Colloquium & Brunch

NIPPA Fall Colloquium 2021

In No Longer My Father’s Daughter: One Woman’s Immigration From Object To Subject, Allana Stark illustrates the value of exquisite attunement as a catalyst for identity development within the therapeutic relationship, while revealing the provisional, the professional, and the personal forces at play in her work with a survivor of serious abuse. In this sensitively rendered paper, Ms. Stark invites us into a treatment that synthesizes her years of work in domestic violence with a solidly analytic perspective, demonstrating the clinical value of incorporating Trauma-informed therapeutic principles with Psychoanalytic theory.

Learning Objectives

As a result of having attended this presentation, the learner:

Will be able to conceptualize trauma informed approaches to treatment of patients with histories of abuse.
Will be able to conceptualize psychoanalytic informed approaches to treatment of patients with histories of abuse.
Will be able to conceptualize strategies for managing developmental and other disruptions/change points in the therapeutic relationship with trauma patients’ as the sense of self shifts from being that of the perpetrator(s)’ object to the self-identified subject of their own experience.

This event is approved for 2.0 CE contact hours for psychologists, social workers, psychoanalysts, and mental health counselors. Personalized CE certificates will be emailed at the end of this event after completing and passing an online quiz and evaluation form.

For the safety of everyone, the 2021 Fall Colloquium is a virtual event. Grab a sandwich and join us from the comfort of your virtual office on Sunday October 24, 2021 11:00 – 1:00

Sunday, October 24, 2021
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Presenter: Sarah St. Onge, Ph.D.
Discussants: Bruce Reis, Ph.D. and Allana Stark, LCSW, JD

Sarah St. Onge, Ph.D.

is the Director of the Integrative Trauma Program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP), Co-Chair/Faculty of the Certificate Program in Trauma Studies, and former faculty member and supervisor for the One-Year Evening Program in Psychoanalysis at NIP. An integrative, somatically oriented trauma therapist, Sarah draws upon her certifications as an EMDR therapist and Somatic Experiencing practitioner (SEP) as well as trainings in Focusing and hypnotherapy. An EMDR approved consultant with individual and group consultation services, Sarah mentors certified EMDR therapists as consultants-in training and facilitates EMDR trainings with Karen Alter-Reid, Ph.D.

Bruce Reis, Ph.D., FIPA

is a Training and Supervising Analyst and Faculty Member at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, New York; an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; and a member of the Boston Change Process Study Group. He is Regional North American Editor for The International Journal of Psychoanalysis as well as the North American book review editor. He has previously served on the editorial boards of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, and Psychoanalytic Dialogues. He is the co-editor (with Robert Grossmark) of Heterosexual Masculinities and author of Creative Repetition and Intersubjectivity (2020).

Allana Stark

is a graduate of the Integrated Trauma Program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and the LGBTQ Clinical Certificate and Analytic Programs at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. She received her Masters in Social Work from New York University and her JD from the University of Michigan. She is in private practice in New York City, working with individuals and couples. She serves as a supervisor, faculty, and a member of the Executive Committee for the Psychotherapy Center for Gender and Sexuality at ICP.

The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credits for psychologists. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0018. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts#Psyan-0004. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists#PSY-0131. National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0059.