Leon Hoffman, MD

Pacella Research Center, New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, New York, NY · 5 sessions at 1 meeting · 1 upcoming

Topics

Child & Adolescent (5)Psychotherapy (5)Education & Training (2)Personality Disorders

Sessions

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

October 26–31, 2026 · Atlanta, GA · Full program

  • LectureNorbert and Charlotte Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award: Interpreting Children’s Defenses Promotes Emotion Regulation Development

    October 29, 2026

    Award lecture arguing that interpreting children's defenses in psychodynamic work supports the development of emotion regulation capacities.

    Child & AdolescentPsychotherapy

  • WorkshopChairTeaching and Learning Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Hospital Settings: Applications of the Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children Triangle of Conflict

    October 29, 2026, 07:00–08:30

    Case-based breakfast consultation on using the Triangle of Conflict from Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children to teach and apply psychodynamic formulation across clinical settings. Participants discuss a vignette and their own cases.

    Child & AdolescentEducation & TrainingPsychotherapy

  • LectureRegulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children: A Psychodynamic Approach

    October 29, 2026, 09:30–11:30

    Presents a psychodynamic, regulation-focused psychotherapy approach for children and its evidence base.

    Child & AdolescentPsychotherapy

  • SessionThe Proof Is in the Pudding: Evidence From Clinical Trials of Manualized Psychodynamic Psychotherapies

    October 29, 2026, 09:30–11:30

    Reviews evidence from clinical trials of manualized psychodynamic psychotherapies for youth, presented by researchers who conducted the trials.

    Child & AdolescentPsychotherapy

  • WorkshopChairManualized Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents: A Primer in Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Adolescents

    October 30, 2026, 13:30–16:30

    Practice-oriented primer on two manualized short-term psychodynamic therapies: regulation-focused psychotherapy for children with externalizing behaviors and transference-focused psychotherapy for adolescents with personality pathology. Uses video vignettes, case material, breakout discussions and audience cases, and addresses training and implementation.

    Child & AdolescentEducation & TrainingPersonality DisordersPsychotherapy

Presents with

Timothy Rice (3) · Alexander Sheppe · Anton D. Livshin · Barbara L. Milrod · Carla Sharp · Darby Herkert · James Lock · Jasmine Race · Laura M. Prager · Maitreyee N. Berends · Michael Adam Shapiro

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