Norka Malberg, PsyD
Mentalization Based Treatment with
Children, Adolescents & their Families
Norka Malberg, PsyD trained at the Anna Freud Centre in London and obtained her clinical doctorate from University College London under the supervision of Dr. Peter Fonagy. Her thesis focused on clinical applications of attachment theory working with chronically ill adolescents. She is currently in private practice in New Haven, CT where she is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr Malberg is a certified child psychoanalyst.
Dr Malberg is co-editor of The Anna Freudian Tradition, the first volume in Karnac’s Lines of Development Book Series. She is also co-editor of the Child and Adolescent Sections of the upcoming PDM-2 (Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual). She is one of five authors of the upcoming title Time limited MBT-C, to be published by the American Psychological Association Press in 2017. She was recently featured as guest master clinician in the APA Video Series illustrating MBT techniques.
Summary
This clinical presentation seeks to briefly introduce the audience to Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) models and the clinical practices they inform in working with children, adolescents and families. Basic practice elements will be discussed and illustrated with video material as well as clinical process material to illustrate ways of assessing , formulating and intervening from this lens. MBT is a focused way of working clinically which can easily be integrated into existing clinical practice.
Location
The New Haven Lawn Club
193 Whitney Ave, New Haven
Conference Schedule
10:00 – 10:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:30 – 12:30 Presentation
To Register and Pay
Register and pay online with your credit card or paypal. To pay by check, print and fill out the registration form and mail with your check to Conference Registrar, Carrie Christensen, LCSW, 441 Orange St #5, New Haven, CT 06511 Click here for registration form: Malberg flyer 5.7.16.pdf
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Refunds will be given in full if the Conference Registrar, Carrie Christensen, LCSW, is contacted by Monday May 2, 2016.
Readings:
Amanda and Carla MBT.pdf
SharpFonagy_08.pdf
JICAP Published Article.pdf
Participants
The conference is appropriate for professionals interested in the practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The instructional level of this conference is intermediate.
Learning Objectives
1. To identify basic practice elements guiding mentalization based clinical practice with children, adolescents and families.
2. To become familiar with current attachment based models of intervention and the research evidence behind them in the field of developmental psychoanalysis.
3. To become acquainted with the language of mentalization based interventions and ways of integrating them into existing clinical practice.
Continuing Education
This conference has been approved for for 2 continuing education hours (NASW & Div. 39)
Division 39 is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. Participants are asked to be aware of needs for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them.
Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to Ellen Nasper, PhD, at Ellen Nasper.
