Peer Support Group
The Peer Support Group is open to candidates as a safe place to talk about what training is actually like: the anxieties of getting control cases, starting a first control case, keeping a control case, the pressure of supervision and progression, and the ways the work stirs up our own ghosts in the nursery. Any candidate can attend any of the meetings and there is no pressure to commit to attending every meeting. This is simply a group for you to feel you are a part of a group who want to listen and help you feel you are not alone. Our aim is mutual support: to think together and to sustain one another through a long, rigorous and demanding path.
Please join our next meetings are:
Saturday, November 14 at 3:00-5:00 pm (EST) (RSVP by Tuesday, November 10th)
Saturday, January 16 at 3:00-5:00 pm (EST) (RSVP by Tuesday, January 12th)
Saturday, March 20 at 3:00-5:00 pm (EST) (RSVP by Tuesday, March 16th)
Peer Supervision Group
The Peer Supervision Group is open to candidates who are seeing child and adolescent patients in analysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy, including control cases. Each meeting, one member (or several members depending on what our time allows) presents clinical material, which might be process notes from a session, a moment that felt stuck or confusing, a question about technique, or an ongoing case they want to think about over time. This presentation is very informal and there is no pressure. The group then listens and associates together, attending to transference and countertransference, unconscious communication, the analytic frame, and the presenter’s own experience of the work. If you want to attend just to listen to a case, that is completely ok. Everyone chimes in as comfortably as they wish.
Peer supervision complements, and does not replace, the formal supervision required by training. We try to approach one another’s material with curiosity and generosity rather than judgment, recognizing that every presenter is taking a risk in sharing their work. Of course, all patient material presented is confidential. What is discussed in the group, including members’ reflections on their own reactions, stays in the group and is not shared with the institute, training analysts, or supervisors. We are a supportive bunch.
Please join our next meetings:
Friday, December 18 at 8:00-10:00 am (EST) (RSVP by Monday, December 14th)
Friday, February 26 at 8:00-10:00 am (EST) (RSVP by Monday, February 22nd)
Mentorship Program
Candidate members of the ACP are eligible to participate in the ACP Candidate Mentorship Program, which pairs candidates with experienced child psychoanalysts. The program is intended to supplement candidates' regular education and supervision.
Mentors are ACP child analyst members who are available to discuss a range of topics, including the development of an analytic practice, current trends in child and adolescent psychoanalysis, the ACP and its offerings, and opportunities to build relationships with other candidates and analysts.
The Mentor's role is supportive and collegial, and is not intended to overlap with or interfere with the candidate's formal training. Mentors and candidates are encouraged to meet once or twice per month for a period of one to two years, although the frequency and duration of meetings are determined by the interests, needs, and schedules of both participants.
The program has received consistently positive feedback from candidates, who report appreciating the opportunity to develop collegial relationships and finding the mentorship helpful in their clinical work.
ACP candidate members interested in participating in the Mentorship Program are encouraged to contact Candidate Councilor Jim Grabowski at jg@jamesgrabowski.com to get started.
ACP Candidate Membership Benefits
Annual Meeting
Membership in the ACP affords the opportunity to attend continuing education sessions each year at the Annual Meeting of the ACP. The Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity for child psychoanalysts from across the country and world to convene, collaborate, and present scholarly papers to their peers. The Annual Meeting is typically held in the spring and past venues include Cincinnati, Baltimore, Seattle, St. Louis, Denver, Tampa, Cleveland, Santa Fe, Durham, Beverly Hills, Miami Beach, Seattle, Boston, Cancun, Chicago, D.C., Austin, and Denver.
Listserv
All ACP members receive access to the members only listserv which can be used to promote events, seek referrals, discuss issues, and connect with other members.
PSC Subscription
All ACP members receive a current year print and electronic current year and archive copy of the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, which is an annual journal, published by Taylor & Francis, which contains scholarly articles on topics related to child psychiatry and psychoanalysis. The journal was founded in 1945 by Anna Freud, Heinz Hartmann, and Ernst Kris. Subscriptions are submitted monthly to the publisher.
Grants
The ACP provides grant funds to members to support the low-fee psychoanalysis of children and adolescents.
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