.

• Identify two ways in which sibling dynamics can complicate a child's psychosexual development. 

• Describe two ways in which sibling relationships can complicate the object separations inherent in the adolescent phase of development.

Course Description:

When considering genetic factors contributing to a child's /adolescent's difficulties or disturbance, the focus is commonly on parents, while sibling relationships may play a central but overlooked role. This panel is intended to shed light on ways in which the child's/adolescent's conscious and unconscious reactions to sibling relationships may shape his or her intrapsychic world, and the important impact of the sibling relationship on development. The panel will include an overview of the psychoanalytic literature concerning the role of siblings, and an in-depth clinical presentation highlighting potential implications of sibling dynamics for psychological separations inherent in the phase of adolescence.

PANEL PRESENTATION

Session Title: Psychoanalysis in the Community: Report from the Anni Bergman Home-Visiting Project for Parents and Infants
Credits: 1.5
Presenters: Sally Moskowitz, Ph.D.  and Rita Reiswig, M.S.

Course Objectives:

• Describe two psychoanalytic indicators of potential disturbance in the early interactions between the infant and his/her primary caregiver.

• Explain two psychoanalytically derived interventions that have been shown to be effective in terms of addressing misattunements in mother-infant interactions.

• Describe two technical challenges that arise in applying psychoanalytically-based interventions in community settings rather than office settings

Course Description:

This presentation will focus on the challenges and opportunities in applying psychoanalytic principles and psychodynamically based technique to in-home conjoint work with newborns at risk for developmental and behavioral disturbance and their primary caregivers. These include familial situations characterized by poverty, instability, trauma, and/or abuse and neglect, as well as situations the caretakers come from similar backgrounds. The workshop will include a conceptual overview concerning psychoanalytic-based approaches to dyadic work, and will provide clinical examples demonstrating the effective clinical application of those concepts. The workshop will also demonstrate approaches to the challenges of working psychoanalytically in community settings.

Saturday, May 2, 2026

PLENARY SESSION and BREAKOUT DISCUSSION GROUPS

Session Title: Action and Countertransference in Analytic Work with Children and Adolescents: Implications for Practice
Credits: 3 for Plenary, 1.5 for Breakout Groups
Moderator: Karen Weise, Ph.D.
Presenters: Matt Shaw, Ph.D. and Joe Wise, M.D.
Discussants: Carla Neely, Ph.D.

Breakout Groups follow the Plenary. Attendance at breakout groups is part of the total CE. 

Course Objectives:

• Participants will identify two common countertransferential reactions in anaytic work with children and adolescents.

• Participants will explain the difference between withholding and restraint in situations involving

• Participants will demonstrate two approaches to managing countertransference reactions in analytic work with acting-out children and adolescents.

Course Description: 

Psychoanalytic work with children and adolescents involves words and action, and stirs up powerful countertransference reactions. Given the action-oriented nature of the work, it is sometimes difficult to discern whether an action on the part of the analyst is in the service of the analytic work, or whether it is a countertransferential acting-in or enactment. This presentation will focus on discussing the importance and challenges of managing countertransference reactions in ways that further the analytic process. Theoretical discussion and clinical examples will be used to demonstrate the power of countertransferential reactions as well as constructive analytic responses in these situations.