Timothy Rice, MD

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

• SessionChairPsychodynamic Psychotherapy Training for the Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist: Relevance and Integration Across Systems of Care

  October 30, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  Clinical perspectives session on training community child and adolescent psychiatrists in psychodynamic psychotherapy and integrating it across systems of care.

  Child & AdolescentEducation & TrainingPsychotherapy

• PosterSubstance Use Short-Term Clinical Outcomes in Early Psychosis in an Urban Adolescent and Young Adults Cohort

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Cohort study of short-term clinical outcomes related to substance use among urban adolescents and young adults with early psychosis.

  Child & AdolescentSchizophrenia & PsychosisSubstance Use Disorders

• 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

• WorkshopChairExploring Improvisational Theater and Mindfulness to Break the Ice: Group Activities to Target Anxiety and Depression, and Promote Self-Esteem

  October 31, 2026, 11:00–13:00

  Interactive wellness session in which participants take part in improv and mindfulness group games, then reflect on how these can be used with young patients with social anxiety and depression and to support clinician communication and wellbeing.

  Anxiety DisordersChild & AdolescentDepressionPsychotherapy