Participants will be encouraged to think reflectively about the development of the infant / young child. Participants will think about and reflect upon the experience of the infant / young child in relationship with a primary caregiver, how a secure attachment is achieved, and what can disrupt security.

Participants will be presented with classical concepts from Freud, Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott. The research of Beatrice Beebe will be explored.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the course the participants will be able to:

1. To begin to describe the developmental lines leading to the Oedipal phase, using concepts of Freud, Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott.
2. To demonstrate understanding of the importance and meaning of the infant’s /young child’s verbal communication, gaze and use of play, with reference to
   Beatrice Beebe.
3. To be able to describe the experience of the power of the relationship between Infant / young child and caregiver(s).
4. To describe different attachment styles between infant and caregiver.

Sandra Meyerovitz, RSW, MA (Social Work), Dipl. TCPP

Sandra Meyerovitz is a psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto. Her graduate training is in psychoanalytic child psychotherapy, and has experience of working with families, children, adolescents, and adults. Her work is varied, including, attachment issues; separation and loss; trauma and grief; and sexual abuse. She is interested in therapeutic interventions with young mothers and infants, and presently is a candidate with the advanced IPP (Infant parent Program, Toronto). She is a candidate with the TIP (Toronto Institute for Psychoanalysis). She is the current Vice President of the Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Therapists.

Ella Rogalska, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, RP, Cert. IMHS

Ella Rogalska is a graduate in art therapy, psychoanalytic child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapy, and in infant mental health studies. Ella has years of experience of working with children in psychodynamic play and art therapy and with adults in psychodynamic psychotherapy, in a variety of settings. She is the current President of the Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Therapists. She is in private practice.