The Development Center

The Adolescent Matrix
Working with Teens and Their Families

Friday, September 14, 2007
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

First of a four part series for professionals who work with adolescents or develop programs for them.

In this series, we will explore the practical application of the underlying psychological and systemic issues in this work. Participants will decide subsequent workshop topics and The Development Center will design programs to meet their requests.

Topics to be covered in this workshop include:

• Building a working alliance with the parents and families of adolescents
• Talking to parents about difficult issues
• Confidentiality, secrets and trust building
• The changing familiar and cultural landscape of adolescents
• Developing programs to involve adolescents and their families
• When and how to make referrals

Leader: 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.

To register please call 203.655.9414. Registration deadline: August 15. CEUs are available through Auburn Seminary. Cost for complete four-part series: $480. One workshop: $135. Financial assistance is available for full time students. Hosted by Green’s Farms Congregational Church, 71 Hillandale Rd., Westport, CT