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Medusa Is My Hero
1:00 PMMonday, February 9 2026
12:00 PMMonday, February 9 2026
11:00 AMMonday, February 9 2026
10:00 AMMonday, February 9 2026
9:00 AMMonday, February 9 2026
8:00 AM
Jeannine C. Alvaré MSSW, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She received her B.A. in Philosophy and Comparative Religion from Sarah Lawrence College and her master’s in science and social work from The University of Texas at Austin. She also had advanced training in child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy with The Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis as well as advanced training in mindfulness meditation.
Jeannine directed and provided clinical services in the community, schools and psychiatric hospital settings in the Philadelphia area. Her previous positions included being Director of Child and Adolescent Services for The Progressions Group, Director of Belmont’s Day Treatment Program for Eating Disorders, and Director of Emotional Support at The Crefeld School. She has had extensive wilderness experiences by land and by sea and has led therapeutic wilderness experiences in Texas, the Canadian Rockies and Pennsylvania. Jeannine has served as an adjunct faculty member at Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. She continues to consult with area schools and provides individual, family and group therapy in her private practice in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
A case presentation illustrating the effectiveness of psychodynamic and creative methodologies in the treatment of a Latina foster care youth who endured severe trauma.
This presentation explores how psychodynamic and creative therapies can provide steps toward healing and self integration particularly for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. The methodologies utilized are rooted in non-directive Kleinian and Axline play therapy, which focus on the internal world of the client. Jeannine will discuss how she drew on her client's natural use of imaginative art, writing, care of her pets and plants to build a strong therapeutic alliance and facilitate deep reparative emotional work, often not accessible through more direct, cognitive-focused methods. Jeannine will further discuss the pacing of the therapy, its ebbs and flows (in part through trial and error) as to respect her client's necessary defenses while not colluding with the avoidance of traumatic material. Transferential and countertransferential processes will also be discussed. This will be the first of a three part series where participants will have the opportunity to share their own therapeutic work.
This course is eligible for 2 continuing education credits.
This course is suitable for Psychologists, LMHCs, MFTs, Social Workers, LPCs, and Counselors.
Intermediate
10:00 – 10:10 AM | Welcome and Introductions
10:10 – 10:30 AM | Case Background
10:30 – 11:00 AM | Psychodynamic and Creative Methodologies in Practice
11:00 – 11:15 AM Pacing and Therapeutic Process
11:15 – 11:35 AM Transference and Countertransference
11:35 – 11:50 AM Interactive Discussion / Participant Reflections
11:50 AM – 12:00 PM Key Takeaways and Closing
At the end of the workshop, the participant will be able to:
- Identify and describe 1-2 processes of transference and countertransference that arise in trauma work with foster youth.
- Identify 1-2 methods to utilize creative storytelling to access unconscious materials.