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        19^th Annual Research Conference

 Blind Men, Elephants, and Psychotherapy Effectiveness: 

Skewed View of Treatment Realities & How to Fix Them

J. Christopher (Chris) Fowler, PhD

Sunday • 05 February 2012 

8:15 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.

Auditorium

George Washington University Hospital

900 23rd Street NW • Washington DC

jointly sponsored by 

Jungian Analysts of Washington Association

Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work 

and 

The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

and hosted by

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Dr. J. Christopher Fowler is Associate Director of Research at the Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment, Consulting Editor for the Journal of Personality Assessment, and a member of the Society for Psychotherapy Research.  He has written or co-authored over 45 articles and book chapter on personality assessment, suicide risk, psychotherapy outcome studies and psychodynamic interviewing. 

Program Objectives

At the conclusion of the course, the participant should be able to: 

1. Integrate evidence-based elements into his/her clinical practice.
2. Conduct efficient clinical assessment of psychiatric severity to improve treatment planning and monitoring of progress and outcomes.
3. Cooperate with colleagues to contribute to the evidence base for psychodynamic treatments.

Program Summary

The research community tends to view treatment resistance as a function of a single psychiatric disorder, but this view does not comport with the experience of clinicians. Many individuals do not get well despite their best efforts, usually because of co-occurring disorders or rigid adaptive styles.  This daylong conference will address gaps in our understanding of the crosscutting dimensions of “severity” and “dysfunction” to test whether these phenomena may be clinically relevant behavioral markers for treatment resistance.

Prior to the conference, attendees will anonymously rate two of their own cases on scales provided in advance of the conference, including the evidence-based Defensive Functioning Scale.  During the morning presentations, psychology trainees will analyze the data.  The afternoon session will include an interactive discussion of the results of the research exercise that will allow participants to self-assess their approach to patients.  Thereafter, two clinician-researchers will moderate the summary discussion to amplify and wrap up the day’s work.

Please include your E-mail address with registration in order to receive the packet containing the rating sheets, data entry forms and instructions prior to the conference. 

Continuing Education Credits

For Physicians:  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry and the Consortium for Psychoanalytic Research, Inc. The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For Psychologists:  6 CE credits will be awarded. The Jungian Analysts of Washington Association (JAWA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. JAWA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  

For Social Workers:  6 hours of Category 1 credit will be awarded. The Greater Washington Clinical Society for Clinical Social Work has been approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of accreditation of continuing education for social workers.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES: All Faculty Members have returned Financial Disclosure Forms. Faculty Members with no disclosures: J. Fowler, PhD; S. Hafter Gray, MD; S. Gibbons, LICSW

Faculty Members making disclosures:  None

All members of the Planning Committee for this course, listed below, have signed Financial Disclosure Forms indicating no disclosures: K. Cook-Deegan, PhD dipl; B. Eisenberg, PhD; S Hafter Gray, MD; B. Gallagher, MSW, LICSW; G. Kirsher, MD; D. Marks, MSW, LCSW-C; L. S. Moore, PhD; G.P. Perman, MD; E. Scarcella, MD.

Location_____________________________ Hospital Auditorium

The George Washington University Hospital

900 23^rd Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20037

Public Transportation: Foggy Bottom Metro

Parking: Available for a fee in the GW University garage. The entrance is on 22nd Street between H and I Streets, N.W. Street parking is limited and metered.

 Weekend Daily Maximum - $10.00

Please contact us (telephone 202-338-1955) in advance of the conference if you need any special accommodations to allow you to participate fully.

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(Please duplicate for additional registrants)

Onsite parking available for a fee.

Registration Fee:

$75 general

$40 full time students and active military must enclose official documentation of their status with their registration.

Morning coffee with pastry and boxed lunches are included with advance registration.

Registration deadline: February 3, 2012

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The Consortium for

Psychoanalytic Research, Inc.

P.O. Box 40612

Palisades Station

Washington, D.C. 20016-0612

Nineteenth Annual Conference

February 5, 2012