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Presenter: Andrew Smolar, MD Date: Saturday, September 6th, 2025 Time: 10:00 - 12:00 PM EDT Location: Rockland - East Fairmount Park 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr. Philadelphia, PA & Virtual via Zoom 2 CE/CMEs Available Program Flyer - Click Here! Click Here to Register for the In-Person Program (COMING SOON)
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ADMISSION
Program Description In this presentation, the author, Andrew Smolar, MD, considers long-term psychodynamic treatments: How do they develop? In what circumstances are they an outgrowth of treatments that should have ended? When is it beneficial for the patient to continue working with the same therapist for a long period of time? And what are indications for return to therapy during the lifecycle? The author reviews pertinent literature on termination, stalemates, and effectiveness of long-term treatments. He describes the therapist confronting five clinical situations that raise questions about how and whether to end treatment. He concludes with several guiding principles: (1) paying attention to treatment goals and certain transferences prevents impasses; (2) self-analytic capacity is necessary but not sufficient for readiness to end; and (3) the patient’s forming an intimate primary relationship with a person other than the therapist facilitates ending.
About the Speaker
Andrew I. Smolar MD, is Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine. He has been in the private practice of adolescent and adult psychiatry in Wynnewood, PA since 1998. Dr. Smolar served as President of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia from 2015-2017; he has also served here as Chairman of the Education Committee, Training and Supervising Analyst Committee, co-Chair of the Supervision Study Group for Supervising Analysts, and is co-Director of the Developmental Pathway for recent graduates. Dr. Smolar has contributed to the academic literature by writing on the following subjects: analytic work with an immigrant analysand, group therapy in various clinical settings, combining analytic treatment with group therapy techniques, and most recently, psychotherapy during this era of political turmoil, contributions of group fragmentation toward national discord, the role of group identifications during normative development, and the impact of bullying on adolescent development with our own Fred Baurer. He is co-editor of a book in press, with Salman Akhtar and Ann Eichen, on marriage. He is co-investigator of research of American citizens suffering from conspiracy thinking. He has also published op-eds on mental health subjects in the Philadelphia Inquirer and in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. MORE INFO & RSVP COMING SOON! Beyond the Consulting Room: How Countertransference Infuses the Biographer's Writing Presenter: James W. Anderson, PhD
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact PCOP Membership & Events Coordinator, Julia Seixas, at [email protected] for questions or assistance with registration!
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