Speaker: Stephanie Pass, PhD
Date: Friday, May 5, 2017
Time: 12:30–2:00 pm

What exactly lives in the landscape of an hour of psychotherapy? In this presentation, we will look closely at a first hour of play therapy with a six-year-old boy. We’ll take a metaphorical walk through the landscape of the hour three times, taking in serially what is ordinarily experienced simultaneously, and consider 1) the symbolic meaning of the play, 2) the developmental and physiological presentation of the child, and 3) the relational experience of being with the child. After the walks, we’ll look back at the landscape and discuss what some of the seeds from this first hour grew into, exploring the truism that much of what emerges in a psychotherapy is present in the first encounter.

Stephanie Pass, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco. She has a special interest in the treatment of children, including those with neurodevelopmental disorders and in infant mental health.  Dr. Pass consults at preschools and elementary schools, and works closely with therapists in other disciplines. She presents widely, and is on the faculty of Profectum and the Interdisciplinary Council of Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL).

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