June Psychoanalytic Lunch & Learn: From Childhood to Adult Attachment
Date and time
Location
UT Lake Austin Center
3001 Lake Austin Blvd. 4th Floor, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Austin, TX 78703Description
Come learn about how these psychoanalytic concepts
relate to your work with children & families!
We cordially invite you to a series of Lunch & Learns to introduce psychoanalytic concepts to community practitioners, researchers, social workers and those in all helping professions. “Psychoanalysis” goes far beyond Freud, and has been a valuable and important part of social work since the beginning! Join our discussions this year to learn something new and meet others with similar interests - all while enjoying a free light lunch!
Our second session will feature:
From Childhood to Adult Attachment
Tuesday, June 20
11:30am-1:00pm; 1.5 CEUs
This session will explore the basics of attachment through a psychoanalytic lens. We will focus on the impact of child attachment on adult attachment, including how it influences adult romantic relationships.
You must RSVP to attend
A light lunch and free CEUs
Important Parking Instructions:
This is a University of Texas building, so you must obtain a parking pass from our office or you will get ticketed! Once you arrive, park in a surface spot and then come into the building and go to room 1.204A. This is on the first floor, right inside the North Entrance. You will see "Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing" on the door. You will get your parking pass from Shannon in room 1.204A and then place it in your car. You will then proceed to the training room on the 3rd floor.
Future Topics:
Mentalization and Reflective Parenting
Tuesday, September 19 from 11:30-1pm; 1.5 CEUs
Registration will open a month in advance.
Defense Mechanisms Explained
Tuesday, December 5 from 11:30-1pm; 1.5 CEUs
Registration will open a month in advance.
Questions?
Tina Adkins at Tina.Adkins@austin.utexas.edu
Lunch & Learns are sponsored by the Fairbanks Psychoanalytic Research Collaboration, which has funded the study of the Family Minds intervention for foster parents.To read more about this study and intervention visit our project page.
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Located within the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, The Child and Family Research Institute enhances the lives of children and families through transformational research, program evaluation, curriculum development and policy analyses that foster meaningful solutions for vulnerable populations. Utilizing our experiences in both direct social work practice and social welfare policy, our researchers seek to build evidence for social work practitioners and policy makers to improve practices and systems.