Article archive / October 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 2. Source pages: 14.
Drs. Howard and Joy Osofsky will present “The Importance of Psychoanalytic Integration in Current Mental Health Treatment,” on Saturday, November 23, 2013. The presentation is part of the “Psychoanalysis in Action,” informal speaker series hosted by the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center.
According to the Center, the Osofskys’ will address, “Empirically- supported or evidence-based treatments have become de rigeur in the mental health professions. There is increasing pressure to provide data that interventions are both effective and cost-effective. Cognitive-behavioral therapy has gained in prominence as a treatment which meets both these criteria with a relative few knowing the data regarding the efficacy of psychoanalytic short and long-term treatments. Learning Objectives: 1) Participants will know data demonstrating the effectiveness of psychoanalytically based brief- and long-term therapy; 2) Participants will understand similarities and dissimilarities between cognitive- behavioral therapy and psychoanalytically-informed psychotherapy; and 3) Participants will be able to integrate genetic, developmental and psychosocial constructs in psychoanalytically-informed treatment.
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