Sponsored by the Indiana Society for Psychoanalytic Thought
A local chapter of Division 39
Of the American Psychological Association

Psychoanalytic Supervision and Study Group
Fall 2016 – Spring 2017

Working with Feelings in the Therapeutic Relationship
led by
Matthias Beier, Ph.D., LMHC, LP, NCPsyA


Who: Psychologists and Clinicians with graduate degrees, licensed or pre-licensure

Time frame: Wednesdays 8:30 am – 10:00 am; weekly 90 minute sessions,

Duration: September 7, 2016 - May 24, 2017: 33 sessions. Commitment is for the entire period.

CEs: 49.5 hours total: Fall 2016 - 21 hours CE; Spring 2017: 28.5 hours

Location: 1050 W 42nd Street, Indianapolis, Christian Theological Counseling Center (CTS), Rm 208

Fees & Policies: the fee per session is contingent on the size of the group:
$ 40 (5+ participants), $ 50 (4), $ 65 (3)
Payment is due at the last session of each month for that month’s sessions. Participants
are responsible for all sessions, incl. missed sessions. Payments can be made by check, online bill payment or cash. Session fees are nonrefundable.

Purpose: To process transference and countertransference material, especially related to feelings, in order to support therapeutic change, advance clinical practice, and facilitate therapists’ growth, particularly around issues of psychosomatic issues, attachment, conflict, trauma, diagnosis, culture, aggression, spirituality, and money. Selected readings from psychosomatic theory, object relations, self psychological, relational perspectives and trauma theory provide the basic theoretical framework, while other perspectives will be utilized depending on the psychodynamics of a given case.
References: Josephs, L. (2005). Review of the book Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and
Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life, by Paul Ekman. Henry
Holt and Company, New York, 2004, 274 pp. Am. J. Psychoanal., 65:409-411
Katz, A.W. (2010). Healing the Split Between Body and Mind: Structural and Developmental Aspects of Psychosomatic Illness. Psychoanal. Inq., 30:430-444
Maroda, K. J. (2004). The Power of Countertransference: Innovations in Analytic Technique. 2nd ed. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.
McDougall, Joyce (1989): Theaters of the body. A psychoanalytic approach to psychosomatic illness. New York NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
van der Kolk, Bessel A. (2015): The body keeps the score. Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. New York: Penguin Books.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this supervision and study group, participants will be able to:
1) Identify and name a wide variety of feelings or lack of feelings in the therapeutic relationship as they relate to underlying emotions experienced prior to awareness
2) Interpret the meaning of present feeling or absent feeling in the therapeutic relationship using the range of current psychoanalytic theories
3) Name at least four different forms of countertransference present in their own clinical work
4) Distinguish forms of transference based on developmental level at which clinical material worked with emerges
5) Utilize countertransference feelings to clarify diagnosis and methods of intervention
6) Describe at least two potential risks in utilizing feelings in the therapeutic relationship and at least two contraindications in talking about feelings with patients
7) Identify and work with culture and its impact on feelings in the therapeutic relationship
8) Name at least two relational dynamics that can lead to psychosomatic symptoms
9) Identify and work with the nonverbal material involved in psychosomatic symptomatology
10) Name at least two structural and developmental aspects of psychosomatic illness
11) Utilize the supervision and study group as a boundaried space to understand and utilize affectively the intersubjective dynamics between clinicians and patients
12) Develop interventions appropriate to working with feelings in cases primarily presenting psychosomatic, self psychological, object relations, relational, drive or trauma psychological dynamics

If interested, please call (317)931-2346 or send email to mbeier@cts.edu for a
free consultation to determine whether the group is suitable for what you are looking for in a supervision and study group.

Sign up by Sept. 6, 2016.




About the supervisor/presenter:
Matthias Beier, Ph.D., is a nationally certified psychoanalyst trained at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP), New York City, founded by Theodor Reik, one of Freud’s protégés. Beier is Associate Professor at Christian Theological Seminary, where he directs and teaches in the psychoanalytically oriented M.A. program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He is Past President of the Indiana Society for Psychoanalytic Thought (ISPT, a chapter of APA Div. 39); a member of the Editorial Board of The Psychoanalytic Review; licensed as a Psychoanalyst in the State of New York and as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Indiana; a Diplomate in the American Mental Health Counselor Association (AMHCA) and the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC). He serves on the Board of the Indiana Counseling Association (ICA). Clinically, he specializes in psychoanalytic supervision with individuals and groups, and in psychoanalysis. Trained by Dr. Arthur Robbins, who has taught countertransference-focused supervision to generations of analysts, incl. Nancy McWilliams, author of the classic Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Beier is author of three books and numerous articles applying psychoanalysis to facilitate mental health and healthy spirituality, most recently an article discussing positive psychology from a psychoanalytic perspective.

Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Psychologists: This program is available for 49.5 continuing education credits (21 in fall 2016 and 28.5 in spring 2017). The entire in-depth series must be attended in order for attendees to receive certificates. Upon completion of an evaluation form, a certificate will be provided. If make-up sessions are needed for an individual, there may be an additional charge based on time required. This serves as documentation of attendance for all participants. Psychologists will have their participation registered through Division 39, through the sponsorship of the Indiana Society for Psychoanalytic Thought (www.ispt-news.org.) This supervision and study group is considered to be at an Intermediate level, with the instructor being competent to present material at a level that builds upon a completed doctoral program in psychology.

Division 39 is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. Division 39 is also committed to APA Ethical Guidelines. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings in the group. If participants have special needs, attempts to accommodate them will be made. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to Dr. Matthias Beier at (317) 931-2346. You may also contact ISPT's President Elect and Continuing Education Coordinator, Dr. Ashleigh Woods, at dr.ashleigh.woods@gmail.com or (812) 550-2760.

There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding sources that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. Dr. Beier is Past President of the CE sponsoring organization but took no part in the discussion or approval of the program for CEs. Dr. Woods will be a participant in the program and has waived her right to accrue CE credit in order to maintain the integrity of the review for CE sponsorship. Dr. Beier will offer information on the validity and utility of the content (and basis of such statements) as well as the limitations (severe and most common) associated with the content, if any.

Licensed Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors: The State Licensing Board for Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors accepts credits offered by the American Psychological Association. 49.5 CE credits, as above. Entire in-depth series must be attended for credit.
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