The Development Center

The Perfection-Driven Adolescent
Shame, Envy, and the New Cultural Narcissism

December 7, 2007
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This is part of a series for professionals who work with or develop programs for adolescents. This series explores the practical application to this work of underlying psychological and systemic issues. Dr. Claude Barbre is returning at the request of the participants. Participants will decide subsequent workshop topics. Future workshop dates are March 7, 2008 and June 6, 2008.

• Learn why adolescents pursue perfection and the psychodynamic, familiar, and cultural causes
• Explore how the pursuit of perfection can derive from shame
• Learn about shame based family dynamics and how this can be culturally driven
• Discuss the psychological and spiritual aspects of envy
• Discuss how to work with adolescents and their families to develop self esteem and empathy

Claude Barbre, M. Div., Ph.D., is Executive Director of The Harlem Family Institute, a training institute that offers long-term school-based psychotherapy to children and adolescents. He lectures and teaches throughout the United States on child and adolescent psychology and psychoanalysis. Dr. Barbre is a prize-winning author and four-time recipient of the Gradiva Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. His recent books include Creative Dissent: Psychoanalysis in Evolution and Psychotherapy and Religion: Many Paths, One Journey. Dr. Barbre teaches and supervises at The Harlem Family Institute, Westchester Institute, and Fordham University. He is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City.

For information or to register, please call 203.655.9414. Registration deadline: November 10. CEUs available through Auburn Seminary. Cost: $135. Financial assistance is available for full-time students. Hosted by Green's Farms Congregational Church, 71 Hillandale Road, Westport, CT