Seminar | January 24, 11:45AM - 1:15PM
Topic: Prelude to Training

The Impact of Medication on the Psychotherapeutic Situation


How do psychoanalysts work with medication? What is the significance to both patient and analyst of an analyst prescribing medication? Dr. Garza will address these topics and provide clinical examples from his psychoanalytic practice.

Event Location

Seminar | January 24, 11:45AM - 1:15PM

About the Event.

How do psychoanalysts work with medication? What is the significance to both patient and analyst of an analyst prescribing medication? Dr. Garza will address these topics and provide clinical examples from his psychoanalytic practice.

About Our Speaker.

Luis Garza, MD (Hey!)

Dr. Luis Garza graduated from the University of Texas-Houston School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency training at NYU in 2002. Upon completion of his residency, he enrolled in and graduated from the two-year Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training program at PANY. Dr. Garza then pursued his analytic training at PANY, from which he graduated in 2011. For twelve years, Dr. Garza worked at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital adult outpatient psychiatry clinic treating HIV and AIDS patients. While at Columbia, he served as the psychopharmacologist for all of the Columbia Psychology interns and provided the interns with teaching and supervision regarding issues related to medication and psychotherapy. Dr. Garza was also a staff psychiatrist at the NYU Medical Student Health Services, where he evaluated medical students and provides short term treatment and referrals. In addition to his academic positions, Dr. Garza has been in private practice for the past twenty one years.

Learning Objectives.

Identify the meaning of medication for the patient and analyst. Identify the impact medication can have on the therapeutic situation between patient and analyst. Identify the different approaches analysts take with medication.        

 

CME/ CE Statement.

ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Psychoanalytic Association of New York. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support. 

Psychoanalytic Association of New York (affiliated with NYU Grossman School of Medicine) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0112.

Psychoanalytic Association of New York, affiliated with NYU School of Medicine 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-0124.

Psychoanalytic Association of New York 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 #P0064.

Psychoanalytic Association of New York 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-0304.

CME/ CE Credits Available: 1.5

Citations.

Ehrlich, L., Kulish, N., Hanly, MA., Robinson, M., Rothstein, A. (2017), Supervisory countertransference and impingements in evaluating readiness for graduation: Always present, routinely under-recognized. Int. J. Psychoanal., 98: 491-516. Jacobs, D. (2001), Narcissism, erotism, and envy in the supervisory relationship. J. Am. Psychoanal. Assoc, 49: 813-830. Rothstein, A. (2017), Fostering the educational value of candidate evaluation. Int. J. Psychoanal., 98:1641-1668.

How to Prepare.

How do psychoanalysts work with medication?  What is the significance to both patient and analyst of an analyst prescribing medication?  Dr. Garza will address these topics and provide clinical examples from his psychoanalytic practice.

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